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FINAL SCORES

762 kalea
762 disneyjessi
762 marilyn992
762 car.eeyore
762 Anniebrook
762 witchy
762 Enomis65
762 wills
762 nanrde
762 jimmel
762 tuco
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762 Grandma Barb
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762 susanj2
762 72 Temple Owl
762 PMS
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748 poppywise
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730 Zadit
728 Charm
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702 Jandy
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697 macadam
694 nrkii
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673 Tudalen
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665 lawdoggy1
662 jewwel
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658 Pema
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656 crayola
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653 Hebe
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650 rastapopolous
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648 Bethjt
647 lexophile
643 broony
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636 BarbaraA
634 Stephanaki
623 tessagram
622 hyacinthe
618 mom99
614 It Girl
613 helenkeller
612 sciencegeek
605 corkee
600 mael
600 Kaplan the Magne
599 BadPixxie
597 rubyfoo
597 Gitel
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570 TraderKate
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502 bradleychal
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370 Bash
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339 rosalind230
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332 jka
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330 lawyer-1
328 suzie
328 8201girl
327 smooze
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323 sadie52
323 ella
323 salmocreston1
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316 karob
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312 freddie
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306 duvaldfm
305 she
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304 wordplayer
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299 Torgo
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281 poreid
278 mab
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265 Wolvie
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260 Strudders
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37 evita--
16 ocset82
14 Christa

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
flosey

flip
12:00 am
TraderKate

flippery do dah!
12:00 am
TraderKate

hi flosey!
12:00 am
flosey

hi Kate
12:00 am
agzam2

lol
12:00 am
Dianne

this size sucks for a Saturday
12:00 am
agzam2

had 14 left :(
12:01 am
Dianne

Hi flosey
12:01 am
saanichcat

hi Kate! been a while...
12:01 am
flosey

hi Dianne
12:01 am
harpjane

flip
12:01 am
TraderKate

oh agz!!!! you should have said something!!!! (sooner)
12:01 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:01 am
TraderKate

hi saan
12:01 am
flosey

thanks Lickety
12:01 am
TraderKate

thank you lickety!
12:01 am
agzam2

yeah .. I thought about it .. but they were so scattered anyway
12:01 am
TraderKate

hi jane :)
12:02 am
Erda

Yay Lickety!
12:02 am
uusue2

Thank you lickety!!!
12:02 am
TraderKate

erda came back :)
12:02 am
TraderKate

and sue! woo hoo!
12:02 am
uusue2

hi Kate :-)
12:03 am
Erda

Hi Kate!
12:03 am
harpjane

nbt
12:04 am
TraderKate

wtg jane! think i'll go eat and watch the gilmore girls.. suddenly starving!
12:04 am
Babs1

in 6
12:05 am
TraderKate

ty baba, and hi!
12:05 am
TraderKate

x 2...
12:05 am
Babs1

in 6x2
12:05 am
uusue2

to6
12:06 am
uusue2

sh6
12:06 am
TraderKate

check!
12:06 am
grannyrose

hw4/9
12:07 am
TraderKate

hi granny! just popping off for now, time to eat, and i want to save some for tomorrow....
12:07 am
grannyrose

later kate
12:08 am
Lizlin

Hi all :)
12:08 am
Babs1

sh6
12:10 am
cybernan

hello everyone :)
12:10 am
Lizlin

ti 6
12:10 am
flosey

hi nan
12:11 am
Lizlin

Hi nan
12:14 am
dizgrannie

hi all!! nbt/nbs
12:16 am
Babs1

what's nbs?
12:16 am
rururocks

ma7
12:17 am
cybernan

nbt, nbs
12:18 am
ChrissieDee

ty ruru
12:19 am
rururocks

firewoiks
12:19 am
Lizlin

Congrats, Ru :)
12:20 am
ChrissieDee

Congratulations :)
12:20 am
agzam2

so fast
12:20 am
Babs1

now what are you going to do for the next 23 1/2 hours ruru?
12:20 am
rururocks

I was hoping for a giant grid
12:20 am
rururocks

it's raining here so what the heck
12:20 am
saanichcat

fabulous, ru!
12:20 am
agzam2

Sudoku ?
12:21 am
agzam2

lol
12:21 am
mkg

one lonely 7.
12:22 am
rururocks

bbin a bit
12:23 am
saanichcat

patoot
12:23 am
saanichcat

ooohhhh…..sorry
12:25 am
torgone

I just felt a disturbance in the Babble force ... as if a million fingers typed "patoot" and were suddenly silenced ..
12:25 am
mkg

was the 7 stATS CALLED?
12:25 am
cybernan

running out of steam with 20 to go
12:25 am
Lizlin

ma 7, mkg
12:25 am
Roses6

17 left here.
12:25 am
agzam2

mkg .. if it was .. I missed it
12:26 am
Babs1

funny forgone!
12:26 am
torgone

Besides, everyone knows it's "patootie"
12:26 am
saanichcat

!!!!!!!!
12:26 am
agzam2

o_0
12:26 am
rbud

<---first to admit I typed patoot... ;)
12:27 am
mkg

ty. ma....
12:29 am
agzam2

I don't get it lol
12:32 am
dizgrannie

FWs
12:33 am
flosey

wtg Diz
12:33 am
dizgrannie

ty
12:33 am
Lizlin

Congrats, Diz
12:35 am
rururocks

Patoot?
12:35 am
agzam2

there's that word again .. still don't get it
12:35 am
rururocks

Use it in a sentence..lol
12:37 am
flosey

fw
12:37 am
Lizlin

Congrats, Flosey
12:37 am
flosey

thanks Liz
12:37 am
flosey

and goodnight all
12:38 am
Lizlin

Sleep well
12:39 am
rururocks

Sweet patoots flosey
12:39 am
agzam2

lol .. omg
12:40 am
flosey

lol, always thought it was patootski
12:40 am
Lizlin

:)
12:40 am
rururocks

That is the polish patoot
12:41 am
rururocks

The jewish one is schpatoot
12:41 am
agzam2

what's the babble one ? :D
12:42 am
Lizlin

Oy schpatoot!
12:42 am
jbp

ok, now I have Buddy Hackett singing "Shapoopie" from Music Man in my head... hope you're all happy. ;-)
12:42 am
agzam2

rofl
12:43 am
Lizlin

I'm happy, jbp ;)
12:44 am
flosey

happy here too
12:44 am
jbp

well, then my work is done. ;-P
12:44 am
flosey

loved that oldie
12:44 am
rururocks

Jbp will go to bed dreaming of buddy hackett and herbie
12:45 am
jbp

eeeek! I mean, eeegads!
12:45 am
agzam2

I'm going to be using patootie in a sentence for the rest of the night .. and I still won't get it .. so .. boo :p
12:46 am
cybernan

*!* ta da *!*
12:46 am
flosey

wtg nan
12:46 am
Lizlin

Congrats, nan
12:46 am
flosey

and really goodnight now
12:46 am
jbp

well, since so many of you have FW... who would like to clue the 7?
12:46 am
cybernan

good night, all -- see you tomorrow :)
12:46 am
jbp

in a way that my blondness will get
12:47 am
saanichcat

all of you made me laugh out loud with the patootie stuff ; thanks!!
12:47 am
rururocks

.not boy + not day
12:47 am
jbp

ty ruru!
12:48 am
rururocks

You bet your sweet patootie saanich
12:48 am
jbp

lolz
12:48 am
jbp

not my sweet patootie pie, tho
12:48 am
Lizlin

ty Ru :)
12:48 am
saanichcat

!!!!!!!! (more laughing here)
12:49 am
agzam2

wow ruru .. ty .. nearly snapped my keyboard in half typing it in .. lol
12:49 am
jbp

how about the far left o??
12:49 am
Lizlin

oo 4/5
12:49 am
rururocks

What about patootie and the blowfish?
12:50 am
agzam2

I love them
12:50 am
jbp

aaaahhhh, thanks Liz
12:50 am
jbp

never mind about what he does with those fish
12:50 am
Lizlin

yw
12:50 am
agzam2

lol jbp
12:50 am
rururocks

Jb isn't big on exclamations
12:51 am
Lizlin

Came pretty close to the PB though!
12:52 am
jbp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvD\nWtccI
12:52 am
jbp

if you are not familiar with the song "wet dream" (no, not like that), you should be... I remember it fondly from college (again, not like that)
12:53 am
jbp

and tonight's phantom is anime...
12:55 am
jbp

and on that note, I shall off. Thanks for the clues, all! (and making me think of Buddy Hackett)
12:55 am
jbp

nite!
12:55 am
Lizlin

Sleep well.
12:55 am
rururocks

Checks censor rating of the chat
12:55 am
Lizlin

Heading off too - 16 left, so I'll take a fresh look tomorrow :)
12:57 am
rururocks

Freshens up grid for liz
12:58 am
Lizlin

Thanks Ru - didn't help me find those words though :(
12:58 am
Lizlin

Hah! Yes it did!
12:58 am
rururocks

See?
12:59 am
Lizlin

And it's not even tomorrow yet!
12:59 am
rururocks

That sounds like a country western song
12:59 am
Lizlin

Not my style!
1:01 am
Lizlin

14 now but definitely going.
1:02 am
rururocks

Nite liz
1:04 am
saanichcat

the sandman has come my way too, so goodnight, sleep well
1:04 am
saanichcat

the sandman has come my way too, so goodnight, sleep well
1:18 am
flosey

just in to change icon, and to check that it did, in fact, change
1:18 am
flosey

fooie, it didn't!
1:23 am
flosey

hmmm, still didn't
1:27 am
grannyrose

yes it has, flosey. you need to refresh.
1:28 am
grannyrose

xoxox, dear
1:28 am
agzam2

woohoo .. finally .. done :)
1:29 am
grannyrose

WTG AGZAM2!!!!
1:30 am
agzam2

tyvm
1:30 am
agzam2

all the patootie talk made it fun :p
1:53 am
worzel

Gooooooooood morning fellow Babblers xx Guess who's here??? And in a very silly mood pffffft!!! an4/4 indeed lmao!!!!
2:03 am
worzel

ho-hum, nobody to talk to me. oh well, i'll just sing to myself #come and climb upon my kneeeeeee, sonny boyyyyyyy#
2:03 am
dofith

Good afternoon, all. Have just read over the chat and loving it! Have no idea what a patoot is, or a patootie, or any other variations, but my imagination is running riot!
2:04 am
dofith

Hi Worzel, what's a patootie?
2:04 am
puglet

greetings friends
2:04 am
worzel

good morning dofith. I believe a patootie is either a bum or something even ruder. But then, like you, that could just be my rood imagination . . .
2:05 am
worzel

have just googled it. It can mean either a pretty girlfriend or an animal or person's buttocks. What an association! A pretty girl or buttocks. Good grief!
2:05 am
worzel

Good morning pugs (((hugs))) xx
2:05 am
puglet

Hey there Wor, hugs back
2:05 am
dofith

Must be potty-mouthed North American-speak!
2:06 am
worzel

Yes - those Americans have very naughty ways lol - not like me, all clean and virtuous . . .
2:06 am
dofith

An ugly girl with pretty buttocks, amybe?
2:06 am
worzel

or a pretty girl with ugly buttocks?
2:07 am
dofith

Yes, youze all speak proper
2:07 am
worzel

oh we do, we do - us lot talks all proper like, innit??? lmao
2:07 am
worzel

apples and pears, apples and pears . . .
2:07 am
dofith

How about an ugly old dame with too many buttocks? Hey, I'm a patootie!
2:08 am
worzel

awwww dof u not ugly or old. Obviously I cannot comment on your buttocks, having never had the privilege . . .
2:09 am
dofith

Hey, puglet!
2:09 am
dofith

You'd remember if you'd had, Wor!
2:10 am
puglet

Hello dofith
2:10 am
dofith

whoa
2:10 am
dofith

oops sorry
2:10 am
puglet

the darn server went down and I didnt think it was ever going to come back on
2:10 am
worzel

oooo ty dof lmao
2:11 am
dofith

Serves me right for talking
2:11 am
dofith

The server is such a nuisance.
2:12 am
rururocks

It has been going patoot
2:12 am
dofith

whot? Whot is not a word?
2:12 am
worzel

in other words being a pain in the ass lol
2:13 am
puglet

Hi Ruru
2:13 am
dofith

Hi, ru. Do tell- is Worzel right about patootie?
2:13 am
rururocks

Waves to pugs
2:13 am
worzel

no, and i was wondering why whoot isn't a word, either. It is used as an alternatively written word for somebody cheering
2:13 am
worzel

good morning ruru xx
2:14 am
rururocks

Hi
2:17 am
worzel

can i get a clue for an5/10 please? xx
2:18 am
dofith

sorry, not from me
2:18 am
grannyrose

cooee and g'day from me.
2:18 am
worzel

Good morning Mum xx
2:19 am
grannyrose

an5/10, plural of an4/4, an + 2 vowels
2:19 am
puglet

Rose, Hi, hugs and love
2:19 am
dofith

'afternoon, granny
2:19 am
grannyrose

*stands with arms crossed* ruru, what this i hear about dee and i are rough customers. hmmmm??
2:20 am
worzel

omg trust me not to pluralise, stupid boy!
2:20 am
grannyrose

{{hugs}} miz pugs, hey ya worzel, *genteel* hello dofith
2:21 am
puglet

How are you Rose
2:22 am
dofith

Duh! Me too, worzel!
2:22 am
grannyrose

*giggle* can everyone hear that? it's the sound of ruru back-pedalling...
2:22 am
puglet

it that what that noise is? lol
2:23 am
worzel

getting slightly concerned. My intelligence seems to be on the up - i've completed 3 grids this week and am fast on track to my 4th. I can't be doing with being all clever, like . . .
2:23 am
grannyrose

pugs, today was slow. started with lower back spasms, then because of med i took for it, i have been a tad slow getting the chores done. but all is good. all are done.
2:23 am
Lizlin

Hi all :)
2:24 am
worzel

Good morning Liz xx
2:24 am
puglet

Hi Liz, how are you----------glad it got better Rose
2:24 am
grannyrose

hey liz, dear. how has your day been? and pugs? wasn't there a doctor's visit somewhere around this date? my brain is so mixed up.
2:24 am
Lizlin

I'm fine here thanks - and how are you all?
2:24 am
worzel

<<< hops on plane to Aussieland to rub Mum's back >>>
2:24 am
Lizlin

Rose, is it this week you go back to work? :(
2:24 am
puglet

Iam good
2:25 am
Lizlin

You'd love Aussieland, Worz.
2:25 am
grannyrose

ahhhh, just what i needed....thanx dear.
2:25 am
grannyrose

liz, next week, on tuesday. 6 of one, half a dozen of the other as to how i feel about it.
2:25 am
worzel

I love seeing it on television. The outback, Uluru, bondai beach in me mankini . . .
2:26 am
grannyrose

well that cleared the beach, not even a shark in sight
2:26 am
Lizlin

Your mankind would go down well in Surfers Paradise too!
2:26 am
worzel

Exactly, Mum - make way for the God Of The Beach!!!!
2:26 am
Lizlin

Hope it goes well Rose - but retirement is sooooo good!
2:27 am
grannyrose

oh, lord, don't you ever stop, worzel. you make me laugh so much.
2:27 am
Lizlin

Cause for real whiplash on my beach walks!
2:27 am
Lizlin

Or should I say even more whiplash!
2:28 am
worzel

You'd certainly laugh if you saw me in that mankini
2:28 am
grannyrose

yeah, i know liz. and i actually qualify for a disability pension at the moment. but i will give it the good ol' aussie go. if i don't cut it, no sweat. i just have to make it through to august, when the inheritance comes through.
2:29 am
Lizlin

Nothing wrong with giving it a go - but only if it's what you want! My lovely hubby barely had to twist my arm, when he suggested early retirement. I'd just had enough!
2:30 am
grannyrose

the old age pension will be dependent on our assets, and unfortunately they are way over the limit.
2:30 am
Lizlin

And then coming to live in paradise --- well, what more could I want?
2:30 am
puglet

Rose, do you have to go to the doctor before returning to work to see if you can yet
2:30 am
Lizlin

We all worry about you overdoing it, Rose.
2:30 am
grannyrose

pugs, i see her next thursday, after my second day back
2:31 am
grannyrose

we will discuss how i am coping then.
2:31 am
marigold

.0 0FGHJKL;'
2:31 am
marigold

DSA00 00.10+
2:31 am
marigold

-+
2:31 am
Lizlin

No, don't think that's a word!
2:31 am
worzel

And good morning to you, too, Marigold xx
2:31 am
puglet

Hi marigold
2:31 am
grannyrose

lolol, mari. good morning dear. need a cuppa? here, sweetie.
2:33 am
marigold

hi sorry
2:33 am
grannyrose

*bets it was one of the cats*
2:33 am
worzel

fenth - something somebody with a lisp erects in their garden
2:33 am
grannyrose

oh, please, mari. it is nothing. we are so pleased to see you.
2:33 am
Lizlin

Lol Worz - I just tried that!
2:34 am
Lizlin

And I so wanted manwash to be the ma 7
2:34 am
grannyrose

must send that to sprite
2:34 am
worzel

manwash - something a lady of the night receives at a higher price . . .
2:35 am
worzel

i am soooo sorry about that one!
2:35 am
Lizlin

lol
2:35 am
worzel

and i apologise to anyone with a lithp
2:35 am
puglet

yeah right Wor-lol
2:35 am
worzel

*lisp
2:36 am
worzel

slam
2:36 am
worzel

oh holy crap i do apologise
2:37 am
worzel

gonna go get a coffee - then put my fingers in the right box, so to speak. brb x
2:37 am
Lizlin

Did you find the fe 5/16? It's one of my 3 missing words.
2:37 am
puglet

you just keep digging your hole deeper and deeper Wor--lol
2:37 am
worzel

beg pardon pug??? lmao
2:37 am
Lizlin

1st rule of holes - When you're in a hole, stop digging!
2:37 am
grannyrose

liz, fe5 is pretence,
2:38 am
worzel

or make sure your hole is big enough to accommodate the shovel. Ahem . . .
2:38 am
Lizlin

Of course - thanks Rose. Down to 2!
2:38 am
Lizlin

Or the body, worz!
2:38 am
puglet

w2g Liz
2:39 am
grannyrose

btw, i just had to use wordsolver for the age 9 letter word today. i cannot believ i did not see it. can any of you? with resorting to an anagram site. letters are : mlaeaieuk
2:39 am
worzel

anyway, coffee! I'll be back in five with everyone's drinks *mini-poof*
2:40 am
grannyrose

the age is a local newspaper. and i meant to type ' without resorting '
2:41 am
grannyrose

fresh only please, wor. like my man, white, strong and sw5
2:41 am
Lizlin

Ok took a few mins but I got it, Rose!
2:42 am
grannyrose

well done liz. i must of been blind. of course i went 'duh' when i saw it.
2:42 am
Lizlin

Weird word for a 9 yr old to have to find.
2:42 am
Lizlin

pa 5/12 pls - my last one.
2:43 am
grannyrose

*giggling* T he Age....newspaper....puzzle in it....
2:43 am
Jivingjenny0

clue for the ma7 would be much appreciated please
2:43 am
grannyrose

pa5, pa + double consonant + vowel
2:43 am
Lizlin

Duh! I know The Age of course - but completely misread it!!!
2:43 am
Lizlin

Have that one - the first one pls.
2:43 am
grannyrose

ma7, ma*, not female + alternative spelling of night
2:44 am
grannyrose

oh, as in a pa5 of praise?
2:44 am
Lizlin

Perhaps my reading is that of a 9 yr old!
2:44 am
Jivingjenny0

thanks rose
2:44 am
grannyrose

lol, not likely liz
2:45 am
grannyrose

yw, jenny
2:45 am
Lizlin

That's the one, Rose! Completely forgot that word.
2:45 am
grannyrose

WTG LIZLIN!!!
2:45 am
Lizlin

Glad it was a small puzzle today - going out for dinner with friends tonight and busy clean up day tomorrow.
2:45 am
Lizlin

Thanks :)
2:46 am
puglet

congrats Liz
2:46 am
grannyrose

liz, my clean up day is today. tomorrow i go to church, and then hurtle out to deacon's footy match. oh, and he turned 6 today.
2:46 am
Lizlin

Thanks. Are you going to have a more relaxing day today, Pugs?
2:47 am
o-o

metrical foot
2:47 am
puglet

after seeing sister off here in a few hours
2:47 am
grannyrose

liz, where are you eating?
2:47 am
Lizlin

Happy birthday, Deacon. Would love to see some piccies of him in his footy kit.
2:47 am
puglet

Hi there OO
2:47 am
Lizlin

My weekend is a reverse of yours then, Rose.
2:47 am
grannyrose

g'day o-o. no iamb here
2:48 am
Lizlin

A middle eastern restaurant not far from here - called Taboon - looks good if you google it.
2:48 am
Lizlin

I've never been there before but it's been recommended.
2:49 am
Lizlin

Hi o-o - Sorry. Didn't mean to ignore you.
2:50 am
grannyrose

looks good, liz. except for the falafel. i simply cannot stand the texture
2:50 am
Lizlin

I've had good and bad felafel - not sure what I'll have tonight.
2:50 am
Lizlin

Bad felafel is very dry.
2:52 am
worzel

Back again - drinks all round and a strong, sw*** white one for Mum - and a coffee, too!
2:54 am
worzel

I don't usually ask this early in6/21 please? xx
2:55 am
Lizlin

There are 2 - a prison inhabitant and in + a male name
2:55 am
worzel

ty liz x
2:55 am
Lizlin

Ooops - ignore the 2nd - it's not 6/21
2:55 am
Lizlin

yw
2:56 am
Lizlin

Time for me to go and get ready to go out. Have a good evening Rose and everyone else, enjoy your day :)
2:56 am
worzel

enjoy ur evening out Liz xx
2:56 am
grannyrose

enjoy, liz, dear
2:56 am
puglet

bye Liz
2:57 am
Lizlin

Thanks all - hugs to you all
3:00 am
worzel

Mum can u clue me the 3rd ma4/5 please? xx
3:00 am
grannyrose

and how's my fella going with this grid?
3:00 am
worzel

got it!!!
3:00 am
puglet

going to go too---good day/ night to you all and hugs too
3:00 am
grannyrose

lolol...knew you would
3:01 am
worzel

i'm doing well actually - 32 left, thanks to Lickety and a couple clues. I'm getting quite good at this - Mother's son and all that! xx
3:01 am
grannyrose

okay, darling pugs. hope you have a beautiful day
3:01 am
grannyrose

yeah!! THAT'S MY BOY!!
3:02 am
worzel

Do the seasoned experts on here consider using Lickety as cheating?
3:03 am
worzel

that reads badly - do they consider the USE of it as cheating?
3:05 am
grannyrose

oh, no, worzel. on some flips it is lickety which saves our bacon. there are some die-hards though. who refuse to list or use another's clues. but, hey! what ever makes their world go round...
3:05 am
worzel

And another q - I know what nbt means but what does nbs mean? x
3:05 am
TraderKate

hi all, just here for a minute or two. that topic has sparked some debate... there are a few purists who consider it "cheating", but there are a few that just like the challenge fo solving without a list... most don't care and many try to get to nbt/nbs and a certain % of words found before listing....
3:06 am
worzel

good morning gorgeous Kate how are you? xx
3:06 am
grannyrose

no blank squares, referring to the tile stats
3:06 am
worzel

squares being the same as tiles?
3:06 am
grannyrose

ohhhh, my kate is still here. hello, sw5ie
3:07 am
TraderKate

radiant as ever ;)
... and yourself worz
3:07 am
worzel

oh, no, i get it now! nbt for the left nbs for the right lol
3:07 am
grannyrose

let me put another way, no blank stats....does that sort it for you?
3:07 am
worzel

I am good, Kate, good. Two cups of tea, a big black coffee and I'm good to go!
3:08 am
worzel

Does anyone know anything about budgies?
3:08 am
TraderKate

yes rose, i have remained connected for another day... i am trying to save the grid for tomorrow during the day, as it will be a rainy day and the other games i play are much slower during the day, so i play them late/early if i can...
3:09 am
TraderKate

they taste wonderful lightly roasted on a tamarind and garlic bun, why do you ask worz?
3:09 am
grannyrose

*changing subject rapidly* ...*scans horizon for reason * what do you want to know, wor?
3:10 am
TraderKate

hahaha.... did i oops?
3:10 am
grannyrose

ROFLOL....kate! can hardly see the keyboard...
3:10 am
TraderKate

as long as you don't wet yourself, it's all good rose ;)
3:11 am
worzel

My budgie obviously goes through a moult (feather drop) about once every 2/3 months but only loses his bigger wing feathers a couple times a year. Thing is he has one on his wing that is sticking out at an angle. I thought it was a dropper but they usually fall on the day they start coming away from the body but this one has been like it for 3/4 days. I'm just wondering if he has knocked his wing and bent it instead? It doesn't appear to be bothering him though
3:11 am
worzel

chog log lol
3:11 am
Marc Freeman

I have in6, sh6, ti6 and to6 which 6 am I missing please?
3:12 am
worzel

ooooo good morning Marc x
3:12 am
Marc Freeman

good morning worzel
3:12 am
TraderKate

i wouldn't worry about it wor, it'll come out when it's ready... much like baby teeth... he may have preened too hard, and it wasn't quite ready. give it some time, especially if it doesn't seem to worry him...
3:13 am
grannyrose

okay, worzel, and this time i am right with you. it could be a calcium deficiency in it's diet...it could be psittacosois....or like my canary...it's just getting old
3:13 am
TraderKate

there are 2 in 6's marc
3:13 am
grannyrose

marc another in6, in6/21, in6/18
3:13 am
TraderKate

i didn't realize that they dropped their downier feathers more frequrently...
3:14 am
worzel

ok kate thanks for yours. I think his calcium's ok, but he is about 9/10 years old. Very active though for his age. I constantly worry about him falling off the proverbial perch now he's of a certain age, but I have heard that they can live for sometimes 15 years or more so with his active behaviour I think he's here to stay for a little longer, bless him!
3:14 am
Marc Freeman

I have the in that is the prisoner could I get a clue on the other one please?
3:15 am
TraderKate

in-born characteristic?
3:15 am
grannyrose

then again, my canary started with the twisty feathers when mother mac was still alive. it was in her rooms, and she kept them so hot, it moulted too early, and started to pull it's feathers out.
3:15 am
worzel

Kate I did some research online about feather drops and it appears all budgies seem to differ. Some can moult once a year, some can moult a couple times a month (in rare cases). It's horrible for him when he does moult, he hates it, but it doesn't last long thankfully
3:16 am
Marc Freeman

How many points is it?
3:16 am
grannyrose

marc, in6/18. i + double consonant + past tense of to consume
3:17 am
Marc Freeman

got it thanks
3:17 am
TraderKate

existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
3:17 am
worzel

To be fair my budgie's a bit of a martyr to discomfort - he just lets them fall out of their own accord and suffers the paint instead of preening them and getting them out quicker. Either that or he's a big pansy and is too scared to pull them out lmao!
3:17 am
grannyrose

yay, you, marc
3:17 am
TraderKate

and you're pretty sure it's not any skin condition or parasite?
3:18 am
grannyrose

like kate said, spray him with the anti-parasite spray to be sure.
3:18 am
TraderKate

you're just asking about the one feather, aren't you? ... not the frequency of his moults?
3:19 am
worzel

No his skin and feathers all seem okay. Like I said it's not affecting him - it was the first day I noticed it, but he seems to have grown accustomed to it now, so it probably was a bent feather. He probably knocked it out of shape. As for the frequency of his moults - it's probably about once ever 2 months or so, depending on the weather, funnily enough. But like I said he is fine within himself, very active for a 9/10 year old, and very happy and mischievous
3:21 am
TraderKate

what's his name?
3:22 am
worzel

Joey. Bit of a generic name for pet budgies in this country for some reason
3:24 am
TraderKate

... at least it's not fluffy or chickie!
3:25 am
worzel

i've always been lucky with pets and longevity. Had a cat that had feline aids and was run over 4 times, fell through a plate glass roof and lived until he was 24, two different dogs that lived until they were 18 and 19, a goldfish that lived for 23 years. I often accredit it to the love I give them
3:25 am
grannyrose

or psycho....like my canary.
3:25 am
TraderKate

really rose?????
3:25 am
worzel

well, that said, not that i gave the goldfish a lot of love. Not easy to cuddle a goldfish . . .
3:26 am
worzel

fancy calling your canary a psycho lmao!
3:26 am
TraderKate

i am most impressed worz! good job! it takes a lot of care and effort to be such a successful pet daddy!
3:27 am
grannyrose

lol, kate. yes...because it \]can't make up it's mind whether it's a budgie or a canary. sings like a canary, but everything else...completely budgie...right down to shredding newspaper.
3:27 am
worzel

I have always maintained the stance that I prefer animals to humans - present company excepted, of course xx
3:27 am
grannyrose

i nearly called it abraham
3:28 am
TraderKate

i didn't think goldfish lived that long! even though they are carp which can live practically forever....
3:28 am
Marc Freeman

wa5, please?
3:28 am
grannyrose

wa5, wa + most of an owl's cry
3:28 am
TraderKate

looking marc, don't have yet
3:29 am
TraderKate

ty rose ;)
3:29 am
TraderKate

why abraham?
3:29 am
Marc Freeman

I'll wait thanks
3:29 am
grannyrose

sad to say, that was my last word.
3:29 am
TraderKate

rose clued it marc!
3:30 am
Marc Freeman

thanks got it
3:30 am
grannyrose

kate, because it spilled it's seed on the ground.
3:30 am
worzel

I have just googled it and the longest living bowled goldfish lived for 43 years!!!! Well bugger me!!!!!
3:30 am
worzel

makes mine seem quite inadequate now!
3:30 am
TraderKate

that's the perfect word to end a grid on rose... a shout of triumph... the real-world equivalent of babble's woooooot!
3:31 am
TraderKate

ROFL...... now that's funny rose!!!!!!!
3:31 am
grannyrose

no way, worzel. 23 years is fantastic for a goldfish. well done you
3:32 am
TraderKate

there, there worz, you can always try again, provided longevity runs in your family ;)
otherwise you'd have to provide for it in your will....
3:32 am
grannyrose

glad to have tickled your funny-bone, dear. i found it amusing.
3:32 am
worzel

ty mum! And apparently the oldest living budgie is still going strong somewhere in an Australian house at the age of 29 so mine could be just a third through it's life if I take extra special care of it!!! Still plenty of time to get it to learn a few more swear words then!!!!
3:33 am
grannyrose

lolol, you wouldn't dare, worzel
3:33 am
TraderKate

never had any myself, but have heard innumerable stories of belly up fish being flushed in the night and replaced by well-meaning parents ;)
3:34 am
worzel

i have been trying for the last 3 years to teach it to say one word in particular. All the daft sod does is chirp back at me
3:34 am
TraderKate

we daren't ask.....
3:34 am
grannyrose

maybe you are using too many vowels??
3:34 am
worzel

anyway . . . must dash off to the lav - too much tea and coffee lol brb
3:35 am
grannyrose

and too much info, wor.
3:37 am
TraderKate

how about the left o for nbs/nbt rose? please???
3:39 am
grannyrose

oo4/5, plural of exclamations of delight
3:40 am
TraderKate

ty rose, thought i had tried that one, guess not! i might have been at that one all night if not for you!
3:40 am
grannyrose

nah, dear, you would have got it. i know you. * grin *
3:41 am
TraderKate

ah, but if you think it didn't work, why try it again? i only do that with phantoms... lol
3:42 am
TraderKate

well, i should stop here fo now, have 52 left for tomorrow/later today.. what time is it anyway??? almost 5 a.m. you say??? good grief!
3:43 am
grannyrose

lol...kate...i hope you get a few hours of deep sleep...well deserved
3:44 am
TraderKate

sleep, i will, but not yet, have a bit to do in fv 2 while the net traffic is light and this old lappie doesn't have to go at a snail's pace....
3:45 am
grannyrose

awww, kate. please rest asap. please take care of you
3:47 am
TraderKate

am resting quite a bit rose, it has been too cold and too miserable outside for too long...i have cabin fever rose :)
3:49 am
TraderKate

thank you for the clues and the chat rose, i'm off now, see you soon, internet connection willing ;)
3:49 am
grannyrose

yeah, i know all about cabin fever..i call it stir crazy..
3:49 am
grannyrose

xoxox kate.
3:51 am
TraderKate

that too gran.... it has been the longest, worst winter i can remember, with absolutely no respite! can't wait for spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*poof*
3:56 am
grannyrose

awww, kate...being cold is not good.
3:58 am
worzel

right, back again! xx
4:00 am
grannyrose

here for just a few mins, worzel.
4:06 am
worzel

sorry had to dash off to the door lol
4:06 am
Jivingjenny0

please can i have a clue for the in6 - I have the one that is someone in prison
4:06 am
Jivingjenny0

please can i have a clue for the in6 - I have the one that is someone in prison
4:06 am
worzel

i & double consonant plus past tense of eat
4:07 am
Jivingjenny0

thanks - got it at the same time
4:07 am
worzel

yw x
4:08 am
worzel

Mum you gone? x
4:08 am
rubyfoo

good moning
4:08 am
worzel

good morning ruby xx
4:08 am
rubyfoo

hello worzel. Who else is here
4:08 am
worzel

not many - think i've scared 'em all off
4:09 am
rubyfoo

were you naughty?
4:09 am
worzel

me? never!!!!
4:11 am
TraderKate

he was, he was... don't let him tell you tales!!!! he chased off granny rose... bad bad worz! not really...

{{{{{{ruby}}}}}} hi, not really here, just popped in to shut the page on hte computer...
4:12 am
rubyfoo

hello hello trader kate. I haven't seen you in a while
4:12 am
worzel

can someone clue me the first pa5/12 please? xx
4:13 am
TraderKate

i have internet at home again (at least for now) ruby, but not usually on at this time of day...
4:14 am
TraderKate

i only have p + lady's name worz
4:14 am
worzel

me too kate
4:14 am
grannyrose

nope, not gone...potty stop...hello ruby
4:15 am
worzel

s'okay i got it
4:15 am
rubyfoo

{{rosie}}
4:15 am
grannyrose

worzel, a pa5 of praise...pa + a long time, an age
4:15 am
TraderKate

thing that grows in hte garden!
4:16 am
rubyfoo

petunia, peony, pansy???? no idea
4:16 am
grannyrose

{{ruby}} told you i would be here tonight, dearest. how are you?
4:16 am
TraderKate

sorry ruby, phantom that i thought worked... plant
4:17 am
rubyfoo

we finally had a proper rain yesterday and with today's sunshine, the garden should pop!
4:17 am
grannyrose

gosh, i hate that...can see a phantom...but it does not work./..
4:17 am
grannyrose

nice ruby.
4:18 am
TraderKate

aha! i found the sound made when hit by a babble fish in hte face;)
4:18 am
rubyfoo

This should be a very good garden year, maybe even enough fruit to give to neighbors
4:18 am
grannyrose

i so need to go out and prune...:-(
4:18 am
worzel

3 more sh words to go!!! woooooot!!!!
4:19 am
rubyfoo

for me it's weeds, which beckon and grow as I sit here
4:19 am
TraderKate

you were worried about frost last time i saw you ruby...
4:19 am
grannyrose

*shoves hand in front of kate's face*
4:19 am
rubyfoo

I tackle one square meter at a time and that can take two hours
4:20 am
rubyfoo

I think my tomatoe plants are safe but it got down to 40 last week, colder than most of the winter
4:20 am
rubyfoo

tomato*
4:21 am
grannyrose

wor, sh 4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5. what are you missing?
4:21 am
worzel

second sh5/12
4:22 am
grannyrose

ruby, my friend always puts her tomatoes under shade-cloth. it protects them from the frost and the intense sun-shine.
4:22 am
grannyrose

okay, sh5/12, sh + porridge grain
4:23 am
worzel

ahhh ty mum xx
4:23 am
rubyfoo

I think it is probably easier here, once frost is past. It never gets too hot and the cherry tree gives afternoon shade
4:25 am
worzel

down to my last 11 - getting excited . . .
4:25 am
grannyrose

ruby, saw a service for anzac day yesterday. i so enjoyed to different speeches in french.
4:25 am
TraderKate

glad your tomatoes are holding on ruby, you can always cover them at night if really worried...
4:25 am
grannyrose

worzel, what letters are you missing?
4:26 am
rubyfoo

no, \I think they're fine. I started with just 4 and will buy more plants on Wednesday
4:26 am
rubyfoo

that is very nice, Rose, how good is your French?
4:26 am
worzel

nooooooo - i don't wana ask lmao!!!! I wana do this with just me and lickety unless i get REALLY desperate, but thank you for the wonderful offer as always xx love xxxx
4:26 am
grannyrose

and, worzel?? please don't get excited...you know the mankini won't fit..
4:27 am
TraderKate

good luck to you all and happy babbling, i must poof, back later today to finish. it's been nice chatting with you.
4:27 am
worzel

the mankini isn't self-containing even when |'m NOT excited pmsl
4:27 am
worzel

later Kate - take care xx
4:27 am
rubyfoo

lovely to see you {{kate|}}
4:27 am
TraderKate

does he know about morewords etc.?
*poof* see you soon i hope ruby!
4:27 am
grannyrose

ruby, by some standards, school girl...but my father was fluent, as his father was from belgium. usually the accent is good...lol
4:28 am
rubyfoo

my accent is poop, but I'm fluent and understand almost everything, even TV and movies
4:28 am
rubyfoo

just not comedy
4:29 am
rubyfoo

I had quite a lot in school, so I can write like a high school girl but can't read for pleasure, just magazines
4:29 am
grannyrose

yay, you, ruby. when we arrive in france...you are my preferred interpreter.
4:30 am
worzel

ok ti6 - i give up!!!! mum, help!!!! xx
4:30 am
rubyfoo

expats from England always have lovely accents but my first Fr teacher was from the Bronx. My English is unaccented, but my Fr is Bronxy
4:30 am
grannyrose

ti6, ti*, a metal + not a female
4:30 am
worzel

got it!!!
4:31 am
grannyrose

of course you did dear...you are my 'son'.
4:31 am
worzel

5 left - mankini's at bursting point . . .
4:31 am
rubyfoo

ty rose, I'm off to see the Wizard
4:33 am
grannyrose

ruby...i hope his wand is in good working order...xoxox
4:33 am
rubyfoo

*poof*
4:33 am
grannyrose

worzel...what a ho4.!!
4:34 am
worzel

lmao! You've got all sorts of visions running around in your head now haven't you? pmsl
4:34 am
grannyrose

oh yes, worzel....you know your old mum too well.
4:35 am
worzel

you're only as old as the mankini you feel . . .
4:35 am
grannyrose

okay, dearest worzel...what have you got left?
4:36 am
worzel

to5/10, second one xx
4:36 am
grannyrose

hmmm, seeing as himself is 2 years younger than me...
4:37 am
grannyrose

to5, to*, a heavy weight + North East...use the capitals
4:37 am
worzel

and FWS!!!!! Yayyy thanks Mum!!!! xxxxx
4:38 am
grannyrose

WTG WORZEL!!!
4:38 am
grannyrose

i am so proud!!~ bust now $* inches...lolol;
4:39 am
grannyrose

read...35...
4:39 am
worzel

yikes - there's a pleasant thought!!!!!! (hopes mankini holds up . . . ) lol
4:40 am
grannyrose

hey!!~~ my son....mankini will certainly hold up...
4:41 am
worzel

right, i guess i'd best get out of my pit and go and do some gardening whilst we have a couple of hours sunshine! Hate to love u and leave u mum but it's 1040am here and although bed is wonderful my garden is a mess so i must go and look at it. I hope you have a wonderful evening and give my love to dad xx
4:41 am
grannyrose

might need reinforcements...
4:42 am
worzel

a re-inforced mankini? I think it'll be stiff enough . . .
4:42 am
grannyrose

xxxxx, dearest worzel
4:42 am
worzel

ahem . . .
4:42 am
worzel

anyways, take care mum and look after yourself xxxxxx *poof*
4:45 am
grannyrose

xxxx, worzel
4:46 am
grannyrose

and it is good-night from me. enjoy all who follow.
5:48 am
Foffle

hello everybody :)
5:49 am
Foffle

anyone here?
5:50 am
wvteach

good morning foffle
5:50 am
Foffle

hiya teach
5:51 am
Foffle

sorry computer problems
5:53 am
wvteach

stats for the 7 please
5:53 am
Foffle

ma 7/32
5:55 am
Foffle

need a clue?
5:55 am
wvteach

yes
5:56 am
Foffle

not a female + not day
5:57 am
wvteach

thnx - don't think monkeys would have found that
5:57 am
Foffle

lol, no it's new to me too
5:58 am
wvteach

halfway, NBT and NBS - time for breakfast break
5:58 am
Foffle

enjoy!
6:04 am
rubyfoo

hello
6:04 am
rubyfoo

64 this am
6:04 am
Foffle

hiya ruby
6:05 am
rubyfoo

helo foffie
6:05 am
Foffle

64?
6:05 am
rubyfoo

64 words, age -- I wish! lol
6:05 am
Foffle

lol
6:06 am
rubyfoo

Where did yu live in Belgium? We used to sell glass from Glaverbel, so I went to Brussels and various other towns pretty often over a 10-year period
6:07 am
Foffle

Brugge
6:08 am
Foffle

Not the French speaking part of Belgium
6:08 am
rubyfoo

<--oves Brugge, used to take clients there But also qwent to Zeebrugge, where there was a factory
6:08 am
rubyfoo

Do you have a lace collection?
6:08 am
Foffle

nooooo
6:10 am
Foffle

nor do I collect chocolates! We used to moan about the shops in Brugge on Sundays. If you wanted a pint of milk forget it, but chocolates or lace? Anywhere
6:11 am
Foffle

I see you're in annecy. hewlitt packard?
6:11 am
rubyfoo

I have a big lace collection, but not from there, from US and Francce
6:11 am
rubyfoo

No retired
6:12 am
rubyfoo

I stopped working when husband retired
6:12 am
Foffle

nice. i have to wait another year
6:12 am
grannyrose

hellooo. have just sneezed for 25+ consecutive times. any suggestions?
6:13 am
rubyfoo

funny idea, collecting chocolates. I think one would eat them right away
6:13 am
rubyfoo

Bend y our knees!
6:13 am
Foffle

stop sneezing
6:13 am
grannyrose

chocolate never lasts over here...
6:13 am
rubyfoo

You can pop a vertebra from sneezing if yu don't
6:14 am
Foffle

not here either
6:14 am
grannyrose

ruby...this is me...bend the knees...lolol...just how do you suggest i do that!!!
6:14 am
rubyfoo

I buy ace at "vide grenier" and, in US, at barn sales
6:15 am
grannyrose

lolool, foffle...you are sooo helpful.
6:15 am
rubyfoo

{{Rosie}}, it's to take the pressure off your back. I once sneezed and wound up in hospital! Pls be careful
6:16 am
rubyfoo

maybe a steamy bathroom would help
6:16 am
Foffle

so I'm told rose, so I'm told
6:16 am
grannyrose

ruby, dear. am sitting down, and applying pressure to the small of my back.
6:16 am
grannyrose

aagghh!!
6:16 am
rubyfoo

STEAM!
6:16 am
Foffle

what's the matter rose?
6:17 am
rubyfoo

maybe you have "rose fever" sorry, bad jke
6:17 am
Foffle

brb coffee time
6:18 am
grannyrose

foffle, wish i knew. just started...seems to have settled at the moment
6:18 am
lbdawger

gm, everyone! stats for the lone O first column plz?
6:18 am
grannyrose

ruby...i love your bad jokes...lolol
6:19 am
MVA

004/5
6:19 am
rubyfoo

hello ibd
6:19 am
grannyrose

oo4/5,
6:19 am
grannyrose

hey ya dawg. xxxx my dear
6:19 am
JFB

Thanks MVA
6:19 am
rubyfoo

can you take an antihistamine?
6:19 am
lbdawger

ty, rose, just saw it
6:20 am
MVA

no probs jfb!
6:20 am
grannyrose

ruby, have done so...everything crossed here. soo to be bedtime.
6:20 am
lbdawger

coooeee, Rose. bummer about all that sneezing. allergies? oops, ty MVA too
6:21 am
grannyrose

*sooon*
6:21 am
rubyfoo

stats or clue for bottom I, pls
6:21 am
grannyrose

dawg, a bit late in the evening...ugh!!
6:22 am
rubyfoo

nm, found one
6:22 am
grannyrose

in6/21, person in prison
6:22 am
lbdawger

in6/21 and 6/18, ruby
6:22 am
grannyrose

in6/18, in + *** king cole + vowel
6:22 am
rubyfoo

ty both, found one on my own but not the other
6:22 am
rubyfoo

now I can do the NYT crossword
6:22 am
rubyfoo

xx
6:23 am
lbdawger

I hope you're not catching a cold, rose. try some saline spray that might help some. it can't hurt anything
6:23 am
grannyrose

of course you can, dearest ruby.
6:23 am
lbdawger

and hello, ruby, didn't mean to slight you there.
6:23 am
grannyrose

ahh, good advice, dawg
6:25 am
grannyrose

*ferreting out the FESS spray *
6:25 am
grannyrose

*heads up* i have taken my meds. please forgive me if i fade...lolol
6:27 am
lbdawger

rest well, rose. and I hope the sneezing abates soon
6:27 am
grannyrose

thanx dawg. xoxox
6:29 am
grannyrose

okay!!! the spray is having a positive effect...sneezing stopped. will try to settle to sleep while i can. xxxx to all of you
6:31 am
lbdawger

xoxoxo Rose
6:31 am
grannyrose

enjoy the grid, all of you. may be i will see you tomorrow after the flip. i hope all of you have a wonderful day.
6:37 am
lbdawger

tadone, finito! fun little grid.
6:45 am
Anniebrook

good morning babblers
6:50 am
MollyL

Hi Annie
6:51 am
Anniebrook

Hi Molly :)
6:51 am
MollyL

Another quickie grid : )
6:52 am
Foffle

back again. good afternoon annie and molly
6:52 am
Anniebrook

Hi Foffle
6:52 am
MollyL

Hi Foffle
6:52 am
Anniebrook

Molly, read your icon, so true
6:53 am
Foffle

love your icon Molly
6:53 am
MollyL

Yep : D Good to keep those great friends close
6:57 am
Anniebrook

Molly, have you heard from Soodle?
7:06 am
periwinkle

hi all
7:07 am
periwinkle

Annie,Soodle was on last eveing, I just missed here
7:07 am
periwinkle

her, even
7:07 am
Anniebrook

Hi peri
7:08 am
Foffle

hi peri
7:11 am
periwinkle

help with the 7 pls
7:12 am
Anniebrook

male and not day
7:12 am
periwinkle

ty Annie
7:13 am
Anniebrook

yw
7:15 am
crosshair

and now it is time for Crossy's tidbit of the day!!! Since I am doing a thesis on historical and current book expurgation in school, this caught my attention:
7:15 am
crosshair

In America the first newspaper appeared in Boston in 1690, entitled Publick Occurrences. Published without authority, it was immediately suppressed, its publisher arrested, and all copies were destroyed. Indeed, it remained forgotten until 1845 when the only known surviving example was discovered in the British Library.
7:16 am
Anniebrook

very interesting
7:17 am
Foffle

wow. that;s interesting. hiya crossy
7:18 am
Anniebrook

be back soon
7:18 am
crosshair

interesting indeed. I do believe this paper is now out of the storage vault for the first time in 11 years and is doing a museum tour so the public can access it and give it a read.
7:28 am
Enomis65

oh another small grid :( it's raining here I was hoping for a huge one!
7:28 am
Enomis65


and good morning :)
7:29 am
Foffle

good morning
7:29 am
crosshair

they always seem to be small on weekends. it is a cosmic joke, I am sure
7:30 am
crosshair

usually a nice 450 word monster arrives Monday to thruesday
7:33 am
Enomis65

as if we have time to do it during the week!
7:41 am
phandmd

good morning. Been up an hour and a half and am already exhausted.
7:42 am
Enomis65

oh no that's not good. Good morning Phan!
7:43 am
phandmd

I am forced to pack up my friends belongings she left behind after having living with me for 8 months. We are replacing the flooring and we can't get her to come and get her things. Ugh!
7:43 am
phandmd

How are you Enom
7:44 am
Enomis65

that's too bad - packing is always a drag. Are you replacing the floors in the whole house?
7:44 am
phandmd

No, we did hardwood in the main section of the house nearly 10 years ago now, we are putting the same wood in all the bedrooms up stairs.
7:45 am
Enomis65

it's gonna look very nice. Dark wood?
7:45 am
MollyL

That is a shame. You were nice enough to let her live with you and she can't be bothered to come get her things.
7:45 am
phandmd

yes, it is a dark wood. Kempas.
7:45 am
phandmd

Molly, she is a hot mess. That is all I can say.
7:47 am
MollyL

You were very generous to offer her a place to live.
7:47 am
Enomis65

Nice. We are slowly thinking about this too but I don't think I have the courage to start :
7:47 am
Enomis65

hi Molly
7:48 am
phandmd

She does say she will come during the week, but A. I don't trust her to keep her word. B. We are getting the wood on Monday and need to have the old floor ripped out so we can put the wood in the room to let it acclimate.
7:48 am
phandmd

Enom, it is hard work and a lot of work, but oh so worth it when it is done.
7:49 am
phandmd

oh, and C. I work now so I have to use the time available to me to get things done.
7:49 am
crosshair

people leave stuff like that because, as long as the last bit of their stuff never leaves your place, it creates a fallback position in their minds. As far as they are concerned, they never left. it turns into a mental safety net. :(
7:50 am
phandmd

Oh, her stuff will be gone eventually, even if I have to take it to her!
7:50 am
Enomis65

half done, gotta hit the shower and then go to work. Happy Babble everyone!
7:50 am
phandmd

by Enom
7:50 am
phandmd

bye
7:50 am
Foffle

bye
7:50 am
crosshair

I once had to pack up a friends stuff and rent a small storage unit for a week. I met him for coffee and gave him the key and said " your stuff is here, and it is paid for a week; if you do not pick it up by Friday, they will own it"
7:51 am
phandmd

now that is a good idea!
7:51 am
Foffle

sounds fair to me
7:51 am
crosshair

it forces their hand and is worth the 35 dollars for a small unit
7:51 am
phandmd

I agree!
7:51 am
phandmd

my dog is persistantly telling me she wants to go out. bbs
7:55 am
phandmd

in case you missed me, I am back...
7:55 am
crosshair

wb
7:56 am
phandmd

:)
7:56 am
Foffle

that was a quick walkies!
7:56 am
phandmd

just to the side yard to have her pee. Walk will be later.
7:57 am
crosshair

wash
7:57 am
crosshair

oops
7:57 am
crosshair

my bad
7:57 am
Foffle

oh a pee break not the full rigmarole
7:57 am
phandmd

exactly
7:59 am
crosshair

a clue for anything from the A in the second column please
7:59 am
phandmd

I have one. let me figure out which one it is
8:00 am
phandmd

think rectum
8:00 am
wvteach

AN 4/4 x 2
8:00 am
crosshair

ty and fish me
8:01 am
wvteach

time to be off for the day - BBL this evening to finish up the last 15
8:01 am
phandmd

have a great one, WVT
8:06 am
MollyL

Just to avoid confusion, the second row A words are aa4, an4 and aw4
8:07 am
MollyL

Sorry, second column A
8:11 am
crosshair

ty, that was what was messing me up, the aa form the second row a vs the aa from second column
8:12 am
rubyfoo

hello
8:13 am
rubyfoo

24 left but nothing in sight
8:14 am
crosshair

((ruby))
8:15 am
dan2bit

firewords pa5/12 poetry babblet was my last
8:15 am
rubyfoo

{{crossy}}
8:15 am
dan2bit

tx Molly & all cluers
8:15 am
phandmd

well, I guess my break has been long enough. Back to work. I am sure I will come back for another rest
8:15 am
crosshair

tc phand hagd
8:16 am
phandmd

congrats Dan
8:16 am
crosshair

yaaa for dan!
8:16 am
rubyfoo

Hello Molly
8:16 am
crosshair

ty for pa 5 dan
8:17 am
phandmd

on second thought, can I have a clue for the I then I can leave with NBT
8:18 am
LuvWordGames

in 6/21 prisoner
8:18 am
phandmd

awesome! thanks
8:18 am
Scrabbler

Good day, kids!
8:18 am
rubyfoo

did the dog go out for aw4?
8:18 am
LuvWordGames

in 6/18 in + Mr. Hawthorn
8:18 am
phandmd

poof
8:19 am
LuvWordGames

hi Scrabbler
8:19 am
rubyfoo

hi scrabs
8:19 am
rubyfoo

how is your sick bunny?
8:19 am
crosshair

howdy scrabby
8:20 am
rubyfoo

what is the poetry babblet?
8:20 am
Scrabbler

She has recovered maybe 70%. Still with a mild head tilt, and she can hop all over, but she can no longer hop quickly. So, a disabled but happy bunny.
8:21 am
LuvWordGames

pa 5/12 pa + a very long time
8:21 am
rubyfoo

I am picturing a slow-hopping bunny with a head tilt. So cute!
8:21 am
bichon

And he has a great Vet/Pediatrician
8:22 am
rubyfoo

true
8:22 am
Scrabbler

I keep her in a penned area when I am not home, with doggy pee pads on the floor. She no longer uses a litter box.
8:22 am
rubyfoo

hello {{bichon}}
8:22 am
rururocks

So maybe now it is a flop eared bunng
8:22 am
Scrabbler

Bichon, I cuddle her and think that most rabbit owners would have ignored her condition at the start, and let her die, or would have had her euthanized.
8:23 am
Scrabbler

Hi Ruru. She is a Holland Lop bunny already.
8:24 am
rubyfoo

So she's a lop-flop-slow-hop bunny
8:24 am
bichon

hi ruby, ruru, Scrabs
8:24 am
bichon

The cuddling is the most import part
8:24 am
Scrabbler

How are Marco & Polo doing?
8:25 am
bichon

Just sparkling. The were groomed yesterday and looking just sweet
8:25 am
Scrabbler

Nice!
8:26 am
Scrabbler

And, ruru, how is Dylan?
8:26 am
rururocks

Cuddling with me right now
8:28 am
Scrabbler

Aw, nice boy!
8:28 am
crosshair

NBT, NBS and just sailed past the half-way mark:)
8:28 am
bichon

Dylan is a child or a pet?
8:29 am
bichon

hi crossy
8:29 am
crosshair

hoiwdy, bichon
8:29 am
rururocks

.both bichon
8:29 am
bichon

LOL
8:30 am
Scrabbler

Haha! Our pets are our kids.
8:30 am
hego

Hi All
8:30 am
bichon

We had kids, now we have new ones, only with more hair
8:30 am
bichon

hi hego
8:30 am
Scrabbler

Buon giorno!
8:30 am
rururocks

Hi hego.
8:31 am
hego

hiya scrabs!
8:31 am
hego

Hi Ru
8:33 am
72 Temple Owl

hello folks
8:33 am
Scrabbler

Hi Owl
8:33 am
hego

Hi TO
8:34 am
72 Temple Owl

need to finsh this up, full day and week ahead.
8:34 am
Scrabbler

What are you doing?
8:35 am
bichon

hi TO
8:35 am
72 Temple Owl

shadfest, perhaps w/NRK. shadfest paprty tonight. preparing for trip on thursday
8:36 am
72 Temple Owl

i need to make the hors d'ouevres, pardon my spelling
8:37 am
hego

correct, I think
8:38 am
Scrabbler

Where is your trip?
8:38 am
72 Temple Owl

and hello to hego and bich.
8:39 am
72 Temple Owl

going to breaux bridge la for crawfish festival.
8:41 am
hego

and zydeco!
8:42 am
72 Temple Owl

no zydeco.cajun. aiiiiiiiiii
8:42 am
hego

lol!
8:42 am
Scrabbler

Is that New Orleans?
8:44 am
72 Temple Owl

hego gets the cajun yell! no, no, far from it. it is near lafayette and eunice.
8:44 am
hego

what does the 7 start with?
8:45 am
hego

standing on the corner in Lafayette, state of Louisiana.
8:45 am
disneyjessi

ma 7/32
8:45 am
hego

ty Jessi
8:46 am
Scrabbler

How about the first in6?
8:46 am
LuvWordGames

in 6 is a prisoner
8:46 am
hego

they are only 1 letter apart, the i's
8:46 am
Scrabbler

Don't bother trying manfeet.
8:47 am
hego

or 1 letter difference
8:47 am
Scrabbler

TY for two words.
8:47 am
hego

lol Scrabs.
8:47 am
72 Temple Owl

dancing to the music of clifton chenier, king of the bayou
8:47 am
crosshair

Crossy has manfeet. size 12 pontoons:)
8:47 am
hego

wow!
8:47 am
hego

Hi Crossy
8:48 am
crosshair

helps keep this rugged mass of muscle vertical:)
8:48 am
crosshair

howdy hego
8:48 am
hego

TO, sounds fun.
8:48 am
hego

Crossy dreaming again.
8:48 am
crosshair

howdy hego:)
8:48 am
Scrabbler

Yes, Crossy!
8:48 am
Scrabbler

Yes, Crossy!
8:48 am
Scrabbler

Yes, Crossy!

8:48 am
72 Temple Owl

we are going to at least two dance halls, it will be great. two steps and waltzes all around.
8:48 am
crosshair

scrabby has the hiccups
8:49 am
72 Temple Owl

NO ZYDECO!!! just CAJUN!
8:50 am
hego

we got it!
8:50 am
Scrabbler

Babble stopped for me for a few minutes.
8:51 am
disneyjessi

Clue for the an 5, plz? Down to my last 3.
8:51 am
Scrabbler

plural of an4
8:52 am
disneyjessi

The plurals get me every time! Thank you!
8:52 am
Scrabbler

fe5 anyone?
8:52 am
MimiCat

I have a firm understanding also ((crossy))...size 11..and I'm only barely 5'5".
8:52 am
crosshair

fe 5/16 to dodge skillfully
8:52 am
Scrabbler

Wow, Mimi!
8:52 am
hego

gosh Mimi :o
8:52 am
Scrabbler

Duh! Slam me with a salmon, Crossy!
8:53 am
72 Temple Owl

time to get to work, i have to buy new luggage as well today. happy babbling, hi and bye to mimi
8:53 am
crosshair

((mimi))
8:53 am
MimiCat

Yep..women with big feet are never crazy about shoes...because we can't FIND any!
8:54 am
MimiCat

One of the things I like best about my daughter-in-law is that she wears a size 13...she's much taller than I am.
8:54 am
crosshair

size 11,s on a 5'5 frame..wow!
8:54 am
hego

you have to look online, Mimi.
8:54 am
Scrabbler

Bye, Owl.
8:54 am
hego

Mimiwill never tip over.
8:55 am
crosshair

like a weeble. who remembers weebles? weebles wobble, but they don't fall down!
8:55 am
MimiCat

I do look online, hego, but I have very particular tastes and my feet are quite narrow...if I could cut off my big toe and teh second one, I'd wear two sizes less!
8:55 am
hego

I do
8:56 am
MimiCat

ROFL, crossy!! I resemble those more than I'd like in more than one aspect...
8:56 am
Scrabbler

My cousin is 5 foot 8 and wears size 6 shoes. Tiny f4!
8:56 am
crosshair

downside is that I always seem to be stubbing my toes on everything:(
8:57 am
MimiCat

Me, too, crossy...constantly running big toes into the furniture and cracking toenails. Mimi is a klutz, alas.
8:57 am
crosshair

there are days that I am glad for the nerve damage in my feet. This way I cannot feel the ingrown toenails I create by kicking everything with my pontoons
8:58 am
hego

that's not good.
8:58 am
MimiCat

Does anyone else wish Babble would "randomly" pick large grids on the weekend?
8:58 am
crosshair

a few weeks back, I actually tore my pinky toenail right off by catching it on a mesh laundry bag that was in the hallway!
8:58 am
hego

yes
8:59 am
MimiCat

Well...you have me beat, crossy..you get the klutz trophy!
8:59 am
crosshair

I know hego, but once nerves are done, they are done. All I get now Is a diabetic type of nerve pain
8:59 am
Scrabbler

Be careful, Crossy.
8:59 am
hego

Yaaaaah!
8:59 am
crosshair

crossy is the klutz king
8:59 am
MimiCat

And we're in the PB so we can admire it together!!
9:00 am
Scrabbler

Do you have diabetes, Crossy?
9:00 am
crosshair

I shall put this trophy right next to my kijng typo trophy
9:00 am
crosshair

no, scrabby, I was just using it as a comparison to the type of nerve pain I get at random in my hands and feet
9:00 am
hego

You should see a podiatrist on a regular basis,
9:01 am
crosshair

you are likely correct, hego
9:01 am
crosshair

cisplatin(sp) is a kiss/curse
9:02 am
hego

true Crossy
9:02 am
MimiCat

We're actually supposed to get rain today and it's looking gloomy out there....HOORAY!!!
9:02 am
crosshair

eventually, with enough time, it becomes the new normal
9:02 am
crosshair

been raining all night and all day here, mimi
9:03 am
crosshair

last of the snow is vanishing from the ski hills
9:04 am
MimiCat

This will no doubt be the last cool weekend until the Fall. It has been in the 90s for a couple of weeks but the storm is dropping us into the mid-70s today and tomorrow. Love it. Am looking at wonderful fluffy clouds and checking for shapes...happy.
9:06 am
Scrabbler

I forgot about the chemo effects, Crossy.
9:07 am
disneyjessi

Clue for the first pa 5/12 please?
9:07 am
Scrabbler

pa + really, really long tme
9:08 am
Scrabbler

* time
9:08 am
MimiCat

Heading into our birthday month, crossy!
9:09 am
disneyjessi

Thank you Scrabbler! Fireworks!
9:09 am
Scrabbler

Yay, Jessi!
9:09 am
welki

'morning, folks
9:09 am
hego

can i have a clue for the 7?
9:09 am
hego

Hi welki
9:10 am
crosshair

we are mimi! Taurus rules!
9:10 am
MimiCat

Congrats, Jess! I lived in Michigan for a year two different times...Highland and Milford.
9:10 am
aebmusica

a male+ evening
9:10 am
MimiCat

Yours is what day again, crossy?
9:10 am
crosshair

May 6th
9:10 am
Scrabbler

TY, aeb!
9:10 am
disneyjessi

Thanks! Ah, Michigan, where it's 70 one day and snow the next!
9:11 am
hego

ty aeb!
9:11 am
aebmusica

yvm
9:11 am
aebmusica

I mean yvw!
9:11 am
hego

we knew. :)
9:12 am
MimiCat

I have the other extreme here in Phoenix...basically no weather at all.
9:13 am
welki

snow here today - it's getting old
9:13 am
crosshair

we had snow 2 mornings ago
9:13 am
Scrabbler

Hi welki. We had snow on Thursday.
9:14 am
welki

won't be so bad here, but heavy accumulations to the west (nearer the mountains)
9:14 am
Scrabbler

15 left for later, if I return. Enjoy the day, kids.
9:14 am
MimiCat

(welki) Love your icon quote...and a good way to feel about people.
9:15 am
MimiCat

Love being called a kid, Scrab...HAGD!
9:15 am
welki

thanks, mimi - even face to face, we don't know the struggles people are dealing with
9:15 am
welki

bye, scrabs
9:16 am
hego

bbl. good day All.
9:16 am
hego

nota
9:16 am
hego

yikes!!
9:16 am
welki

later, hego - say hi to mr. h for me
9:16 am
MimiCat

Exactly, welki...my rule of thumb is to always assume the best until someone shows the worst!
9:16 am
hego

Poof!
9:17 am
MimiCat

Bye, hego!
9:18 am
MimiCat

I'm going to get some breakfast and happily wait for rain. Bye, everyone, and hugs all around.
9:18 am
welki

i'm not such a good student of that philosophy, mimi - so i try to just keep my outside voice on a tight rein :)
9:18 am
crosshair

tc ((mimi) enjoy the rain!
9:19 am
crosshair

I spend my life trying to rein in my outside voice:)
9:20 am
welki

sometimes, i guess, that voice just needs to be heard :)
9:29 am
crosshair

now, this little grid is growing teeth:(
9:30 am
crosshair

back in a few..poink
9:43 am
dianedecoder

good morning everyone !!!
9:46 am
harpjane

hello
9:47 am
dianedecoder

hi, harpjane
9:49 am
welki

hi harp, diane
9:49 am
dianedecoder

:-) welki
9:50 am
welki

is w going to have to start up that snow blower again today>
9:51 am
dianedecoder

I think we'll just get rain... maybe a few flurries. There was frost this morning though.
9:52 am
dianedecoder

Some of my family is in Calgary at the Comic Con for the next few days... I hope the highways stay good for their trip home.
9:52 am
welki

snowing here and temp is hovering around freezing - mountains look beautiful, though
9:52 am
stidmama

hello canada-types!
9:53 am
dianedecoder

There's always a postive side isn't there ? :-)
9:53 am
welki

hi, stid
9:53 am
dianedecoder

Hello stidmama :-)
9:53 am
welki

if roads turn bad, they can always stay with your son, right?
9:53 am
dianedecoder

ha ha ha... he's in Casa Grande right now.
9:54 am
stidmama

we have had so much rain the last couple of months we are practically drowning in wet... but now they are talking about record dry weather through December. Does that mean you-all will be dryer than normal, too?
9:54 am
welki

are they kids, diane?
9:54 am
stidmama

I hope the roads for you won't be bad. I cannot even imagine fresh snow this time of year.
9:55 am
dianedecoder

We never know stid...take what comes here on the prairies and in the foothills !
9:55 am
welki

hard to say, stid. depends on what travels over the mountains and prairies
9:55 am
dianedecoder

Well, a few attendees are BIG kids, welki.
9:55 am
stidmama

<very glad my ancestors did not linger on the prairies...>
9:55 am
welki

ok - so it's not like they need my floor to camp out on :)
9:57 am
welki

i never thought much of the prairies - until i saw them, stid. they are stunning, ever changing - while i think i'll always prefer the sea, the prairies are just beautiful
9:57 am
dianedecoder

We are in south/ central part of the province, stid.... I love this area...prairies to the east, mountains to the west and bush to the north !
9:58 am
welki

<-- always thought the prairies were boring, flat, colorless. not so.
9:58 am
stidmama

I remember driving through the Plains and parts of the Prairie provinces. I am very much NOT a "big sky" person. I am most comfortable in the sheltered, tree-infested inlets of damp coastal regions. Like my Irish ancestors, surprisingly enough.
9:58 am
stidmama

the open-ness of the wide spaces really un-nerves me
9:59 am
welki

i can understand that, stid
9:59 am
dianedecoder

I thought that of the desert too, welki, but have come to appreciate its beauty.
9:59 am
harpjane

People who live on the prairie wouldn't have it any other way.
10:00 am
stidmama

But I also remember the trip Tom and I took once to see the desert bloom in southern california and how beautifully colorful everything was.
10:00 am
dianedecoder

....no place like home ?? :-)
10:00 am
stidmama

hello harpjane!
10:00 am
stidmama

true, diane!
10:01 am
stidmama

fast grid, down to 30 already.
10:01 am
stidmama

how fishy are the i in the bottom right corner? It's my last blank tile.
10:01 am
harpjane

53 here
10:01 am
harpjane

but I'm using the list
10:02 am
welki

neither are fishy - and only differ by one letter
10:02 am
harpjane

pretty fishy, stid, if you are a fan of genetics
10:02 am
stidmama

hm. okay *Thinking*
10:02 am
dianedecoder

I love the mountains, but lived in Fernie, B. C. for some time and all I could see was mountains and felt rather closed in. It all comes down to where you were raised I guess.
10:02 am
welki

hehehe - okay, they're fishy :)
10:02 am
dianedecoder

think "prison", stid
10:02 am
stidmama

got the prison one. :-)
10:03 am
stidmama

and the genetics. perhaps our landscape preferences are in6? :-D
10:03 am
welki

"all you gotta do, is think naturally"
10:03 am
welki

(that was welki, singing a hint to you, stid)
10:03 am
harpjane

that's absolutely been my experience, diane. My cousins from eastern Montana love to visit, but they breathe a sigh of relief when they drive over the pass and see the plains!
10:04 am
stidmama

LOl welki!
10:04 am
dianedecoder

Ringo and Buck
10:05 am
welki

harp, that's what happens to me when i get that first whiff of salt air :)
10:05 am
welki

and yoakum too, diane :)
10:06 am
dianedecoder

I forgot he did it as well
10:06 am
stidmama

20 now. I think I will list.
10:06 am
crosshair

the praries are nice, but crossy needs to be near a large body of water:)
10:06 am
welki

i liked his version
10:07 am
dianedecoder

Well, it's been nice chatting but I must go make some breakfast. Then we are going shopping for some indoor/outdoor carpet for a portion of the patio.
10:07 am
welki

me too - bbq shopping
10:07 am
crosshair

have a good day dianne
10:08 am
crosshair

and you as well, welki
10:08 am
crosshair

think I will hang around for a bit more, see if I can unearth the last 39 babblets I need
10:08 am
dianedecoder

Listening to and watching Dwight right now... I always want to patch his jeans !!
10:09 am
stidmama

hey cross!
10:09 am
dianedecoder

Hi crossy...didn't know you were here. I AM off now....bye, all !
10:10 am
stidmama

later diane!
10:14 am
crosshair

howdy stidmama
10:14 am
Foffle

fireworks!
10:14 am
stidmama

YAY foffle!
10:14 am
Foffle

ty stid
10:15 am
stidmama

<grump> my last five words were SOOOO FISHY!
10:15 am
stidmama

the list really made it fast today.
10:16 am
Foffle

not for me - I take ages for even a small grid
10:16 am
stidmama

cross -- how is mrs cross? and the bouncing baby boy (is he employed yet???? --- mine aren't...)
10:19 am
Foffle

I'm off. See you tomorrow :)
10:24 am
crosshair

Mrs crossy is fine, change of weather from winter to spring seems to make for a loit of migraines for her, but she is doing well. Lazy offspring is still couch surfing and handing out resumes
10:28 am
crosshair

taking a break.bbl..poink!
11:17 am
Jillyjill

hello babbleworld!
11:39 am
saanichcat

hi there stid!
11:54 am
jesdraggon

howdy folks
11:56 am
Jillyjill

hi jes and saanchicat...and stid??
11:57 am
jesdraggon

how goes, jilly?
11:57 am
saanichcat

heelo to everyone!
11:59 am
Jillyjill

Goes well, been in/out as I try to sign petition to put an opposing trapping initiative on our balet
11:59 am
Jillyjill

*ballot
12:01 pm
jesdraggon

what sort of traps?
12:04 pm
Jillyjill

Trapping of all sorts, many family pets are being caught in them around our river access and hiking trails.
12:04 pm
jesdraggon

'trapping of all sorts' is fairly vague - does that include live traps? mouse traps?
12:05 pm
Jillyjill

No, the horrible toothed kind used to trap for fur
12:06 pm
Jillyjill

Am totally against real fur products. The fur looks much better on the animals God put them on!
12:06 pm
jesdraggon

what about other body-gripping traps (padded plate, snares...)
12:09 pm
Jillyjill

These traps all end in maiming or slow painful death. And imagine being a pet owner whose dog gets caught in one. These barbaric people that place these need to be banned from public lands!
12:10 pm
Jillyjill

Even our wildlife refuge placed snare traps in water areas to trap beaver, supposedly to aid wetlands for ducks, the poor beaver drown.
12:12 pm
jesdraggon

Yeah, I know how the traps work -- but several years ago there was a bill floated here to ban "all sorts of traps" and it was so vaguely written that it could be interpreted to ban live traps for mice.
12:15 pm
Jillyjill

http://tinyurl.com/k2av82p
12:15 pm
jesdraggon

so i was just curious how the one you're working on is phrased.
12:15 pm
Jillyjill

just posted the link..
12:22 pm
Jillyjill

Well, need a brief break, halfway and nbt/nbs 44 left
12:23 pm
MLFAN17

first column O stats please?
12:25 pm
jesdraggon

that one's much better written
12:33 pm
Jillyjill

Back again...that's what I think jes
12:34 pm
jesdraggon

oo4
12:35 pm
Jillyjill

deep sigh watching fireworks
12:35 pm
Jillyjill

whoops, thought you'd asked for clue...my bad
12:45 pm
rururocks

Jilly goes for the PG rating
12:46 pm
Jillyjill

Hello ruru!
12:48 pm
jesdraggon

morning, ru
12:49 pm
phandmd

hello!
12:49 pm
rururocks

hi everyone
12:49 pm
Jillyjill

Hello phand!
12:49 pm
phandmd

Hi, Jill
12:50 pm
rururocks

I would have said deep sigh during something else ..but that's just me :D
12:50 pm
Jillyjill

LOL ruru
12:51 pm
jesdraggon

oh come on! feti is totally a word, it's the plural of fetus!
12:52 pm
Jillyjill

That might be my definition for wa5/10 ruru
12:52 pm
rururocks

that's only in texas jilly not montana
12:54 pm
Jillyjill

Actually, the gentleman that is the voice for the wa5/20-like sound is from MT
12:54 pm
Jillyjill

<----!!FW!!
12:54 pm
phandmd

good job, Jill. I have 11 more to find
12:54 pm
jesdraggon

yay jilly! :D
12:55 pm
rururocks

you mean the Yahoo commercial jilly?
12:55 pm
Jillyjill

go phand!
12:55 pm
jesdraggon

thanks for the wa :)
12:55 pm
Jillyjill

Yes ruru, was making sure I didn't give an unasked for clue or get put in PB
12:56 pm
Jillyjill

thanks jes!
12:56 pm
rururocks

really?.. more trivia I never knew
12:57 pm
rururocks

how can that get you in the PB.. we have a ton of yahoos in the Congress.. so its really a commonly used word :D
12:57 pm
phandmd

down to 4
12:59 pm
uusue2

hi all!
12:59 pm
jesdraggon

hi sue :)
1:00 pm
uusue2

hi jes!
1:00 pm
phandmd

and done!
1:01 pm
uusue2

yay phand!
1:01 pm
phandmd

just found out today is the 28th anniversary of Chernoble.
1:03 pm
melonheadjujube

hi, all. Thought I'd be a diurnal Babbler, since I've been trying to be responsible about bedtime.
1:03 pm
uusue2

hi melon! I try to do that too :-)
1:04 pm
Jillyjill

Hello uusue and melon
1:04 pm
uusue2

hi jill!
1:05 pm
Jillyjill

WooT WooT WooT phand!
1:06 pm
melonheadjujube

What!? Spam is not a word!!??
1:06 pm
melonheadjujube

hi, jillyjill & uusue2
1:06 pm
uusue2

I think Enable thinks it's still only tinned meat, melon
1:07 pm
melonheadjujube

They don't want any spam!
1:07 pm
melonheadjujube

nbt
1:08 pm
uusue2

yay melon!
1:09 pm
melonheadjujube

> halfway.
1:10 pm
melonheadjujube

now to find the 7-letter word.
1:12 pm
melonheadjujube

hah! Lickety and a good guess got me there. I wonder if ma7 is some "masculine" mineral (;
1:13 pm
uusue2

good question :-)
1:13 pm
phandmd

have a great da
y, all.
1:13 pm
uusue2

or possibly fossilized treats falling from the sky?
1:13 pm
uusue2

bye, phand!
1:15 pm
jesdraggon

thanks for the ma7 - that's fireworks
1:15 pm
uusue2

yay jes!
1:15 pm
melonheadjujube

OK, my goal of mediocrity (nbt, nbs, all ≥ 7s) is met. For those of my vast fan base who don't know, I'm recovering from a total hip replacement, rendering me totally hip, I suppose. Anterior approach surgery, on my feet six hours post op. I'm about 2 1/2 weeks post-op, getting around with a cane, owe much to my two great kids and to friends who visit and bring yummy health food. And to the über-friendly Babble community. Later!
1:16 pm
melonheadjujube

yqw, jes!
1:16 pm
melonheadjujube

yqw, jes!
1:16 pm
melonheadjujube

yqw, jes!

1:16 pm
melonheadjujube

yqw, jes!


1:16 pm
uusue2

good luck, melon! Don't stint on your rehab exercises!
1:16 pm
melonheadjujube

tx. sorry about the chat hiccough!
1:17 pm
melonheadjujube

I've been good re: exercise. And my embolism stockings. SHould I give a "TED" talk about them. :D
1:17 pm
Nef

Hi melon! Glad to hear you're doing so well!
1:17 pm
uusue2

tee hee :-)
1:17 pm
uusue2

fireworks!
1:18 pm
Nef

YAY, uusue!!! WTG!!!
1:18 pm
uusue2

ok, I am going to go veg out for a while...
1:20 pm
Nef

bye sue. HAGD
1:23 pm
Nef

I was hoping to catch melon; but she's no longer here. :-(
I'm glad her surgery went well; I was curious about the anterior approach…..
1:25 pm
72 Temple Owl

hello, all
1:26 pm
Jillyjill

Hello nef and TO
1:27 pm
Jillyjill

*waves goodbye to uusue!
1:27 pm
Jillyjill

OH...and WooTs to Uusue as well!
1:27 pm
72 Temple Owl

hi jilly, and hi sue
1:27 pm
72 Temple Owl

down to 6, thinking it is list time
1:31 pm
Jillyjill

Felt really stupid when I listed, all the babblets I had missed
1:33 pm
Enomis65

hello - quiet chat in the rain :)
1:34 pm
72 Temple Owl

me, too. the currency. and i swear i typed in the little pig, but apparently not. and missed a past particile
1:36 pm
72 Temple Owl

alas,, and a plural! who's got the pollock?
1:36 pm
72 Temple Owl

but finally, i am done.
1:36 pm
Jillyjill

WooT WooT WooT TO!!
1:37 pm
Jillyjill

hello Enomis!
1:38 pm
72 Temple Owl

ty ty ty!
1:39 pm
Enomis65

how is everybody?
1:39 pm
Jillyjill

Sore shoulder from a horridly long hard day at work yesterday, not feeling much like doing anything today, but I must...
1:42 pm
72 Temple Owl

oh no, were you lifting someone?
1:43 pm
bichon

Good afternoon all
1:45 pm
Jillyjill

Hello bichon!
1:46 pm
Jillyjill

No, TO, just had twice the # of patients, moving, repositioning, dragging guerneys down hallway. Have a rotator cuff issue like many my age. Funny, have always kept myself back injury free, but shoulders age as well
1:46 pm
bichon

Hi Jilly, TO, Enomis
1:47 pm
bichon

I hear you Jilly about the rotator cuff. Already had one surgery
1:54 pm
bichon

ma 7, pls
1:54 pm
dpomfr

l have lost link to display lickety clues alongside Babble. Can somebody remind me please.
1:55 pm
Jillyjill

ma7= not female + not day
1:55 pm
bichon

Do you have Expert Beta V12?
1:55 pm
bichon

tyvm Jilly
1:56 pm
Jillyjill

Dpomfr, it is a down load Babble Expert, I think someone posted it on our FB page
1:56 pm
Jillyjill

yvw bichon
1:57 pm
Jillyjill

But since shoulder is better with some ibuprofen, I do have to get going...
1:57 pm
bichon

Mine was partially torn, fell on it while ice skating
2:04 pm
bichon

FW hagd all
2:04 pm
dpomfr

Bichon, I used to have Babble Expert but my browser updated by mistake and I lost it. How do I find it again?
2:06 pm
Enomis65

fe 5?
2:17 pm
zoozzoom

http://tinyurl.com/asayuk8
2:18 pm
zoozzoom

Thats the link for babble expert.
2:19 pm
zoozzoom

FE + opp of out + letter.
2:20 pm
zoozzoom

Ahh i should of checked the time and see the questions were asked a while ago..oh well.
2:22 pm
MollyL

It's okay Zoom. You aren't the only one who doesn't pay attention to the time stamp on chat. : D
2:45 pm
zoozzoom

Gosh not much chat going on today.
2:47 pm
MollyL

Short, easy grid and for many of us, gorgeous weather to be outside. Which is where I have been most of the day.
2:47 pm
zoozzoom

Sounds nice, Molly, Glad you are having lovely weather :-)
2:49 pm
MollyL

It's hallelujah time around here after the hideous winter we had.
2:50 pm
zoozzoom

Yes i remember the pictures shown on our TV news channels. Most of the U.S.A got hit by extreme weather.
2:52 pm
MollyL

If I never saw snow again I would live the rest of my life a happy person.
2:53 pm
zoozzoom

lol
3:02 pm
mael

hi all :)
3:03 pm
zoozzoom

Hello, Mael :-)
3:05 pm
mael

how is everybody doing?
3:06 pm
zoozzoom

I am doing well thank you..How have you been keeping?
3:07 pm
mael

good, I just had a baby!
3:07 pm
mael

which means that my life is now completely upside down :)
3:07 pm
zoozzoom

Oh wow!..Congratulations, Mael!
3:07 pm
zoozzoom

Boy or girl..Weight?
3:08 pm
zoozzoom

Name?
3:08 pm
mael

Elena Ida, 9 lbs 8 oz which is why I still feel like I've been run over by a train almost two weeks out
3:09 pm
mael

but she's worth it, she's an absolute cutie :)
3:10 pm
MollyL

¸¸.•*¨*•Congratulations Mael!!¸¸.•*¨*•
3:10 pm
zoozzoom

Aww that is such a sweet name..I do hope you are going to get help so you can recover..oh my i am so pleased for you :-)
3:10 pm
mael

thanks! my husband has been a star so far, I feed the baby and he feeds me (mostly steak)
3:11 pm
MollyL

My kids were 9, 10 and 11 pounds. I know of this freight train thing you speak of.
3:11 pm
zoozzoom

lol
3:11 pm
mael

yikes, molly! I can't even imagine.
3:11 pm
mael

it was,,, rough
3:12 pm
zoozzoom

I bet you have a room all made up ready for when she can stay in her own room :-)
3:12 pm
zoozzoom

Wow 11lb, Molly, Gulp!
3:13 pm
MollyL

There is no such thing as an "easy" labor and delivery, no matter what size the baby is.
3:13 pm
mael

we do! she'll sleep in our room for a while longer but her nursery is all set up.
3:14 pm
zoozzoom

Aww..i had a feeling you would..my sister did years ago when her daughter was born..and it was all pink..yuck..lol
3:14 pm
zoozzoom

the room that is..lol
3:15 pm
mael

You're right, of course! I just feel like recovery might not be quite so awful with a smaller baby
3:16 pm
mael

haha we didn't know the sex, zooz, so it's all oranges and gray. I actually hate pink, which is a problem, because she's gotten nothing but overly pink crap as gifts :)
3:18 pm
zoozzoom

I know what you mean..with my sister it has to be bubble gum pink..i could not think of anything worse..but hey ho..we all like different things i suppose.
3:18 pm
MollyL

I have a friend who laid down the law about pink when she had her daughter. She told everyone "if you bring pink gifts, you will be taking them home with you" : D
3:18 pm
mael

yup, more pink for everyone else!
3:19 pm
mael

molly, I wish I had the guts to do that! So I smile and nod and put them in a bag to bring to goodwill
3:19 pm
mkg

hi all. clue for first aa word? a 4?
3:19 pm
zoozzoom

lol..good idea, Molly.
3:19 pm
mael

an exclamation, mkg
3:19 pm
mkg

nm got it.
3:19 pm
mkg

ty mael
3:20 pm
MollyL

I love it when I see a baby in the store, all decked out in frilly pink, with a big pink floral headband on, and some buffoon walks up and says "Aw, what's his name?"
3:21 pm
zoozzoom

I am going now..but once again many many congratulations, Mael, And gentle hugs to Elena from me :-)
3:21 pm
mael

see, that's just hilarious. Our girl's wearing neutral clothes so far and my husband's family is somewhat worried that someone might mistake her for a boy. There's no avoiding that anyway
3:22 pm
zoozzoom

LOL you are making me laugh out loud here, Molly.
3:22 pm
mael

thanks, zooz! she's napping currently, about to get a bath
3:22 pm
MollyL

As a friend of mine says, all newborns look like Winston Churchill. : D
3:22 pm
zoozzoom

*poof*
3:22 pm
mael

mine's cuter! but she's mine, so of course i'd say that
3:23 pm
lil*monkey

Is the 7 a plural?
3:23 pm
MollyL

No, Lil
3:23 pm
lil*monkey

OK
3:26 pm
mael

speaking of the seven, what letter does it start with?
3:26 pm
mkg

an 5 please.
3:34 pm
mkg

any clues out there? mael also neesd seven. starts with ma....
3:34 pm
lil*monkey

it's a plural, mkg
3:34 pm
lil*monkey

the 7 is ma7
3:35 pm
mael

got it, lil, thanks
3:38 pm
mkg

ty lil monkey got it.
3:40 pm
lil*monkey

the ma7 starts out not a man + not day
3:41 pm
mkg

ty got it
3:41 pm
mkg

six to go
3:42 pm
mkg

fe 5 please. dont see it.
3:43 pm
dcseain

fe5 to the right
3:44 pm
dcseain

rhymes with a fa5 sound
3:44 pm
mkg

have tried to right............all combos of those letters i think
3:45 pm
mkg

got it. ty dc
3:45 pm
dcseain

most welcome, mkg
3:45 pm
mkg

wa 5 please
3:47 pm
dcseain

wa5! an exclamation, Also a nickname for UVA sports teams.
3:49 pm
mkg

ty got it.
3:54 pm
mkg

ti 6 please.
3:55 pm
dcseain

dorothy met the ti6 in the woods with the scarecrow.
3:56 pm
mkg

ty cant believe that is what the word is. i doubt it is a real word. ugh.
4:04 pm
Soodle

It's a pretty good night for a Saturday, as the regular crowd shuffles in.... (Guess who's been listening to Billy Joel today?)
4:05 pm
lil*monkey

wa5 is actually a fish
4:05 pm
rururocks

Christie Brinkley?
4:05 pm
rururocks

hi soodle.. hope you're feeling better
4:07 pm
Soodle

Top o the pops again, thanks, Ru! Seriously looking forward to the impending Irish Babble meet-up.
4:08 pm
rururocks

that's good.. it's always uplifting to meet other babble players.. we just had a small get-together out here on the west coast
4:08 pm
Enomis65

second sa?
4:09 pm
rururocks

cut wood eno
4:09 pm
rururocks

I hope you got a lot of well wishes soodle
4:10 pm
Soodle

I didn't know that, Ru. Who was there?
4:10 pm
Enomis65

ah! past tense! ty...
4:10 pm
rururocks

KJE and Doren.. and just lil ol' me
4:11 pm
rururocks

I was very well behaved :D
4:11 pm
Enomis65

last sh?
4:12 pm
rururocks

add a vowel to the last sh you have eno
4:12 pm
Soodle

i wouldn't have expected anything else of you Ru!!
4:12 pm
rururocks

I know ... I know.. once a gentleman.. always a...
4:12 pm
dcseain

i had no idea, lil*monkey, thanks!
4:12 pm
Enomis65

ty
4:13 pm
lil*monkey

yea dc, it's delicious... you can get it on OBX... other places too. Hawaiians call it "ONO" which means good to eat :)
4:14 pm
dcseain

Ah, i've had ono, it's quite tasty. :)
4:14 pm
Soodle

I'm currently wheedling RubyFoo to jump ship for a night & join us... But I think 2 Babblers can make a quorum!
4:14 pm
lil*monkey

well then, you've eaten wa5
4:14 pm
Soodle

Hey DC. Haven't seen you for a while. :-)
4:15 pm
dcseain

hi, soodle, ruru, enomis :)
4:15 pm
Enomis65

hi dc
4:15 pm
dcseain

i've been around less, and rarely completing grids :)
4:15 pm
Enomis65

4 to go...
4:16 pm
rururocks

That would be fun if Ruby could come.
4:17 pm
Enomis65

1st to 5,10?
4:17 pm
Soodle

Sounds good, Seain! Much as I love Babble, a life outside the computer is enviable!
4:19 pm
Soodle

Ru, did you knock the ladies' socks off?
4:21 pm
Enomis65

fireworks!
4:21 pm
dcseain

congrats, enomis :)
4:22 pm
dcseain

i'vve been very busy, with friends visiting from Ny and England, classes, tests, family, leading hikes...
4:22 pm
Enomis65

clues anyone?
4:22 pm
rururocks

no... soodle.. we just chatted.. I did buy dinner though
4:23 pm
rururocks

to 5.... 2000 Lbs. and Mr Gore
4:24 pm
Nef

Hi again. I hope everyone is doing well here today
4:24 pm
dcseain

hi, nef :)
4:24 pm
Enomis65

last chance before I go... Clues for free!
4:24 pm
Enomis65

hi Nef just had FW, quite happy:)
4:24 pm
Nef

YAY, enomis65!!! WTG!!!
4:25 pm
Nef

sorry I wasn't faster, enokis; I was chatting in the wrong box again.
4:25 pm
Enomis65

No problem Nef, a common problem for me too... see you in tomorrow's grid!
4:25 pm
Soodle

Lol, Ru! That reminds me of graffitti I once saw in a Ladies washroom. 'OK! So he bought you dinner. But will he buy you breakfast?'
4:26 pm
Nef

ANd I see I can't type again or autocorrect is after me
4:26 pm
Soodle

(((((Nef)))))
4:26 pm
Enomis65

*poof*
4:26 pm
Nef

How are you, Soodle? I've been sending prayers and good thoughts your way.
4:27 pm
Nef

bye enomis!
4:28 pm
Soodle

I'm good, thank you Nef. And your kind thoughts have been much appreciated. (((((Hugs)))?
4:29 pm
Nef

:-) I'm glad you're better.
And BTW, you're so right about life outside the computer
4:34 pm
Nef

Soodle, you mentioned an upcoming Babble meet up. Who and when?
4:37 pm
dcseain

Oh, in early August i'll be in the Columbus and Toledo areas of OH, Milwaukee, Chicago, and possible through MI.
4:37 pm
Soodle

Oh Nef! Riverdance is arriving here week. She & I are meeting on May 8th. The very first Babble-meet here on Irish soil. I'm over the moon.
4:38 pm
Nef

That is so exciting, Soodle!
4:38 pm
Nef

seain, early August in Chicago? Are you planning a meet up then?
4:40 pm
movieman

Bloody hell.....Lickety's clues aren't appearing on Expert anymore
4:40 pm
Soodle

Dora the cat has just arrived at the back door with the mangled remains of some misfortunate rodent. I'm sorry, guys. I'm going to have to don my rubber gloves & 'deal' with this crisis....
4:40 pm
Nef

Soodle, I'd be bursting in anticipation from excitement if it was me! I hope you have lots of fun (and take pictures too!)
4:40 pm
jaxx7

Evening all
4:42 pm
dcseain

Travelling with my sister and nephew 5-16 August. Family reunion Columbus area on the 6th, in Milwaukee 13 or 14-15, and pretty flexible the remainder. :)
4:42 pm
dcseain

moiveman, are you running the latest IE?
4:43 pm
Nef

hi movieman and jaxx
4:43 pm
movieman

Which is the latest version seain?
4:44 pm
dcseain

welcome, jaxx
4:44 pm
dcseain

IE11 apparently.
4:45 pm
movieman

I have the beta version 12, do I need to update it?
4:46 pm
dcseain

it might be you're ahead and therefore it broke.
4:47 pm
Nef

BBS, DH just gave me an early b'day present and I need to find places to plug in and charge our new cordless phones.
4:47 pm
dcseain

nice, nef :)
4:47 pm
movieman

I have a TalkTalk page open in its place for some reason
4:48 pm
dcseain

oh, weird, MM
4:53 pm
Nef

back
4:54 pm
Nef

sorry, mm; I'm on a Mac so I know nothing about IE
4:55 pm
dcseain

i'm on a mac too, but did use Expert back when i used a PC, and know expert usually does best with latest release, lagging a couple months after release.
4:56 pm
Nef

I kept asking for a Mac version of Expert, but it never happened. :-(
4:58 pm
Nef

stupid Enable. It doesn't list spam! I mean, that's been around for forever!
4:59 pm
movieman

It's back to normal now....my father sorted it out forme!!!!
5:00 pm
Nef

that's good, mm. (esp. since neither dc or I can help)
5:03 pm
movieman

I think the problem laid with my father changing our router
5:03 pm
dcseain

ah, thta makes sense movie
5:13 pm
Nef

I'm not finding any words right now; wandering off to find something for supper. BBL!
5:28 pm
dcseain

enjoy, nef
5:51 pm
Buttonman

afternoon all, could someone please clue me the
5:51 pm
Buttonman

wa 5
5:52 pm
Buttonman

anybody out there?
5:53 pm
Buttonman

also need the pa 5/12 right after the four letter word meaning buddy
5:55 pm
KenTropic

I have a PA 5/12 but not sure how many there are. Something you cook in, double the last cons and add a vowel.
5:55 pm
big red

pa 5/12 - p+ girl name
6:03 pm
Nef

back again. Hopefully a little food in the stomach will help the words show up.
6:08 pm
Nef

May I please have stats or clues for that stupid i in the bottom right corner? I can't see anything and am over half done now.
6:08 pm
big red

in 6/18 and 6/21
6:10 pm
Nef

buttonman, are you still hunting for that wa 5/20? It's another name for a fish (the ono) someone said; to me it's more of a wild cheer
6:10 pm
Nef

thanks, big red! :-)
6:10 pm
big red

welcome Nef
6:12 pm
Nef

DUH! I should have known those! both are big fish! (I kept looking for shorter words <blush>)
6:13 pm
Rollie Pollie

Would appreciate a clue for Ti6,21 if anyone can help.
6:13 pm
Nef

Dorothy met him in Wizard of OZ
6:14 pm
Rollie Pollie

Aah, thank you so much!
6:14 pm
Nef

yw
6:15 pm
Rollie Pollie

I've completed my first puzzle with your help!
6:16 pm
Nef

YAY, Rollie Pollie!!! WTG!!
6:16 pm
Nef

aren't the fireworks pretty?
6:16 pm
rururocks

*waves to Doren*
6:18 pm
Nef

she must be undercover or asleep right now, ruru
6:19 pm
Rollie Pollie

They are, I'm so excited!
6:20 pm
Nef

Have you been playing long, Rollie?
6:20 pm
Rollie Pollie

This is my 3rd game.
6:20 pm
Rollie Pollie

I normally play Scrabble but my mother-in-law plays Babble and has suggested I might like it too.
6:22 pm
Nef

I always encourage newbies to read the "help" pages (right up above this chat); and also check out down at the bottom of the page where it says "Friends of Babble"
6:22 pm
Nef

Is your M-I-L a regular here?
6:22 pm
Rollie Pollie

She is but i'm not sure if she "chats" along.
6:25 pm
Nef

(under the Friends, AngelSong's Babble Page is very helpful; and whenever people are talking about "the list" or Lickety's; you'll find "Lickety's Babble Clues." Lickety is an Australian who puts up a list of the first 2 letters and the letter count for almost every game (he sometimes misses, but he does it for free; so I never complain
6:27 pm
Nef

Well, welcome aboard! :-)
6:28 pm
Rollie Pollie

Thank you so much, I am having lots of fun.
6:31 pm
Nef

Great! We enjoy newbies here usually. Occasionally we get some trolls though, so those aren't welcome.
6:32 pm
Nef

whot
6:32 pm
Nef

OOOps!
6:32 pm
dcseain

wrong last letter, nef :)
6:33 pm
Nef

Thanks dc. I was chatting too much again. :-)
6:38 pm
Buttonman

Nef, sorry but I had an errand to run and just got back in time to see your note. Thanks and yes I still need the second wa 5/12 I did find the pa 5/12 I needed.
6:39 pm
Buttonman

thanks, just found it....FIREWORKS
6:39 pm
Nef

YAY, buttonman!!! WTG!!!
6:40 pm
Nef

there is only 1 wa 5 though.
6:41 pm
Buttonman

bye for now and good luck
6:41 pm
Nef

HAGD, buttonman
6:41 pm
Buttonman

thanks again Nef
7:03 pm
penquis

hello all....can i get STATS for the 7 letter word please?
7:04 pm
Nef

ma 7/32
7:04 pm
penquis

ty!
7:05 pm
Nef

yw, pen. I'd wandered off for a minute and when I came back I posted fast so you wouldn't leave
7:06 pm
penquis

ha....ty
7:09 pm
Nef

How are you today? I'm being a lazy bones today; not doing child care , did a very small amount of yard work (too cold to do much yet) but otherwise nothing.
7:09 pm
penquis

i am tired...just got back from a vacation in NC...
7:11 pm
Nef

sounds like fun!
7:11 pm
penquis

i had a good time...weather was great...
7:12 pm
Nef

that always helps!
7:12 pm
penquis

yes
7:13 pm
Nef

How long was your vacation (and how big of a pile of laundry do you have to do? ;-)
7:13 pm
penquis

is the ma word a recognizable word??
7:13 pm
penquis

only there a week.....and did laundry there before i left....was staying with a friend...
7:14 pm
Nef

it's a compound word, pen
7:14 pm
penquis

ah...ty
7:14 pm
Nef

want a hint?
7:15 pm
penquis

not yet, thanks...
7:22 pm
penquis

ok...i can use a clue please....
7:22 pm
MollyL

2Bit, if you are still around, the bunny ears are killing me. : D
7:22 pm
Nef

guy + pop of day
7:22 pm
penquis

pop of day??
7:23 pm
Nef

Hi Molly
7:23 pm
MollyL

I think she meant opposite
7:23 pm
Nef

Ooposite of day, pen. My spellcheck/autocorrect is at work again
7:23 pm
penquis

ah...ty
7:24 pm
penquis

got it...
7:25 pm
MollyL

I love it. Spell check can't spell and auto correct is rarely correct : )
7:25 pm
Nef

I wish I could shut ti off for this site; if I do shut it off; my typing is bad everywhere
7:25 pm
penquis

no problem...
7:26 pm
Nef

(LOL! Can you tell I just shut it off?)
7:26 pm
penquis

lol...
7:31 pm
MollyL

From what I've seen, auto correct is kind of a damned if you do/damned if you don't thing.
7:31 pm
penquis

it's fine for reports, terrible for word games...
7:32 pm
Nef

If I don't use it when I'm tired; my typing is totally gibberish
7:35 pm
freckledcat

I ha.ve one left and it is the ma/7 Clue please
7:36 pm
penquis

read 7/22 through 7/23 in this chat log
7:37 pm
Nef

I clued it at 7:22 but had to correct it , frekled
7:39 pm
freckledcat

I guess I'll have to go to the entire chat log to see that time.
7:40 pm
penquis

no, it's on this page of chat
7:40 pm
Nef

No, freckled, it's right down here It's still showing
7:40 pm
Nef

it's a compound word
7:41 pm
freckledcat

Oh thanks . I didn't go down far enough. I found it!! How exciting to finish! Only the second time since I have been playing. Thanks for the clues.
7:42 pm
penquis

congrats!
7:42 pm
Nef

YAY, freckledcat!!! WTG!!!
7:45 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

i must be good luck, cuz you said that the last time i got here, freckle! LOL
7:46 pm
Nef

Hi Gwen!
7:47 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

hi nef and all
7:47 pm
stidgmere

Hello just starting from here in the remote, misty Northwest.
7:48 pm
penquis

hi...
7:48 pm
penquis

can someone clue the fe 5/16 please?
7:49 pm
Nef

hi stidg!
7:50 pm
Nef

sorry, pen; I don't have that yet either
7:50 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

hunting for the fe5 now
7:50 pm
penquis

thanks for checking
7:50 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

ah ha, a term from fencing, to fake amove
7:51 pm
dcseain

fe5 to the right to avoid a blow from the left
7:51 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

(sounds like, to lose consciousness and fall over)
7:51 pm
penquis

of course!...ty
7:52 pm
Nef

thanks dc and Gwen!
7:55 pm
penquis

i am done!
7:55 pm
Nef

YAY, penquis!!!! WTG!!!
7:55 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

woo hoo penquis !!!!!
7:56 pm
penquis

ty ty ty!
8:09 pm
periwinkle

hi folks
8:10 pm
Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone doing
8:10 pm
Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! Way to go!
8:10 pm
periwinkle

hi, good and you?
8:12 pm
TraderKate

hi all, just popped in for a few, i see a few faces i haven't seen in ages. :D
congratulationd freckledcat!!!!
8:12 pm
Minveryork

Hi periwinkle! I am doing well.I just posted story of clues if you need it.You can find it in profile. Did you finish this yet
8:12 pm
Minveryork

Hello TraderKate!How are you doing? Welcome to the chog
8:12 pm
periwinkle

no I was out most of the day still have 22 left. will check it out if I get stuck. ty
8:13 pm
TraderKate

hi min! nice to see you :)
8:13 pm
Minveryork

Was out most of the day too. Glad it was a small grid today
8:14 pm
Minveryork

It's nice to see you too TraderKate.So what's new with you?
8:15 pm
TraderKate

not a lot new here, unfortunately, still waiting for spring to make an appearance....
i do have internet at home again (as you can see) so i should be here regularly again :)
8:16 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

finito! explody things !!
8:16 pm
TraderKate

cdongratulations gwen!
8:16 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

does this mean i have to do housework now? :(
8:16 pm
Minveryork

Congratulation Book Doctor Gwen on fireworks!Good for U
8:17 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

there are a few weird words in there, but not too many
8:17 pm
TraderKate

no gwen, it's saturday, take a break and stay a while!
8:17 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

(kicking back and putting feet up, virtually)
8:17 pm
periwinkle

housework? what is that?
8:18 pm
Minveryork

It wouldn't mean that for me BDG!It would mean I can play other games like Candy Crush, Family Feud and Pyramid.
8:18 pm
Minveryork

Exactly periwinkle! That is a foreign concept to me!
8:18 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

there's an online family feud? better not give me the url or i might get addicted to that too LOL
8:19 pm
TraderKate

nice to have diverse interests min ;)
.. what peri said ;)
8:19 pm
periwinkle

I rarely clean. it is not a high priority for me. but I have good personal hygiene
8:19 pm
TraderKate

id there a jeopardy?
8:19 pm
Minveryork

I play on FaceBook, but there other ones if you don't do FB
8:20 pm
Minveryork

I am sure there is a Jeopardy somewhere on the internet.
8:20 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

i once tried a computer-based jeopardy, but it was klunky and not much fun
8:21 pm
Minveryork

Jeopardy makes me feel stupid so I don't like to play game
8:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

heck, i don't clean all that much, either. every once in a while i hit something with small portable hand- vacuum or swiffer duster
8:22 pm
Minveryork

I like to play mindless games that do not require too much thinking. Babble is the only game that requires my brain.
8:23 pm
TraderKate

when the dust bunnies are big enough to scoop up as i walk down the hall, i do a quick swoop
8:23 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

what i like about family feud is that the "correct" answers are coming from 100 ordinary people, so it's way more fun to try to guess what they are
8:24 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

like, there was a measurable spiderweb inside the computer tower so i got out my paintbrush and nailed it (it's a clean, dry paintbrush used only for dusting and stuff)
8:26 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

why am i dusting with a paintbrush? because i'm a bookdealer, that's why 8-)
8:26 pm
periwinkle

FW for me, now off to read for a while
8:27 pm
periwinkle

byee
8:27 pm
TraderKate

speaking of mindless games, i'm off to struggle with fv2 for a bit... 25 left here for later...gotta make these little ones last! congratulations peri!!!!!
8:27 pm
Minveryork

Congratulations periwinkle on your fireworks!Hooray for U
8:27 pm
Minveryork

Goodbye periwinkle!I will see you tomorrow in the chat log
8:28 pm
Minveryork

I am doing the same thing TraderKate. Saving my last word
8:28 pm
Minveryork

Goodbye TraderKate. Maybe I will see you later on tonight.
8:29 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

night all, i'm off as well, but not to clean!
8:29 pm
TraderKate

i don't think i could stop with one to go....you must have "delayed gratification" down to a fine art!
8:29 pm
TraderKate

bye gwen :)
*poof*
8:29 pm
rururocks

Minver likes to linger
8:30 pm
rururocks

<---not into delayed gratification ..
8:30 pm
rururocks

as a rule ... :D
8:30 pm
TraderKate

oh ruru! how long were you lurking waiting to toss a zinger???
8:30 pm
Minveryork

Hello rururocks!How are you doing today? Welcome to grid
8:30 pm
rururocks

ten seconds ? maybe
8:30 pm
rururocks

hi minver
8:31 pm
TraderKate

really poofing now, see you later ruru :)
8:31 pm
rururocks

I can toss a zinger at just about anything :D
8:31 pm
rururocks

ok poofy.. see you later
8:32 pm
rururocks

did everyone die with a small grid?
8:33 pm
MollyL

It's been very wham, bam thank you ma'am here lately
8:36 pm
rururocks

except for Minver.. she's lingering :D
8:36 pm
Minveryork

Hello MollyL! How are you? I ALWAYS stay after I finish grid
8:38 pm
MollyL

Hi Min, I'm good, how about you?
8:38 pm
Minveryork

Unless I finish too la4/4 on a school night and have to goto bed, but for the most part I am pretty much in Babbleland most of the time after I finish.I do not have much of a life.
8:39 pm
Minveryork

That's right rururocks! The Cranberries would ask me "Do I have to let it linger?"
8:40 pm
rururocks

LOL . very cute minver
8:42 pm
rururocks

I was never a big carol burnett fan.. I never found her to be that funny
8:44 pm
rururocks

I guess... i'll toddle off and make some dinner.. i'm wasted from driving too much this week
8:45 pm
Minveryork

Not a Carol Burnett fan either rururocks.Goodbye for now.
8:56 pm
stidgmere

Has anyone clued the ma 7, 32? Last word and it has me stymied.
8:56 pm
penquis

guy + opp of day...
8:57 pm
stidgmere

ty penquis! That did it and I take pleasure in a completed grid even if it is small.
8:57 pm
penquis

congrats!
8:58 pm
stidgmere

I'm going to take an early shower, yes it is really early but I have had a busy day (for me) and will enjoy the signal to the finish my day.
8:59 pm
penquis

hope you enjoy it...
9:04 pm
penquis

heading to bed...g'nite to any who might remain...
9:19 pm
Nef

I'm back to finish my last 8; all "S's"
9:19 pm
Scrabbler

14 left for me. I just came here to finish.
9:19 pm
Nef

Personally, I do not like this grid!
9:20 pm
Scrabbler

Small grids are rarely fun.
9:20 pm
Minveryork

Hello Nef! How are you doing today? Welcome to the chog.
9:21 pm
Minveryork

Hello Scrabbler!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle
9:21 pm
Nef

Hi Scrabs and Min. How are you 2 doing tonight?
9:21 pm
Scrabbler

I just got home after a day long ordeal of getting my mother admitted to the hospital.
9:22 pm
Nef

(((Scrabs))) What's wrong?
9:22 pm
Minveryork

Oh so sorry Scrabbler!What is the matter with your mother?
9:23 pm
Minveryork

I spent the day out on Long Island. I had to go to the wake of my step-father-in-law. Died about a week ago of COPD.
9:24 pm
Minveryork

Nef,I actually liked today's grid. Story in profile if you need
9:24 pm
Nef

(((Min))) I'm sorry.
9:24 pm
Scrabbler

I went to her house to clean, with my sister, and my mother confessed that she had swollen ankles with pain and oozing fluid. She showed me and I saw stasis ulcers and cellulitis. So I called for an ambulance to take her to the hospital. She had been tolerating this for 2 months!
9:25 pm
Nef

OH, my! Even the mother of a doctor pulls that stunt?
9:25 pm
Scrabbler

So sorry, Min. Ugh, grief is brutal.
9:25 pm
Nef

Thanks Min, but I had to resort to the list too.
9:26 pm
Scrabbler

She did not want to see a doc or go to the hospital all of this time. She is so stubborn and she distrusts doctors, even though I am one.
9:28 pm
Scrabbler

Maybe I have told her too many medical and hospital nightmare stories.
9:28 pm
Nef

Yeah. I know how that works. My Aunt who raised me put docs on pedistals with God; but DH's Aunty was highly suspicious of all medical people
9:28 pm
Minveryork

I resorted to the list after finding 60 words. List got me 27 more words.Now I am saving my last word for later tonight
9:29 pm
Scrabbler

wa5 please?
9:30 pm
Nef

it's both a fish (another name for ONO or it's a wild cheer
9:31 pm
Scrabbler

Ah, got it now. TY!
9:31 pm
Minveryork

It rhymes w/Google's rival search engine maybe Scrabbler.
9:32 pm
Minveryork

That is the final word that I am saving to enter for later on
9:32 pm
Scrabbler

Done. TY for clues here at the end.
9:32 pm
Minveryork

Congratulations Scrabbler on your fireworks! Good for you!
9:32 pm
Nef

YAY, Scrabbler!!! WTG!!!
9:33 pm
Nef

LOL! Wouldn't you know? My last 5 are all sh 5's!
9:34 pm
Scrabbler

I usually don't try to finish grids but I needed to come here to unwind. Nef, that was the same for me.
9:35 pm
Nef

Scrabs; I'll add your Mom to my prayer list if that's okay with you. How old is she?
9:35 pm
Minveryork

Two of the sh5 words are in my story of clues for today Nef
9:36 pm
Nef

Yes, but I do have those I think
9:36 pm
Nef

Yep they're here
9:37 pm
Scrabbler

She is almost 83. Poor thing, she was crying for her mom. It broke my heart. She misses her parents, her sister, her friends that have died, my dad who died 24 mo ago.
9:37 pm
Nef

(((Srabs and Mom)))
9:38 pm
Nef

It's hard for older people when they feel vulnerable and their old support system is gone.
9:39 pm
Scrabbler

Please send her peace and comfort.
9:40 pm
Nef

DH's Aunty was like that at the end; she didn't want to liveany longer because everyone else had gone before her. (She was living with us because of the fire in her building; plus she had end-stage CHF). Then she wanted a brand new lazyboy recliner!!! We had to go out and buy it ; she lived 6 more days after that.
9:41 pm
Nef

Oh, Scrabs, I definitely will do that!
9:41 pm
Scrabbler

TY, Nef.
9:43 pm
Minveryork

Sending positive thoughts to you and your Mom Scrabbler!
9:44 pm
Nef

2 left
9:46 pm
Nef

fireworks. Finally!
9:47 pm
Nef

Scrabs, was your Mom too stubborn to let you take her to the hospital?
9:51 pm
Nef

It looks like Scrabs is gone. I will keep her Mom (& Scrabs) in my prayers
9:52 pm
Nef

Does anyone need any clues out there?
9:56 pm
Nef

Okay, I'm heading out.

Happy Babbling, Everyone!

<POOF!>
10:10 pm
Minveryork

Congratulations Nef on your fireworks display! Good for U!
10:10 pm
Minveryork

Goodbye Nef! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log maybe.
11:37 pm
torgone

*tumbleweed rolls through chat*
11:40 pm
Minveryork

Hello torgone! How are you doing today? Welcome to grid.
11:43 pm
torgone

Heya Min!
11:44 pm
Minveryork

I think it has been me, myself and I here since Nef left b-4.
11:47 pm
torgone

Kind of an easy grid.
11:47 pm
Minveryork

Yeah, I thought so too. Been saving last word since 7:26pm
11:56 pm
torgone

Better enter it soon ..
11:56 pm
Minveryork

I am finished! I have fireworks! wa 5/20 was my final word
11:56 pm
dizgrannie

hi all!! hoping for 467 next grid
11:56 pm
torgone

Appropriate word ..
11:57 pm
torgone

177 ..
11:58 pm
torgone

More would be better, but I'm guessing 177 ..
11:59 pm
Minveryork

Hello dizgrannie! How are you doing? Welcome to chat log
11:59 pm
Minveryork

My guess is 115 for the next grid size.