12:01 am
lynxxx
See - another Friday night size grid - poo!
12:01 am
brandyjack
Guess i Should have asked for a 67 word grid...
12:01 am
lynxxx
wow - a whole 8 6 letter words
12:04 am
flosey
hi everyone
12:04 am
Lizlin
Hi Lyn and Flosey
12:05 am
lynxxx
hi Flosey
12:08 am
lynxxx
another de
12:15 am
lynxxx
BBL to finish off this monster
12:15 am
chj
For anyone older than 60, there's an alternate spelling of Rootie Kaxxxxx
12:16 am
cybernan
I'm well over 60 and have never heard of Rootie whatever
12:17 am
lynxxx
well I qualify but maybe you need to be american
12:17 am
chj
American TV from the 50's
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
Lizlin
Thanks, Lickety
12:17 am
cybernan
we didn't get TV here until 1957
12:18 am
flosey
thanks Lickety
12:19 am
chj
How about Crusader Rabbit?
12:19 am
cybernan
listing now -- this one is too tough for me
12:21 am
cybernan
nope - didn't get that either
12:22 am
helensgirlkid
We had tv in Iowa from1951 - but no cartoons.
12:22 am
chj
I just googled it and Rootie was a hand puppet in the 50's
12:23 am
helensgirlkid
Or maybe my mother just didn't let me turn it on! She let me watch Captain Video, though.
12:23 am
cybernan
first show I remember are Life of Riley and the Flying Doctor and a lot of test patterns with an indian head in middle
12:23 am
chj
Kinda like Kukla fran and Ollie
12:23 am
helensgirlkid
out test patterns weren't nearly so interesting!
12:23 am
chj
Or Shari Lewis and Lamb Chops
12:24 am
Uneaixoise
Romper Room . . . Lassie
12:24 am
helensgirlkid
BEtter quit for the day - typing is quitting altogether
12:24 am
helensgirlkid
Surely Shari Lewis was later than that?
12:25 am
Uneaixoise
Captain Kangaroo
12:25 am
cybernan
Ed Sulivan came later - first time I say Shari Lewis
12:25 am
Uneaixoise
Howdy Doody
12:25 am
chj
I loved Life of Riley. William Bendix.
12:25 am
Uneaixoise
loved Shari Lewis :-)
12:25 am
cybernan
Milton Berle show, though
12:25 am
cybernan
I love Lucy too
12:25 am
chj
Worked at Cunningham aircraft with Otto Schmidlapp
12:26 am
cybernan
Jack Benny show
12:26 am
chj
Ozzie and Harriet
12:26 am
Uneaixoise
original Superman :-)
12:26 am
Uneaixoise
Father Knows Best
12:28 am
chj
Dennis the Menace
12:28 am
Uneaixoise
55 words and stuck . . . gnite all
12:28 am
chj
Leave it to Beaver
12:28 am
brandyjack
Star Trek
12:29 am
chj
Star Trek was mid to late 60's
12:29 am
chj
Honeymooners
12:29 am
brandyjack
Which is when we got our first B&W television...
12:30 am
brandyjack
ANd there wasn't much on it....
12:30 am
cybernan
still haven't found that ca 6
12:30 am
chj
The Donna Reed Show
12:31 am
dofith
ca6 - your job
12:32 am
cybernan
ty dofith
12:32 am
Roses6
hint for the solo o in the middle of everything?
12:33 am
chj
row row row yo4 boat
12:34 am
hurshy
gently down the stream
12:35 am
Roses6
got it! LOL thank you!
12:36 am
chj
merrily merrily merrily merrily
12:36 am
chj
life is but a scream
12:36 am
hurshy
life is but a dream!
12:37 am
hurshy
(see also: Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Ship in a Bottle")
12:37 am
hurshy
hey look, rice-shaped pasta is in two grids in a row!
12:40 am
hurshy
pretty stumped for a third y
12:41 am
dofith
ye4,yo4x2
12:42 am
hurshy
WOW. missed the very one being clued by chj when i arrived and joined his song.
12:43 am
Roses6
think abominable
12:43 am
hurshy
rose thinks i'm not as dumb as i look
12:43 am
cybernan
crashing - 25 to go
12:44 am
cybernan
good night everyoen
12:44 am
flosey
goodnight Nan, almost ready to give up for tonight
12:45 am
hurshy
this is the downside of the flip, everyone is too tired to laugh when i'm funny.
12:45 am
Roses6
leaving some for tomorrow. sweet dreams all.
12:45 am
Roses6
I laughed hurshy, just couldnt think of what to say. still speechless.
12:46 am
hurshy
very well, you're excused then. ;)
12:46 am
grannyrose
finally, monkeyed my last word. zo5/24
12:47 am
hurshy
see, it's helpful tips like that that everyone ought to be giving
12:47 am
Bugsaw
well done grannyrose!
12:48 am
grannyrose
tytyty. my hair hurts now.
12:48 am
Roses6
its like herding cats here, especially late at night. can't expect any of us to do as we ought. ;-)
12:48 am
hurshy
speaking of herding cats, did you see the mythbusters episode where they tried it? hilarious, i recommend.
12:48 am
grannyrose
roses, love that expression
12:49 am
Roses6
and it applies to so many situations! LOL
12:49 am
Roses6
Ill check it out hurshy.
12:50 am
Roses6
meanwhile, still laboring over the z's. gotta go to sleep...
12:50 am
hurshy
yeah even with granny's one, i'm still one other Z shy of a Zebra
12:51 am
Roses6
me too. I've got 2 z5 and 2 z4, missing one.
12:52 am
hurshy
see if mine are same as yours: za5/20, ze4/9, zo5/24 and 4/9
12:53 am
Roses6
yup, those are the ones.
12:55 am
hurshy
phantom: coyote
12:57 am
hurshy
40's suit turned into an adjective
12:57 am
Roses6
I think that's the zo5/24. Is there another?
12:57 am
grannyrose
zo6/33
12:57 am
hurshy
we don't know, aeb just didn't have it so she asked for it
12:57 am
aebmusica
ty....it wouldn't take the suit, so I gave up
12:58 am
hurshy
ok granny knows
12:58 am
grannyrose
i know the full hour isn't up yet, but do you want a clue?
12:58 am
hurshy
i really thought zooier, you know, like, a kid's birthday party is zooier than a normal day with no party
12:59 am
Roses6
I tried that too hurshy, but it didn't work. I found the zo6 - lots of vowels!
12:59 am
hurshy
i'm trying lots vowels, i guess just not in the right order yet
12:59 am
Roses6
Starts like a place full of animals, ends like an opera.
1:00 am
grannyrose
zo + opera song
1:01 am
hurshy
ahh, i was going 3 and 3 not 2 and 4
1:02 am
Roses6
once again leaving some for tomorrow. sweet dreams all.
1:02 am
grannyrose
sweet dreams roses. nice to see you
1:02 am
hurshy
7 left here, lemme see if i can spell anything with em
1:05 am
hurshy
got the D!
1:06 am
flosey
fw and off to bed, good night all
1:07 am
grannyrose
WTG FLOSEY!!! and sweet dreams dear
1:11 am
hurshy
phantom: fault, faulty
1:12 am
hurshy
WOW that's a weird t - tr5/20
1:12 am
grannyrose
lol it sure is
1:13 am
maccafixx
zo 5/24?
1:13 am
hurshy
ok i'm outy ttfn
1:14 am
grannyrose
time for me to go. dinner, then to our church where we hold a movie night for people who can't afford to go to the flicks. xoxox
1:51 am
Angelsong
Hi. I just wanted to let you know that I may be away from while my dad is very ill with the Kenya and maybe dying I am going to the hospital this morning and will be there until
2:04 am
rolin
ok..so enable with allow zo5/24... but not the base word... rediculous!
2:20 am
Onpaki
anyone cluing for la5/10?
2:25 am
sprite
good morning dear people. A royally tiny grid
2:34 am
sprite
la5/10 has a double vowel
3:30 am
zoozzoom
R.I.P Leonard Cohen.
3:44 am
rubyfoo
((zzoozz)) I just read a wonderful, long article about him in the New Yorker and re-listened to his music last week
3:44 am
rubyfoo
He was a great artist!
3:46 am
zoozzoom
((Ruby)) Yes he was. I have albums and CDs of his. Might listen to some later.
3:52 am
Glantarell
I loved his latest album, such a way with words. That, combined with his letter to Marianne, made me think he knew he was near death, and that this would be his last album.
3:53 am
zoozzoom
Agreed, Glantarell, same with Johnny Cash and his last song 'Hurt'
3:55 am
zoozzoom
Need to go and hang my washing out. Happy babbling everyone!
3:56 am
Glantarell
Yes. We have lost a lot of great musicians this year. I guess that reflects the expansion of musical genres and markets in the 1960s, those early musicians who didn't die young are all reaching old age.
3:56 am
Glantarell
Bye Zoom
3:56 am
rubyfoo
DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN THE REAL mARIANNE WAS ON HER DEATHBED, THEY HAD REMAINED FRIENDS ALL THOSE YEARS, (sorry for caps), he visited her for one last time. Their's was a great romance!
3:56 am
rubyfoo
Hello Glant
3:56 am
Glantarell
Hi Ruby
3:56 am
Glantarell
Hi Ruby
3:57 am
Glantarell
Didn't know that, nice to hear
3:57 am
rubyfoo
He knew he was dying, had been sick for quite a while
3:57 am
Glantarell
I guessed as much
3:57 am
rubyfoo
There's a joke (not so funny, now) that after the world is destroyed, there'll be two things left, cockroaches and Keith Richards
3:58 am
Glantarell
amazing he has stayed alive LOL
3:58 am
rubyfoo
I think the drugs in his body have preserved him
3:59 am
Glantarell
or the alcohol....
4:00 am
rubyfoo
For comfort these days, I've been listening to old rock and roll on YouTube: Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Carole King, etc.
4:01 am
Glantarell
Great choices. I went to see Walter trout a couple of weeks ago (BluesBreakers, Canned Heat) and he was good. Also The Blues Band (Paul Jones from Manfred Mann). So much good music came form the 60s and 70s
4:02 am
rubyfoo
Canned Heat is one of my faves. Do you like "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys"?
4:06 am
rubyfoo
I think my son is a musician from being raised in a house with great music!
4:18 am
rubyfoo
54, nbt, nbs
4:18 am
rubyfoo
See you later
5:15 am
sukee
Good morning
5:21 am
Deeha
is it me or, for a little one, or is a bit tricky this morning?
5:26 am
SamanthaJoy
It's tough as hell this AM
5:28 am
sukee
I'm finding it a bit tricky :)
5:54 am
Alleyn58
It's truly hard
5:58 am
Alleyn58
I can never work out the right approach when I struggle almost from the start. Ideas?
6:09 am
Glantarell
I try to get one word from each letter to start with, as a kind if 'warm up'. Then I start looking at a particular letter very closely and seeing how many words I can find for that letter. When I have done that I usually go and do something else for a while. When I come back I see words that I missed (often wonder HOWE I missed them). Usually end up looking at Lickety by the time I am 3/4s of the way through the puzzle.
6:10 am
bichon
That's about my approach, but I look at Lickety much earlier
6:11 am
Glantarell
Today I am looking at Lickety with 30 left....
6:11 am
Alleyn58
That is my technique as well! Sadly the brain is struggling. Lickety never allowed until half way!
6:12 am
Glantarell
Today my monkeys are getting help from Morewords too...
6:12 am
bichon
If, for me, waiting til half way, I would never finish
6:14 am
Alleyn58
Up to 30 found!
6:16 am
bichon
We all set our own personal challenges
6:17 am
Alleyn58
Thx ys done!
6:31 am
Glantarell
17 left and taking a break, good luck
6:39 am
periwinkle
good morning 2nd la5 pls
6:44 am
Alleyn58
he body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
6:47 am
Alleyn58
Think we need all the help we can get on this one!!!!!
6:52 am
ChampFit
Good morning all! Have been at this about 20 minutes and already feel like an idiot!
7:02 am
Alleyn58
Join the club!
7:20 am
bichon
fa 6/33, pls
7:20 am
Glantarell
like a US tap start then adjective ending
7:20 am
Glantarell
back for more
7:21 am
Glantarell
ty for the congregation
7:21 am
bichon
US tap start?
7:22 am
Glantarell
tap the water comes out of. we call it a tap in the Uk, you call it something else
7:23 am
ChampFit
ty...never would've gone there.
7:24 am
Glantarell
Cs complete
7:27 am
Glantarell
Ds done
7:28 am
Glantarell
Last L licked - musical instrument
7:37 am
Glantarell
Os obliterated, no idea why I didn't see the slimy ones earlier
7:38 am
ChampFit
Same here...just found 'em. Duh!
7:38 am
Glantarell
I've just found the UK political party too - doh
7:38 am
ChampFit
gotta leave the last 18 till later. Good luck all!
7:39 am
Glantarell
2 left
7:39 am
HarryHood
38 here. clues for corner R or middle O appreciated
7:40 am
Glantarell
the corner R is almost always used with 'un' in front of it, meaning a bit badly behaved
7:40 am
HarryHood
ty glan
7:40 am
Glantarell
O5, could be the boat tools pt
7:41 am
HarryHood
ty glan nbt!
7:41 am
rubyfoo
oa5/12 rowed a boat
7:41 am
Glantarell
or the oo5 that appears in babble fairly often
7:41 am
HarryHood
ty ruby :)
7:42 am
Glantarell
oh oh oh just got the living wood with leaves, slap me with a basket of fish
7:42 am
Glantarell
1 left
7:42 am
rubyfoo
33 left and no idea about the rest -- a little of this, a little of that
7:42 am
HarryHood
gogo glantarell
7:42 am
HarryHood
32 here.
7:43 am
Glantarell
phantom triol
7:44 am
MollyL
Whenever I see the phrase "gogo" I think of Inspector Gadget
7:44 am
HarryHood
hooray glantarell
7:44 am
rubyfoo
brava, Glant
7:44 am
Glantarell
tr5/20 ends with slime
7:44 am
Glantarell
I think of Insp Gadget too LOL
7:44 am
HarryHood
wow weird word there
7:45 am
Glantarell
guess that's why it was hard to find lol
7:45 am
Glantarell
anybody want a clue before I go?
7:45 am
HarryHood
29 to go. I've got parents coming in for a conference - gotta run :)
7:46 am
Glantarell
bye Harry, and poof!
7:54 am
Anniebrook
hello babblers
7:54 am
Aloyisius
hi Annie, hi all
7:54 am
Anniebrook
Hi Aloy :)
7:56 am
Anniebrook
the Z is getting lots of play
7:57 am
Aloyisius
it is in a nice spot for a change
8:01 am
Aloyisius
off to a fair start but stuck at 20; bb later with "fresh" eyes, happy babbling!
8:01 am
Anniebrook
bye Aloy
8:09 am
Anniebrook
Molly, I read your tribute to veterans. I am grateful to all who served.
8:11 am
Anniebrook
would anyone like a clue before I leave?
8:13 am
Anniebrook
okay, babblers, I am out, bye
8:23 am
LuvWordGames
zo 5/24 please? Not in A2Z words
8:25 am
wvteach
rhymes with RO 5/14
8:26 am
LuvWordGames
thanks teach, I've tried that word without the last letter before and it never worked so I wouldn't have thought to do that
8:26 am
wvteach
i did the same thing
8:27 am
LuvWordGames
al 4/4 minus last letter + rhymes with not cold
8:28 am
LuvWordGames
just finished, any clues needed?
8:29 am
LuvWordGames
ty teach
8:29 am
Judi
Good morning, cats and kittens!
8:30 am
LuvWordGames
ty phae
8:30 am
LuvWordGames
HAGD everyone
8:39 am
Judi
Sasquatch in the grid! Take your blurry pictures while you can.
8:47 am
MollyL
Nice icon Judi
8:48 am
car.eeyore
Good morning
8:49 am
Judi
Hiya, Car & Molls!
8:51 am
redshoes
Good morning all
9:04 am
Judi
Anyone have a clue for the Zo6?
9:08 am
Judi
Yeah. Tried that one too.
9:09 am
Judi
ZO + what the fat lady sings.
9:10 am
hego
Can't imagine getting that.
9:11 am
Judi
I don't even understand the definition of it.
9:11 am
hego
What you don't know zooids?
9:12 am
hego
Where do they get these things?
9:14 am
Judi
I try to avoid oids at all costs.
9:20 am
Judi
Missing Ca6/21 and Cr5.
9:27 am
Judi
I will pay cash for a clue for the Ca6/21, please.
9:27 am
Judi
NM. Finally got it. Fireworks!
9:29 am
pzz
you life's work
9:31 am
MollyL
Oh too bad, you missed the cash
10:12 am
cybernan
good morning, everyone
10:16 am
wvteach
hello nan
10:22 am
mkg
judi, great on fireworks! yeah!
10:23 am
mkg
i would LOVE clues for the ca 6 and cr 5 please.
10:23 am
cybernan
ca 6 = your job
10:23 am
wvteach
CA 6/21 - your life's work
10:24 am
cybernan
cr 5 is a babblet ending in either's partner
10:24 am
mkg
ty got it. wow. ty.
10:25 am
mkg
by the way, is it only mee who remembers zoot suits? why is zoot never a word in this grid???????? zoot suits were from the 1950s i believe.
10:25 am
wvteach
need one more V - ih vae VA 4/7 and 6/27 - stats for what i am missing pls
10:25 am
mkg
any clues for v words? i only have va 6.
10:25 am
mkg
teach we typed at the same time.
10:26 am
wvteach
with the same need
10:26 am
wvteach
VA 4/7 - uses same first vowel twice - middle / end
10:26 am
mkg
yup. but ty for the va 4 cuz just got it. ty.
10:26 am
mkg
missing the last one with you.
10:26 am
cybernan
add a letter to the suit, mkg
10:27 am
mkg
got that word nan. ty. but that is a different meaning and word. i just dont know why the other word is never theren. ty.
10:27 am
cybernan
va 5: first part of what Haydn wrote on a theme
10:28 am
cybernan
*alternate forms of something
10:28 am
wvteach
thnx nan
10:28 am
cybernan
*!*~*!*
10:28 am
cybernan
A lot of silly words in this one
10:28 am
wvteach
congratrs
10:29 am
mkg
why isnt youal in the grid? it is what they say in the south all the time: "youal come back some time now!" actually it is more like yahal isnt it......
10:29 am
mkg
yeah nan!!!!!!!!
10:29 am
mkg
ty for final v word.
10:29 am
mkg
could use some z clues. i have zo 5 and ze 4 only.
10:30 am
cybernan
zo + operatic song
10:30 am
wvteach
ZA 5/20, ZE 4/9, ZO 6/33, ZO 5/24 and XO 4/9
10:30 am
cybernan
ze 4 - nothing
10:31 am
wvteach
ZA 5 - like the African country
10:31 am
cybernan
za 5 country in africa
10:31 am
mkg
got ze nothing. ty
10:31 am
wvteach
try ZO 4/9
10:31 am
mkg
ty for za country. got it.
10:31 am
cybernan
hagd everyone - back at the flip
10:32 am
wvteach
hagd nan
10:32 am
mkg
missing final zo 4 9. looking now.
10:32 am
mkg
got it. ty all cluers.
10:34 am
mkg
FOCUSED ON C WORDS NOW FOR THE C IN SECOND COLUMN. i have ca 4 and 5 and 6 and thats all. clues welcome.
10:37 am
mkg
just got two more c's. so nm.
10:38 am
m9f9l
Probably the ones you found
10:38 am
mkg
i got two of the ce. ty.
10:39 am
m9f9l
I just got a ce5 also
10:56 am
wvteach
help with LA 5/10 pls
10:57 am
MollyL
la + double vowel + first 2 of what the sun does in the morning
10:59 am
wvteach
thnx molly
10:59 am
wvteach
one of those foreing coins (Maldives)
11:04 am
wvteach
** finito ** last word FA 6/33 pertaining to a special opening in the throat
11:07 am
MollyL
And for you non-medical people, that fa6 starts like what turns water on and off in the sink and ends like the abbreviation for Sacramento's state.
11:09 am
Deeha
didn't see the chat I have been really struggling with that one!!finally got it thanks to wordfind and now fireworks!!!
11:16 am
wvteach
congrats deeha
1:33 pm
Shut Up Play
hello
1:46 pm
Minveryork
Hello penquis! How are you doing today? Welcome to grid
1:46 pm
Minveryork
Hello SUP!How are you doing today? Welcome to the grid
1:47 pm
penquis
hi min....grouchy brain day here....
1:47 pm
Minveryork
Sorry to hear U R grouchy.Grid might make you grouchier
1:48 pm
penquis
yes....down to 22 and it's slow going.....my list soon....
1:48 pm
Minveryork
I have posted a story so that may make you less grouchy.
1:49 pm
penquis
thanks...
2:14 pm
penquis
i am down to 7....taking a break....bye all...
2:22 pm
MollyL
Very nice icon Min
2:40 pm
moolingwa
Only 90 to go
2:45 pm
moolingwa
34 to go
3:25 pm
moolingwa
17 to go
3:44 pm
PMS
zo 4,9 Take the zo5
,33 but leave out the two vowels which are the same.
3:50 pm
Norma
Can anyone clue the zo please
3:51 pm
doseffing
zo6/33 ...zo + an opera solo
3:53 pm
Norma
Thanks dos I have that one it is the zo5 I need for fireworks my little fingers are monkeyed out lol
3:54 pm
doseffing
... do you remember the suits worn most frequently by latinos in california in the late 1940s ... the ugly ones that Cab Calloway wore when singing Minnie the Moocher .... well and the sometimes vowel
3:55 pm
doseffing
... it rhymes with the ro 5/14
3:55 pm
freckledcat
Zo5....a country in Africa
3:56 pm
doseffing
... how the zo5 can be a word when the zo4 isn't beats me ...
3:56 pm
doseffing
... that's the za5
3:56 pm
Norma
Thanks for the help finally Fireworks xx
3:56 pm
moolingwa
A former country in africa :)
3:57 pm
freckledcat
You are right. Need new glasses I guess!
3:57 pm
doseffing
... I even just checked the dictionary for the zo5 and it uses the non-existent zo4 in the definition of the zo5
3:57 pm
doseffing
... don't we all
3:58 pm
Norma
After all people this IS Babble and Babble has its own rules and words lol ;-)
4:02 pm
moolingwa
12 to go
4:03 pm
doseffing
... there we are ... three quarters and I've had enough for now ... maybe later ... luck to all ...
4:43 pm
lil*monkey
And now, heading out for some divine Italian food at Tuscany restaurant yummmmmmmmmmm
4:45 pm
Minveryork
Hello babblers! I am back. Thanks for you compliment b4 MollyL.I'd just left to take my dog to the dog park. Sorry!
4:59 pm
moolingwa
8 to go
5:06 pm
Minveryork
Go moolingwa go!
5:28 pm
Marc Freeman
zo5, please/
5:31 pm
Minveryork
Marc Freeman,zo5/24 is animal entertainment attraction plus an abbreviated form of gratitude. How are you doing
5:32 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks
5:35 pm
Marc Freeman
I don't believe it now I am stuck on la5/10, please?
5:44 pm
penquis
so am i...
5:44 pm
crayola
la 5/10: la + first part of word meaning operatic song
5:45 pm
penquis
ah...ty...
5:45 pm
Marc Freeman
thank you, that was a weird one for me.
5:53 pm
penquis
i am done...
5:54 pm
Lizlin
Hi and congrats Pen. Down to my last 7 here.
5:55 pm
penquis
ty....that's what i had left from this afternoon....
5:55 pm
Lizlin
Listed a few minutes ago - that's helped.
5:59 pm
Lizlin
Fireworks - last word va 5
6:01 pm
penquis
congrats...
6:01 pm
Lizlin
Thanks - have a good evening.
6:04 pm
penquis
you, too...
6:23 pm
penquis
goodnight all...
7:42 pm
grannyrose
al6. al + vowel + child's play thing backwards
7:50 pm
mixi6
Thanks. I hate auto correct
7:51 pm
grannyrose
yvw mixi
7:54 pm
Minveryork
Hello mixi6! How are you doing today? Welcome to chog.
7:55 pm
Minveryork
Hi grannyrose! How are you doing today? Welcome to grid.
7:57 pm
Aloyisius
Hi folks, has anyone found the zo5.24? Stumper for me, my last word..
7:58 pm
Minveryork
Hello Aloyisius! zo5/24 is animal entertainment attraction plus an abbreviated form of gratitude. How are you doing?
7:58 pm
stidmama
aloyisius, suit from the 40s, with an adverbial ending
7:58 pm
stidmama
hello all
7:58 pm
Minveryork
Hello stidmama!How are you doing today?Welcome to grid
7:59 pm
Aloyisius
hi Minver.. and thank you stid and Minver!
7:59 pm
Minveryork
Congratulations Aloyisius on your fireworks! Good for you!
8:00 pm
Aloyisius
my monkeys were exhausted trying to find that one.. aah!
8:00 pm
Aloyisius
can I be of any help with a clue or two before I go?
8:00 pm
stidmama
YAY aloyisius, not for me, still 25 to go and not listing. :-)
8:01 pm
Aloyisius
wtg, stid!
8:01 pm
Minveryork
I am saving my last word so I am good,thank you Aloyisius.
8:01 pm
Minveryork
Stidmama,I have story in profile if you need to use it later.
8:02 pm
Aloyisius
okie dokie.. see you next grid, happy Babbling!
8:03 pm
stidmama
arrivederci, aloyisius!
8:03 pm
Minveryork
Goodbye Aloyisius! Hope to see you next time U R in chog.
8:09 pm
stidmama
thanks for clues, min -- now under 20!
8:12 pm
stidmama
taking a break again. good luck all *poof*
8:30 pm
dan2bit
another grid where I wish those eagles could just have settled on one spelling for their nests
8:30 pm
dan2bit
evening all!
8:34 pm
dan2bit
down to three 6's
8:47 pm
dan2bit
firewords! tx Molly, Judi, grannyrose, lickety and all cluers
8:55 pm
Minveryork
Congratulations dan2bit on fireworks!
8:56 pm
dan2bit
thanks Min! glad to "see" you here
8:57 pm
Minveryork
I have been in and out all day.Saving last word since 12:30
9:00 pm
lil*monkey
hellooooo Babblers
9:15 pm
Minveryork
Hello lil*monkey!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid
9:15 pm
Minveryork
Hello Jellen!How are you doing today? Welcome to chop.
9:16 pm
Jellen
I'm fine, Min. How are you?
9:17 pm
Minveryork
I am okay Jellen. It is nice to have a three day weekend.
9:18 pm
Jellen
That it is!
9:19 pm
Buttonman
need help with a clue for the la 5/10 please!
9:20 pm
Jellen
British spelling for a liquid measure.
9:21 pm
Buttonman
Sorry, Jellen, I don't know anything British
9:21 pm
Jellen
Take a 2 li*** of pop and reverse the last two letters
9:22 pm
Jellen
Oops! That's the wrong word! My bad!
9:23 pm
Minveryork
la 5/10: l + double vowel plus smallest state abbreviation
9:23 pm
Jellen
Thanks Min!
9:24 pm
Buttonman
Thanks Min, got it
9:25 pm
Buttonman
oops sorry
9:26 pm
Minveryork
yw Jellen
9:26 pm
Minveryork
yw Buttonman
9:50 pm
Nef
How is the grid today? (Trying to figure out if I can get even half way if I start at this time or not)
9:51 pm
Minveryork
Hello Nef! How are you doing today? Welcome to the grid
9:51 pm
Minveryork
The grid is challenging but much easier with Lickety's list
9:52 pm
Minveryork
Nef, I also posted a story in profile if you need to read it.
9:54 pm
Nef
I'm doing fine, just having to wear an old pair of glasses while I wait for new prescription glasses. Things are fuzzy by this time of night.
9:55 pm
Nef
Thanks, Min, for the story. I really enjoy most of your stories, & they do help.
9:56 pm
Nef
How are you doing this evening Min?
9:59 pm
Minveryork
I am doing well Nef. Nice to have a long weekend. Had a lazy day doing NOTHING! Too bad the grid was not bigger
10:01 pm
Nef
LOL! How often do you ever get a lazy day anymore? I have to insist on 1 if I ever expect to get a day off.
10:03 pm
Minveryork
Lazy days are great! Only left house to goto the dog park
10:04 pm
Nef
How is your dog (Jack, I think?) doing? How old is he now?
10:05 pm
Minveryork
Was in my PJs util 3:00.Got dressed to goto dog park and then I got back into my PJs as soon as I got back from DP
10:06 pm
Minveryork
Jack is doing well. he is 8 years old.He got heart murmur this year which is what I have been expecting him to get.
10:06 pm
Nef
Oh, Man! I haven't spent a day in my jimmies for years! Sounds like fun!
10:08 pm
Nef
Yeah, My friend has 2 of those King Charles spaniels & 1 of hers has a heart murmur also.
10:08 pm
Nef
They seem to be fairly common in that breed, right?
10:09 pm
Nef
jammies, not jimmies (that could be taken wrong, couldn't it?
10:13 pm
Minveryork
Most Cavaliers get heart murmurs because of mitral valve syndrome most of them get. Can be treated w/medicine.
10:14 pm
Nef
(love your Icon, BTW. Thanks)
10:15 pm
Nef
And I can never remember that word (Cavaleirs) in the name of the dogs. Sorry
10:22 pm
Minveryork
Actually,Nef, they are two DIFFERENT breeds.There's the King Charles Spaniel and there's Cav. King Charles Spaniel
10:25 pm
Nef
My friend has a Cavalier King Charles spaniel; she takes them to cavalier play times 2 -4 times a month.
10:28 pm
Minveryork
I went to one Cavalier metope once on Long Island.It was great,but unfortunately they are so far away I do not get to go to most of them. They also have meetups in NYC.
10:30 pm
Minveryork
Oops! I meant to write "metope" NOT metope
10:36 pm
Nef
meet up? Is that what they are called out there? (maybe that's what they are here also, I don't know)
10:37 pm
Minveryork
Nef, let me know when you are ready to get FWs. I would love to get my fireworks with you tonite. I've been saving my last word since 12:26 today. I already know what it is
10:41 pm
Nef
Min, I won't get there tonight. I'm aiming for 1/2 way; & am hoping that DH won't need more help for a bit while I work on the grid (he's interrupted me 3 times so far; he saw 1 of his doctor's & has a new bedtime procedure that he keeps asking about). I will be here to cheer you on though; so if you want FW with company, I am here.
10:43 pm
Minveryork
I am finished!I have fireworks! la5/14 was my final word.
10:43 pm
Nef
YAY, Minveryork!!! WTG!!!
10:43 pm
72 Temple Owl
grats, min!
10:44 pm
Nef
YAY, Minveryork!!! WTG!!!
10:44 pm
Minveryork
Thank you for being a witness to my fireworks Nef. Glad I am not alone.I'm also playing Candy Crush Soda on FB too
10:45 pm
Minveryork
Oh wow!Look who comes out of lurk mode to see my FWs
10:45 pm
Nef
:-D I love cheering others on!
10:45 pm
Minveryork
Thanks guys!
10:46 pm
Minveryork
Hope to be able to stay for flip tonigt. Haven't done that in ages.I am available for clues if anybody still needs any
10:46 pm
Minveryork
Hello 72 Temple Owl!How are you doing?Welcome to grid
10:46 pm
Minveryork
Hello medusa! How are you doing today? Welcome to grid
10:48 pm
Nef
LOL! I forgot it's Friday night! I was worried about a tired teacher who had to face some sullen teens tomorrow AM!
10:48 pm
medusa
Hi Min. I am good thanks. Busy as they come though. Had some amazing news.
10:48 pm
72 Temple Owl
hi min and bye all!
10:48 pm
72 Temple Owl
happy babbling!
10:49 pm
Nef
What's your goodness, medusa?
10:49 pm
Minveryork
Goodbye 72 Temple Owl!Hope to see you here again soon
10:49 pm
Nef
Good Bye TO!
10:49 pm
Minveryork
Do tell medusa!
10:50 pm
Nef
good news, that is
10:50 pm
medusa
I am back in touch with my youngest daughter and,if all goes well, she will be living with me by Wednesday. She hates her dad and his girlfriend.
10:51 pm
Nef
Ahh. How old is she medusa?
10:51 pm
medusa
15. She is my double in character as well as looks when I was her age.
10:52 pm
medusa
The really freaky thing is I named her Carrie after the song by Europe.
10:52 pm
Minveryork
That is wonderful news and yes I know that song medusa.
10:53 pm
medusa
Well the last time I saw my Carrie she was 1 year old. If you know the song then you will know how freaky that is!
10:53 pm
Nef
(I don't, I'll have to find it& listen to it.
10:54 pm
Nef
15 is such a hard age; I hope that all goes well with you & her.
10:54 pm
medusa
It is a beautiful song Nef. I just love that band.
10:54 pm
medusa
Thank you. I am sure it will.
10:54 pm
origami
Wow, medusa. That must have been sooooo hard. I am glad she will be right there in your life again. My heart is with you.
10:56 pm
medusa
Thank you origami. Has been very hard. Did not see her sister either. Have been speaking to her for a while now. She is 18 now. It was their dad that would not let me have contact with them and would not let me leave with them. Long story.
10:58 pm
Minveryork
The only thing that matters now is that she will be w/U.
10:58 pm
medusa
It is. I have missed so much with her but will have so much more with her.
10:58 pm
Minveryork
It is better late than never and she is still young so you 2 have years ahead of you to bond and build a relationship.
10:59 pm
medusa
We have so many things planned to do
11:01 pm
Nef
It's a beautiful song, medusa.. (I have to smile though at the lead singer's big hair & shoulder pads; and also his singing with both hands in his pockets!)
11:01 pm
Nef
How long have they been gone?
11:02 pm
medusa
Joey does have style. lol. Just adore that band. It is funny how the lyrics came true
11:02 pm
medusa
since Carrie was 1. She is now 15
11:03 pm
Nef
Oh, WOW! That is a LONG Time!!!
11:03 pm
Nef
(re: the lead singer; he's beautiful!)
11:03 pm
medusa
It is. The only thing that kept me going was my oldest daughter.
11:04 pm
medusa
You think he is hot you should see the bassman!
11:05 pm
Nef
I don't think he's hot; he's very pretty though.
11:05 pm
medusa
They were a pretty band back then. Gotta love the 80's
11:07 pm
Nef
Yes; I remember my nephew being a fan of a bunch of this e big hair pretty bands.
11:08 pm
Minveryork
I so love the 80s! I grew up listening to 80s music. I know almost all lyrics from any song from the 1980s. Pretty sad
11:08 pm
medusa
lol. I still love my rock music. Have met 3 of Europe. Great guys and a good laugh
11:09 pm
Nef
But I have a question for you about your daughter: have you had any communication between the 2 of you during that time? And how long have you been communicating with her?
11:09 pm
Minveryork
However, I don't remember all the lyrics to Carrie though
11:10 pm
Nef
(I think my nephew liked BonJovi and Guns & Roses?
11:10 pm
medusa
We have had contact on and off but not for long each time coz of her dad. We have been talking a few months now this time. That is when she can get away from him. She keeps running away from him
11:10 pm
medusa
Thats where I can fill in Min. lol
11:11 pm
medusa
Have seen both of them live too Nef. Bon Jovi was the first concert I ever went too. Guns n roses was after Slash
11:12 pm
Minveryork
I was a fan of Def Leppard, another big hair band in 80s.
11:12 pm
medusa
Love them too.
11:12 pm
medusa
Love them too.
11:12 pm
medusa
Love most of the 80's rock. Poison are good.
11:13 pm
Minveryork
Saw them in concert. Was the best concert I've ever been to.The drummer has an interesting backstory.Lost an arm
11:14 pm
Nef
Oh, yeah, I forgot he loved poison too (they had such strange band names back then...)
11:14 pm
medusa
Def Leopard you mean?
11:15 pm
medusa
Skidrow was another good band. The singer was the support for Guns N Roses when I saw them. He was amazing.
11:15 pm
Minveryork
Yes medusa. I should be ashamed of myself!I do not even know how to spell favorite 80s band.Thanks 4 correction.
11:17 pm
medusa
I did not even notice! If I am right the drummer lost his arm in a car crash. I have so much respect for the band coz they had his kit adjusted for him and stopped the tour until he could rejoin them. That's what you call dedication!
11:17 pm
Nef
(I was working nights & raising babies back then. No time for Rock bands I guess)
11:18 pm
medusa
Even raising my children there was always time for rock.
11:19 pm
Minveryork
Googled them. It IS spelled Def Leppard.Not so ashamed.
11:19 pm
medusa
I got it wrong! Der me! lol
11:22 pm
Nef
When I did have the radio on, we were listening to baseball games since my son was a Twins Fan from the time he was 5 or so.
11:25 pm
Nef
Medusa; You're staying up all night tonight? Are you too wound up & excited to sleep tonight?
11:27 pm
medusa
Sleep has been bad for a few nights now. It goes like this every so often. Good thing with having Carrie here is that I will have to get up so it should sort my sleep out
11:27 pm
Nef
Is she still in school? If so, is she a good student?
11:28 pm
medusa
She is still in school but I don't know what her grades are like. At the moment I am just trying to get her out of where she is.
11:29 pm
Nef
okay. (I hope the changes go well for both of you.
11:30 pm
medusa
Thank you. I think she will be more settled with school once she gets settled here.
11:32 pm
Nef
true. Does she have to change schools? Did they live in your area or far away?
11:32 pm
medusa
The fun part will be getting her birth certificate.
11:33 pm
Nef
Why would that be hard? Your the mother for goodness sakes.
11:33 pm
medusa
Her dad wont give it easily. She is the only hold he has on me.
11:35 pm
Nef
Seems to me the mother should have more say there since the child came out of you.
11:35 pm
medusa
I will probably have to send off for a new one
11:35 pm
medusa
Not the way it works over here unfortunately. The thing that really makes me angry is that he wanted me to terminate her.
11:35 pm
medusa
Not the way it works over here unfortunately. The thing that really makes me angry is that he wanted me to terminate her.
11:36 pm
Nef
Isn't there a registers office there that you can get an official notarized copy of it? (That's what's done here)
11:36 pm
medusa
I can. Will not cost much either.
11:37 pm
Nef
Might be the easiest way to get it then.
11:37 pm
medusa
I think it will. Will need it to sort out money
11:38 pm
medusa
Am hoping the police here will be more understanding with her.They keep forcing her back with him that end.
11:38 pm
Nef
Do you think it's expensive there? I think that it's less than $10,00 here; basically, it's the notary fee.
11:39 pm
medusa
It is only £12 for the certificate and postage
11:39 pm
Minveryork
Carrie seems 2 be old enough to be able to decide where she wants 2 live.Cops should take that into consideration
11:40 pm
medusa
They should do but they are not her end. She is old enough by law to decide. First thing I will do is get legal advice.
11:41 pm
medusa
Have read up a bit on it and went through the same thing when I was a child.
11:41 pm
Nef
:-( how sad that this happened to your daughters then.
11:42 pm
medusa
I know. I tried to get them away from him so many times over the years.
11:42 pm
origami
Was gone dealing with the beasties. Our thoughts and prayers are with you medusa!
11:43 pm
Nef
Yes, I'll keep you in my thoughts & prayers that all goes well.
11:43 pm
medusa
Thanks you origami. Hope the beasties are happy now. 1 of mine just come in and the other 2 are now settled under my duvet!
11:44 pm
medusa
Thanks Nef
11:48 pm
Nef
I'm so sorry; I'm getting tired & my computer wants me to run & reboot now after running the anti-virus program now. I've hit the "later" button several times now & it keeps popping up more often now. I think I have to quit for the night; but I do wish and pray all goes well for you medusa.
11:49 pm
medusa
Thankyou Nef. Speak soon. xx
11:50 pm
Nef
Yes, let's do that. Good night for now.
11:50 pm
medusa
Sweet dreams. xx
11:51 pm
origami
My beasties are burrowing under the couch blankies right now :-) There is something so comforting about dogs.
11:51 pm
medusa
There is. I have a cat and 2 dogs. As much as I love Princess, the boys are never far from me.
11:52 pm
medusa
What breed are your dogs?
11:53 pm
dizgrannie
333 next grid
11:53 pm
origami
I have a black-and-tan coonhound (a big American hound dog) and a German short-hair pointe/Beagle mix. And I have a long-haired feisty cat of some variety. What kind of dogs do you have?
11:55 pm
Minveryork
Hi dizgrannie! How are you doing today?Welcome to grid.
11:56 pm
Minveryork
My guess is 104 words the the next puzzle size dizgrannie
11:57 pm
medusa
My brother has a coonhound. I have a blackhairball cat and 2 Italian greyhound whippet cross. The dogs are brothers.
11:57 pm
dizgrannie
hi all!!
11:58 pm
ursh
hello all - hoping for about 150 today
11:59 pm
Minveryork
Hello ursh!How are you doing today? Welcome to the grid
11:59 pm
origami
Hounds are a hoot.