Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, June 4, 2013

12:00 am

Cathyar

flip to bigger grid!

12:00 am

ursh

flip and hello all

12:01 am

jesdraggon

gah. what was the first tr6/18? was the only one I missed...

12:01 am

Cathyar

thresh

12:01 am

Cathyar

threshold was the 8

12:01 am

flosey

flip

12:01 am

Pinikula

thx cath...should have gotten that one!

12:02 am

Cathyar

oops....sorry...that was the th6 and 8

12:02 am

jesdraggon

I had the th's, i was missing the tr6/18

12:02 am

Cathyar

tr6 was triens

12:02 am

Cathyar

make that triens

12:02 am

jesdraggon

thanks, cath

12:03 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:03 am

Cathyar

geesh...I may have messed up the clue. :S sorry

12:03 am

periwinkle

ty lickety

12:03 am

Cathyar

ty lickety!

12:03 am

flosey

oh, thankyou lickety

12:04 am

gapeach

Thanks lickety.

12:04 am

jesdraggon

yay for lickety!

12:06 am

Erda

<-- a tad late, but delighted to see that Lickety was here...

12:09 am

stidmama

*sneaks in to hug cathy and retreats until tomorrow....*

12:09 am

stidmama

*poof*

12:10 am

cosdem

nbt

12:10 am

Cathyar

hugs back stiddy! :-)

12:10 am

Cathyar

aww...that was nice of her! :-)

12:17 am

Pinikula

an8/9 ... and *poof* I'm outta here!!! nytol!

12:19 am

Cathyar

nite nite pini... an8 and 9 huh?

12:20 am

periwinkle

would someone be kind enough to post stats for at least one of the h words from the h in the right column

12:21 am

Cathyar

hi + abbreviation for nova scotia.

12:22 am

periwinkle

ty cathy I have that one.

12:22 am

Cathyar

oops...never mind...that is apparently from the left side H

12:23 am

jesdraggon

he5/14

12:23 am

periwinkle

ty jes, will look

12:23 am

jesdraggon

and with that, i'm off to feed the beasts and get some sleep :) luck in the grid all!

12:23 am

ursh

i have 2 x ha5/12 from the right h

12:24 am

periwinkle

ty hursh, found one of them

12:24 am

periwinkle

going back to bed, perchance to sleep

12:25 am

ursh

peri same word diff vowel ending

12:43 am

melonheadjujube

late hello. another annoying grid.

12:56 am

gapeach

Seems like there should be a "t" here, doesn't it?

12:59 am

melonheadjujube

nbt

12:59 am

flosey

does anyone have a clue for an8 please?

1:00 am

melonheadjujube

not I, sorry to say

1:00 am

flosey

tks melon

1:01 am

melonheadjujube

hah, I just guessed it!

1:01 am

flosey

wow, wtg

1:01 am

dizgrannie

not enough oxygen in the arterial blood

1:01 am

melonheadjujube

did you mean tsk, flosey? (;

1:01 am

gapeach

Sorry, flosey, don't have it yet.

1:01 am

flosey

is that a clue?

1:02 am

melonheadjujube

diz that's how I got it, I had gotten the related an6/7 some time ago, then the lightbulb went on.

1:02 am

dizgrannie

LOL good one Melon

1:03 am

flosey

thanks melon, found the 6 and 7

1:03 am

flosey

and another 6

1:06 am

melonheadjujube

bed for me, unless someone can clue the ha7 and the io 7, that will push me up to mediocrity.

1:06 am

melonheadjujube

wait I know the io7, owing to my perfumehobby!

1:07 am

ursh

io + zero

1:08 am

flosey

monkeyed it, but know what is was

1:08 am

flosey

but *didn't* know

1:11 am

melonheadjujube

compounds that come from iris or violets.\OK, quitting at 65, got all the ≥ 7s, nbt, nbs. Mediocrity prevailing. Clues, anyone?

1:11 am

flosey

3 H words left

1:11 am

melonheadjujube

Ok then, nite-nite and --- poof! ---

1:12 am

flosey

night melon

1:13 am

flosey

FW

1:14 am

gapeach

Congrats, flosey!!!!!

1:14 am

flosey

thanks peach

1:14 am

flosey

any clues needed?

1:14 am

rururocks

stats on the o in the corner

1:14 am

rururocks

otther than oh 4 and 5

1:15 am

flosey

smelly veg

1:15 am

rururocks

god dang it

1:16 am

rururocks

thank you flosey

1:16 am

flosey

yw ru

1:16 am

flosey

and hi

1:16 am

jillibus

hi all -- back from bridge and kitchen cleanup

1:16 am

rururocks

hi

1:17 am

rururocks

hi jilli

1:17 am

flosey

hi jilli, how did you do?

1:17 am

jillibus

not very well, I think -- didn't place and might be in the cellar

1:19 am

flosey

scores aren't up yet

1:21 am

jillibus

I noticed :-)

1:23 am

flosey

I'm off - early night for a change

1:23 am

flosey

goodnight all

1:23 am

rururocks

night flosey

1:24 am

jillibus

gnight flosey -- missed you at bridge

1:24 am

rururocks

I'm half way done with Merle's Door Jilli..it's really a great book

1:26 am

jillibus

oh, ruru -- I thought you'd forgotten about it!

1:27 am

rururocks

it was on my read list.. I finally had time to start it on my trip

1:27 am

Andree

hi everyone

1:27 am

rururocks

hi andree

1:28 am

jillibus

glad you like it. I know it wasn't the thing to read just when you'd lost your old pal.

1:28 am

gapeach

Sweet dreams flosey.

1:28 am

jillibus

hi andree!

1:28 am

Andree

i know you are all not loving these small grids but for me its great as i have been away so long i am out of babble practice

1:29 am

rururocks

no kidding jilli

1:29 am

rururocks

i'm okay with small grids too andree

1:29 am

jillibus

me too andree -- and where have you been?

1:30 am

jillibus

I hardly ever finish any more -- just come for a bit of company with the gang and happy if I get halfway with nbt/nbs/nbg

1:31 am

Andree

jilli i have found now i am retired and not stuck in front of a computer all day that there is lots to do and see

1:31 am

jillibus

that's great, andree

1:33 am

Andree

yesterday was bridge and today bushwalking group and tomorrow i will spend with my sister making jewellery

1:34 am

jillibus

bridge? duplicate?

1:34 am

rururocks

is bushwalking related to bushwhacking?

1:37 am

Andree

yes jill, and ru i do carry a stick so could do a little whacking if the fancy takes me

1:38 am

Andree

and i do come home whacked

1:38 am

rururocks

there's a really good joke line ..i'm letting slip by with that one Andree :D

1:38 am

jillibus

flosey and I do duplicate too -- Standard American. Do you use Acol like the Brits?

1:39 am

Andree

no mostly american standard, just started on transfers lately but never acol

1:39 am

Jivingjenny0

please can someone clue the 8 and 9

1:39 am

jillibus

am I just dense or is this a toughie?

1:39 am

Andree

ust got it ru so glad you are letting that slip by

1:39 am

rururocks

beats me jenny

1:40 am

jillibus

not me, jenny, sorry

1:40 am

jillibus

we use transfers all the time, andree

1:40 am

Jivingjenny0

never mind - i'll keep looking, it is certainly a toughie Jilli

1:42 am

jillibus

and weak twos, limit raises... etc but "k i s s" (ruru -- don't get any ideas -- that means Keep It Simple, Stupid)

1:43 am

rururocks

*blinks innocently*

1:43 am

jillibus

;-)

1:44 am

Andree

ru i think you probably lost your innocent look years ago

1:44 am

rururocks

yeah.. at thirteen

1:44 am

rururocks

:D

1:44 am

Jivingjenny0

an8/70 means a deficiency of oxygen in the arterial blood, (I had to look it up) and uses the high score letter

1:44 am

jillibus

too right, andree -- I've actualy met him now :-)

1:45 am

rururocks

thank you jenny

1:45 am

rururocks

got them

1:45 am

Jivingjenny0

plural for the 9

1:45 am

jillibus

hmmm, jenny, I have an an6 like that

1:46 am

jillibus

and 7 plural

1:47 am

Jivingjenny0

there are 2 x an6 which are similar

1:47 am

rururocks

night.. dylan wants to cuddle

1:48 am

jillibus

so I see in Lickety...*thinking

1:48 am

jillibus

gnight ru -- give him a scritch from Auntie Jilli

1:48 am

rururocks

will do

1:49 am

jillibus

jenny -- I met Dylan too -- what a sweetie!

1:51 am

jillibus

morewords got me those an8 & 9 words for NBS -- but far from nbt

1:53 am

jillibus

and it's bedtime -- early rising tomorrow and a ferry to catch so goodnight all...*poof

1:54 am

Andree

bye jilli

1:56 am

worzel

Goooooooooooood morning fellow babblers! xxx would somebody kindly let me know how many words today please? xxx

1:56 am

Biltong

Good morning. 115, worzel

1:57 am

worzel

Thank you very much Biltong xxx

1:57 am

Biltong

yw :)

1:58 am

lizmac

sn

1:58 am

lizmac

sn

1:58 am

lizmac

wooops.

2:03 am

Andree

back later

2:27 am

sprite

morning all

2:31 am

gapeach

Morning, sprite. How are you today?

2:33 am

lynxxx

hi Sprite & Peach

2:34 am

gapeach

Hi there, lynxxx.

2:37 am

sprite

hiya peach and lyn :) xxx
Am fine, how about you?

2:39 am

lynxxx

Pretty good down here, Winter but not too cold

2:39 am

gapeach

Doing OK, thanks, sprite. Had a dilly of a storm late this afternoon....all is quiet now though.

2:40 am

sprite

good to hear, from both of you. Spring is carefully setting in here, still cold but at least a bit of sun every now and again.

2:41 am

gapeach

Good.

2:43 am

lynxxx

are you in that tornado belt Peach?

2:45 am

gapeach

No, hon, the tornado belt is mainly through the middle states, i.e. Ok, Ks, Mo,

2:46 am

gapeach

Tn. and ones on either sides of those states. They are limited to those, of course. We are 150 miles from the Atlintic coast....so by the time they get here it not unbearable, so far.

2:46 am

lynxxx

my knowledge of where the US states actually are is pretty bad - could probably correctly identify about 8

2:47 am

gapeach

Meant to say, they aren't liminted to those states.

2:47 am

lynxxx

lets hope it stay that way - it seems a pretty bad season

2:49 am

gapeach

The last bad storm was from hurricane Hugo....hit Savannah and Charleston and bent our trees double....I did get into the bathtub with the dogs and a heavy comforter to cover us. We were lucky.

2:49 am

sprite

that must be so scary

2:49 am

lynxxx

why a bathtub?

2:50 am

sprite

protection from flying debris?

2:52 am

gapeach

It is supposed to be the safest place.....I guess because the pipes are underground and if we can hang onto them and actully if stuff falls down, we are protected by the sides of the tub.....of course the dogs go a little crazey

2:52 am

gapeach

from fear.....which doesn't help.....I pray a lot.

2:53 am

sprite

I'd be so scared. Praying sounds like a plan.

2:53 am

lynxxx

I can't imagine

2:54 am

gapeach

Well, m' dears, I just finished this one so Ithink I'll try to go to sleep. If any of you know how to break the Insomina

2:55 am

lynxxx

sweet dreams Peach - and congrats

2:55 am

gapeach

pattern of sleep, please let me know.....If been fighting this for at least 10 years.

2:55 am

sprite

wtg peach! Insomnia is awful.

2:55 am

gapeach

Bye for now.

3:00 am

sprite

phantom: sinew

3:00 am

lynxxx

lol, and of course I can't see anything else now

3:01 am

sprite

:) Sorry, works that way for me as well :)

3:02 am

lynxxx

but did get the si4.5 from that

3:02 am

sprite

ah good, not a total waste then

3:05 am

sprite

new word for the babble dictionary: eonice - pleasant for a very long time

3:06 am

lynxxx

I love your icon too

3:07 am

sprite

thank you :)

3:15 am

sprite

am gonna make breakfast. Have a lovely evening, lyn :)

3:15 am

lynxxx

some chores call - see you later Sprite. Enjoy your day

5:50 am

rubyfoo

allo?

5:59 am

JBV

hi ruby - just getting started here

6:01 am

rubyfoo

hello jbv

6:01 am

rubyfoo

just got to half but no 8 or 9

6:01 am

rubyfoo

how are you?

6:01 am

JBV

is it getting any warmer chez toi?

6:02 am

grannyrose

'allo to you too. {{ruby}}

6:02 am

rubyfoo

not much but at least it isn't raining and there's wan sunlight

6:02 am

JBV

we've had a very weird spring - mostly cold through April ,some crazy blazing hot days in between, temperature swings of 40-50 degrees overnight

6:02 am

JBV

hi grannyrose

6:02 am

rubyfoo

I read that it was the coldest, wettest spring in France in 30 years

6:02 am

JBV

but I don't complain about the rain - at least I don't have to go out and water the garden!

6:03 am

rubyfoo

6:03 am

JBV

yes, I read that too - I read the Italian newspapers - same there - I think of you as being int he same "neighborhood" (relatively speaking) as my cousins in Piemonte

6:03 am

grannyrose

an8/9...an + abbreviation for what our bodies draw from the air + printers measure + 2 vowels, then plural

6:03 am

rubyfoo

the problem here is, since we're on a rocky hillside with little topsoil after to days eithout rain, the garde starts to look parched

6:03 am

grannyrose

hey jbv

6:04 am

JBV

thanks for that clue, granny

6:04 am

rubyfoo

we are one hour and a half from Aosta, via the Mont Blanc Tunnel

6:05 am

rubyfoo

<-- still looking at the clue

6:05 am

JBV

but the mountains may affect the kind of weather they get - not sure how it works - he told me they had snow at the high elevations last week

6:05 am

rubyfoo

here, too

6:05 am

JBV

wow

6:06 am

rubyfoo

(I don't know exactly where Piemonte is; is Turin there?)

6:06 am

JBV

they are west of Turin - in Pinerolo

6:06 am

JBV

closer to you

6:07 am

JBV

yes Piemonte is the region - Torino is the capital

6:07 am

rubyfoo

so one would take the other tunnel lol

6:07 am

JBV

the province/provincia

6:07 am

JBV

actually, one of his nieces works in France and commutes (every weekend) - what tunnel would that be?

6:08 am

rubyfoo

how good is your Italian? The first time we went to Aosta, none of us knew any Italian and we struggled like crazy, only to discover that it's a French-speaking town

6:08 am

JBV

I've never been to Aosta - very interesting - my Italian was good, getting better all the time, I'd say I'm near-native now

6:09 am

JBV

I'm studying diligently

6:09 am

rubyfoo

I am drawing a blank (blanc, lol) about tht tunnel. Getting old......

6:09 am

JBV

: )

6:10 am

JBV

we are writing, emailing, SKYPING very frequently - did you know I visited them last year?

6:10 am

rubyfoo

that's terrific, jbv, although I'm relatively fluent in French and understand it very well, I have a NY accent in it because my first Fr teacher,when I was 11, was from the Bronx

6:10 am

JBV

I updated my profile

6:11 am

JBV

I know exactly what you mean - a very common and unfortunate experience for many

6:11 am

JBV

I was lucky - studied French and Spanish in HS with native teachers all the way through

6:12 am

JBV

my French would need a dusting 0ff - that's an understatement

6:13 am

rubyfoo

however, bad as is the accent, I cn communicate with everyone and they don't eem to mind my "retrated aws" which is funny since my English isn't even regional, it is totally neutral

6:14 am

JBV

that's great

6:14 am

rubyfoo

ooh, just got Rose's clue, ty madame rose

6:15 am

JBV

Frejus tunnel or Colle di Tenda (Col Tende) - I just looked it up

6:15 am

rubyfoo

thank you, I've even been through it, duh

6:16 am

grannyrose

lol, np's ruby. glad i wasn't too obtuse for you. but then again...you are one clever chickee babe

6:16 am

JBV

: )

6:16 am

rubyfoo

not very clever today!

6:17 am

JBV

How are your pooches, ruby - I think I've read that you had a loss recently and then a new adoption....

6:17 am

rubyfoo

I talked my huband into selling our second car which had been accumulating dust in the garage and which we never use any more. I sold it yesterday to our local Sicilians from the restaurant, and he took care of all the paperwork, scrapes, transfer of title, etc.

6:18 am

JBV

those Sicilians get around, don't they? my cousins in Pinerolo are Sicilian - good idea about the car

6:19 am

JBV

we also have another cousin with an Italian restaurant in Germany!

6:19 am

rubyfoo

Rafaella, our 5-month old baby, already weighs about 17 kg (huge), is a total charmer but not a great beauty, like all our other chows. Perhaps she'll get prettier. For the momentm our Italian boy, Ruffino, has turned into a magnificentm enormous gentleman, having changed a lot after Ruby's death

6:20 am

JBV

they sound wonderful

6:20 am

JBV

I don't have a pet but I imagine they are great company

6:20 am

rubyfoo

and they love each other, which is most imortant

6:21 am

rubyfoo

they recently escaped from what I thought was our totally secure garden and Rufie wound up on the median in the village, with cars zipping around him, having crossed 3 busy roads

6:21 am

grannyrose

good one on the sale of the car, ruby...

6:21 am

JBV

omg

6:21 am

rubyfoo

Raffie, only went to the neighbor's yard

6:21 am

JBV

someone rescued him I guess

6:22 am

JBV

rufie I mean

6:22 am

grannyrose

yeah, ruby did....

6:22 am

rubyfoo

we actually had a frank talk about the fact that we can no longer travel, omitting tht I am afraid to ride with him, and that it would save us a lot of money to get rid of that car

6:23 am

JBV

it makes perfect sense

6:23 am

crosshair

good morning:))miracle of miracles for this grid.the 8 and 9 are dead easy:)) an 8 and 9= an + most of the word for poisions in the blood and use the high ponit tile;)) good start to the day.will celebrate with a nice cuppa tea:))

6:23 am

grannyrose

can you imagine this tiny little 'old' lady struggling with her chow through the traffic? the mind boggles...

6:23 am

rubyfoo

I ould still travel, but can't leave either husband or dogs alone for more than an afternoon

6:23 am

JBV

that's a hard realization, ruby

6:24 am

grannyrose

ooh, crossy, make mine a green tea, please. how are you mate?

6:24 am

rubyfoo

fortunately, my friend Joanne was visiting, and she is younger, bigger and stronger!

6:24 am

JBV

hi crossy

6:24 am

JBV

ruby did you know my name is also Joanne (spelled the same way?)

6:24 am

rubyfoo

6:25 am

crosshair

not bad at all granny.i can offer you earl grey,tetly green tea or orange pekoe ceylon tea

6:25 am

crosshair

howdy jbv

6:25 am

crosshair

((ruby))

6:25 am

rubyfoo

but I'll bet your last name isn't Smith lol

6:25 am

JBV

you're right about that

6:27 am

grannyrose

i'll have a tetley green, thanx, crossy

6:27 am

rubyfoo

husband's daughter is coming tomorrow for at least 10 days which should brighten the atmosphere around here

6:28 am

JBV

that's nice - where does she live?

6:28 am

rubyfoo

and,since I paid for her ticket, she is bringing a whole shopping list of stuff

6:28 am

rubyfoo

bad moi!

6:28 am

JBV

you put in an order - why not

6:28 am

rubyfoo

she lives in Monlo Park CA

6:29 am

rubyfoo

menlo

6:29 am

JBV

so what did you request - foods?

6:29 am

crosshair

if your paying the freight,you should be able to order a few things

6:29 am

grannyrose

ruby, have a review appointment on thursday. am gonna ask for a referral back to my orthopaedic surgeon. spoke to him today, he's a 'tad' concerned that i have so much pain rotating my foot inwards.

6:30 am

rubyfoo

silly things like canned pumpkin, Italian sausage, baby aspirin for Burt, chapstick, mayonnaise -- ridiculous, but when you order foods from Amazon, the postage costs much more than the stuff ordered

6:31 am

grannyrose

crossy, lol. not sure that you should refer to ruby's DIL as freight

6:31 am

rubyfoo

is that a muscular problem or a nerve one, rose? How bad on a scale of 1 to 10?

6:32 am

crosshair

lol,granny.was referring to the goodies and not to the daughter herself

6:32 am

grannyrose

ruby, when it happens, about an 8 out of 10. i think it's one of the ligaments...

6:33 am

rubyfoo

ouch, but at least it's not a nerve pain

6:33 am

rubyfoo

do different shoes help?

6:33 am

crosshair

nerve pain int the feet and hands really,really suck.trust crossy

6:33 am

grannyrose

it happens mostly when i am driving. when i rotate my foot from the accelerator to the brake pedal

6:34 am

rubyfoo

I have two friends with terrible nerve pain in their feet. Is that fibrmyalgia?

6:34 am

crosshair

mine is side effect of chemo.permanant damage,but my da has if from diabetes

6:34 am

rubyfoo

let's chip in and get a chauffeur for Rose

6:35 am

grannyrose

it may be, ruby...my FM is in the larger muscles, i.e. in my back. mind you i have some pretty gross cramps in my feet and hands.

6:35 am

rubyfoo

6:35 am

crosshair

poor granny:(((

6:35 am

Trifioso

good morning friends.

6:35 am

grannyrose

aww, crossy

6:35 am

crosshair

howdy,trif

6:35 am

grannyrose

trif!!! hello and cooee

6:36 am

rubyfoo

my husband gets terrible leg cramps when he forgets to constantly hydrate so I make him a cup of bouillon which works like a charm

6:36 am

crosshair

every time you say 'cooee" i can hear it in my head:))

6:36 am

rubyfoo

6:36 am

Trifioso

me too crossy!

6:36 am

crosshair

and bananas,lots of bananas

6:37 am

rubyfoo

it is "charmante" as is Rose!

6:37 am

crosshair

i drink a min of 8 litres of water a day for that and as well for never again in my life do i want to pee out kidney stones

6:37 am

grannyrose

ruby, have a chauffeur, it's just he is tied up with the non-stop demands of his mother. did that sound really negative? i didn't mean it to be.

6:37 am

rubyfoo

he eats 2 or 3 bananas a day but I thin the effects of the bouillon are psychological

6:37 am

crosshair

whatever works

6:38 am

crosshair

if it works,then it is good medicine

6:38 am

rubyfoo

Nurse Nellie

6:39 am

grannyrose

ahhh...crossy, vitacost, a company in the US of A have a marvellous product...magnesium malate. is fantastic for anything muscular.

6:40 am

crosshair

i have broken my bones,i have been run over by a car,i have had enough chemo that i used to pray for death BUT i never,EVER want to pass kidney stones ever again! lol

6:40 am

Trifioso

ugh, I now have the jingle for a certain "pet" stuck in my head, thanks to the ch4.6

6:40 am

rubyfoo

although I love this company, I need to lie down for a while. Big accomplishment of the morning was making 2 more jars of strawberry jam

6:41 am

grannyrose

magnesium malate. magnesium linked to an acid made from apples. makes it highly absorban\ble. my own mother only has to take one tablet, and it has cured mother mac's night cramps, which she has suffered from for over 50 years

6:41 am

crosshair

mmmm,homemade jam

6:41 am

Trifioso

Naps rule ruby! Enjoy

6:41 am

JBV

bye ruby - enjoy your day

6:42 am

grannyrose

rest beautifully, my dear friend...see you tomorrow

6:42 am

rubyfoo

I will look for it in the pharmacy here but he probaby wouldn't take it

6:42 am

rubyfoo

*woof*

6:43 am

crosshair

rest well,ruby tuesaday

6:43 am

grannyrose

ruby, have only found it in america..

6:45 am

Trifioso

had a GREAT dream last night: David Bowie and Iman brought their daughter in for tutoring!

6:45 am

grannyrose

lol, trif....

6:46 am

Trifioso

gotta hand it to that whack a doodle brain of mine

6:52 am

grannyrose

my brain produced a dream in which an enterology specialist at my hospital, decided to arthroscope my elbow for pain, but the anaesthetist had a tantrum, stalked out, and i had to have the procedure under local anaesthetic. really weird!!!

6:53 am

crosshair

too much work.you body is asking for full retirement on a nice tropical beach

6:53 am

Trifioso

wow, that is a corker rose!

6:53 am

crosshair

somewhere where young cabana boys bring you warm lemon scented towels and tropical drinks all day

6:54 am

grannyrose

LOLOL, crossy, so totally agree

6:54 am

Trifioso

sounds like you have it all planned out crossy

6:55 am

grannyrose

hey, crossy, are the drinks alcoholic??

6:55 am

crosshair

except i will take cabana girls9are there such things as cabana girls?) and the mrs has a order in for three cabana boys

6:55 am

o-o

the toxic brew

6:56 am

crosshair

is there any other type of drink,granny?

6:56 am

grannyrose

she'll have to share crossy, as you will with himself....

6:56 am

crosshair

lol@ himself

6:56 am

grannyrose

hey and cooee o-o

6:57 am

grannyrose

rofl....gimme lots of alcohol....

6:57 am

grannyrose

and crossy, in fiji, right??

6:58 am

crosshair

i was thinking of the maldives

6:58 am

crosshair

have you seen those places?? my god!

6:58 am

crosshair

runs around then grand a week

6:58 am

crosshair

ten

6:59 am

crosshair

including all tips and gratuities of course

7:03 am

grannyrose

in fiji??? had one of the best holidays ever there...didn't cost all that much...

7:03 am

crosshair

well,sounds nice if you have been there already you will know the lay of the land.get us in all the good places

7:04 am

Trifioso

could I please have a count for one of the h's in the fifth column?

7:05 am

crosshair

you are close to fiji however.about 2000 miles or so can add a tad more flight time for crossy

7:06 am

grannyrose

he5/14, 6/24

7:06 am

Trifioso

thanks granny

7:07 am

Kaplan repeat

these are some really bad grids lately when I really need grid therapy

7:07 am

Trifioso

got them! nbt for moi

7:07 am

crosshair

well,at least it is not 40

7:07 am

grannyrose

ha5/12, 5/12

7:07 am

crosshair

yaaa for trif!!

7:08 am

grannyrose

nice job, trif

7:08 am

grannyrose

with you kaplan, and hello

7:09 am

Kaplan repeat

Hi. I am a walking ball of stress and not my normal self.

7:09 am

Trifioso

so sorry to hear, kaplan

7:10 am

grannyrose

crossy, so long as you stay in a resort....and when you do venture out, bargain with the taxi driver...

7:10 am

Kaplan repeat

I am the only person who goes to Italy and loses weight

7:11 am

grannyrose

awww, kaplan....as himself says...'normal' is a setting on a washing machine..

7:11 am

Kaplan repeat

I am sure I will be ok when I get my anxiety meds readjusted

7:11 am

grannyrose

did you pick up some awful gastro thingy?

7:12 am

grannyrose

ahhh, that makes sense...

7:12 am

Kaplan repeat

Yeah- they're called in-laws in Israel

7:12 am

Kaplan repeat

ha h- my mother-in-law is an awful gastro thing

7:12 am

Kaplan repeat

that's interesting.

7:15 am

grannyrose

yeah, my mom is the same. my hubby is sooo lucky. his wife agrees with him. he has the worst mother-in-law.

7:19 am

MLFAN17

Corner O stats please?

7:20 am

grannyrose

oh4, 5

7:20 am

grannyrose

on5, 6

7:21 am

MLFAN17

ty granny

7:22 am

grannyrose

np's, mlf

7:23 am

MLFAN17

5th column A stats please?

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

an6

7:24 am

Uneaixoise

ax4 and 6

7:25 am

MLFAN17

ty une

7:25 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

7:25 am

grannyrose

an6/21, 8/70, 9/90

7:26 am

MLFAN17

5th column H stats please?

7:26 am

grannyrose

an6/33, 7/48, 6/36

7:27 am

grannyrose

plus une's ax x 2

7:27 am

Uneaixoise

ha5/12

7:27 am

grannyrose

he5, 6

7:27 am

grannyrose

ha5 x 2

7:28 am

MLFAN17

got i

7:28 am

MLFAN17

nbt

7:28 am

grannyrose

nice, mlf

7:30 am

Uneaixoise

ex6 . . . black and viscous? LOL

7:30 am

Uneaixoise

back in a mo -- taking pups out to pee

7:33 am

grannyrose

okay, have to be up and functioning in 8 hours... good-night/morning to all. happy babbling. catch you at the flip...

7:36 am

Kaplan repeat

good night sleep tight don't let koalas bite

7:49 am

Anniebrook

yay, no R's no re's

7:49 am

BzznBea

Be careful what you wish for. The A's are brutal.

7:50 am

Anniebrook

Hi Bea, knew there had to be something to take the place of the re's

7:55 am

MimiCat

Is anybody else fed up with an entire week of tiny grids? I know it's "random" but can't Dr. God somehow intervene when it's this consistently awful? Does he read the chat?

7:56 am

MimiCat

There should be a way for him to instruct the computer to "randomly" pick a large or a small grid to give some variety.

8:03 am

MimiCat

OK---guess I'm the only one who feels this way. Gone til later.

8:10 am

Judi

Hi there, all you crazy kids!

8:11 am

Judi

I'm with you on the tiny grids, Mimi. I think I'm suffering from brain atrophy as a result.

8:17 am

MollyL

♪ Hey Jude, don't make it bad ♫ take a small grid, and make it better ♪

8:19 am

Judi

Pffth.

8:19 am

Judi

Well, it's ni4 to have good company, anyway. :-)

8:30 am

MollyL

That was actually false bravado. I'm pretty sick of the small grids too.

8:34 am

phaeton

es

8:34 am

Judi

On an exciting note - hubby's getting a new vehicle in the next couple of days.

8:35 am

MollyL

What kind?

8:35 am

Judi

He's getting a Mazda CX-5.

8:36 am

MollyL

Ooo, sporty

8:36 am

Judi

It is pretty sporty. I haven't driven it yet. Now we can ride around singing, "zoom, zoom, zoom".

8:38 am

Judi

Name that proper noun: Once popular soda.

8:39 am

grant

Mo5

8:39 am

Judi

That was a popular soda, but it's also an accepted word. The other one is just a proper noun.

8:40 am

Judi

Extra clue: Radar drank the grape flavor.

8:42 am

Jeff7

nehi

8:42 am

grant

nehi

8:42 am

Jeff7

grape w/out a straw!

8:43 am

Judi

Ding! Ding! Ding! Jeff rang in first, so he gets the year's supply of Nehi grape soda.

8:44 am

Judi

Grant gets the runner up prize of a Nehi beanie with a whirly-gig on top.

8:44 am

grant

or a two years' supply?

8:46 am

Judi

What? He doesn't want the beanie???

8:47 am

Judi

Perhaps you'd prefer the Moxie bottle opener?

8:49 am

MollyL

*Sends Judi to the PB*

8:50 am

MollyL

Any proper Southern child knows the wonder of a grape Nehi and a moon pie. : D

8:52 am

Jeff7

Radar-only carryover fromt eh movie MASH to the show

8:53 am

Judi

Yep. But, I don't think he ever did any acting after the TV show.

8:54 am

Judi

Except for the very short-lived "After MASH"

8:57 am

Scrabbler

Greetings, Babblers.

8:58 am

Judi

Hiya, Scrabbs!

8:59 am

Scrabbler

How are you?

8:59 am

Judi

*waves from the PB* Hmm. Moon Pies. Wonder if there's any in the pantry?

8:59 am

Scrabbler

Yummy!

9:00 am

Jeff7

After a 15 year break, Burghoff was in a Christian movie called Daniel's Lot a couple of years ago

9:00 am

Scrabbler

Interesting.

9:01 am

crosshair

scrabby!! long time no see:)) where you been hiding yourself?:))

9:02 am

Scrabbler

I have missed a few days and at other times I lurked. We had some small grids too so once I pass halfway I am done.

9:02 am

Judi

I think I remember that, Jeff, now that you mention it. Wasn't Lance Kerwin in that too?

9:02 am

Scrabbler

My sister is up in your area today--visiting the casino in Aurilia (?sp).

9:03 am

crosshair

orillia

9:03 am

Judi

Fireworks, by the way.

9:03 am

crosshair

one hour from crossy

9:03 am

Judi

Did somebody say tortilla?

9:03 am

crosshair

yaa for judi!!

9:03 am

Scrabbler

I told her that she and I need to bring our kayaks up your way and we can all paddle on Georgian Bay.

9:03 am

Scrabbler

Yay Judi.

9:03 am

crosshair

scrabby,you would love it on georgian bay:))

9:04 am

Jeff7

info at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675291/ but I think it was geared toward the Christian audience and not widely released. May have been straight to video.....couldn't find any reviews on the movie

9:04 am

Scrabbler

I know I would and I would probably want to stay.

9:04 am

Judi

Ah. I was thinking of something else.

9:05 am

Judi

"Salem's Lot", maybe?

9:07 am

Judi

Off to do the real work. See you kids tomorrow! *POOF*

9:14 am

car.eeyore

Good morning!

9:15 am

Scrabbler

Hi Car!

9:15 am

car.eeyore

Hello Scrabs!

9:16 am

crosshair

should really blow your mind scrabbs and we will drive norht a hour or two into the muskoka area and get you kayaking thoughout the 30,000 islands area.you would jump ship and ask for asylum hehe

9:16 am

car.eeyore

Hi Crossy!

9:16 am

crosshair

car!!

9:16 am

Scrabbler

I love paddling from one island to the next, stopping for a snack, to read, for a swim.

9:18 am

Scrabbler

Last summer I came upon a cache on a tiny island in Lake Abanakee in the Adirondack Mountains. The cache was hidden for a geocacher. So I left a message in the journal.

9:18 am

crosshair

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

9:19 am

crosshair

geocashing sounds real interesting

9:19 am

crosshair

When asked where he keeps his Oscars, Pixar's John Lasseter said, "We discovered that Barbie clothes actually fit pretty well."

9:19 am

car.eeyore

LOL!!! Perfect!

9:23 am

Scrabbler

Hahaha! Great!

9:23 am

Scrabbler

Geocaching is really fun, Crossy!

9:23 am

car.eeyore

We have done geocaching and letter boxes with the kids/scouts. VERY fun!

9:26 am

crosshair

there we go..BLT'S on fresh cut crusty italian loaf with maple/hickory bacon,our very own tomatos fresh off the vine,some romaine lettuce and a splash of baconaise

9:27 am

Patxxx

Oh Crossy, I could walk to Canada for a taste of that. I shouldn't have looked at the chat!

9:28 am

crosshair

lol,sorry patxx

9:28 am

crosshair

but ,MY GOD IS IT GOOD!!:))

9:28 am

Patxxx

Don't be sorry. I now know what one of my final wishes will be...

9:29 am

crosshair

nothing like your own fresh tomatos and not something that has been ripening on a truck for a week

9:29 am

Scrabbler

When do you harvest tomatoes, Crossy? Here, in Zone 4, I pick some in August but most not til Sept or even Oct.

9:29 am

crosshair

these are indoor hot house variety

9:29 am

crosshair

so early pickings

9:30 am

Patxxx

oxiem

9:30 am

crosshair

you are right on the others.not till sept

9:31 am

crosshair

tomatos still warm from the sun elevate it to a even higher level but we must wait..:(

9:32 am

Patxxx

So sorry. Can't concentrate for thinking about your sandwich, which is really an understatement for such a worthy epicurial vision! Plus, I don't need the O4/5.

9:32 am

crosshair

lol,patxx

9:33 am

Patxxx

Correct O4/4. I'd best give up and start walking!

9:34 am

Scrabbler

plural of number before two?

9:34 am

crosshair

i was born just 169 miles for where you live patxx in watford;))

9:34 am

Patxxx

It is O4/5. Hiking boots on. See what the smell of bacon can do!

9:34 am

crosshair

we hope to be U.K hopping this fall if all things work as planned

9:34 am

crosshair

hehe

9:35 am

MimiCat

Crossy, many years ago my father came to visit here and planted 24 beefsteak tomato plants for me and my family. We only got FOUR tomatoes....can't grow anything in this soil. And he even replaced all the soil with potting soil! I so LOVE homegrown tomatoes....

9:35 am

Scrabbler

oh + 2 vowels. Can pluralize too.

9:35 am

crosshair

that is so sad,mimi.all the nutrients just baked right out of the ground there i would imagine

9:36 am

Patxxx

Weather is lovely at the moment but when summer fully arrives, I suppose it will rain, rain and rain again.

9:36 am

crosshair

lol,patxx as long as it is not minus 20,we do not care about rain;))

9:36 am

MimiCat

We have hard soil. But...I do have vine tomatoes coming in my grocery order this morning for that sammie I told you about yesterday and they are actually quite good.

9:37 am

Patxxx

You can plural O4/5????

9:37 am

Scrabbler

oh5/12, yes

9:37 am

crosshair

here atm it is sunny and a mild 11c

9:38 am

Patxxx

Wrong corner, but Ta..

9:38 am

MimiCat

Don't even want to talk about how hot it's going to be here today...and, of course, no rain. Leaving for a bit...bbl. Hugs.

9:43 am

Scrabbler

And I must get going--having an eye exam to make sure I have not developed glaucoma.

9:44 am

rubyfoo

Although the incessant rain has stopped, it is still not getting warm. We are not quite up to 60F, very cold for June

9:45 am

rubyfoo

But the flowers are starting to be lovely and i counted how many different plants and trees we have yesterday but stopped when I got to 120! And that's not counting the potager

9:46 am

rubyfoo

I need sunshine! And the tomato plants are barely alive

9:47 am

crosshair

i must do the same on the 11th scwabby

9:47 am

uusue2

morning all!

9:48 am

crosshair

crossy sends ruby some canadian sunshine

9:48 am

crosshair

suze!!

9:48 am

rubyfoo

hello sue but leaving to finish re-heating dinner and make some guacamole for poor depressed husband

9:48 am

uusue2

hi crossy and ruby! And scrabs if you are still here!

9:49 am

uusue2

ok, see you later, ruby!

9:49 am

crosshair

i think the c words are going to be evil;((

9:51 am

uusue2

this whole grid is not looking like my friend

9:52 am

mixi6

took me aoubt 5 minutes to get nbt, but much slower since.

9:52 am

robwhy

rejected chix. lol

9:55 am

uusue2

hi mixi and rob! I am not doing so well getting nbt today

10:02 am

stevedallas

fireworks!

10:02 am

uusue2

yay steve!

10:03 am

stevedallas

I really like small grids; they dont take up much of my day

10:10 am

mixi6

congrats steve

10:11 am

bichon

Good day Folks from Stanton, England, the perfect little Cotswolds town

10:12 am

ChrissieDee

Hi bichon, ty for the update. :)

10:12 am

uusue2

hi bichon! Sounds like you are having a great time!

10:13 am

bichon

This area is just what dreams are made of

10:13 am

ChrissieDee

You should come every year, you've definitely brought the summer with you.

10:13 am

uusue2

meanwhile I must get to work, see you all later!!

10:13 am

bichon

The weather has been perfect every day of our hikes

10:13 am

bichon

Would that we could come every year

10:14 am

ChrissieDee

Bye sue, tc

10:18 am

ChrissieDee

Glad you're having such a good experience. Have you squeezed in that cream tea yet?

10:22 am

ChrissieDee

At last, nbt. Does anyone have the stats for the 9 please

10:22 am

rururocks

an 9/90

10:23 am

ChrissieDee

ty ruru

10:23 am

ChrissieDee

An

10:23 am

ChrissieDee

Oops

10:25 am

ChrissieDee

Duh, had the 8 but failed to plural it, nbs :)

10:29 am

bichon

Yes Chrissie, we did have cream tea one day. Wouldn't mind it every day!!!

10:30 am

ChrissieDee

With all the hiking you'd soon lose the calories

10:32 am

bichon

I don't think we'd ever do enough hiking to lose all those calories

10:33 am

bichon

Today we crossed a field on the Cotswold Way trail that had a sign: "Live Bull in Field" Fortunately, it didn't have any interest in us

10:33 am

rururocks

what's a cotswold?

10:35 am

ChrissieDee

lol ruru - living dangerously bichon

10:36 am

bichon

ruru, it's an area of England, west of London, near Oxford. They keep all of the beautiful, quaint scenery here.

10:36 am

rururocks

ah

10:36 am

rururocks

good thing the bull wasn't interested you could have been pasturized :D

10:38 am

ChrissieDee

My son was in the Cotswolds last week. A place called Lower Slaughter, awful name but beatiful place.

10:41 am

ChrissieDee

Popping out again, hope you keep enjoying your trip and look forward to tomorrow's update bichon, tc

10:42 am

MollyL

Make me wonder how such a pretty place got such an awful name.

10:43 am

MollyL

Ah, Google to the rescue. "The name comes from old English 'Slohtre', which has nothing to do with killing things and means, simply, 'Muddy place'.

10:44 am

EvaNadine

any hints for the far-right H words?

10:45 am

bichon

We were in Lower Slaughter and Lwer Swell. Both very nice places

10:46 am

harpjane

hello

10:46 am

harpjane

is "queerplunger" in today's grid by any chance?

10:46 am

rururocks

hi Harp

10:46 am

bichon

It can be muddy in the fields here, but we've had great weather

10:46 am

rururocks

queerplunger?

10:47 am

harpjane

a conversation from yesterday, ruru?

10:47 am

harpjane

say, are you still in Montana?

10:47 am

MollyL

And something Seain posted on Facebook.

10:47 am

rururocks

oh

10:47 am

Aloyisius

he + ***i skirts were a fashion fad + pl

10:47 am

rururocks

I'm home.. had a wonderful time

10:47 am

Aloyisius

hi all (-:

10:47 am

harpjane

what were you doing? sorry jilly and I couldn't do a road trip.

10:48 am

EvaNadine

TY aloy. :)

10:48 am

rururocks

I did a wine event in Big Sky.. toured and visited Bozeman (visited my dog's sister).. and toured Yellowstone all over the place

10:49 am

Aloyisius

yw Eva

10:49 am

harpjane

cool, was my cousin or my sister there? lol?

10:49 am

MollyL

"Visited my dog's sister"...: D : D

10:50 am

rururocks

I don't know..met a lot of really nice people..learned how to fly fish a bit too

10:50 am

harpjane

I have a cousin who sells wine in Marin & Napa. Do you know Grey Truex?

10:52 am

Marc Freeman

Could I get a clue for an8, please?

10:53 am

rururocks

no I don't

10:53 am

Aloyisius

condition of being without air or oxygen, Marc

10:53 am

Biltong

an8 and 9 combo - a deficiency of oxygen

10:53 am

harpjane

he used to work for diequa wine. I don't know what he does now.

10:54 am

Biltong

Hi Aloy. Thanks for the he clues :)

10:54 am

harpjane

Montana is like a beautiful prison. It's wonderful scenery but you have to have 4 jobs to live here!

10:54 am

Aloyisius

and I'm off to get the mower going.. hagd all, poof

10:54 am

Biltong

bye, Aloy. Take care.

10:55 am

Aloyisius

yw Biltong, hi back.. ci4 for now

10:56 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks got it

10:58 am

Biltong

yw, Marc

11:08 am

rururocks

you mean Diagio?

11:08 am

MollyL

That sounds like a country/western lyric Harp.
: D

11:09 am

rururocks

yeah.. all you need is Beer, boots, and cows

11:09 am

rururocks

to make a country song that is

11:12 am

rururocks

making up words now

11:22 am

rururocks

"swino" a drunk pig

11:25 am

Dorens

beer, boots, cows and heartbreak

11:26 am

rururocks

exactly

11:26 am

Dorens

and with that the bell rings and I'm off to lunch duty

11:27 am

rururocks

and one last rodeo

11:27 am

Dorens

and a pick up truck

11:27 am

rururocks

:D

11:41 am

jmcnrick

hi all

11:41 am

jmcnrick

*looks for gun rack in truck*

11:43 am

jmcnrick

did you get to Mormon Row near Jacksonville ru?

12:16 pm

TraderKate

hello babblers :)

12:16 pm

bichon

Hi Kate and all

12:17 pm

periwinkle

hello all

12:17 pm

periwinkle

help with 7's pls. I have an7

12:17 pm

TraderKate

hi bichon and peri :)

12:17 pm

bichon

Anyone have a hint for the an 8/9, pls

12:17 pm

TraderKate

i just started, still trying to find the an 8/9 combo clued a while ago :(

12:17 pm

periwinkle

deficiency of oxygen in arterial blood. I found it in my scrabble dictionary

12:18 pm

TraderKate

something about without air (oxygen.. it myust start anox... but the 9 is the pl, so it can't use the s in the rooot

12:18 pm

periwinkle

it starts like the an6/7 (using the high point tile) end like a blood disease

12:18 pm

MollyL

an + chemical abbreviation for what we breathe + the last four of iron deficient blood disorder

12:19 pm

bichon

That's the word after the an 8/9

12:19 pm

TraderKate

ah! thanks molly! and hi :)

12:19 pm

periwinkle

I am tired and have a headache. did not sleep last night

12:20 pm

periwinkle

35 left, bbl

12:20 pm

TraderKate

feel better peri

1:18 pm

crosshair

for a country song you need open sky,bars,pickup trucks,old dogs named shep,mothers,prisions,cheating women/men rain,prisons ,trains and john prine warbling the whole thing

1:20 pm

crosshair

or steve goodman,or george jones:)

1:21 pm

TraderKate

hi ya crossy, it was getting lonely in here :)

1:22 pm

crosshair

howdy ,kate:)) thought my chat was broken:))

1:23 pm

TraderKate

another small grid, babblers don't stick around very long... or they "save it" for later ;)

1:24 pm

TraderKate

i haven't seen BR in ages, is he okay?

1:29 pm

crosshair

he is using the name o-o now

1:30 pm

TraderKate

ah, that's right... but i haven't seen that handle either.

1:30 pm

crosshair

or so i am told

1:30 pm

crosshair

saw him briefly yesterday

1:31 pm

crosshair

him and i often do not see eye to eye however,so i just let him be

1:31 pm

TraderKate

well, i'm glad he's around somewhere. love his quick wit. sorry to hear that crossy

1:33 pm

TraderKate

do you have the top left o grayed out? i need 1 x o 5 and 1 x o 6 for fw... stuck

1:34 pm

crosshair

i have oh 4/5 and oh 5/12 from that o

1:34 pm

crosshair

still missing 2

1:34 pm

zoozzoom

Crying vegetable.

1:34 pm

TraderKate

we have the same ones then i guess

1:34 pm

crosshair

ty,zooz

1:34 pm

crosshair

perfect:))

1:34 pm

zoozzoom

yw :-)

1:35 pm

crosshair

and that should be fw for our kate;))

1:35 pm

TraderKate

{{((zooz))}}
my hero, thank you for the fireworks... why can i never see the veggie? that is the second time you have clued that to me recently7.....

1:35 pm

zoozzoom

Congrats, TK!

1:36 pm

crosshair

do not feel bad,kate,i never see it either

1:36 pm

TraderKate

:)
thanks to you and a few toughies clued when i first got on...
i find it harder if the word goes in a complete circle, i guess i'm too "linear" ;)

1:37 pm

crosshair

words that start with vowels kill me

1:37 pm

zoozzoom

Getting lots of red boxes this end..and ages for words to enter..will try later.

1:37 pm

TraderKate

have we heard form our wandering babbler today? hope bichon is having the good weather hold

1:38 pm

TraderKate

mine's okay here zooz, will refreshing/reloading help?

1:38 pm

crosshair

it is ok here s well,but local isp issues can do that

1:39 pm

TraderKate

thanks for the clues zooz, hope it cures itself soon!

1:39 pm

crosshair

call them once a month or so to reset your rounter from their end.it works wonder,or reset it at home if it has not been done in over 30 days

1:39 pm

zoozzoom

Tried that..still snail pace here...lovely weather here so, Bichon should be ok for trekking..bye for now.

1:39 pm

crosshair

just did that to mine 2 days ago

1:40 pm

TraderKate

i was thinking of leaving in about 20 minutes if anyone wants stats/hints
bye zooz :)

1:40 pm

crosshair

i still have to try and earn a few myself kate as i am a long way from the finish yet

1:42 pm

TraderKate

i went to lickety as soon as i ground to a halt... went listless yesterday, and 70 little words took me forever! thank you lickety!

1:44 pm

crosshair

i also managed to finish yesterday.i hit the wall with ten to go and zooz and cosdem brough me over the finish line

1:45 pm

TraderKate

nice to have such wonderful people to help out a fellow babbler in need ;)

1:46 pm

crosshair

we get by with a little help from our friends:))

1:46 pm

TraderKate

<------ loves the beatles :))

1:46 pm

crosshair

as do i:))

1:47 pm

crosshair

can you imagine the royalties paul is still pulling in? must be staggering

1:48 pm

TraderKate

couldn't even begin to imagine it, but didn't michael jackson buy some of their stuff?

1:48 pm

crosshair

yes,but i think it went back home after his death

1:49 pm

TraderKate

ah, good!
i was on fb very briefly a few days ago, there was a page for george that i liked :)

1:50 pm

TraderKate

gonna have to start building an ark.... the rain is supposed to start tomorrow night and go right through until sunday sometime :(

1:51 pm

crosshair

tidbit: did you know that when J. M. Barrie wrote Peter Pan there was a stipulation that all profits from sales and all other royalties garnered by that book are to to to a childrens home/orphanage in the area where the author lived and the policy is still in effect today?

1:52 pm

crosshair

let me check our 4 day forcast...

1:52 pm

TraderKate

wow! what a phillanthropist - such foresight.... i wonder how that came to pass?

1:53 pm

crosshair

do not know,kate.kwas just something my mind stored

1:54 pm

crosshair

your 5 day forcast till sunday,starting tomorrow is rain also

1:54 pm

crosshair

our

1:57 pm

crosshair

it is doing wonders for our trees and forests in this area though.everything is lush and verdant,sun is out today and you can almost hear the trees growing

1:58 pm

RoundBarn

I taught Barrie, Crossie, so knew that--and took a class to visit his village in Scotland.

1:59 pm

crosshair

here is a quote from wiki regarding his donations..

1:59 pm

crosshair

Barrie was made a baronet by George V in 1913, and a member of the Order of Merit in 1922. Before his death, he gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, which continues to benefit from them.

2:00 pm

crosshair

very nice indeed,roundbarn:))

2:00 pm

crosshair

was a hospital not a orphanage.my mistake

2:01 pm

crosshair

interesting.there a 6 peter pan statues made from the same mold as the one that is in kensington gardens and we have one here in canada as well:)

2:02 pm

TraderKate

well you just never know what you will learn whilst babbling!

2:03 pm

RoundBarn

there is a company whose only job is to go where they are putting on Peter Pan, and setting up the equipment for flying.

2:03 pm

crosshair

lol,crossy gets sidetracked like that.last week it was all the info on the russian venera space program where they actually landed a rover and got 59 minutes of film before it failed

2:03 pm

TraderKate

i saw that statue when i was there in 1999/2000!
do you know where the canadian one is?
hi roundbarn :)

2:04 pm

crosshair

it is in ST John's

2:04 pm

RoundBarn

hi, Kate, Crossy, and all.

2:04 pm

TraderKate

that sounds like my knid of job :)

2:04 pm

hego

Afternoon Kiddies

2:04 pm

crosshair

howdy roundbarn:))

2:04 pm

crosshair

howdy,hego

2:04 pm

TraderKate

hego !! :)

2:05 pm

hego

hiya Kate!

2:05 pm

TraderKate

hope you are enjoying some nice weather too :)

2:06 pm

hego

wonderful today

2:06 pm

crosshair

little help kate? need a nudge for any word off the lower h

2:06 pm

hego

It's this grid I'm not enjoying.

2:07 pm

hego

I'll take that nudge Crossy.

2:07 pm

TraderKate

have you been at it for long? i didn't find it too bad.
investigating crossy, will look now

2:08 pm

hego

I have vowel phobia.

2:08 pm

crosshair

as do i

2:08 pm

TraderKate

**** christian andersen + do as i **y, not as i do

2:09 pm

hego

ty kate

2:09 pm

crosshair

ok,got those 2,ty

2:09 pm

TraderKate

same start + just change the vowel ending from the other word

2:10 pm

hego

yay. ty again

2:10 pm

crosshair

ty again,kete

2:10 pm

TraderKate

he 5/14 male pronoun + first part of the babbler's name that likes to write stories using the words in the grid

2:11 pm

TraderKate

then pl for th he 6/24

2:11 pm

crosshair

ty ,again;))

2:11 pm

crosshair

there we go,all greyed out:)) now i can play with some others

2:12 pm

crosshair

figured they were all nonsense words

2:12 pm

TraderKate

ha 6/24 (diffferent one)
insert an additional vowel after the a in the previously clued he... then pl for a ha 7/36'

2:12 pm

crosshair

0-o

2:14 pm

crosshair

got it..ty

2:14 pm

crosshair

bit of a latin taste in the middle of the word

2:14 pm

TraderKate

babblers - phantom alert - do not try this at home!
ocean winsome and axiom.

2:15 pm

TraderKate

:)
a latin tangle/tango

2:16 pm

Nef

Good Afternoon, Everyone! How are you all on the cool, dreary day?

2:16 pm

crosshair

a latin virgin has one:)

2:17 pm

crosshair

it is bright sun and a beautiful 14c here atm;))

2:17 pm

TraderKate

i will toss out a pair that gave me a lot of grief because they are all 1 point tiles...
io 6/18 io + nil or no 4/4
then pl for io 7/28
hi nef :)
crossy is being naghty agian, lol

2:18 pm

TraderKate

nef is getting the weather that is headed our way tomorrow crossy , sorry nef!

2:18 pm

crosshair

poor nef:((

2:19 pm

hego

ty Kate!

2:19 pm

crosshair

and ty for that last clue,kate.did i ever tell you that you are my favorite? :)))

2:19 pm

hego

Hi Nef

2:19 pm

TraderKate

we've all had more than our share of dreariness this spring/summer

2:19 pm

TraderKate

{{((crossy))}}
just don't tell mrs. crossy, or she won't let me come visit!

2:19 pm

Nef

we had sunshine yesterday but it was cool; now today we are again lacking in the sunshine (I berlieve that the weatherman said we'd had somewhere around 74 days straight of no sunshine a couple of days ago

2:19 pm

hego

uh oh Crossy may get in trouble for that.........

2:20 pm

crosshair

i spend my life in troubble

2:20 pm

crosshair

lol,s hand shake on the b,s

2:20 pm

hego

; )

2:20 pm

TraderKate

we were very cool yesterday as well, it has warmed up a lot in the last 2 hours here...

2:20 pm

Nef

hi hego. How are you today?

2:21 pm

hego

good Nef, how about you?

2:21 pm

Nef

(I'm waiting for the apple store to call me back for DH's one on one appointment.)

2:22 pm

hego

did he get a phone?

2:22 pm

crosshair

well,just crept over the halfway mark here.taking a break for a few and see if i can get my brother up on skype.he must be frying like an egg in NV today

2:22 pm

TraderKate

i think technology has gone far too far... when you have to have in depth tutorials just to use your cell phone...

2:22 pm

Nef

I'm doing fine. A little tired now but I was up and taking a class at 8 AM, so am allowing myself some R & R time

2:22 pm

TraderKate

ttfn crossy :)

2:23 pm

Nef

hego and TK, he didn't get a phone (but he'd bought very simple flip phone a month or 2 ago and it's broken already)

2:24 pm

TraderKate

:( i've heard of engineered obselescense, but that's ridiculous... was it dropped?

2:25 pm

Nef

I bought him an iPod for his b'day back in February and he still can't figure out how to use it. I've tried teaching him but maybe a stranger can teach him better (he has memory problems)

2:25 pm

hego

I like my iphone. I can read my Kindle books on it in a pinch and don't have shlep my Kindle everywhere.

2:26 pm

Nef

who knows? I wondered out loud if he'd plugged it in backwards or something and got a very blank stare when I said that

2:26 pm

hego

poor thing

2:26 pm

Nef

we can charge his phone, but it won't turn on afterwards. (I'm suspecting some sort of defect)

2:27 pm

TraderKate

those plugs only go in one way i think nef, hope he gets it all straightenedout soon

2:28 pm

Nef

TK, he's impatient at times and also has a lot of upper body strength. He's my jar opener, even when he's been quite ill

2:28 pm

hego

If my hubby died, I'd starve. I can't open anything.

2:29 pm

TraderKate

if he is having memory problems, it's no wonder he's impatient... it would drive me nuts too.
they do make a few different jar openers designed for elderly/ arthritic people... but it's nice to let him feel useful ;)

2:29 pm

hego

How would I get the wine out of the bottle?

2:30 pm

TraderKate

lol... PUSH THE CORK IN.... no none gets between me and my wi 4/8 !!! ;)

2:30 pm

crosshair

most pharmacy mobility centres have aids for that sort of thing also,hego

2:31 pm

hego

oops PB for me.

2:31 pm

Nef

LOL!! Me too! My daughter's old college roommate bought me a gift a couple of years ago: it's a huge jar opener but is too bulky to have sitting out all the time. I could use that if he dies.

2:31 pm

hego

good idea Kate. lol

2:31 pm

TraderKate

they also make electric cork pullers that do a very good job... or you can drink plonk from a screw top bottle ;)

2:31 pm

hego

the screw tops are hard too. But I manage. lol

2:32 pm

TraderKate

<---- reduced to drinking "plonk" from a box, as good wine is very expensive by the bottle...

2:32 pm

Nef

I think that screw top bottles with narrow necks are the hardest things to open.

2:32 pm

TraderKate

just don't try to push the screw top into the bottle ;0

2:33 pm

crosshair

hell,if it comes to it,just do what they do at wild parties with champagne and shear the top off with the edge of a butter knife ! lol

2:33 pm

hego

Kate, I love New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Screwtop and very reasonable.

2:33 pm

TraderKate

they can be tricky, sometimes therre aren't enough little cuts in the cap for it to give over easily... and if the bottle is sweating, you're in for it..

2:34 pm

crosshair

for screw top bottles,spend 8 dollars,go to the hardware store and ask for a pair of channel lock pliers,they would be perfect

2:34 pm

TraderKate

aus and nz wines have become very expensive here hego, our dollars are almost on par... used to love to get aus reds like black opal... delish!

2:35 pm

crosshair

they open and lock for 1/2 inch to 2 inches for smaller set

2:35 pm

hego

here they are both reasonable Kate.

2:35 pm

TraderKate

crossy always has a good idea!

2:36 pm

crosshair

aussie whites are big here atm

2:37 pm

crosshair

not a wine drinker however,giving me wine is like giving a pig a strawberry.ill be there all night asking when is the real booze coming?

2:37 pm

TraderKate

black opal cab sauv used to be $13 a bottle, now it is up to $20 last i looked... beyond my price point except for a very special occassion
i love the new world reds as well
agree that the aussie whites can be very nice!

2:37 pm

hego

bad Crossy. tut tut

2:38 pm

crosshair

wine is what i drink and cook with while i wait for the booze to show up:))

2:38 pm

hego

I love them all.

2:38 pm

TraderKate

why on earth would anyone give a pig a strawberry? i don't share berries if i don't have to...

2:38 pm

crosshair

hehe

2:38 pm

hego

me either Kate. : )

2:39 pm

hego

So many e's o's and n's....groan.....

2:40 pm

TraderKate

i'll shoot you a few hego...

2:40 pm

poodletoes

I was windering if anyone was going to comment on that strange analogy.

2:40 pm

Nef

I'm finding it a tough grid

2:40 pm

TraderKate

eo 4/4 ages and ages

2:41 pm

hego

working on n's now. Doing okay.

2:41 pm

TraderKate

ea 4/4 facility

2:41 pm

hego

Hi PT

2:41 pm

RoundBarn

eons

2:41 pm

hego

got those Kate. ty

2:41 pm

hego

Hi RB

2:41 pm

RoundBarn

sorry

2:42 pm

RoundBarn

hi hego and all--sorry for carelessness

2:42 pm

TraderKate

hi poodle :)
eo 5/10 eo + a nono in the bible
and add vowel for eo 6/18

2:42 pm

crosshair

sorry,it is a old analogy.means it is a waste,you could feed a pig strawberries all night but they want something more..substantial

2:43 pm

crosshair

ty,kate

2:43 pm

poodletoes

Hmmm, interesting. I thought pigs would eat anything

2:43 pm

TraderKate

in the states, the tiger gas station.. only the double letter is only single..
which is ex 4/9

2:43 pm

hego

I think Kate knew that Crossy. lol

2:43 pm

crosshair

well,she called it strange so was just checking.stole it from a herrit book actually

2:44 pm

crosshair

herriot

2:44 pm

TraderKate

ex 6/36 add most of frozen water to the ex 4/9

2:44 pm

hego

sounds like Dr Seuss

2:44 pm

Nef

hi RB and PT

2:44 pm

TraderKate

oh 4/5
a lot like one of the american states
and pl for the oh 5/12

2:45 pm

poodletoes

Hi Nef

2:45 pm

TraderKate

james herriott... country vet, wrote books, and they made a lot of tv series about him

2:45 pm

TraderKate

on 4/5 the startof a fairy tale

2:46 pm

hego

All Creatures Great and Small.

2:46 pm

crosshair

excellent books.could never get into the bbc tv series however

2:46 pm

TraderKate

on 4/4 singles

2:46 pm

TraderKate

on 5/10 cying veggie and pl

2:46 pm

hego

no 6,21?

2:47 pm

hego

ty for the veggies

2:47 pm

TraderKate

no + mi 4/5

2:47 pm

crosshair

"the books however give you the warm fuzzies.you can almost see the countryside and the rolling hills he talks about

2:47 pm

TraderKate

sounds like a small amount

2:47 pm

crosshair

ty again,kate

2:47 pm

TraderKate

ni 5/10 ni + french negative
and pl

2:48 pm

hego

ty

2:48 pm

crosshair

you are a cluing wonder today!!

2:49 pm

TraderKate

a ni 4/5 babbler helps others over the finish line
then make a recess in the wall by extending it by insertion of a consonant

2:49 pm

hego

n's done!!

2:49 pm

TraderKate

ni 4/4 X - I =

2:49 pm

TraderKate

and pl

2:50 pm

TraderKate

inert gas (es)
for the ne 4/4 and ne 5/10

2:50 pm

crosshair

ty again;))

2:51 pm

TraderKate

i didn't like the proposal brought to me by an underling, so i ****d the plan ni 4/9

2:51 pm

TraderKate

2 x na 4/4 bablets

2:52 pm

TraderKate

at high no 4/4 they will hang him... they will throw the no 5/10 over the nearest tree limb and string him up

2:52 pm

TraderKate

the onlookers will probably make a lot of no 5/10 when the deed is done

2:53 pm

TraderKate

no 4/5 a town in alaska?

2:53 pm

TraderKate

... or garaden denizen?

2:53 pm

TraderKate

it is as plain as the n04/4 on your face

2:54 pm

crosshair

hehe,everyone is just sucking up the clues...

2:54 pm

TraderKate

nil and nils for the no 4/4 and pl

2:54 pm

hego

NO ONE CAN STOP HER!!!!!

2:54 pm

TraderKate

i must go soon, they are closing early here today... any last requesrts

2:54 pm

crosshair

not going to try..

2:55 pm

hego

lolol

2:55 pm

TraderKate

;)
the babbling police will come and take me away!

2:55 pm

hego

no ty Kate. :)

2:55 pm

TraderKate

well, i hope everyone is well on their way now :)

2:55 pm

wvteach

either of the single O please

2:56 pm

crosshair

ty,no,kate you have helped us along quite well and we are on our way

2:56 pm

TraderKate

crying veggie an pl

2:56 pm

TraderKate

poof

2:56 pm

poodletoes

less than twice

2:56 pm

wvteach

got bottom O - need right column please

2:56 pm

hego

on** upon a time

2:56 pm

wvteach

thnx poodle

2:57 pm

RoundBarn

when our class went by herriot's place we figured we should hit a dog and get to go in, but then we figured we should hit a python then we could all go in, carrying it

2:58 pm

hego

lol RB

2:58 pm

crosshair

good stories.all the books.have them all on my reader.will have to give them another go soon

2:59 pm

RoundBarn

onxx upon a time my br-in-law read them aloud over Wis pibl radio on Chapter-a-Day

3:00 pm

crosshair

also hitchhiker guide to the galaxy,but you have to be in a certain mind frame for that one..insanity is a good place to be to start with;))

3:01 pm

crosshair

always felt bad for arthur dent

3:01 pm

crosshair

and marvin

3:02 pm

RoundBarn

nef, still here? my cousins aren't going to BE in Mlps when I'm there so trying to find a catless spot for my helper--he's allergic! I have a cat place in St Paul.

3:04 pm

RoundBarn

i felt bad that douglas adams died--

3:06 pm

crosshair

so did i,they got his last book of the computer in his office however and i would love to read it

3:07 pm

crosshair

it is called The salmon Of Doubt

3:08 pm

RoundBarn

willit ever be published?

3:08 pm

crosshair

it has been

3:08 pm

crosshair

mm,he was only 49 when he passed

3:09 pm

crosshair

was published in 2002 but have yet to get to it..so many books,so little time

3:11 pm

RoundBarn

ditto--so I better get to work to add to the number--thanks for all the fish

3:12 pm

crosshair

hehe,do not forget your beach towel

3:20 pm

crosshair

oops,speaking of new releases,Kings New one is out called Joyland now we just have to wait for the shining part deux;)

3:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(sneaking into the room like a cat)

3:33 pm

onyx

my last ch wprd is making me loca

3:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

do you have ch4, rhymes with not off?

3:35 pm

onyx

yeah. think it is a 5

3:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hmmm, okay, hunting

3:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i have a ch5 that is ch then three diff vowels, is that it?

3:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

3:46 pm

crosshair

ty for the ch 5,gwen

3:46 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

8-D

3:46 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and hiya crossy

3:46 pm

crosshair

:))

3:48 pm

crosshair

went to my profile at goodreads.com, started looking for more book titles to get when it suddenly dawned on me that i now have over 30 books already waiting for me and what the heck was i doing looking for more?? lol give it two weeks then i can start plucking more titles;)

3:53 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(wonders if she should mention that she has 6,000 books . . . )

3:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(well, 4,000 are only inventory . . . )

3:56 pm

RoundBarn

w(wonders if she should remind him she has two new bks out)

3:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(and yes, i have read some of them, lol)

3:57 pm

RoundBarn

that makes me glad. I'm working on Volume 3, last of my magnum opus--except that babble has a certain addiction--

3:59 pm

RoundBarn

so back to work--

4:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

see ya, RB

4:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh boy, found the 8 - 9 combo

4:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

my phantom is wisconsin which is not a legal word and not even close, but i keep seeing it anyway

4:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(thinking about taking a nap, like a cat)

4:15 pm

Kazzer99

Gwen - have you heard the new that Matt Smith is quitting as the doctor

4:16 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

PLEASE NO SPOILERS yes i have heard please tell me no more !!! (do you know how many times i have seen a regeneration before I knew it was coming?)

4:16 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

prefer to let the show surprise me 8-)

4:17 pm

Kazzer99

we know nothing - its the christmas special - it will be a surpise for all of us as well

4:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

WTF WTF WTF please NO MORE INFO!!!!!

4:17 pm

Kazzer99

okay

4:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(going to have to change my icon and hide now LOL)

4:18 pm

Kazzer99

have u seen the last series?

4:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i did not know it was going to be the xmas special. shit!

4:19 pm

lilliann

hi gwen and kazzer.changing the subject. can i have a clue for the 8/9 combo (didn't know it was a combo) please gwen

4:19 pm

Kazzer99

it was biabbed all over the bbc website about a week ago

4:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i do NOT read the bbc website for just that reason. okay, cluing

4:20 pm

cosdem

gwen i rented a doctor who movie today atthe library

4:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

an8 = an + babe the blue ** + vowel + missing in action

4:21 pm

Kazzer99

its a horrible word - not even sure what it means. it begins an and i thik its to do with lack of something in the blood the 4th letter is the high scoring one

4:21 pm

cosdem

the waters of mars

4:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

two to go

4:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

the water of mars, super ep!

4:21 pm

Kazzer99

i have 31 left but will need to go to get the painkillers soon so i an go to bed

4:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fireworks, last landed on wi6

4:22 pm

Kazzer99

congrats gwen

4:22 pm

cosdem

my friend suggested helen mirren be the new doctor :) i think she'd be great

4:22 pm

lilliann

ty gwen,kazz and coz

4:22 pm

lilliann

wtg gwen! :)

4:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i have heard many rumors over the years on who will be the next doctor. one time it was donald sutherland

4:23 pm

Kazzer99

i dont thin the doc should be a women - it wouldnt seem right

4:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

if he can get a new accent and lose 8 inches when he regenerates, anything is possible lol

4:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi lilliann

4:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and cos

4:25 pm

cosdem

hi all btw :P

4:25 pm

cosdem

also checked out a sci-fi book so im being scifi geek cos today

4:25 pm

lilliann

hi cos :)

4:26 pm

Kazzer99

hmm still not convinced and hi all as well - only on tonight cos we are hols for a few days from tomorrow. Going to Bristol to see Reg D Hunter at Colston Hall - its a shame i cant really laugh without doubling up

4:26 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

well, i'm off to cook something, going to try to forget what was said about doctor who (!)

4:27 pm

lilliann

i watched dr who about a month ago with my daughter who use to be huge fan and had lots of things to do with the show but then she went off it when this one started and then watched it again but i can't get into it anymore.i loved it when i was grwoing up and then went off it as a teeanger.

4:28 pm

cosdem

i like the minor characters best on the show. (cassandra, the last human and harriet jones for example)

4:28 pm

Kazzer99

i was scared witless by it in the 60s - absolutle hated the cybermen and the daleks

4:30 pm

cosdem

the cybermen -- terrifying

4:30 pm

Kazzer99

i used to hide in my grans kitchen and eatch it thru a semi opaque window!!

4:31 pm

Kazzer99

anyway off to the codeine and paracetamol so i can get some sleep - might be on tomorrow for a bit

4:36 pm

lilliann

sorry, was off looking at something.hope the painkillers work kazz and sweet dreams

4:46 pm

Nef

hi again everyone. We all love Dr Who here, even my grandson loves to watch it. I'm still scared by the daleck and the cybermen though, I have to leave the room when things get tense or I have nightmares about them.

4:47 pm

Nef

... and it looks like I missed that congo by 10 minutes and everyone left.....

4:48 pm

MollyL

Hi Nef, I'm still here, but not a Dr. Who fan. : D

4:48 pm

Nef

conversation is what I meant, not congo (having trouble with spell check lately

4:48 pm

Nef

hi Molly

4:49 pm

MollyL

I thought you meant conga line : )

4:49 pm

Nef

LOL

4:51 pm

Nef

spell check wouldn't let me use the word "til" today, even when I told it I wanted til it kept printing tip!

4:52 pm

kje

scary when the machine thinks it knows better than you, nef... beware ; )

4:56 pm

Nef

I know. I'm trying to "train" this mac to think like me (which might be dangerous, I know). DH bought me a brand NEW one in April for my b'day; first really new one I've had since our first computer back in 1992. We've had many, many "new to us" computers in between; but there are some new things I still don't know and am learning

4:57 pm

kje

mac laptop?

4:58 pm

kje

I have a wall at 35 left

5:00 pm

Nef

nope, I got a Mac Mini desktop so it wouldn't walk off. It's 1 inch high, 7 inches square and has more memory and functions than the huge G5 (my last mac)

5:01 pm

Nef

Should I admit to hitting a wall with double that number left?

5:01 pm

kje

a wall is a wall.... just like in real life, they seem to grow as you get closer...

5:02 pm

Nef

true.

5:02 pm

Nef

I see so many phantoms in this grid and I keep trying them over and over again.

5:02 pm

kje

I may step away a bit and return before I list.... usually clears my vision a bit

5:03 pm

kje

see ya nef

5:03 pm

Nef

bye for now!

5:03 pm

kje

enjoy your mac... best computer ever

5:03 pm

Nef

I'm going to do the same

5:08 pm

stidgmere

Hello just starting and we are in the middle of a sunny, warm day here in the great Northwest.

5:09 pm

MollyL

Hello Gran Mere

5:10 pm

stidgmere

Hi Molly. Haven't seen you lately but then I've not been on very consistently as of late.

5:11 pm

MollyL

In the nice weather I am outside more than in.
: )

5:11 pm

stidgmere

Good for you Molly it is the vitamin D that we lack here in the great Northwest.

5:12 pm

MollyL

I take supplements. Seems mine is low no matter how much sunshine I get. But then, it seems everyone's is low lately.

5:13 pm

stidgmere

Maybe they test for vitamin D in the blood stream more now than a few years ago.

5:14 pm

MollyL

I think so.

5:15 pm

MollyL

Thyroid too. Seems like everyone I know has an under active thyroid.

5:15 pm

Jillyjill

Good afternoon....rough day, glad to put my feet up for a few minutes and will babble.

5:16 pm

MollyL

Rough day...*Pitches the lemon water and makes Jill a frosty gin & tonic*

5:17 pm

stidgmere

Never saw so many ch words! Hi jilly. Shall I slice some lemon or lime to float in your tonic ale?

5:19 pm

Jillyjill

*glug, glug, glug* thank you molly!!

5:21 pm

MollyL

When I went to get blood drawn the other day I watched one whiny patient ruin the mood of everyone in the office staff.

5:24 pm

stidgmere

We shall not be whiny and spoil our good attitudes. Hi Ho and all.

5:24 pm

Jillyjill

LOL...one patient can totally ruin my mood...

5:24 pm

MollyL

Hey, I'm very nice to medical staff. They are the ones with the needles. : O

5:29 pm

lilliann

hi to 3 lovely ladies:).am back from sorting mouthy teenager out.don't you just love em!!i still need 48 in this grid.it's very slow going today

5:29 pm

Jillyjill

I have that same thought...

5:31 pm

stidgmere

This grid is not as intuitive as some others and perfectly great combinations of letters do not appear to be English. Do I secretly speak another language unbeknownst to me?

5:32 pm

MollyL

Some people talk in their sleep. Perhaps you speak in tongues in your sleep Gran Mere. : )

5:33 pm

o-o

The Rat Race Trap: http://tinyurl.com/latsj4h

5:33 pm

stidgmere

Perhaps, molly, here is the need for a taperecorder!

5:33 pm

Jillyjill

nbt/nbs...heading out for errands...feeling much better...thank you for your sympathy,support and G&T

5:34 pm

lilliann

well you know babble gmere.we have words from all over the place

5:34 pm

lilliann

bye jill, tc hin

5:35 pm

stidgmere

So true lilliann. I am hoping your evening is quieting down. People can be unnerving even if it is family.

5:35 pm

MollyL

Yes, all over the place. Even L-land, as hi4 is in the grid.
: D

5:36 pm

lilliann

duh, and i missed it molly, ty :D

5:36 pm

lilliann

i got the wi4 but missed that one.my head is not in this grid today

5:37 pm

MollyL

I'm getting really bored with the small ones.

5:37 pm

lilliann

well, it should be now gmere as she should be asleep

5:37 pm

hurshy

*tired*

5:37 pm

lilliann

i know what you mean molly.i wasnt a huge one to sink my teeth into

5:38 pm

MollyL

L, I always had to stay up an hour or two beyond my kids, just to feel like I had some "me" time.

5:39 pm

lilliann

she's just settled down and was half asleep ten minutes ago molly, that's what the argument was about as she went to bed at 9pm and was still walking about at 10.30pm

5:41 pm

lilliann

hi hursh

5:41 pm

MollyL

My youngest used to get like that if he was stressed about something. Usually a cup of chamomile tea would help him get to sleep. That was the high school years.

5:41 pm

hurshy

hi

5:44 pm

lilliann

i don't think she's stressed about anything, as she would tell me as she's tells me everything.it's just the usual bedtime thing with her, she doesn't want to go to bed so she goes on her phone,laptop and walks about 20 times saying she needs the loo.she doesn't think i know what she's getting upto being deaf but she's sadly mistaken as she should know by now as she's been caught out so many times

5:45 pm

lilliann

we have arguments about it every night.she also knows it's difficult for me to get up and down stairs all the time so thinks she can get away with it. what annoys me the most and is really beginning to get on my nerves is that she doesn't do it when her dad is here

5:47 pm

hurshy

"Experience has taught me that the less satisfying the narrative of the day has been, the more likely I am to be unable to let it go. My body keeps me awake until my mind has sculpted something more shapely from the day or I am able to distract it with a more engaging narrative borrowed from the pages of a book. The vigilance of the waking hours is over but so is the magic lantern of event. No matter how glad I am to sink into unconsciousness, this always feels like a loss. Children, who are in so many ways more fully alive than us, understand this intuitively, I think. It’s a rare child who volunteers to go to bed: they too need stories, borrowed narratives to persuade them away from the thrills and puzzles of their own day."

5:47 pm

lilliann

anyway, i don't want to talk about her anymore as i need some 'me time@ as you said molly

5:48 pm

stidgmere

Hurshy, you have so wisely summed up the night experience! Thank you.

5:48 pm

hurshy

it's not me, it's a quote, but, it is just how i feel, and i thought, if it helps anyone understand how anyone feels about going to bed...

5:51 pm

lilliann

i think that is more true of younger children hursh.ialways read her stories and cutched up to every night.she can even read a book before she goes to sleep, i've told her that loads of times as i like to read a book before i go to sleep but she's watching things on her telephone or laptop which keeps her awake longer

5:51 pm

hurshy

i mean if you can identify what it's really about, it's easier to figure out what is helpful to do about it.

5:51 pm

MollyL

"The narrative of the day"...self talk. Whether self talk is positive or negative makes a huge difference in the quality of your life.

5:52 pm

hurshy

it's still true for me lilli, and i think that teens just don't always know that narrative is what they are looking for - just that they don't feel satisfied with the day, thus don't want it to end, want to pull something better from it. but if you can get them to see maybe what it is that they want...

5:53 pm

hurshy

course i know talking to teens and getting them to believe anything is a tall order.

5:56 pm

lilliann

aye, what you are saying is true but she just wants to be up with me or her dad when he is here which is great but she has to learn that there is a cut off period and that is bedtime and as i said i don't mind her going to bed and having a half an hour of relax time, but to teenagers it's tv, games etc

5:56 pm

MollyL

What time does she get up in the morning L? Perhaps her bed time is too early?

5:56 pm

lilliann

6.20am

5:58 pm

lilliann

do you think 9pm is early for a 13 year old?i tell her to go to bed at nine knowing that it will be 9.30pm before she gets into it and 10pm before she actually goes to sleep.she's always needed atleast 9 hrs and if she doesn't get it then she gets more grouchy and then i get more arguments

5:59 pm

MollyL

Also, sometimes people with a high metabolism have a hard time unwinding and falling asleep.

6:00 pm

lilliann

i've always had trouble sleeping so i suppose she could take after me but with school, i don't want her sleeping in and being to knackered for school as she loves it

6:00 pm

hurshy

melatonin... valerian... warm bath 1 hr before bed...

6:00 pm

MollyL

When my kids were in high school (grades 9-12) they were up at 6 and out the door by 7. They usually went to bed around 10PM.

6:01 pm

lilliann

i don't know what melatonin and valerian is, but she has a warm bath every night and is in in for about an hour and she has a lavender spray in her room which goes off every half hour

6:03 pm

lilliann

she's out the door by 7.30am.she gets up earlier because she gets sidetracked by things....normally the computor!

6:03 pm

hurshy

melatonin is just a thing that you naturally have in your body but you can take extra supplement and it can help you fall asleep. valerian is an herb that is also supposed to help you sleep. it's available on its own or, if you buy sleepytime extra tea from celestial seasonings, it's in that.

6:05 pm

hurshy

us insomnia peeps know all the tips

6:06 pm

lilliann

the thing is, she's never admitted that she is tired since she was little and will go on just to prove the point, but i do have loads of herbal teas but she doesn't drink them.i sometimes give her a hot chocolate.i think she's just like me with sleeping and also stubborn(don't know where she gets it from)!

6:06 pm

lilliann

i've tried all sorts hursh, but they don't seem to work for me

6:06 pm

hurshy

yeah same here, lol

6:07 pm

hurshy

they only seem to work for people with minor trouble

6:07 pm

hurshy

but i just got put on topamax recently for migraines and i feel like i've been sleeping much better since then!

6:08 pm

lilliann

when i could, when i couldn't sleep, i'd just re-paint rooms at night as it was relaxing.even after 15 hour shifts at work, i'd paint a room and then sleep for an hour and go back to work for another 12 hours

6:09 pm

lilliann

glad to hear it hursh, apart from the migraines.i only suffer about 1 a year now since my hysterectomy.that seemed to help mine

6:10 pm

MollyL

Just goes to show how different people are. Painting is the most un-relaxing thing I can think of. I get stressed just thinking about painting.

6:12 pm

lilliann

the paint companies loved me and i don't know how many times i re-painted walls, but it was good for me. i can't do it now.i can only reach half a wall so it wouldn't look good...lol plus i get dizzy doing it....ooh, pehaps i should do a few walls, i could end up with walls like picasso :)

6:12 pm

hurshy

well the topamax does seem to be doing a good job preventing the migraines also!

6:13 pm

hurshy

uhoh

6:13 pm

hurshy

sunburn on back of neck :(

6:13 pm

lilliann

let's hope it lasts hursh

6:13 pm

hurshy

the topamax not the sunburn :)

6:13 pm

lilliann

what helps you relax molly?

6:14 pm

MollyL

A hot bath. Also, the more time I spend in fresh air, the better I sleep.

6:15 pm

lilliann

i got alittle bit on the front of my kneck today when the bairn pushed me to a shop, bless her, saying that, that was after an hours worth of whining that she had nowt to wear as nothing fitted her

6:16 pm

lilliann

yes, i must admit molly, when we go on holiday and i'm outside, even if i am lying down it makes me more tired than being at home and i do like a hot bubble bath

6:17 pm

cybernan

io 6, please?

6:18 pm

MollyL

The best sleep I get is when I'm at the beach. Sea air is like a narcotic for me.

6:18 pm

MollyL

io + Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were **** "

6:18 pm

lilliann

actually, i could do with a holiday and spend some time with the bairn out of the house and actually see husband

6:20 pm

lilliann

i love the beach, but it's harder to get on now so we end up by a pool and hubby and the bairn go into the sea

6:20 pm

cybernan

ty molly

6:20 pm

MollyL

It's been a long time since I've been able to afford to take a vacation. I miss that.

6:20 pm

lilliann

ty molly

6:20 pm

lilliann

hi nan

6:22 pm

lilliann

i've just read your icon molly.love it. well, if we go at christmas you can squish into my suitcase :)

6:22 pm

lilliann

well, hopefully, you will be able to at sometime molly

6:24 pm

lilliann

well, if you can ever afford the flight, there will be people here and ireland that will put you up molly

6:25 pm

MollyL

: D

6:26 pm

lilliann

if i ever win the lottererry, i'll treat you :D

6:26 pm

lilliann

lottererry?? lol lottery

6:26 pm

MollyL

You, Soodle and I need to win the lottery. We would all be great rich people.

6:28 pm

lilliann

we would.

6:29 pm

pat57

how do i play

6:29 pm

lilliann

i really need to find some words but i can't see nowt

6:29 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* -- off to make a potato salad for supper

6:29 pm

lilliann

wtg nan! sounds lovely.tc

6:30 pm

lilliann

hi pat.you need to find atleast 4 letter words

6:30 pm

tabbycat

Pat...go to the Babblers

6:31 pm

lilliann

there are 115 words to find and in the boxes below the grid tells you the first letter of each word to find

6:31 pm

tabbycat

oops..Babblers Anonymous link under Friends of Babble on this page for a good explanation of the game

6:32 pm

lilliann

tabbycat is right, go to babblers anonymous and it tells you everyhting

6:32 pm

pat57

thanks everyone

6:32 pm

tabbycat

Oops...again. I just tried that and it didn't work.

6:33 pm

lilliann

yw pat.you can always ask questions and we will help

6:33 pm

MollyL

The HELP button above chat explains the rules.

6:34 pm

tabbycat

Thanks, Molly...been so long since I've checked, I forgot about that.

6:34 pm

lilliann

so it does molly. i've never clicked it on it

6:34 pm

periwinkle

hi all

6:35 pm

lilliann

hi peri

6:35 pm

MollyL

Angelsong's Babble page used to be great help, but it doesn't work anymore.

6:35 pm

MollyL

How are you feeling, Peri?

6:36 pm

periwinkle

better I took a nap

6:36 pm

lilliann

have you not been well peri?

6:36 pm

MollyL

It's great how a nap can recharge your battery.

6:36 pm

periwinkle

I did notsleep last night

6:37 pm

lilliann

well, i hope you feel more with it now :)

6:37 pm

periwinkle

I do, thanks

6:37 pm

lilliann

glad to hear it

6:37 pm

uusue2

hi all!

6:38 pm

periwinkle

hi sue

6:38 pm

uusue2

hi peri, lilli, molly!

6:38 pm

MollyL

Hi Sue. How is Frank doing? Are you still planning your summer travels?

6:39 pm

lilliann

pat, i hope you read molly's chat at 6.33 to go to help above the chat and can get some idea of how to play the game. you can also ask for clues on the chat

6:39 pm

lilliann

hi sue:)

6:40 pm

uusue2

Frank is ok, Molly, he has his last treatment tomorrow and is looking forward to getting free of the side effects. Summer travel maybe in July or August - we haven't made actual plans yet.

6:40 pm

uusue2

We are both getting anxious about his next scan (in 3-4 weeks) as that will tell us whether the chemo has actually worked or not...

6:41 pm

MollyL

Well, here's hoping you two get a chance to get away together. And I am confident that the next scan will produce great results.

6:41 pm

uusue2

I sure hope so, Molly!

6:41 pm

lilliann

glad to hear about frank's last treatment sue and fingers crossed that everyhting is good. i'm sure it will be

6:42 pm

uusue2

And in any case I will be back to being really retired at the end of the month, and am looking forward to that!

6:42 pm

periwinkle

ditto what molly and lil said

6:42 pm

periwinkle

fw bye for now

6:42 pm

lilliann

wtg pwri! tc

6:42 pm

lilliann

*peri

6:42 pm

uusue2

yay peri!

6:43 pm

lilliann

you're actually properly retiring this time sue? :)

6:43 pm

MollyL

Really retired...I love it. I'm hearing munchkins singing now. Really most sincerely retired. : D

6:44 pm

uusue2

that's the plan, lilli! And the state is changing the rules on hiring retirees so they really can't call me back much anyway :-)

6:44 pm

lilliann

i'm loving the munchkins molly :D

6:45 pm

lilliann

well, it will be good for you and frank to have some proper 1:1 time away from hospitals.i really hope all goes well for you both :)

6:46 pm

uusue2

thanks, lilli! I will keep you all posted, of course!

6:47 pm

lilliann

why are they changing the rules sue, or what are they changing them too?

6:47 pm

lilliann

please do :)

6:48 pm

uusue2

they are limiting the time you can work after retirement for the same agency from which you retired, to a total of 18 weeks. I'm not sure exactly why.

6:48 pm

MollyL

No kid at home, in the nice new home, no need to work, good income...
♪ Everything's coming up roses ♫
(My attempt to stay positive)

6:48 pm

uusue2

Of course, they can't stop me working somewhere else, or doing freelance work, which I will continue to do at some level.

6:48 pm

lilliann

ahh, so you could go and work somewhere else

6:49 pm

lilliann

ditto

6:49 pm

uusue2

Indeed, molly (although the kid is in fact moving back home)

6:49 pm

uusue2

I could, lilli, but don't really want to

6:49 pm

MollyL

Oh crap. The boomerang thing.

6:49 pm

lilliann

i don't blame you sue

6:50 pm

uusue2

well, it will, as he's pointed out, save me money...

6:50 pm

MollyL

Save you money?

6:50 pm

lilliann

that's a good one!! lol

6:51 pm

uusue2

he was living in a frat house, which cost about $5000 per year, so I wouldn't have to be paying that any more

6:51 pm

uusue2

he is still a full-time student at the university I am trying to retire from

6:52 pm

MollyL

How is the girlfriend situation? Is that going to be a problem?

6:53 pm

lilliann

oh well, then you will be saving money.how much longer does he have there sue?

6:53 pm

uusue2

he has a new one who is very nice, very ambitious and earns a lot of money, so that is good (talking about the girlfriend here)

6:53 pm

uusue2

he has about two years left, lilli

6:54 pm

MollyL

Oh great. I thought he was still with the bunny boiler.

6:54 pm

uusue2

no, she is, thank goodness, history

6:55 pm

MollyL

Yay!!!

6:56 pm

lilliann

glad he has a lovely girlfriend and i hope all goes well for his next 2 years of study

6:57 pm

uusue2

thanks, lilli! His first two years have taken him about 3 years to get done but I think he is getting himself together finally

6:58 pm

lilliann

what is he studying sue?

6:58 pm

uusue2

electrical engineering, with a biomedical engineering emphasis

6:58 pm

cosdem

greetings

6:58 pm

lilliann

well hopefully with his new ambitious girlfriend, she'll help and keep him on track

6:58 pm

cosdem

brb

6:58 pm

uusue2

last semester he took 5 engineering classes and passed them all, which is very good!

6:59 pm

uusue2

Yes, she is good for him.

6:59 pm

lilliann

good prospects at the end sue but way over my head :)

6:59 pm

uusue2

Hi, cos! And bye - that was quick!

6:59 pm

lilliann

wb cos

6:59 pm

lilliann

how way cos, you're in and then out...are we doing the Hokey Cokey?? :)

7:00 pm

cosdem

lemme try this again.. greetings :)

7:00 pm

lilliann

deja vu :)

7:00 pm

cosdem

i left my 7up in the kitchen so i had to go back get it

7:00 pm

lilliann

good for him sue

7:01 pm

cosdem

finally got nbs with the an7...

7:02 pm

uusue2

nbs and nbt, yay for lickety and morewords!

7:02 pm

uusue2

must check on activity in the kitchen...

7:07 pm

cosdem

molly u around?

7:10 pm

lilliann

she'll pop back when you're not expecting her cos:)

7:11 pm

cosdem

that's our molly

7:11 pm

cosdem

just wanted to tell her there's a new stephen king movie being mad that hasnt yet been made into a movie. its based on a short story he wrote called "Gramma" about an evil witch

7:12 pm

blueheron

That's our Molly

7:13 pm

MollyL

That was already on Amazing Stories back in the day. And it scared the crap out of my kids at the time.

7:13 pm

lilliann

i'm not really into stephen king.some are ok but not my thing

7:13 pm

lilliann

she's like a genie..just appears :)

7:14 pm

MollyL

Har dee har L, I was editing some photos for a clients web site. : D

7:14 pm

cosdem

it was? hmm ill have to see if its still on netflix

7:15 pm

cosdem

<--sucker for movies about witches

7:15 pm

lilliann

i wasn't the only one that said you'd appear when not expecting to see you :D...flutters eye lashes

7:16 pm

MollyL

I was wrong, it was on The New Twilight Zone. I think you can watch it on YouTube.

7:17 pm

cosdem

oh ok ill google itin a bit thanks

7:17 pm

lilliann

get on and work woman :P

7:17 pm

lilliann

can i just ask...is there a difference betwen :) :D :P ?

7:18 pm

cosdem

time for a new icon brb

7:19 pm

MollyL

Barrett Oliver from The Never Ending Story plays the kid.

7:19 pm

MollyL

: D is a smile...: P is sticking your tongue out at someone.

7:19 pm

cosdem

oh no thats tales from the darkside

7:19 pm

cosdem

or creepshow.. one of the either

7:20 pm

lilliann

and what is :)?

7:20 pm

lilliann

or it should be :-)

7:20 pm

MollyL

: D : D : D at your icon Cos. I really can't stand the Gangnam guy.

7:21 pm

cosdem

lol me too.. but this icon makes me laugh

7:21 pm

MollyL

It made me laugh too.

7:21 pm

cosdem

finally saw the hobbit the other day

7:22 pm

lilliann

i didn't know the P was stick out tongue.you've done it to me loads of times ...pfffttt :P

7:22 pm

lilliann

i like your icon too cos and it is sooo true

7:22 pm

MollyL

I still haven't seen The Hobbit. Did you like it?

7:23 pm

cosdem

it was.. idk.. i heard if u liked the book ud like the movie.. i didnt read the book yet but the movie was good.. because i knew it was just part of a trilogy..

7:23 pm

cosdem

lilli- do you mean spongebob icon or gandalf icon?

7:24 pm

lilliann

sponge bob

7:24 pm

lilliann

i can't see a gandalf one

7:24 pm

cosdem

ahhh because i just uploaded it and expert is being stupid again lol

7:24 pm

cosdem

if you click on it you should be able to see gandalf

7:24 pm

MollyL

Now I want to see the Dancing Gandalf Style video.
: D

7:24 pm

lilliann

i'll refresh

7:25 pm

lilliann

no, still sponge bob

7:25 pm

cosdem

hmmmmm lemme see

7:26 pm

cosdem

thats odd

7:27 pm

MollyL

You guys need to get out of expert.

7:27 pm

lilliann

i read the book "The Hobbit" years ago but can't remember much

7:27 pm

cosdem

you know that gangham style dude? just replace his face with gandalf, and the caption says gandalf style

7:27 pm

lilliann

no, still spongebob

7:27 pm

cosdem

lol molly i ddnt use expert yesterday and i fnished the grid too :)

7:27 pm

lilliann

ahh ok :)

7:28 pm

cosdem

so im pissed off at our library today

7:29 pm

cosdem

I get an email saying one book I had on reserve is ready to pick up. I go all the way there and pick it up. I get home. There. Another email saying a dvd I have on reserve is ready to pick up.

7:30 pm

lilliann

lol, that's about right.our libraries are the same

7:31 pm

cosdem

i reserved the muppet show and i was wanting to see it tonight too. but i cant walk 4 more miles today i already walked 4 lol

7:31 pm

lilliann

i must admit, i tend to get more books on my kindle as it is alot easier for me but i do miss going to the library

7:31 pm

cosdem

2 miles there, 2 miles back. its a nice day so i didnt want to waste 70 cents on a bus

7:32 pm

lilliann

some of our big libraries do dvd's but not the small ones

7:32 pm

cosdem

I usually just get movies at the library now. Free to check out....

7:32 pm

lilliann

well, atleast you got some sun and excercise cos :D

7:32 pm

cosdem

new releases - 3 days (2 day grace so 5 days really) and regular 7 days (9 days with grace)

7:33 pm

cosdem

yes very true. i m getting a tan lol

7:34 pm

cosdem

help with the ax4 please

7:34 pm

lilliann

and i live in a village so our small libraries don't do them

7:34 pm

lilliann

sorry cos, i don't have either ax's

7:35 pm

cosdem

ah.. i wonder if someday you'll be able to check out movies on your tablet from the library

7:35 pm

lilliann

ax on not off

7:35 pm

cosdem

how hard is it to find an ax4 word ugh

7:35 pm

cosdem

a thanks lilli.. thought i tried that!

7:36 pm

cosdem

ax4 + most of cold water for the ax6

7:36 pm

lilliann

it would be good and keep the libraries going as so many are closing down now because of kindles and amazon etc

7:36 pm

lilliann

ty cos

7:37 pm

lilliann

and tablets

7:37 pm

cosdem

our library wants us to contact big name authors like s king and j grisham etc to convicne them to allow us to checkk their books out on our kindles/nook/etc

7:37 pm

cosdem

right now only "small" authors books

7:38 pm

lilliann

i don't think our libraries do that

7:39 pm

MollyL

I am very sad that the use of e-readers is closing book stores and libraries. : (

7:39 pm

cosdem

and our branch is a small one.. so if I want a good book I have to either go downtown and find a copy or put it on reserve and wait weeks for them to deliver to our branch

7:39 pm

cosdem

I have like 30 items on reserve lol...and been waiting a while for them

7:40 pm

lilliann

i know my daughter can go into a library in the city and can get wii games and it is also a university library but everyone can use it, but i've never heard of uploading books on to e-readers

7:40 pm

Smdnjv

Greetings!! Sorry to interrupt. I usually just lurk and eaves drop on the conversations but I am wondering if anyone can update me on MrP. I have not seen her on here in quite awhile and I have been concerned because I know she has endured quite a bit of illness?

7:41 pm

MollyL

Last I heard Mr. P is fine and engaged.

7:41 pm

cosdem

lemme check her facebook profile

7:41 pm

cosdem

she posted last on May 12th.

7:42 pm

cosdem

she may have another profile but seems she is doing ok

7:42 pm

Smdnjv

I did not know that she and Lickety had split. My goodness. I guess that is why he did not include how she is in our last email "conversation."

7:43 pm

lilliann

i am too molly. i love my local library but i can't always get there and have ordered books but then not been able to pick them up so they get sent back and i still get charged, which doesn't bother me so much apart from the dirty looks from a librarian when i get there to pay them.plus an e-reader is lighter and easier for me to hold and i can prop it up in bed which i can't do with a book.but i will never get rid of my books

7:44 pm

Smdnjv

Thanks for the info. I am really relieve to know that she is not sick!!

7:44 pm

MollyL

Good L, don't get rid of your books. They are becoming obsolete.

7:46 pm

lilliann

mrp's engaged?i don't go on fb much now, so have no idea

7:47 pm

lilliann

molly, the bairn still goes to the library alot and gets books, and she has loads that i bought her when she was little that are in really good nick so i've boced them up for my grand children...saying that they won't be reading books then, will they

7:48 pm

lilliann

if i get any

7:48 pm

MollyL

If I get lucky enough to have grandchildren, they will be reading real books. I have a collection saved up for them.

7:49 pm

cosdem

I keep buying copies of books at the thrift store and saving them

7:49 pm

cosdem

every book I have on the kindle I also have a hard copy of

7:51 pm

lilliann

i love books and the feel of the pages but they are just too heavy for me now and not easy to read when lying down. i feel very sorry for book shop owners now as it has to be very hard on them with e- readers

7:52 pm

Shirlockc

an8/9?

7:52 pm

MollyL

Not to mention authors whose books are getting hijacked and traded without the author getting any royalties.

7:52 pm

lilliann

i loved the film "You've Got Mail" when megan ryan would read stories in her book shop, it reminds me of our local library

7:53 pm

MollyL

Nothing will ever replace Story Hour with someone reading from a real book.

7:54 pm

cosdem

not even teddy ruxpin? :)

7:55 pm

cosdem

I had a teddy ruxpin but it was worthless to me lol

7:56 pm

stidmama

I was going to ask you cos (hey all) how you got story time as a child? I loved being read to, and following the words in the book... But you had something else.

7:56 pm

lilliann

an and a card board b**, a girls name **ily and

7:56 pm

stidmama

a twisty, strange grid, methinks!

7:56 pm

cosdem

someone signed the story..

7:56 pm

stidmama

thanks for the 8, lillian!

7:57 pm

stidmama

ah, I wondered if that was how they did it. :-) I love watching stories being told in sign... don't understand a lot, but it sure is interesting!

7:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello, all

7:57 pm

stidmama

hey TO

7:58 pm

stidmama

sorry if I seem a bit stupid, cos, I have just finished day 2 with 2nd graders who, while lovely people, are quite exhausting to teach!

7:58 pm

cosdem

I think its a little more exciting that way because its easier for a child to imagine a picture that way

7:59 pm

lilliann

oops, sorry, hadn't finished shirl, an and carboard b**, girls name**ily and 2 vowels

7:59 pm

lilliann

hi stid and TO :)

7:59 pm

lbdawger

Hi all, signed stories are wonderful

7:59 pm

stidmama

true -- it's almost like watching a play, sometimes. :-)

7:59 pm

stidmama

hey lilliann! how does your garden grow?

7:59 pm

stidmama

hey LBD!!!!!

7:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi stid, hi cheeky

8:00 pm

MollyL

Good point Cos. My Dad wrote stories that had no illustrations and I imagined all the pictures that went with them.

8:00 pm

lilliann

it is such a shame molly, but it is now electronic world. hopefully alot of these authors and shops can get into it

8:00 pm

lbdawger

Hiya, stiddy, surviving surviving

8:01 pm

lbdawger

Surviving elementary grades I'd a great feat

8:03 pm

lbdawger

Have I mentioned how much I hate auto correct?

8:03 pm

uusue2

hi again all!

8:03 pm

lbdawger

Hi HI

8:04 pm

uusue2

feeling a bit thick tonight, listing when barely half way through

8:04 pm

stidmama

LOL LBD -- I make that comment several times a day...

8:05 pm

stidmama

hey sue! ((hugs))

8:05 pm

uusue2

hi stid!

8:05 pm

stidmama

Tom just came home... it's hot, relatively humid, and we are all beat!

8:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello, sue

8:06 pm

lbdawger

Hi uu

8:06 pm

jesdraggon

evening all

8:06 pm

uusue2

hi TO! and jes and lbd!

8:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi jess

8:06 pm

lbdawger

Hi jes

8:07 pm

stidmama

hey jes!

8:07 pm

lilliann

i didn't know about you cos, can you lip read aswell?

8:07 pm

lilliann

have you still got your dad's stories molly?

8:07 pm

jesdraggon

how goes things?

8:07 pm

lilliann

hi lbd and jes

8:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

what kind of so is in your profile, jess?

8:10 pm

jesdraggon

so? if you mean the dog, TO, he's a Fila Braziliera mastiff

8:10 pm

lilliann

actually cos, that'll be a stupid question, sorry, i can lip read and know some sign :)

8:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh my? how did you come by him?

8:12 pm

stidmama

but do you sign in Geordie, lilliann? *wicked mama look* (I saw a short video on what Geordie sounds like...)

8:12 pm

jesdraggon

the usual - he's too broken for a normal person to want :) bilateral elbow dysplasia, which has caused significant arthritis (he's only 10 months old), and myasthenia gravis as well. prior owner couldn't physically deal with a 115# dog with mobility issues

8:12 pm

uusue2

wow, jes, that is quite a set of challenges for that pup!

8:12 pm

stidmama

oh jes, how sad... poor little guy.

8:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

really. one would think the breeder would take him

8:13 pm

jesdraggon

He's had surgery on one elbow, scheduled for the other later this week, and the myasthenia gravis is managing spectacularly with medication

8:13 pm

jesdraggon

the breeder is who i got him from, TO

8:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

ah, when you said owner breeder did not coem to mind. so it was that or put him down. aren't dysplasias hereditary?

8:14 pm

jesdraggon

I keep telling her to switch to Boston Terriers or something small enough for her to handle, but she likes the mastiffs...

8:15 pm

jesdraggon

yeah, elbow dysplasia is very hereditary. Luckily, we spayed mom when Little John was born (C-section) and dad I think is dead, but I'm not clear on that.

8:16 pm

stidmama

what about the myasthenia? is that genetic, too?

8:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

not liking this grid. not liking it at all. just started

8:17 pm

jesdraggon

probably, stid, but it's a weird disease.

8:17 pm

lilliann

LOL stid. if i did, no-one would know what i was signing :D

8:18 pm

uusue2

this is why I am listing just past halfway, TO - not a friendly grid!

8:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

my eyes are closing, feel tired to my bones

8:19 pm

lilliann

so, will you keep him now then jes or try and rehome him?

8:20 pm

stidmama

I wish I could meet you in person, lilliann! We could talk plants and you could teach me Geordie and I could really confuse people!

8:20 pm

jesdraggon

Trying to rehome him after his next surgery, but he's a hard sort to place.

8:21 pm

lilliann

it's a real shame jes.what if you can't rehome him and is therre a time period for that?

8:21 pm

uusue2

ha, fireworks! Yay for lickety and morewords!

8:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

wtg sue!

8:22 pm

jesdraggon

Depends on my husband's tolerance, I guess. I would just as soon keep him, but Bruce doesn't like the slobber.

8:22 pm

jesdraggon

yay sue!

8:22 pm

lbdawger

Hi Lillian.

8:22 pm

lilliann

would love to meet up with you stid. maybe one dayand yes i could teach you words to confuse people :)

8:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

how mbig will he get?

8:24 pm

MollyL

<---Doesn't blame Bruce for not liking slobber

8:24 pm

lilliann

aww, but i can understand. i love dogs but don't like slobbery dogs.well, hopefully someone has the time and love to keep a dog like him.

8:24 pm

jesdraggon

About 125 pounds, probably

8:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

height?

8:24 pm

stidmama

FINALLY NBT....

8:24 pm

lilliann

so, is his mobility going to get alot worse?

8:25 pm

lilliann

yay!wtg sue!! :)

8:25 pm

uusue2

yay stid!

8:25 pm

stidmama

That's a big dog to lift if he starts to have trouble, jes... I wish I could promise to give him a home, but with my hips... *picturing dog collapsed on top of me after trying to lift him*

8:25 pm

jesdraggon

his shoulder is about waist-high on me. Easy to rest my hand on his back when we're walking.

8:27 pm

jesdraggon

hah! he's not having any collapse issues since I got his MG drugs regulated, Stid. But yeah, that was exactly the issue before - I can handle a little bit of heaving around, the prior owner has bad knees and a bad shoulder... hard to shove a soggy dog around with that :)

8:28 pm

lilliann

he could sit on my mobility scooter on long walks and the bairn could control it whist towing me behind:)

8:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

anyone have an/9?

8:30 pm

stidmama

back soon

8:30 pm

MollyL

That big dog/scooter visualization is freaking me out.
: O

8:30 pm

cosdem

whoops forgot I was in here

8:30 pm

lilliann

jes, there are actually dog walkers aren't there. i know it won't be any good for little john, but i'm sure i've seen them on tv for little dogs and they have wheels and help them get around, is that right?

8:31 pm

jesdraggon

welcome back, cos :)

8:31 pm

penquis

an 9 is the plural of an 8 just before it...

8:31 pm

uusue2

an9 is like not having enough iron in your blood, with some air (or at least an element in the air) in the middle of it - that's the an8, plural for the 9. Uses the high-point tile.

8:31 pm

jesdraggon

there are several companies making mobility carts for dogs, both front leg and hind leg, yes

8:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have the ansixes beofre and aft of them

8:32 pm

lilliann

what do you think of them jes?

8:32 pm

jesdraggon

the main drawback is that you still have to lift the dog into them... so for giant breed dogs, they have potential but certainly some draw backs. for smaller and medium sized dogs I think they're great.

8:33 pm

uusue2

if you have the an6/33, add Dorothy's aunt (from the Wizard of Oz) in the middle for the an8

8:34 pm

lilliann

molly, i'd love a dog, but unless it could walk next to my scooter, it wouldn't be worth it, plus i can't get out of the house alot so it's not fair on a dog, even though the bairn keeps pleading with me. i have my cat ans she's scared of dogs and she's alot easier to look after for me

8:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

like the skin cream that contains eucalyptus oil?

8:35 pm

uusue2

almost, TO

8:35 pm

uusue2

except it ends in two vowels

8:36 pm

penquis

think lack of oxygen (almost all the word) + the end of lacking iron in the blood

8:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

must ponder. and must make brownies.

8:36 pm

uusue2

they are odd words

8:37 pm

uusue2

means a deficiency of oxygen in the blood (which almost sort of makes sense when you get them)

8:38 pm

penquis

clue for ha 7/36 please?....note that I do NOT have the word before if it is a combo....

8:38 pm

lilliann

don't have it sorry pen and hi

8:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

got them. no loner need to make brownies for frustration. now will make them for celebration. :P

8:38 pm

uusue2

if you have the ha4/4, add not out for the ha6, then plural for the 7

8:38 pm

uusue2

yay TO!

8:39 pm

uusue2

there is also an he5/6 combo that is the same except without the a

8:39 pm

penquis

got them...thanks....

8:39 pm

penquis

thanks...got those too!

8:40 pm

lilliann

ty sue

8:40 pm

uusue2

yw!

8:40 pm

penquis

down to six but it has been slow going...

8:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am watching an old tyrone power/ myrna loy movie. she is dying of cholera and she looks stunning.

8:42 pm

MollyL

I think big dogs belong in a home on a couple of acres where they can get the exercise they need. I feel bad when I see people in apartment complexes walking big dogs.

8:43 pm

MollyL

Feel bad for the dog that is.

8:44 pm

MollyL

Myran Loy...one of the most stunning women in Hollywood.

8:44 pm

lilliann

but not all big dogs need alot of excercise molly. for some big dogs it's worse for them as they will get and suffer from arthritis

8:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

she was. and what an actress.

8:45 pm

lilliann

i need to ggogle her TO

8:45 pm

MollyL

I didn't know that L. Just seems a shame to keep a big dog cooped up in a small living space.

8:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

thin man movies. i Loooooooooooooove robert powell

8:47 pm

lilliann

aye, there are some big breeds that alot of excerise isn't good for.jes, will be able to tell you more than me. i just know when i've seen loads of dog programmes

8:47 pm

penquis

do you mean william powell, TO?

8:48 pm

lilliann

well, alot of them will just be happy to lie on the floor where ever they are and sleep

8:49 pm

penquis

are these a combo?....ni5,10
ni6,18

8:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

i do, sorry, i am just exhaisted tonight, pardon me

8:50 pm

penquis

no problem...i like him, too....and the thin man movies...such class!

8:50 pm

jesdraggon

Actually, one of the best ways to avoid arthritis is to keep them in shape and get regular exercise, no matter the size of the dog.

8:51 pm

stidmama

thin man... myrna loy... ASTA!!!!

8:52 pm

stidmama

*sigh* I miss my dog. He was starting to have mobility issues, too.

8:53 pm

lilliann

big hugs for ((stid))

8:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

6 left, break time.

8:53 pm

jesdraggon

Looking for a home for a 6 month old heeler/border collie mix too, if that's more your speed, stid :)

8:54 pm

jesdraggon

no known medical issues

8:55 pm

lilliann

i've seen programmes here and on the US telly with vets and they say certain breeds shouldn't have loads of excercise as it's bad for their legs

8:56 pm

penquis

three left....can't seem to find them... :o|

8:56 pm

jesdraggon

there is appropriate exercise for all dogs, lilliann. there is not a single breed of dog I know of that would be better off with no exercise, but obviously you don't expect to see many bulldogs in agility trials.

8:56 pm

lilliann

i do think all dogs should have excercise, no matter what the size. i've had all differnet sizes and they've always had good walks

8:57 pm

lilliann

lol. no i couldn't see a bull dog in one.i think they're cute but slobbery

8:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

io6/7 clue pls?

8:58 pm

lilliann

we had a border collie, she was beautiful and very loving dogs

8:58 pm

lilliann

io and not empty TO

8:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

w! ty all

8:59 pm

penquis

io + opposite of all....

8:59 pm

penquis

any clues for ni5,10
ni6,18?

8:59 pm

lilliann

i meant not empty

9:00 pm

lilliann

YAy.wtg TO! :)

9:00 pm

jesdraggon

yay TO!

9:00 pm

lilliann

ni and french for not yes and pl

9:01 pm

lilliann

or ni on opposite of off

9:02 pm

penquis

still trying to figure that out....

9:03 pm

penquis

got them....thanks...

9:03 pm

penquis

done!....thanks for the help!

9:04 pm

jesdraggon

yay penquis!

9:04 pm

lilliann

yay!wtg pen!! :)

9:04 pm

penquis

ty ty...;oD

9:05 pm

stidmama

i would love a smaller dog, jes (sorry was talking to Grant... ) but right now no place to put it. *sigh* And I will never again have a dog unless I have a fenced yard to put it in when I am not home...

9:05 pm

stidmama

YAY penquis!

9:05 pm

stidmama

Still, I hope the little guy finds a home, with kids who love to play with him.

9:07 pm

wvteach

** finito ** last word WH 6/33

9:07 pm

jesdraggon

no worries, stiddy, i wouldn't actually expect you to take on a new dog before you have your house rebuilt

9:07 pm

stidmama

fortunately, our home is in the country, and an acre is a substantial piece of ground, so "walking" a dog is not essential. We stand on the back porch and toss things for it to chase... :-)

9:07 pm

stidmama

hey teach!

9:07 pm

jesdraggon

he is actually scared of kids...

9:07 pm

lilliann

wtg teach :)

9:08 pm

stidmama

oh oh... that's too bad. makes it harder to place him, yes?

9:08 pm

jesdraggon

yeah, as if he didn't have enough issues, right?

9:09 pm

lilliann

aww, at 6months?? what a shame

9:09 pm

jesdraggon

no, 2 different dogs, lillian. mastiff is 10 months, scared of kids. heeler/border collie is 6 months.

9:09 pm

MollyL

Jes, is it safe to leave a dog outside in a fenced in yard in all weather conditions?

9:09 pm

lilliann

there are plenty of couple or single people that i'm sure would re-home him

9:10 pm

lilliann

oh, sorry jes, i thought you meant the collie was scared of kids.so you mean little john?

9:11 pm

MollyL

<---Knows nothing about dogs

9:11 pm

stidmama

Around here, Molly, where the weather rarely dips below 30 and rarely gets above 70, the answer is yes -- a doghouse or other shelter and a water source are all that are required. Some breeds actually should NEVER be inside a home (Malamute, for example, which are bred for arctic conditions).

9:12 pm

lilliann

well you can put a shed or summer house in the back yard and have a dog door built in molly

9:12 pm

jesdraggon

if they have a place to get out of wind and wet, and have shade and free access to water in summer, most dogs will be okay. there are some specific breeds with issues, like mexican hairless dogs and frostbite, and flat faced dogs and heat strokes=

9:12 pm

MimiCat

Jes, I miss my German shepherd every day...she died 8 years ago. But I have 3 cats who were all strays and one has seizures so I feel good that I'm giving them a loving home. Wish I had lots of land and could afford to take in so many more animals, but I live in a one-bedroom apt. and 3 cats is my limit.

9:13 pm

MimiCat

A friend of mind got a heated outside dog house for a stray cat she couldn't even touch...now THAT's loving.

9:14 pm

stidmama

that is a kind thing to do for sure, Mimi! what a great cat-mama!

9:14 pm

lilliann

i'm like you mimi, i could be a foster mam to cats.i actually said this to one of our local cats homes where i got my cat now from and they said they didn't need me

9:15 pm

stidmama

I am allergic to 50% of cats, but love the silly little critters!

9:16 pm

lilliann

lovely mimi. i have a small summer house and i spent an ectra £50 to get a cat flap put in it for my cats when they were out at night and i put in cat baskets for them to lie in

9:16 pm

MimiCat

My first stray honestly does know he's lucky because his people moved away and just left him at the apt. complex. He is such a wonderful and soulful cat and I feel blessed to have him as well as the other two.

9:16 pm

stidmama

the downstairs neighbor has a siamese-mix with the MOST beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen. He actually waits on the curb for us to pull up (also for his owner) and will run up to the car once it's parked!

9:16 pm

lilliann

i think i have the neighbourhood cats go in it now :0

9:17 pm

MimiCat

I'm allergic to cats, too, stid, so live on Benadryl. But you do get used to your own cats a bit. When I get around other cats, though, it's torture. When I was working with lions, tigers, etc., at the wildlife park in the habitats I was constantly sneezing and basically couldn't breathe. But it was worth it.

9:17 pm

stidmama

a cat mansion, lilliann! :-) My paternal unit built a house for their dog with a roof that lifts for ventilation, and a heating pad for in the winter (though the dog sleeps inside if it gets below 40...).

9:17 pm

lilliann

aww, how oovely stid. they do know the sounds of the engines though.my cat will always come up to the car but if ohter cars go past she runs away

9:18 pm

stidmama

ah, Mimi! that's true dedication! Yes, I take massive quantities of antihistamines during the school year because the children bring in allergens (cat, goat, chicken have been the big ones this year) that I cannot escape...

9:18 pm

lilliann

well, it was actually the bairn's summer house when she was little but i got the cat flap put in aswell

9:19 pm

MimiCat

My last two cats before these lived to be 18 and 20 and the male adored my ex (no accounting for taste). He used to wait for him in the laundry room by the garage at the time he knew he would be coming home from work! The only time I ever saw my ex cry was when that cat was dying.

9:19 pm

lilliann

my cousin was allergic to my long haired toriteshell but now she has a few cats of her own which are short hair and she's fine

9:20 pm

stidmama

Well, I have to head out for a while. Hope you-all will have a fine rest of your week. *poof*

9:20 pm

MimiCat

When my ex and I were considering marriage he didn't want the cats...but I told him "I can replace YOU but I can't find cats this great again easily." Then the male adored him and he was hooked.

9:20 pm

lilliann

that sounds so cool stid, as in for the dog :0

9:20 pm

lilliann

bye stid tc hin

9:21 pm

MimiCat

Bye, stid...bless you for all you do.

9:21 pm

lilliann

you've worked with lions and tigers mimi?

9:21 pm

MimiCat

Oh, yes, lil...and gorillas, chimps, orangutans, and so many other species.

9:22 pm

MimiCat

I've had pet monkeys as well.

9:22 pm

lilliann

majority of my cats who were all from shelters apart from my lovely jake who died about 8 weeks ago(he adopted us)have all lived from 15 to 22 years, so the vets have said

9:23 pm

lilliann

so you worked in a zoo mimi?

9:23 pm

MimiCat

I do not believe in letting cats roam outside...too dangerous in so many ways.

9:24 pm

lilliann

my cats have always been outdoor cats

9:24 pm

MimiCat

Yes, I worked at zoos, a primate center and a wildlife park where we entered the habitats with the animals...they were not caged. Fabulous experience.

9:25 pm

lilliann

oh wow. that sounds great. my daughter wants to work with animals but she can't make her mind up which but i said she's only 13 so she has time to think about it but she needs to get qualifications first

9:25 pm

MimiCat

I used to care for a huge male gorilla who took M&M's from my hand using two fingers being careful not to hurt me. Gorillas are the BEST. Chimps are the dark side.

9:27 pm

lilliann

when i lived in the south of england we had a couple of zoos which had a few primates and i use to love watching the gorillas.if i wasn't in a wheelchair i would love to see them in the wild

9:27 pm

MimiCat

Gotta tell you, though, there's absolutely NO money in working with animals...must be a labor of love. And, unfortunately, it tends to break your heart.

9:27 pm

MimiCat

Yes, I'd love to visit the Aspinal Zoo there (did I spell it correctly?). They've done so much right with their zoo.

9:28 pm

lilliann

we also have monkeyworld here which is in dorset which i went to years ago when they didn't have many monkeys and now they have loads but they also rescue alot and are into breedint them, and conservation

9:28 pm

MimiCat

I'm a riot to go to zoos with because I "speak the languages" of the animals and can get them to "perform." I always draw a crowd.

9:28 pm

lilliann

yes, there are two of them.port lymph and howletts.they are both in kent

9:29 pm

lilliann

they are both aspinall's zoos

9:29 pm

lilliann

that sounds great mimi.

9:30 pm

MimiCat

Once a boyfriend and I were visiting a city and he dropped me off at the zoo and asked how to find me when he came back. I told him "Just go to the primate house and look for a crowd." He told me later you'll never know how weird it is to see the woman you love in a cage with orangutans at the zoo!

9:30 pm

MimiCat

It was good experience for raising children!

9:31 pm

lilliann

brilliant mimi! i'd love to sit with a gorilla and a orangatan

9:32 pm

MimiCat

Gorillas are soulful and you can get lost in their eyes. Orangs can be that way, too, though they are capable of a degree of deceit. Chimps...another story altogether.

9:32 pm

lilliann

your life sounds so fun mimi.you need to write about it :)

9:32 pm

lilliann

chimps do look like trouble makers

9:33 pm

lilliann

i would love to read your stories

9:33 pm

MimiCat

Am in the process of writing a book right now. I've done so much in so many areas. Professional singer, medical transcription. tour guide, the list goes on and on. They couldn't make a movie out of the book...would have to be a miniseries...or two!

9:34 pm

lilliann

well, you never know :D

9:34 pm

MimiCat

I don't know if I'm adventurous or just have a short attention span!

9:34 pm

lilliann

let me know when it is out:)

9:35 pm

lilliann

i'd say adventurous.

9:35 pm

MimiCat

Oh, yes, the Babble community will be informed. Just started so it will be awhile.

9:35 pm

MimiCat

Thanks for that, lil...

9:36 pm

lilliann

i think it's good in life to try different things.i think it's harder now because of shortage of jobs in certain areas but i think it's great to digress

9:36 pm

lilliann

well, just keep us posted mimi, because i truthfully would love to read it

9:36 pm

MimiCat

Though I'm 62 now and had a heart attack last year, I have decided I'm getting back on stage and singing and also finishing my degree in Psychology. Hey, why not?

9:37 pm

MimiCat

I think it was Oscar Wilde who said "Life is a banquet and most poor fools are starving to death." I plan to continue to devour life.

9:38 pm

MimiCat

I also went out with Burt Reynolds once in the early 70's...yet another story.

9:38 pm

lilliann

good for you.you survived a heart attack, so you have a chance on a 2nd life.enjoy and do all that you can whilst you are still here :)

9:39 pm

lbdawger

I'm impressed mimi

9:39 pm

lilliann

WHAT??

9:39 pm

MimiCat

I'm hoping to get over to England perhaps next year, so you and I will go to the zoo together, lil!!!

9:39 pm

lilliann

mimi, you really need to write this book :D

9:40 pm

MimiCat

Thanks, dawg....so many adventures. It's a rich memory life I have now....and plan to keep creating more!

9:41 pm

MimiCat

I'm writing it from the perspective of my life plus the journey I've had with my best friend of 44 years.

9:41 pm

lilliann

i hope so mimi.i now live up north and you are most welcome to stay with us.we have loads of zoos but my brother lives down south near the 2 aspinall zoos so we can go down there too

9:42 pm

lilliann

and wildlife parks(safari parks we call them)

9:42 pm

MimiCat

I'm waiting for a lawsuit to settle and give me money...that won't be until end of this year or beginning of next. But then....I'm coming, lil!!!

9:43 pm

MimiCat

We can have a big Babble meet at a zoo and what a time we'll have....

9:43 pm

lilliann

you are most welcome here mimi, but if not i'd love to meet up with you anyway :D

9:44 pm

lilliann

it would be brilliant mimi and you can talk to the animals

9:45 pm

MimiCat

Going to make some dinner and watch a movie. Here's hoping the grid tomorrow will be more substantial. Hugs all around. And a special one for you, lil!

9:45 pm

lilliann

it's just made me think of a poor young lass who was killed by a tiger in a zoo i've been to twice

9:46 pm

lilliann

enjoy your food mimi and hugs to you too hin

9:46 pm

MimiCat

That does happen but it's almost always the fault of the human. You must understand species-specific behavior and adhere to their "rules."

9:47 pm

MimiCat

BTW, lil...the animals will be fascinated by the wheelchair...trust me.

9:47 pm

lilliann

well, she was 19 and the cats are only allowed out by human hands.the police were looking into it. apparently she had worked there for a year.however it happened it's still sad for her family.they're blaming the zoo obviously.but it is a wild animal

9:48 pm

lilliann

i know, i got brammed by a pig in the place where the young lass got killed and she pit my leg and cushion of the chair :)

9:48 pm

lilliann

*rammed

9:50 pm

MimiCat

Luckily, I've never been attacked but did have a capuchin monkey put her canine tooth almost totally through mu thumb once...lost feeling in it for many months. Still don't know why she did it!

9:50 pm

MimiCat

Stories, stories....better stop...could go on and on. Wait for the book! Bye again.

9:51 pm

lilliann

that must have hurt!that's the thing, they are wild and we have to remember this.saying that, my cat has bitten me a couple of times and i don't know why

9:51 pm

lilliann

i could listen to you for hours mimi :)

9:51 pm

lilliann

bye again hin and tc

9:52 pm

Jillyjill

Hello all...back again for my last 50...

9:53 pm

MimiCat

If your cat is a male, lil, it's probably a love bite...my males do that but don't actually hurt me. Animals know when you care about them...I've actually had wild deer come up to my in the forest...they know I'm safe. OK...gone now for sure. Hi and bye, Jilly! Did you get my em? Later and hugs again.

9:54 pm

Jillyjill

Yes and tc mimi!

9:55 pm

lilliann

no mimi, she is a she..lol

9:55 pm

lilliann

hi jill :)

9:55 pm

Jillyjill

One of my girl kitties used to do love bites as well...

9:56 pm

lilliann

29 here jill and i just want to finish and go to bed but haven't got into this grid properly since i started.i just can't get my head around it today

9:56 pm

MollyL

Whoo! Bar is open. Double shots for everyone.
: )

9:56 pm

lilliann

she's nowabout 8years old

9:56 pm

lilliann

yay, double vodka please, it might keep me awake :)

9:57 pm

lilliann

jill will have double tonic water with lemon or lemon water :)

9:58 pm

torgone

Pour me a couple ..

9:58 pm

MollyL

Pfft...dumps the lemon water and pours Jill a double gin.

9:58 pm

Jillyjill

actually having a diet root beer float...

9:58 pm

lilliann

root bear float??

9:58 pm

MollyL

Lines up shot glasses and pours Tor the drink of his choice.

9:59 pm

lilliann

cheers tor :D

10:00 pm

torgone

Here's lookin up yer old address ..

10:00 pm

lilliann

lol

10:00 pm

MollyL

CLINK!

10:00 pm

Jillyjill

Anyone got a clue for the two ha5's?

10:01 pm

lilliann

no, sorry jill, they're the ones i'm missing

10:01 pm

Jillyjill

okay, just the last ha5 now

10:01 pm

MollyL

Mr. Christian Anderson with two different vowels at the end.

10:01 pm

Jillyjill

and nm...got it too

10:02 pm

Jillyjill

and of course, needed to read left...

10:02 pm

MollyL

Never mind, Peri.

10:02 pm

lilliann

ty molly

10:02 pm

lilliann

i have them both now

10:03 pm

Jillyjill

*takes 'hard' peri bow*

10:03 pm

lilliann

i don't bother cluing peri now unless it's more than a minute lol

10:05 pm

MollyL

Jill too, apparently.

10:06 pm

lilliann

and cyber nan, and i love them all so i'm not saying it nastily(to all lurkers).i just wish i could ask for a clue and then get it straight away. i'd finish a lot quicker, that's for sure

10:06 pm

lilliann

apart from my nattering :D

10:09 pm

MollyL

It never ceases to amaze me how people ask for a clue and then get it one second later.

10:10 pm

torgone

I think sometimes the act of asking frees up a part of your brain so the light can shine in ..

10:10 pm

Jillyjill

What's funny is that I don't ask until I am really stuck..must be magic that I then get it...appreciate everyone's patience

10:10 pm

jmcnrick

*opens the blinds*

10:11 pm

lilliann

i think i've done it twice but i didn't say anything and thanked the people for clueing as they have gone out of their way to clue and they won't know whether i've got the word or not, and i even do it if i don't get the clue

10:11 pm

jesdraggon

an6,21 please?

10:12 pm

lilliann

i don't have that one yet, sorry jes

10:12 pm

lilliann

hi jmc

10:13 pm

MollyL

It's the magical, mystery Babble tour. *Brings up psychedelic lights*

10:13 pm

lilliann

i need a cuppa, but want to finish and then make it and take it to bed :)

10:14 pm

Jillyjill

an+female parent m**+double vowel ending jes

10:14 pm

lilliann

these small grids are beggars(instead of swearing).they are so twisty!

10:16 pm

lilliann

ty jill

10:16 pm

Jillyjill

I agree!

10:23 pm

Jillyjill

<----!!FW!!

10:23 pm

torgone

Yay Jj!

10:24 pm

lilliann

yay!wtg jill!! :)

10:24 pm

jesdraggon

yay jilly!

10:24 pm

Jillyjill

wi6/30 was my last...here to clue if needed for a few more minutes

10:26 pm

lilliann

i have 15 left and they are all 4's and 5's

10:27 pm

jesdraggon

first ha5/12?

10:28 pm

Jillyjill

clued at 10 jes

10:29 pm

lilliann

molly clued them jes

10:29 pm

torgone

Couldn't tell if I was hearing voices or "hearing voices" for a minute there ..

10:30 pm

jesdraggon

thanks

10:31 pm

jesdraggon

fireworks. Last word was NO6/21

10:31 pm

torgone

Yay jes!

10:31 pm

lilliann

wtg jes! :)

10:32 pm

lilliann

i can't believe it took me this lonf to get 'midday'

10:33 pm

Jillyjill

Woot WooT WooT jes!!

10:37 pm

lilliann

fireworks finally!!

10:38 pm

lilliann

am off to bed with a cuppa. night all and tc

10:39 pm

Jillyjill

WooT WooT WooT lillian!!

10:39 pm

Jillyjill

and I am also heading off to bed...hagn all!

10:48 pm

torgone

Nitres ..

10:50 pm

torgone

I frequently call my own sanity in to question ...

10:51 pm

torgone

But then its lawyer shows up, and blah blah blah I have to let it go ..

11:29 pm

MLFAN17

are teh an 7 8 and 9 related?

11:30 pm

Uneaixoise

an 8 9 6 7 6 all start with the same first 4 letters

11:31 pm

MLFAN17

bottom an?

11:31 pm

Uneaixoise

top

11:31 pm

Uneaixoise

an + big furry slow animal . . . .

11:33 pm

DR1965

sloth is not in the grid ... : )

11:33 pm

MLFAN17

big furry slow animal is throwing me off

11:33 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, DR :-)

11:33 pm

DR1965

Hi Une!

11:33 pm

Uneaixoise

i was trying to give you the magic first 4 letters

11:33 pm

Uneaixoise

animal that pulls a cart

11:34 pm

DR1965

Bigger than a donkey MLFan

11:35 pm

MLFAN17

is their a high point letter in the word?

11:35 pm

DR1965

yes

11:37 pm

MLFAN17

got the 8 and 9 thanks with your help and morewords:)

11:38 pm

DR1965

the other words are similar

11:41 pm

MLFAN17

i got 8 9 6 7

11:42 pm

MLFAN17

which

11:42 pm

MLFAN17

oops

11:56 pm

cybernan

hi everyone - checking in for the flip :)

11:59 pm

ursh

hello all

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