Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, December 11, 2005

12:01 am

JBsAnno

First post on the new puzzle?
Definitely time for bed!!!

12:01 am

harpjane

new puzzle!

12:01 am

harpjane

You're on the ball tonight, JB!

12:01 am

GreyWoulf

Hi JB! ROFL!

12:03 am

renfield

oh JB - you are quick!
Hey gw - they're about to shoe the grateful dead on pbs

12:03 am

JBsAnno

GW, my retail friend!
Now I know where you work!

12:03 am

JBsAnno

I just was able to get 62 words on yesterday's puzzle before the changeover

12:03 am

JBsAnno

And borg should have been a word!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:04 am

misstearweus

I AGREE!!! Evening,morn,day all.

12:04 am

JBsAnno

Okay, I'll stop talking about yesterday, even though it was just a couple of minutes ago!

12:04 am

GreyWoulf

JB - Specifically, I am in the Plymouth Meeting Store -- come by and visit sometime!

12:04 am

renfield

jb - i agree - i use borg - you know when you hab a cold and you need ur turf borg

12:05 am

onyx

h 8

12:05 am

JBsAnno

We (hubby 'n me) were there about 2 months ago, he needs new glasses, but he decided to get them at Einstein Hospital.

12:05 am

renfield

186 words

12:05 am

JBsAnno

Oh, ren, WHAT?

12:05 am

Yoink

There is no way I should be here for the new puzzle's arrival!

12:05 am

JBsAnno

Oh, yeah, and DON'T post words in the log!

12:06 am

harpjane

186 words

12:06 am

harpjane

Did anyone every hear from brandyjack yesterday?

12:07 am

GreyWoulf

186 words

4-letter words: 96
5-letter words: 62
6-letter words: 22
7-letter words: 3
8-letter words: 3

12:07 am

renfield

yoink - is there any reason why you shouldn't be here?

12:07 am

cybernan

Good Evening, everyone

12:07 am

renfield

hi nan

12:07 am

JBsAnno

I saw that stats were posted around 5pm Saturday per Babble Anonymous time.

12:07 am

misstearweus

hello cyber

12:08 am

Babbler

yeah - I told yoink to go to bed ages ago..... ; )

*refresh* for my pic - I jazzed up a pic from google

12:08 am

GreyWoulf

JB - well, come by and visit anyway. I would love to put a face to the name :)

12:08 am

JBsAnno

Ren? What is "turf borg?"
All I can think of is "surf board"...
(oh yeah, waaaa--aaaayyyy past her bedtime!)

12:08 am

licketySplitAUS

the australian animal is in there!! Cool

12:09 am

Babbler

brandyjack was around yesterday, harp. I saw him later in the day.

12:09 am

Blaze

hello to all now is it brandy or bread for the icon ??

12:09 am

renfield

you're rite JB !!!!!! on all counts

12:10 am

misstearweus

i thought bread made the cut, refresh to see my slice.

12:10 am

Babbler

brandy - cos brandyjack wasn't able to post the stats and everybody missed his good work.

12:10 am

harpjane

Hey, my name is in there. Also my favorite instrument!

12:11 am

harpjane

bread is Monday. Brandy is today.

12:11 am

GreyWoulf

Time for me to go, Folks -- time for nighttime rituals and stuff -- will see you all later

(*Hugs for Everyone*)
(*extra hug for ren*)

TTFN

12:11 am

JBsAnno

Cool, GWoulf! But then, how do I explain to DH (dear husband) that I know this guy who works in this store from a chat room on the internet that I log onto after he goes to bed?

12:11 am

DarleenMB

harpjane, thanks for the H4/5

12:11 am

JBsAnno

Wait, Woulfie, I have to know!

12:11 am

GreyWoulf

That's your prob, JB ;D

12:12 am

renfield

gw - jerry is skinny and has black hair in this movie

12:12 am

JBsAnno

What a guy! Thanks, G, & sleep well!

12:12 am

misstearweus

thanks harjpane, cheers! and refresh...

12:13 am

renfield

thanks wolfie - (hug for you and yours)

12:13 am

Yoink

Renfield, bevause it's after 6am here and I've not slept for nearly a day.

Babs, when do I ever listen to you? ;-)
New icon... Refresh

12:14 am

Blaze

hello again with brandy in hand

12:14 am

GreyWoulf

Sounds cool, ren but the hydrocodone has taken its expected effect and I am out of here!

JB -- all you really need to do is let him read some of the chat logs and all should be cool unless he is the extremely jealous type

12:14 am

renfield

well nappy - enjoy - you look good on that white horse

12:15 am

renfield

sleep and rest gw -

12:15 am

GreyWoulf

G'nite again to all...ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz!!

12:16 am

Babbler

nice icon choice, Yoink.
you staying up much longer? I've copied the grid and I'm off to try and sleep again.

12:16 am

Babbler

*hugs* GW. sweet dreams

12:17 am

cybernan

Here's to you, Brandyjack -- we missed you!

12:17 am

Yoink

Did you get the cryptic link Babs? I'm going to be gone v soon too. Need to get up tomorrow to go out with my sister and my nephew

12:17 am

JBsAnno

Ah, well,
He snoozes,
he loses!
But I love him, so I'll keep him as long as he keeps me!

12:17 am

Babbler

cheers, brandyjack!! *raises glass*

12:18 am

cybernan

There's a lot of duplication -- it's going to be tough!

12:18 am

Blaze

Cheers to Brandy Jack and all who babble with him

12:18 am

Babbler

*cryptic link flies over Bab's head*

no, I didn't see anything, Yoink.... :/

12:19 am

Yoink

Who is riding the horse?

12:19 am

Blaze

Napoleaon

12:19 am

Babbler

oh yeah, I got THAT! : )
it's Napoleon, innit ?

12:19 am

Babbler

it's a lovely painting. i like the colours.

12:20 am

Yoink

And a make of Brandy ( at least in this country)?

12:21 am

Babbler

yes, I knooooooooooooooooow

stop making me smile. :/

12:21 am

Blaze

the very best napoleon brandy of course

12:22 am

harpjane

Um, Blaze? It looks like a gingerbread bear to me.

12:22 am

Blaze

refresh it is brandy now....

12:24 am

Yoink

I apologise profusely for any smiles caused by me Babs, please feel free to frown and grimace

12:24 am

mab

Hi.

Will change icon soon. Went a bit wild with Paint.

12:24 am

Babbler

ha4 (can't say your name, can I!), did you find your pic in google? I really like it.

12:25 am

harpjane

Yup. Googled "Armagnac" I don't think it's brandy, technically. But I can afford it and I can't usually afford Remy!

12:26 am

mab

Yoink/Napy you look most dashing.

12:26 am

JBsAnno

renfield, you still here?

12:26 am

harpjane

My expensive taste in alcohol has kept me from becoming a drunkard, I think!

12:27 am

Babbler

ok, thanks Yoink......... : ( *grump grump grump*

what's corvoisier? is that brandy?

12:27 am

zubie

Hi. Late!

12:28 am

harpjane

I like it mab!

12:28 am

Blaze

hello zubie how goes it today??

12:28 am

Griffums

Hi everybody

12:29 am

harpjane

You mean, we've seen that marsupial before? I thought I made up a word, and it was accepted. Never heard of it.

12:29 am

Blaze

lovely icon griffs....

12:29 am

JBsAnno

Good night, everyone!
45 words, have to leave the rest til tomorrow.
Happy Babbling to all you across the pond!

12:30 am

mab

oh, griff -- perfect!

12:30 am

zubie

I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! :o Hi Blaze, I'm late!

12:30 am

Griffums

Pretty easy choice. :D

12:31 am

zubie

I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! :o Hi Blaze, I'm late!

12:31 am

Blaze

oh my gosh zubie you sound like a teenager who just found out she is pregnant.......

12:32 am

Yoink

Babs, Courvoisier is a cognac which is a brandy.

Goodnight all, 6:30 really is pushing things.

((((Babbler))))

12:32 am

cybernan

Hi Griff, Blaze

12:32 am

Babbler

me too, Yoink, off to sleep now ((((( Yoink ))))
nite all, again !

12:33 am

Blaze

howdy cyber nan..... how is the interior tonite.??

12:33 am

sprite

Morning all!

12:33 am

Griffums

hi sprite!

12:34 am

Blaze

hello sprite.... getting lots of words tonight... how are you ??

12:34 am

sprite

Wow Griffs, I like the live saver dog :)

12:34 am

cybernan

Blaze: warmer today -- snow slowly disappearing. How about the lower mainland?

12:34 am

zubie

LOL! LOL Blaze! :P

Ok, I'll modify that. I'm late to log in today!

:PPPP

12:34 am

sprite

*life* saver dog

12:34 am

Blaze

mainland is cool but nice.... not rain or snow or fog...

12:34 am

zubie

How many words in this grid anyway?

Waaa GW left already!

12:35 am

harpjane

Here in Montana were above zero F. Much easier on my ha5

12:35 am

Blaze

182 and it is a fun grid

12:35 am

Blaze

oops 186 words...

12:36 am

zubie

sp 6 21 and I'm reminded of my ankle!

12:36 am

Griffums

182, 186... do I hear 190?

12:36 am

sprite

186 and sold!

12:37 am

chic

Cheers to all and good night!

12:37 am

Blaze

thank you Zubie sorry for the miss type.... my fingers are lazy tonite....

12:37 am

harpjane

gnight. must prepare the for church musician Christmas vortex. two rehearsals (one starts in 7 hours), a church service, and a choir concert tomorrow.

12:38 am

zubie

182 -- 186 What's an extra four to find, Blaze? ;D

12:39 am

Blaze

I know I know... but you are such a good babbler you will ace it .... I am sure...

12:40 am

zubie

Trying to get me all complacent, Blaze? :D

12:40 am

Blaze

Yes.... would you like a brandy with that.....

12:40 am

zubie

wi 5 20 was what I did when I sp 6 21 the ankle

12:41 am

zubie

Thanks for the offer, Blaze, but I'll take a lemonade if it's all the same to you. :)

12:41 am

Griffums

wi 4/8 is what I've become since I started carrying this keg around my neck

12:41 am

Blaze

I am a lemonade person myself....

12:41 am

cybernan

Anyone found a 7 or 8 yet?

12:41 am

harpjane

zubie, did you sp 6 it, or st 6 your ankle?

12:41 am

zubie

I a 5 18 your answer :D

12:42 am

Blaze

nothing over a 5 for me....

12:44 am

Blaze

h 8 55 the phil H

12:44 am

zubie

Ah thanks, harp. I didn't see the st just the sp :D

Do you like bo 5 14 and bo 514? I am a little scared of the latter, being wild.

12:45 am

sprite

H8/55 and R7/36... both very nice words :)

12:45 am

harpjane

zubie, you can't use my name today. Guess why?

12:45 am

Q

i've got an R 7

12:45 am

zubie

Do you see a lot of ho 4 5 these days, it being so cold?

12:46 am

zubie

Tch tch jane. :/ I'd better call you jane :D

12:48 am

Blaze

zubie it will be a while before you can p 6/24 around like the reindeer...

12:48 am

sprite

U7/48, same ending as the H8, boss or knob at the center of a shield-like"

12:49 am

harpjane

Ok that last one was a "bluff gnite" this is the real one.

12:50 am

cybernan

Got 'em, Blaze and Sprite -- unusual for me!

12:50 am

Griffums

I was gonna just stop in and say hi and g'nite but this is too good a grid...gonna go make some coffee

12:51 am

sprite

Spoken as a true babbler, Griffs! :D

12:51 am

zubie

That's true, Blaze.

No 7's for me yet. :/

12:52 am

sprite

B5/22 We have seen that one before :)

12:54 am

zubie

My t 6 21 feels sore. Pass me salt water, someone!

12:57 am

sprite

Ah, HP's Willow has hit the grid :)

12:57 am

Blaze

zubie I have some t 6 wordfs but not your t6 the ones I do have are funny when I think of them being sore... LOL

12:58 am

Griffums

I saw that earlier, Sprite - thought the same thing. :)

12:58 am

sprite

LOL Blaze!

12:58 am

zubie

Blaze -- a a a choo!!! ;D Now you'll know

12:58 am

sprite

GMTA, Griffs... as ever ;)

12:58 am

cybernan

Brandyjack you're a gem -- thanks for getting the list up so quickly.

12:59 am

mab

Hi all.

Thank you Brandyjack.

1:00 am

sprite

Funny N6/30... sounds like a symbol font in Windows.

1:01 am

Blaze

thank you sprite

1:01 am

zubie

Still didn't get the t 6, Blaze?!

1:01 am

Blaze

must dash for 5

1:04 am

sprite

A8/50
Did anyone finish the As yet? I am two short and out of my depth with them.

1:05 am

Griffums

I'm not even in the same end of the pool. Looking hard for that a8 tho

1:07 am

sprite

The A8 means having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles; "triclinic system". But it sounds more like someone who loves the south.

1:09 am

Griffums

Oh. Actually I got that clue from being a rockhound. Thanks!

1:10 am

Griffums

Ha. Rockhound. Didn't catch that when I typed it.

1:10 am

sprite

LMAO, Griffs!

1:11 am

zubie

The u - is the second letter n? Or am I baying on a wrong trail?

1:12 am

sprite

Breakfast time with 20 left. I want those 2 missing As. They are either real stupid words or so obvious I look right through them.

1:12 am

sprite

zubie: you are one leg short :)

1:13 am

sprite

Probably from all the trouble with your ankle.

1:13 am

zubie

Well, it's only the ankle that's gone (mock hurt) - not the whole leg! ;D

1:15 am

sprite

There is only one un-word in the grid and it is not the 8.

1:15 am

sprite

Errrrr.... the 7.

1:16 am

Griffums

8, 7.... do I hear 6?

1:19 am

zubie

Sold for 7! [bangs gavel on babble grid] ;D

1:22 am

sprite

It's the 5!

1:22 am

Griffums

I was waiting for you to get to that, sprite!

1:23 am

sprite

Sorry it took me that long, I was making breakfast :)

1:23 am

zubie

If you don't give me a clue to u7....[threateningly]

1:24 am

Griffums

This really is just one of the most fun grids in a while! Words everywhere! And I know some of them!

1:24 am

Griffums

the u7 is a STUPIDHEAD word

just my opinion

1:24 am

zubie

Don't you dare s 5 14 my foot!

1:26 am

zubie

w 5 24 and all my breath left me.

1:26 am

sprite

There is an Um4/8 (small projection at the center of the outer surface of the eardrum)
Make that an adjective for the 7.

1:26 am

Griffums

Sprite gave the clue earlier, but here's mine:

Famous elephant plus ni 4/5. Now remove the letter at the front and the letter at the end.

1:27 am

mab

Babar?

1:27 am

sprite

Griffs, that's about the best clue I have ever seen!

1:27 am

zubie

What a weird word? What does it mean? :D Got it, anyway. Thanks, Griff.

1:27 am

mab

Celeste?

1:28 am

Griffums

hee hee... a REAL elephant

oops, maybe I just let the elephant out of the reality bag

Babar IS real, he IS real

1:28 am

zubie

mab - think common word used to refer to elephant.

1:28 am

roguegirl

I was thinking Dumbo lol.

1:28 am

Griffums

It's certainly the most far-reaching one I've seen in a while! Not as good as my Mrs. Roosevelt clue (personal best).

1:28 am

mab

What a stupidhead word!

1:28 am

sprite

Then you were thinking right, roguegirl.

1:28 am

Griffums

That works too, Rogue.

1:29 am

roguegirl

hey it was the first famous elephant I thought of. It was word association.

1:29 am

Blaze

big un grid word for tonight "thumbprints"

1:30 am

sprite

And there was Griffs, bending over backwards to avoid naming the elephant.

1:30 am

zubie

Things that go b 4 9 in the night are not always elephants.

1:31 am

roguegirl

Did I let the elephant out of the bag?

1:31 am

Griffums

The Elephant Who Must Not Be Named

which is okay because NOBODY KNOWS WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT

the real one who was very famous and later got whacked by a freight train

now THAT's real <boooo hoooo!>

1:31 am

sprite

Must be one of the biggest justnotthere words ever, Blaze :)

1:31 am

Griffums

Oooooo, Blaze, that's marvelous!

1:31 am

mab

It seems to have a meaning in heraldry, anatomy, and something else I'm already forgetting.

1:32 am

zubie

Does this un-elephant play the t 4 7? Or is that its t 4 8?

Or maybe they play the h 4 6?

1:32 am

Blaze

now if the un 5 would just pop out at me....LOL

1:32 am

Griffums

Catchy slogan, though: "Hooked on um 7/48's worked for me!"

1:32 am

zubie

I know, I know the one, Griffums! I 'ust cannot tell you! ;D

1:33 am

Griffums

If it does, blaze, some girls might think you got lucky.

1:33 am

Griffums

Thank you zubie!

1:33 am

zubie

It will u 514 you when it does, Blaze. That is, if you weren't who/what you are. ;D

1:34 am

sprite

Some of my remarks are reputedly Un5-ning, or so I am told.

1:35 am

renfield

ok - you guys are having too much fun - i'm trying to watch the grateful dead and keep up w/ you all

1:35 am

zubie

Don't you dare m 4 5 about the music. It's quite h 8 55, you know. It's all part of the a 4 4 and you will w 4 8 to w 4 8 and listen till m 4 5.

1:36 am

sprite

No chance in hell you can do whatever else AND keep up with us all!

1:36 am

Griffums

Uhura, activate the universal translator

1:36 am

sprite

Griffs, just put that Babel fish in your ear.

1:37 am

renfield

messing w/ my head - zubie - take me to your leader

1:37 am

Griffums

I will. Right next to my um 4/8.

1:37 am

mab

You guys are making me look at UN words, which I always leave for last, when I can see what I have to un.

1:37 am

Blaze

you are so right.....

1:38 am

zubie

I just can't give you a h 4 5 I'm afraid. I've told you t 5 20 already. Don't call me b 5 22! I'm going to the n 5 12 to santaville.

1:38 am

Griffums

Which is smart, mab - waiting on the re's and un's. I have been working a different pattern this last week, doing a big pass through and then working the alpha back to front so I don't do as much scrolling. laaaaazy

1:38 am

sprite

mab, you can look for the one now and be done with it :)

1:39 am

mab

Well I do have the stupidhead word.

1:39 am

sprite

9 more words and still those 2 darn As are missing in action. I can count Griffs out, she will leave the As for last. But anyone else who finished the As?

1:39 am

zubie

Sorry ren [un-messes your head! Oooh an 'un' word ;D] I'll shut up and then you'll be un-messed-in-your-head :D

1:39 am

mab

Which is great, as I'd never identify it on my own.

1:40 am

Griffums

gawd, sprite, I can't BELIEVE how fast you are at this. I have four of the a's but that's no help!

1:40 am

sprite

mab, I am fascinated by your icon. Is it a door that just reveals the backside of a cat?

1:42 am

sprite

Griffs, it could be, if they are the ones I am missing :)

1:42 am

mab

No! It should be a bottle of brandy, Sprite. I did have a very strange looking one earlier, but I've since changed.

1:42 am

Griffums

No, they aren't. Actually I have six of them and one of them you gave me. Otherwise they're easy words.

1:43 am

sprite

I have Ab x 6, Am x 4, An x 4, Ao, Ar x 2, Aw.

1:43 am

Griffums

Sprite, you're missing 2 ab's.

1:43 am

sherb

sunrise in London...morning all :)

...now to work out what that elephant clue was all about...

1:44 am

sprite

Ah, refreshing did chase the cat away and brought me a nice bottle, mab. But I still wonder what the icon was :)

1:44 am

Griffums

hi sherb!

1:45 am

sprite

Hi sherb!
You remember Cliff Richard and the Young Ones? Living doll? "Got to lock her up in a trunk... so no big hunk..."
"I feel sorry for the elephant."

1:47 am

sherb

hi griff :)

sprite - lol, the mysteries of word association...

1:47 am

sprite

Griffs... thanks! No idea what more words there can be with Ab, but I will find them. If all else fails, I will stoop as low as using A2Z :)

1:47 am

renfield

sherb - be very sure you are awake - sprite, griffs, and zub are um'n and elephanting

1:48 am

Griffums

ab's - five 5-letter, two 6-letter, one 4-letter

1:49 am

sherb

thanks for the warning, ren...I'd better go and get some coffee...

1:51 am

Griffums

<jawdrop> I just typo'd one of them trying to put in something else....that CAN'T be a word!

1:52 am

sprite

Missing two 5s then. Am I being particularly stupid or are they NONwords?

1:52 am

Griffums

ab + popular 3-letter acronym for one's online point of view

1:54 am

sprite

*jawdrop even bigger than Griffs'*
Typed it in conform your clue, though I was sure I misunderstood you... and it took. Okay, at least for this one I was not particularly stupid. It is a NONword!

1:54 am

zubie

When Mary took up poetry, she had a little ia 4 7. At least, I think it was poetry!

1:54 am

Griffums

It may be that your other 5 is one that's an anagram of that same word

1:55 am

Christa

may i please have a clue to the 8 letter word ...st

1:56 am

sprite

Griffs, you are a gem! It was. Ab + something to do with electricity. NONwords if we have ever seen one, right?

1:56 am

Griffums

Absababbalutely.

1:57 am

Blaze

thank you once again;

1:57 am

sprite

Lol, zubie :)

1:58 am

Griffums

Okay, so can I go back to working on my T's now?!?!? :)

1:58 am

speedfreak sam

hello every1!

1:58 am

sprite

You can, Griffs, and I am right with you. Thanks a million :)

1:58 am

zubie

Given myself a nursery earworm, sprite! Arrrgh!

1:59 am

Griffums

You're welcome. Not often one gets to help the Ubercream of the crop. ;)

1:59 am

mab

Good Morning Sam!

1:59 am

Griffums

That's an um4/8worm zubie...

1:59 am

speedfreak sam

what happened to my logo!!!???

1:59 am

sprite

Griffs: :P
Howdie, Sam!

2:00 am

mab

Thanks Sprite, Griff and Zubie for you absolutely essential clues.

2:02 am

sherb

...ok, back with coffee...

...woken up this morning by a massive rumble like thunder, but not a cloud in the sky...turns out it was an explosion at an oil terminal 25 miles away...news shows it's pretty serious...

2:02 am

sprite

Sam: try refresh. It looks like a cartoon ant to me.

2:02 am

Griffums

oh no sherb... :((

2:02 am

speedfreak sam

i like it!

2:02 am

Blaze

oh sherb that is awful... will you need to evacuate ???

2:03 am

speedfreak sam

hello mab!

2:03 am

sprite

Oh sherb, how terrible. How close is it?

2:03 am

sprite

25 miles, I see it now :(
SOrry.

2:03 am

mab

It's a great grid today, Sam. Words just spilling out of it.

2:04 am

speedfreak sam

what happened to sherb??

2:04 am

speedfreak sam

i know what you mean.

2:04 am

speedfreak sam

mab

2:05 am

mab

Sherb's okay, Sam.. An oil terminal not terribly far from her exploded.

2:06 am

sprite

Well, I remembered Disney's Lady and the T... and now I have 186 words / 4.68 / 2222 points. Isn't that a nice point total for a sweet grid like this? :D

2:07 am

Griffums

thanks a lot blaze - trying to work the bottom half of the grid and see nothing but THUMBPRINTS

2:07 am

sherb

Too far away to affect me, but looks like it's had a big impact in that area. News reports are saying it looks like an accident...after the bombs in London this summer, when something like this happens, people tend to wonder...

2:07 am

mab

Perfection! Well done, Sprite.

2:07 am

Blaze

this grid is going so smoothly but I must depart until tomorrow.... have a great nite or day... stay safe sherb.

2:08 am

Griffums

scrumpdillyishus, sprite

2:08 am

Griffums

bye blaze!

2:08 am

Griffums

Ya know, if I had ever been this diligent about homework I might have really gone places...

2:08 am

mab

Griff! don't post words in the chat!

2:08 am

Blaze

sorry griff.... it also has turnips....LOL

2:08 am

sherb

thanks blaze, nite and sleep tight :)

...and now back to elephant hunting...

2:09 am

mab

Sleep well, Blaze.

2:09 am

renfield

bye blaze

2:09 am

Griffums

Turnips with thumbprints... <of their own> makings of a sci fi movie

2:09 am

speedfreak sam

GO SPRITE! i gotta go bye.

2:10 am

cybernan

Can't think anymore -- I'm sure the last 57 will keep until tomorrow! See you then. :)

2:10 am

sherb

that was short and sweet sam...bye, see you later :)

2:11 am

mab

They don't call you Speedfreak Sam for nothing ---- Bye Sam.

2:11 am

Griffums

bye-bye nan

2:11 am

mab

Night Nan.

2:11 am

sherb

missed you there nan...nite nite, sleep tight :)

2:13 am

renfield

nite nan

2:15 am

sprite

Got to split. Good hunting everyone, this is such a great grid. One tip: autumn isn't in there :)

2:15 am

mab

It is awfully late. See you all later....

2:16 am

renfield

later sprite -

2:16 am

Griffums

st 8 - someone was looking for that clue earlier but I just got the word. keeping to my theme:

st-word for opposite of weak, drop last letter
plus
3-letter acronym for expressing one's online gratitude for something not yet provided

2:16 am

Griffums

bye sprite, bye mab

2:16 am

renfield

ok mab - i'm trying to finisg the grateful dead movie -

2:17 am

sherb

....but winta is, lol... bye sprite, have a good day :)

nite mab, sleep tight ;)

2:18 am

cybernan

Ooh, Griff -- love the icon!

2:18 am

Griffums

Thanks, nan. Glad the theme was brandy and not...well, not something other than brandy.

2:22 am

sherb

...love it when words you think are just colloquialisms are accepted...like some of the 'wh' words...

2:31 am

sherb

...on to the U's...found the elephant...what a good clue, griff :)

2:31 am

Griffums

:) yw

2:33 am

mari

Griffums - that was brilliant!!

2:43 am

zubie

Back.

2:43 am

Griffums

Hey zubie

2:44 am

zubie

Had to go for a while

2:44 am

sherb

hi zubie :)

2:44 am

zubie

Hi sherb.

2:44 am

zubie

92 words.

2:45 am

Griffums

done or to do?

2:46 am

sherb

...got, or still to get?

2:46 am

Griffums

2:46 am

sherb

lol

2:46 am

zubie

Done 92 and then had to leave. I hate being interrupted mid-grid :D

2:51 am

Griffums

Either of you gals have the ha 6/33?

2:52 am

sherb

sorry Griff, you're way ahead of me...I'm working backwards, still on the T's...

2:53 am

Griffums

I'm working backward too, I've just been here longer than you have. :D

2:54 am

zubie

I do, Griff. Just got it

2:55 am

Griffums

Would you like to share a hi4/5 with the class?

2:56 am

zubie

ha 6 33- Anthony Hopkins acted as Dr. ....... Lester. Take the first four of that and the first two of the sound a baby makes when crying.

2:57 am

Griffums

Despite the fact that his last name was Lecter and actually it's *not* the first 4 letters of his first name, I still got that word. Thanks!

2:58 am

Griffums

might have to look that one up too

2:58 am

zubie

Hehe. Sorry. I knew that it would be too easy if I told you to fiddle with the consonants. Sorry about the Lecter, though.

2:59 am

Griffums

hee hee

2:59 am

sherb

now I've got to find it and look it up too!...why am I so easily distracted?

3:00 am

helenary

hello all! Has there been a clue for the an8/50? Would love a clue!

3:00 am

Griffums

Just about the time I hit the dead end in dictionary.com, I remembered what that was. (but isn't that a proper noun? I thought those weren't allowed) maybe it's a generic term for those rituals but I thought it was capitalized. Blah blah blah runonsentence.

3:00 am

zubie

Back in a while.

3:02 am

sherb

later zubie...

hi helenary :) not got to the A's yet, I'm afraid...

3:03 am

Griffums

Helenary - def "having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles; "triclinic system" but I liked sprite's clue better about it describing someone who prefers to be in the south.

3:07 am

helenary

Thank you so much Griff..

3:07 am

Griffums

chure

3:08 am

helenary

There are certain 'instruments' that help this puzzle flow?? agree??

3:08 am

Griffums

:) yes

3:11 am

Griffums

And that's it for me! <small woo hoo> Can I try to give any clues before I toddle off to bed?

3:13 am

sherb

woo hoo to you, Griff! :)

3:14 am

zubie

Griff - back - can I pass you my grid to complete for me?

3:15 am

Griffums

Sure. Deadline is another matter. ;)

3:16 am

zubie

*Grid hurtles towards Griff across virtual space*

3:16 am

Christa

yes...iwas always taught to pass your paper forward

3:16 am

Griffums

I'll be here for a few minutes if I can help anyone - can't go to bed until I fold the laundry that's on it. Dumped a huge armload onto the dog sleeping on the bed, and he is grinning at me.

3:17 am

Griffums

*pulls grid out of ear, adjusts glasses*

ow. There ought to be a speed limit on that thing.

3:17 am

zubie

Dog-scented laundry, fresh and grinny :o

3:18 am

Griffums

He's a virtually (and literally) odor-free dog, only one I've ever had in 30 years of dogs. And likes his laundry warm!

3:18 am

sherb

Christa - does you icon show a cat looking through a goldfish bowl?

3:20 am

zubie

Cool dog!

[;D too great an opportunity to pass up! How often can I say 'cool dog' about a warmth-loving one? :D]

3:20 am

zubie

Is he the one in your icon, by the way, Griff?

3:20 am

Griffums

Well, given where we live, it's a safe bet most of the year. :)

3:21 am

zubie

Just noticed the 'Alaska', Griff. :)

3:22 am

Griffums

Oh no - that one I picked up just for the brandy icon theme. Hunter is featured prominently on my blog if you want to see him. Very, very adorable dog. Dumber than a box of rocks, and serves no other purpose, and that's perfectly okay.

3:26 am

zubie

Ok - where's the blog?

3:26 am

Griffums

Address is in my profile but it's
planetpeg.blogspot.com

3:27 am

zubie

*Bounding off to read* My grid'll never get done at this rate. Oh, wait! I sent it to you! :D

3:28 am

Griffums

Um, er, uh....my dog ate it!

3:29 am

sherb

adorable-looking dog, Griff :)

3:29 am

Griffums

*aaaugh* Don't read it, lately it's all dry and boring stuff. But if you scroll down that first page you'll see at least half a dozen pictures of the handsome dude.

3:29 am

zubie

You know what, Griff? I opened the page and the first thing to leap out at me was something that said "Way to go Idaho" except...except that I read it as: "Way to go, Zubie"!

Tell me that I've been babbling too long! :D

3:30 am

Griffums

Thanks, sherb. He really is. He has lots of ghosts behind those eyes but we're working on 'em.

3:30 am

Griffums

Way to go, Zubie!

3:31 am

zubie

Don't SAY that! :D

He's cute. :D

3:32 am

Griffums

Yep, he stops traffic. <which is lucky when you're a dog I guess>

3:33 am

Griffums

Okay, the laundry is folded, the dog is going out to pee, I've been distracting you instead of giving you clues, so I'm going to bed!

3:35 am

sherb

goodnight Griff, and Hunter :)

3:40 am

zubie

'Night Griff.

3:41 am

sherb

...stuck on the T's, time for a break...back later...

3:42 am

zubie

Ok, Sherb.

3:57 am

helenary

hi again..could I have some clues for ha5/14 and ha6/33 which I think is a plural..but also ha8/55. Please?

4:14 am

SummerBreeze44

H Hhelenary, Just ready to sign off when I saw your plea. Hope these help:
ha5/14 - To raise or elevate
ha6/33 - Figurines found in Japanese tombs,
(3rd to 6th century), used as spiritual protection
ha8/55 - Pleasing to the ear
Have a good day.

4:16 am

helenary

thanks summer B..nice message..I'll work on those clues ..have a good am/pm or eve. its 9.15pm here.

4:17 am

SummerBreeze44

Also for ha8: Think instrument

4:22 am

helenary

i think I have the instrument..but where to go from there..also stuck with ha6/33 but still working hard!!

4:23 am

SummerBreeze44

Not strings - mouth instrument

4:25 am

helenary

yup..just found it..now what was that Japanese figurine..could you give the third letter??

4:28 am

SummerBreeze44

The 3rd letter is 'n' it's a new word to me...
remember it's Japanese...another clue: ends in vowel

4:30 am

SummerBreeze44

I really must be going now. Good luck and have a great night.

4:32 am

helenary

thank you so much . sleep well

5:25 am

Sherry

Hi Folks! So it IS Brandy Day, then! :)

5:27 am

ruthy

can anyone please give me a clue for an 8 letter word

5:28 am

lottijw

Is it ha8........like a mouth organ!!!!

Hi Sherry, mmmmmmm brandy!!

5:31 am

ruthy

can someone please give me a clue for the an 8/50

5:36 am

lottijw

It`s a strange word....it means having 3 unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles......
Good luck :)

5:43 am

katiecat

morning ruthy, u not on msn. H

5:44 am

Sherry

Yeah! Got it Lotti!
I googled your def and got a word in 't', and then went to a thesaurus to have a synonym.

5:45 am

lottijw

Brilliant Sherry......i didn`t want to give a sound like version, cos it`s too early :)

5:55 am

Haz1558

Good morning, everyone. Just taking five minutes breather from lunch preparations. It's a musical grid today.

5:55 am

Sherry

Hi Haz! Indeed!

5:57 am

lottijw

Hi Haz....i`ll be boarding the ferry if one of those scrummy cakes follows lunch today!!!!! ;o)

5:59 am

Haz1558

Lunch menu - Tomato and orange soup, Roast beef with Bushmills sauce, baby boiled potatoes, potato croquettes, mixed vegetables, cinammon pavlova with fresh fruit and strawberry coulis. Freshly ground coffee to follow. There are seats available...

5:59 am

Sherry

Haz! Wow! That sounds REALLY good!

6:00 am

Haz1558

Don't ask me to sew anything or do anything mechanical, but I do like to cook!

6:01 am

lottijw

Mmmmmm !!! On my way,i`ll be kind enough to let someone else have my coulis!!! See you soon *deep thought* I wonder if Anj`s jet is available!!??!!!!

6:02 am

Haz1558

If it is, I'll expect you here pr 6/21.

6:04 am

Sherry

Cool clue Haz! Go it!

6:04 am

Haz1558

And with that, I must depart. See you all post-lunch.

6:05 am

Sherry

See ya Haz! Bon appetit!

6:06 am

lottijw

I hope so!!!
I was just thinking it`s nerly 20 years since i was in Ireland...County Wexford.

6:07 am

Sherry

Lotti: you lived in Ireland?

6:08 am

lottijw

No Sherry i went for a two week holiday with my friend, she had family there.....we ended up staying three weeks!!!! It was fantastic :)

6:08 am

Eva

Good morning everyone. Looks like a hard one today, nu?

6:09 am

lottijw

Hi Eva....have those bird feeders finally been put out ??

6:09 am

Sherry

I bet it was!!! I went to Dublin in March 2004. I stayed 2 weeks. In Dublin and in Roscommon. Felt like home! After that, I was sure I wanted to move to Ireland.

6:10 am

Sherry

Hi Eva! It's not bad actually.

6:11 am

lottijw

Sherry i know what you mean...it`s easy to fall in love with the place....and the people!!!! Then i was only 16, i`d love to do it again someday :)

6:11 am

Eva

Yes lotti and it only took them 2 days to come back. Makes me so happy! Although not everyone has returned yet. The chickadees were first, of course, the brash little guys, and then a pileated woodpecked and a redheaded one and a creeper. And thejays of course. I'm still awaiting the cardinals (so shy you don't see them haf the time) and the mourning doves and the goldfinches. Then the owls will show up to try to eat everyone else.

6:13 am

lottijw

Oh wow...a lot of activity in your garden then!! Thats the beauty of winter, people forget things like that when grumbling about the weather!!

6:14 am

Atalante

has miy made an appearance yet? hope she's ok ... for anyone who doesn't know - http://www.sky.com/skynews/art icle/0,,30000-1205711,00.html

6:15 am

Sherry

That sounds great Eva! My sister is afraid of owls. We have a couple in the park just down out building. My mom she is feeding the birds too. These days , we have mainly 'mesange'.

6:16 am

lottijw

No she hasn`t yet Atalante....is that the blast you`re on about?? My hubby has gone to Reading this morning, so i would imagine he`s had to use a different route !!

6:19 am

Sherry

Atalante: does Miy lives in that area?

6:19 am

Eva

Sherry, qu'est que c'est "mesange", en anglaise? Je nai jamais connu quelqun qui a peur des "owls". So much for my high school french. Owls are indeed awe inspiring and I guess that could be frightening.

6:21 am

Sherry

Eva: my sister hates their hooting! GIves her the creeps!
mesange is 'tit'. We have blue tits, great tits and coal tits.

6:22 am

Eva

I actually love winter. It would be pretty hard to live in Vermont otherwise. Although a lot of the old timers go away to tropical climes for a couple of months in the heart of winter and by mid-March it gets a bit old. I love the sense of everything coming to a halt, the restfulness, and even the daily struggle with staying warm. Reminds us that there are things much more powerful than our little self-centered universes. The colours and sounds become so much more subtle. Remind me I said this when the pipes freeze up!

6:24 am

lottijw

LOL Eva....I know what you mean though :)

6:24 am

Sherry

Lol Eva! Winter here is not cold. Usually goes around -5 at the worse in Toulouse. But I lived in Quebec and that was a different story! I liked it though.

6:26 am

Eva

I haven't been iin Quebec for 40 years, but we just moved here from Masachusetts a year ago, and are only 2 hours from Montreal, so are planning to visit-probably in the spring though. Any tips for good places to stay and see and eat in Quebec?

6:28 am

Sherry

Well, I left a long toime ago but I remember the underground city was really cool. And the Mont Royal Park is beautiful. It gives you an incredible view.

6:28 am

Atalante

yeah, she lives pretty close to where the explosion was ...

6:30 am

Sherry

Oh boy...I hope she is allright. It reminds me of the blast we had in Toulouse on September 21st 2001. My district was heavily hit. My mother still feels very upset when she hears something that sounds like a blast.

6:31 am

lottijw

Hope they`re all ok, it sounds awful doesn`t it :(

6:31 am

Atalante

I'm sure she's fine, it'll just be nice to see her here!

6:32 am

Poo's Mom

good morning everyone

6:33 am

Sherry

Hi Poo's Mom!

6:33 am

lottijw

Things like that must live with you forever!!

6:34 am

Eva

Which explosion are you talking about?

6:35 am

lottijw

Hi Poo`s mum :)

6:35 am

Poo's Mom

an oil depot north of london wasn't it?

6:35 am

lottijw

One in South England UK this morning Eva.

6:36 am

Eva

Oh boy, haven't listened to the news yet! What happened?

6:37 am

Sherry

Indeed Lotti! we're ok most of us but you can't forget. My mom she was visiting a friend in a building even closer to the plant that blasted than our home. The blast threw her against a wall. She came home shocked. My sister was at work and she saw the floor of her office rise and the roof too. When she came home and discovered that the wall of her room was gone and some of her shoes were on the grass, she cried. It was a hard moment. But people in the area should great solidarity and compassion for one another.

6:38 am

Sherry

I have to go for a while.
See ya later folks!

6:38 am

Atalante

http://www.sky.com/skynews/art icle/0,,30000-1205711,00.html

6:40 am

Poo's Mom

bye sherry

6:44 am

lottijw

Oh...see ya later Sherry :)

6:51 am

Poo's Mom

back later - laundry is calling....

6:54 am

Eva

stove time

7:04 am

shorty

Wow I just read that article thats terible

7:07 am

Miyavi_fan

Have you heard about the explosion?!

...I mean, Hi :)

7:08 am

shorty

yeah we were all wondering about you are you ok

7:08 am

Sherry

Hi Miya! Yeah. We were wondering if you were ok.

7:09 am

Miyavi_fan

Aw, I'm fine thanks! I'm about two miles away from it, but it was enough to blow my bedroom door off at 6 this morning :/

7:10 am

Sherry

Wow. ...

7:10 am

shorty

oh wow

7:10 am

lottijw

((((((((Miyavi))))))))

7:11 am

Miyavi_fan

Yeah...scary biscotti :) Sherry, it was on the news that they could hear it in France, did you hear anything?

The sky is all black, and we aren't allowed to open windows or go outside

7:12 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey Lotti *big hugs* :) Did you hear anything?

7:12 am

Sherry

Well, I live in the south..so no.

7:14 am

Miyavi_fan

Riiiight :) That's lucky. I couldn't believe it when I heard it this morning...just looked around my room and my door had gone AWOL! And it turned my CD player on somehow o_O

7:16 am

lottijw

No i didn`t hear it babe....must be too far north, but hubby has driven to Reading this morning so he`s prob had to take a detour or two!!!

7:17 am

Miyavi_fan

Oh no! He'll be stuck in bad traffic :( I just can't believe how black the sky is here...it's like an eclipse. You couldn't tell by looking whethere it's day or night

7:17 am

lottijw

This is hard work.....i`m not the fastest typer in the world. I`m trying to follow the log and chat on MSN with a friend Aaaaaaaaargh!!!!! :/

7:19 am

Miyavi_fan

Deep breaths Lotti :)

...Just don't inhale any fumes :)

7:20 am

lottijw

LOL Miyavi!!!
I`ll send the hubby round to rescue you shall I ???

7:21 am

Sherry

Are people in Reading as badly hit as you Miya? I know someone in Reading.

7:21 am

Miyavi_fan

Lol! I wouldn't, Lotti, nobody's allowed outside because of all the fumes around here :) You should see the sky over my house, it's totally BLACK

7:22 am

Miyavi_fan

Sherry, I'm not sure where Reading is in comparison to Hemel :( I'm sure they're fine though, I think it's only the people in the immediate vicinity that may have to evacuate :/

7:23 am

lottijw

Oh well, he`ll have to meet you another day eh!!!!????
I hope it clears soon and they find out the exact chemicals and harm they may or may not do.

7:25 am

lottijw

Must get a coffee bbs :)

7:26 am

Sherry

Ok, Miya.
See ya Lotti!

7:27 am

Miyavi_fan

Okay Lotti :) No, wait, I can't meet your hubby! I was trying to seduce him by running away and hiding in a cupboard :D

7:30 am

Dachef

Hi guys!

Miy - all the news channels have roving reporters all over the streets of your town. Go and see if you can get on the tele!

7:30 am

Sherry

HI Dachef!

7:31 am

Miyavi_fan

Dachef! No can do, we're not allowed outside because of the fumes. Besides, you don't want my mug on telly :) Plus, what would I say?! "hello world, this morning a fire blew my door off. Bye!"

7:32 am

Dachef

Hi Sherry!

Miy - LOL! You should try and see if you can mention Babble on Sky News. That would elevate you to the status of God.

7:34 am

Miyavi_fan

Lol! I think the reporters may have to come in though, since my mum's fanatical about none of us going out. We can't even have windows open! The sky is pitch black

7:36 am

Dachef

yeh, know what you mean. Watching on the tele the streets are really empty. Also, the news reporters look decidedly shifty when talking about the chemicals in the cloud. You just know that as soon as the camera is off they say "quick, lets get the fu4 out of here".

7:38 am

Miyavi_fan

Lol! *gasps* You can read miiiinds...yeah, at Church this morning, we hadn't been told not to go out yet (oops) but it was almost empty, at least half the congregation wasn't there

7:43 am

Sherry

I'm off folks! 97 to go. See ya later!
*great, big, huge hug for Miya*

7:44 am

Miyavi_fan

Thanks Sherry ^_^ See you later! :)

7:45 am

Dachef

laters Sherry!!!

7:45 am

Deutsch

*Grabs Miyavi in huge hug, waves to everyone else*

7:46 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey Deutsch! Did you hear? :)

Man, I sound like a hyperactive kid now. Most exciting thing that's happened to me in several weeks :)

7:46 am

lottijw

Hi i`m back....Miyavi, re:- the seduction thing..... I haven`t forgotten!!!! LOl
Hey Dachef how are you ??

7:47 am

Miyavi_fan

*cringes*

7:47 am

Deutsch

Yes, dear! I read the log , then went to the news. sounds scary and terrible.

7:47 am

lottijw

*Waves back at Dettsch*

7:47 am

Deutsch

Hi Lotti!

7:47 am

lottijw

ooops Deutsch!!

7:48 am

Deutsch

Sokay, Lotti (litti!)

7:49 am

Dachef

Hi lotti, Deutsch.

Watching this fire thingy on tv. Its getting sad now. They've been talking about it for so long taht they're having to dredge up any old expert they can find. A classic exchange just took place on BBC News:
"so, are there any firefighters inside the plant?"
"Noooo, I do not believe that there are any firefighters actually in the fire."

7:49 am

lottijw

LOL....i forgot about that!!! It wasn`t to get back at ya honest!!! :)

7:49 am

Miyavi_fan

It's not that bad...some of the birds are acting kooky though :/

7:50 am

Miyavi_fan

So, Dachef, I should get interviewed to save the reputation of my country's television :D

7:50 am

lottijw

LOL Dachef....!!!!
Does that mean they will put some in then??!!!!!

7:52 am

Dachef

Miy - put a big Babble banner in your window! If it was me I would put on my bio-hazard suit and walk around with a big placard saying "the end is nigh"!

7:55 am

hurshy

so brandyjack is back today - did we find out what happened yesterday, was he ok? (btw, while others are having brandy icons, mine is jack)

7:55 am

Deutsch

Kisses and hugs to everyone over there!
BBL to check!

7:55 am

Miyavi_fan

Dachef, why can I see that happening?!

7:55 am

Miyavi_fan

*making banner*

7:57 am

lottijw

Hi Hurshy :)

7:57 am

Dachef

7:58 am

Miyavi_fan

I may, however, go in the middle of the street and start sobbing over a run over hedgehog or something, saying, "This is what your precious oil has done to us! This hedgehog was the only thing I ever loved..."

7:59 am

Miyavi_fan

Oh Dachef, it's just what I always wanted! (((Dachef)))

8:00 am

hurshy

hi lotti!

8:02 am

hurshy

hey, this is a christmasy puzzle...
"he's makin' a list and checkin' it tw5
gonna find out who's naughty or ni4..."

8:02 am

Dachef

Hi Hurshy!

Is there a theme thingy for today then? Im afraid Ive been away - Im a wee bit out of touch.

8:02 am

hurshy

yes, dachef, today's theme is brandy because brandyjack was MIA yesterday and we all missed him

8:04 am

Dachef

in that case, back in a mo....

8:09 am

lottijw

Do we know why "bread" is the theme for tomorrow???

8:09 am

harpjane

morning. what fumes? what did I miss? haven't seen the news yet.

8:09 am

hurshy

yes, bread is for me. bread yummy.

8:10 am

Miyavi_fan

Harpjane, an oil warehouse blew up about two miles away from where I live, in Hemel

8:11 am

hurshy

yikes, is it under control miy?!

8:12 am

Miyavi_fan

Hurshy, um, ish...it'll take several days for it to all go out. But the air is thick with fumes, and we're not allowed out. The sky is black. When it exploded this morning, my bedroom door blew off!

8:13 am

lottijw

Does this give you extra time off school Miyavi??

8:14 am

harpjane

how awful, miy! don't breathe unless it's absolutely necessary.

8:14 am

hurshy

gosh, i hope you're safe miy. wow.

8:15 am

Miyavi_fan

Lotti, I hope so!
Harpjane, lol! I'll hold my breath until the smoke's cleared XD
Hurshy, we're all fine thanks :) Blimmin scary though...the noise was the loudest I've ever heard. It was like a train had crashed into my room!

8:18 am

Dachef

keep wanting to enter turnip.

8:18 am

lottijw

It`s on BBC1 now.....they can`t believe no one was killed in the blast!! They also said they don`t believe the smoke is toxic!!!......Oh Miyavi, back to school tomorrow then!!! :(

8:20 am

lottijw

Dachef, you`ve obviously worked with food too long!!!
Are you sick of the sight of Christmas dinners yet???

8:20 am

Miyavi_fan

Nooo, they can't make me go :) Funny though, since police have warned us all to stay in our houses with the windows closed! Crazy.

8:22 am

lottijw

Miyavi...it will be the first steps they take in a situation like that :)

8:22 am

Dachef

when I said Iwanted to enter turnip, I meant the word. I havent got a vegetable fetish.

Lotti - my place doesnt really do Xmas dinners. We just get busier with harrassed people trying to do their shopping.

8:23 am

lottijw

LOL Dachef!!!!!!OMG the images that conjours up!!!!! :/

8:24 am

Miyavi_fan

*images of a naked Dachef with turnips in the key places running through mind*

*has to go have a lie down*

8:25 am

Dachef

although, thinking about it, cauliflowers can be quite attractive.

8:26 am

lottijw

Yeah me too Miyavi !!!! Images that is......I don`t need a lie down, although I do need a shower and shampoo!!!

8:26 am

Miyavi_fan

Dachef, they can never compare to curly kale. I try to control myself around it, but...most farmers in the immediate vicinity have enforced a restraining order

8:26 am

Miyavi_fan

Lotti, you aren't making it any better lol :)

8:27 am

lottijw

I have to go alone Miyavi.....Torgone will be tucked up in bed!!!!

8:28 am

Miyavi_fan

*pats* there, there...ask Dachef to accompany you, he seems horny today :D

8:28 am

Miyavi_fan

And I can't believe I just said that...

8:29 am

Dachef

8:30 am

Miyavi_fan

:/ probably wise, Dachef

8:31 am

lottijw

No....I keep telling people, there is nooooooo substitute for my darling Tor!!!! ;o)

8:34 am

Miyavi_fan

*comforts Dachef*

8:35 am

lottijw

He`s too busy with his veg to be bothered Miyavi!!!! LOL

8:36 am

Dachef

You know when you say something that you wish you hadnt?

8:36 am

Miyavi_fan

Meat and two veg lol :D

*shut up, brain, just shut up*

8:37 am

Miyavi_fan

Yes, Dachef...

...That feeling seems to come increasingly today :/

8:39 am

Miyavi_fan

<<awkward silence>>

8:42 am

movieman

Greetings everybody!!!!!!!

Just eight more days to go 'til the big one!!!!!!

And realizing that the theme for 2day is "brandy", as sneaky as I am, I 've decided to go for the actress/ R n' B singer of the same name......lol

8:42 am

Dachef

Hi Movieman! LOL!!!!!

8:43 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey Movieman! Did you hear about the <<boom>>?

8:43 am

Dachef

Movieman - your icon had not refreshed on my screen, and originally showed a pic of the Incredible Hulk. I thought you were trying to be ironic!!!

8:44 am

movieman

miyavi - not until I started reading everyone elses posts, but it sounds extremely serious...

8:45 am

Miyavi_fan

It wasn't that bad...the sky is black here though. And it blew my door off, though I'm two miles away o_O

8:47 am

Atalante

glad you're alright Miy! I've spent most of the day ringing round friends and family who all live around that area!

8:48 am

Miyavi_fan

Thanks Atalante :) I hope your family and friends are all okay too :)

8:49 am

Atalante

They all seem to be :) What a way to start a Sunday morning!

8:51 am

Miyavi_fan

Yup! I was most amused by more door making a journey down the landing though :)

Oops, lunchtime...be right back :)

8:54 am

mummy

Hi there, me again, how many words today please?

8:54 am

Uneaixoise

186 words

8:56 am

mummy

Thank you Uneaixoise, your icon looks like what I just had for lunch with pate!

8:56 am

Uneaixoise

yum!

8:58 am

mummy

Yes, it was quite yummy, now I've jsut put the dinner in the oven, roast pork with roast veggies, looking forward to that. It is really foggy here, put the Xmas decs up this morning and now going to spend the rest of the day by the fire...

8:58 am

movieman

Could some1 aid me re: the 7's and the 8's...?

They always seem to elude me (*sob*)...

Gracias...

9:00 am

Uneaixoise

ro7: harlequin ro***** novels

9:01 am

Gwen

movieman, ha8/55 Any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental tone. Pleasing to the ear.

Any clue for the ha6???

9:02 am

Uneaixoise

ha6 is very weird and has no definition . . . sorry

9:04 am

Dachef

ha6 - first syllable ***s Solo off Star Wars (minus the s), second syllable: you in the first person, and third syllable: the sound a baby makes when it cries.

9:06 am

Gwen

Dachef !!! Great Clue !!! Thanks

9:08 am

rosalind230

Dachef thanks great clues

9:08 am

movieman

Dachef - thanx 4 that clue!!!!

Wouldn't have got it in a million years!!!

9:25 am

lottijw

I`m back :)

Une you`re a day ahead with your icon!!!

9:29 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey again :) Just about to embark on the usual painful, manic and shouty mission that is putting the tree up :)

9:31 am

Dachef

we always had great fun putting the tree up when i was a kid. me and my brother used to put bets on which of our parents would lose their temper first! Then we would have a month long battle to stop the dog getting amorous with the tree.

9:31 am

Jera

Miyavi, was just reading the news... you are very near blast??

9:32 am

lottijw

LOL Dachef!!!

9:33 am

Miyavi_fan

Jera, at 6 am this morning, it sounded like a train had crashed into the house. My door blew off, my bed moved across the room and the sky has a total blackout! We are two miles away :)

9:34 am

Uneaixoise

sorry--thought today was bread day! :-)

9:34 am

Jera

Ye gods, Miya, how frightening!! Now you are supposed to stay indoors? I bet the smell is awful...

9:34 am

Miyavi_fan

Lol Dachef! The problem in my house is that my mum wants the tree perfect, which means ornaments hung geometrically perfect, all at right angles to one another. Then the angle of the tree has to be measured with a giant protractor

9:35 am

lottijw

No, Brandy.....glad to see you`re well prepared though!!! lol :)

9:35 am

Miyavi_fan

Jera, it absolutely stinks! It looks awful too, the whole sky above our house is just totally black. And none of the birds are out. The only movement outside is these great rolls of smoke blowing across the sky

9:37 am

Jera

That's horrible, Miya... yet here you are Babbling as normal! Good vibes, hon (I'd usually light a candle, but that somehow seems inappropriate...)

9:38 am

Uneaixoise

comes from being a Girl Scout for many years! LOL!

9:41 am

Miyavi_fan

Lol Jera! :D Yes, babbling as usual...more than usual, since we aren't allowed out :)

9:42 am

evanonut

hey hey hey, just me and the overtime today.

9:42 am

lottijw

LOL Une....nice icon all the same!!!!

9:43 am

evanonut

oh, and babble too i guess, wonder which will win?

9:44 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey Eva :)

9:44 am

evanonut

how ya doin miyavi? long time no type?

9:45 am

Miyavi_fan

I'm good thanks Eva, how are you? Did you hear about the explosion?

9:46 am

evanonut

no actually, please do tell...

9:47 am

Miyavi_fan

An oil warehousey thing exploded in hemel :/ fires raging two miles away

9:47 am

Plebian

Agreed -- the ha6/33 is a weird word and Dachef's clue was great -- got it quickly. Google 'japanese burial figurines' and you will find the word.

9:47 am

evanonut

i see something earlier about your door though...sounds intriguing

9:47 am

Miyavi_fan

It started at 6 this morning, when I was rudely awoken by a massive bang and my door flying off it's hinges and down the hall

9:47 am

evanonut

omg!

9:47 am

evanonut

i'm surprised i didn't see it in the news.

9:48 am

Miyavi_fan

I know! It's awful! The sky is just black smog :/

9:48 am

evanonut

is everyone okay? just deaf i imagine

9:48 am

Miyavi_fan

I think it's on skynews...or it was earlier...and BBC

9:48 am

Miyavi_fan

yes, nobody was hurt, thank goodness :)

9:49 am

sherb

hi Miyavi :) the explosion woke me up this morning, and I live 25 miles away! The sky over London is now covered in thin black cloud rolling down from the north. Amazing your door blew off!

9:49 am

evanonut

yeah, we don't usually get bbc here in the states.

9:51 am

sherb

evanonut - www.sky.com or www.bbc.co.uk

9:51 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey Sherb! Wasn't it massive? I'm only 2 miles away, so my door detoured :D and my bed moved!

Eva, oops! In my defense, you have no flag :)

9:51 am

evanonut

no biggie miyavi, just to poor for a flag.

9:51 am

harpjane

I found a news story on Yahoo. Sounds awful. I haven't seen or heard it on our local news, but then again most of us are just waking up.

9:52 am

Miyavi_fan

*pats*

9:52 am

evanonut

i'm sure it will be on a nooon.

9:53 am

evanonut

hmmm. seem to have trouble talking.

9:53 am

Miyavi_fan

Wah...anyway, gotta go :) Must go reaffix my door lol :D

9:53 am

sherb

I wondered if it was thunder, until I got up and saw the skies were clear...looked all around 'cos it sounded (and felt) so close, but couldn't see anything...then I heard about the explosion on the news...

9:54 am

evanonut

take care miyavi

9:54 am

cybernan

Good morning, everyone! -- Nice icon Une, but tomorrow is bread day -- this is brandy day ( to thank Brandyjack)

9:54 am

speedfreak

Miya: So glad to hear you are all right just watched some news footage on world news. Had to laugh at you talking about decoration tree though, I always wondered why my boys ran away when I thought it would be a warm family get together, guess I am anal about my decorations also....

9:55 am

evanonut

surprised i haven't seen a champers day yet.

9:55 am

harpjane

the link is too long to post, but you can go to Yahoo! News, click on Europe, it's one of the top stories.

9:56 am

Atalante

http://www.sky.com/skynews/hom e - main story

9:57 am

harpjane

Oh dear, une and I are dressed alike. I shall go change!

9:58 am

harpjane

There. I'm unique again!

9:59 am

hydra

I'm over 20 miles from the explosion, but the house rocked and the poor cat was terrified. I'm gazing at the huge
black cloud in the sky.

9:59 am

harpjane

miya, my favorite tree story is when I overslept and by the time I woke up, the tree was decorated and the dog had thrown up all over the presents.

Why, 35 years later, does that memory still make me laugh?

10:01 am

72 Temple Owl

hi everyone! just stopping in to say hi and hope everyone's ok...

10:01 am

evanonut

nice harp. (both story and icon)

10:02 am

harpjane

evan, you can't say my name today. It's a word. Go sit in the corner....

10:04 am

evanonut

* sigh *

right you are. i'll just go work on my overtime now.

10:07 am

sherb

well. I still have 141 words to find, so I'd better get to work...

10:08 am

Dachef

and Im done! Whoo-hoo! Im on fire today!

Whoops. bad taste!

10:08 am

sherb

lol...well done Dachef!

10:09 am

lottijw

LOL......Well done Dachef !!!!!!!!

10:10 am

Dachef

anybody stuck for clues? There are some really nasty words in there today - I confess to a2z'ing my last few!

10:10 am

harpjane

would anyone care to get me started on the ab's? I have the 4 letter but nothing else.

10:11 am

doxy1lover

help with first ta4/5 and 5/12

10:11 am

evanonut

can't hj, i'm in the corner.

10:12 am

harpjane

oh, all right, even, it was an honest mistake. come on out!

10:12 am

hurshy

yeah, dachef, i just got back and these ab 5/18s are crazy. i have one very unlikely one with three consonants in the middle. what's the other?

10:12 am

Dachef

doxy - think of the stuff that covers the roads, then stick a consonant second to last letter. No dic def for this one! The ta5 is the plural.

10:13 am

evanonut

whew good! really didn't feel like working, now. when your on a mission and it goes awry, you ab*** mission.

10:13 am

Dachef

hurshy - the ab5/18s all contain the same letters - just jumble them up! That word is one of the ones I had to a2z!

10:13 am

doxy1lover

thank you dachef

10:14 am

72 Temple Owl

i see from reading the log that the explosion was indeed close to some of you...i hope you will be well. bye now.

10:14 am

hurshy

thanks dachef. sheesh.

10:14 am

lottijw

Just 16 left to get and they`re all T`s !!!!

10:15 am

sherb

thanks Dachef...I was missing those T's :)

10:19 am

doxy1lover

st8?

10:20 am

harpjane

ab 5/18--now THERE'S a word you won't accidentally use in the log!

10:20 am

cybernan

I've just finished looking at the skynews coverage that Atalante posted earlier --- sounds like there will be major disruptions in a lot of homes for a while. I hope everyone in the smokey areas has a really good mask (one of the rubber ones with filters attached) -- I've worked with chemicals in the course of making pottery for several years -- a lot of least suspected things can cause permanent damage.

10:21 am

evanonut

lucky me.

10:22 am

cybernan

Harpjane -- Haven't found the ab 5/18 -- got the first one, but not the second -- any clues?

BTW - notice that you are in there!

10:22 am

Dachef

doxy - st8 - an oxide of a chemical, named after a place in Scotland.

Geoff Capes was the worlds st***gest man (lose the gest), and add the first name of a popular coffee liqueur.

10:23 am

Dachef

cybernan - rearrange the letters of your ab5/18 to find the other.

10:23 am

Atalante

I think the poice were telling everyone to wear masks if they went outside near the explosion, otherwise to stay inside and shut all the windows. Thank goodness there weren't chemicals on the site as well as oil products ...

10:23 am

harpjane

ab 5/18, no clues. I got the first one from a2z and figured the second from monkeytyping. The first one has no definition. Three consonants surrounded by vowells.

10:24 am

sherb

oh boy...HUGE black cloud heading this way from the north...

10:24 am

Atalante

when's it going to get to Kent, Sherb???!

10:25 am

doxy1lover

thank you again dachef.

10:25 am

sherb

probably just a few hours, Atalante...it's heading your way...and there's not much wind to disperse it :(

10:26 am

hurshy

phew. done with the a's.

10:26 am

Atalante

oh joy! though it'll be dark anyway ... maybe it'll past in the night, she says hoepfully

10:29 am

hurshy

is someone playing a weird joke on us with these words?

10:31 am

Atalante

I think so Hurshy .... !

10:32 am

hurshy

atalante - i live in kent too. kent, connecticut that is. and i grew up in kent county, rhode island. so i'll be thinking of you!

10:32 am

evanonut

no, no...i use these words all the time, i swear.

10:32 am

hurshy

lol evanonut

10:33 am

evanonut

just not talking that way now cause hj sent me to the corner. :-D

10:34 am

cybernan

Thank you -- it was the second one I had, not the first -- got it now.

10:34 am

Atalante

Oh! I didn't know there was a Kent in any of the states! That's very cool! :) Is it horribly cold where you are? One of my friends in Maine has been pretty much frozen this week - and I know you're probably a good long way away from Portland, but its the same part of the world!

10:36 am

evanonut

cold as heck her in pennsylvania - i know that.

10:36 am

harpjane

AN 8? a clue?

10:36 am

hurshy

well, we did get a lot of snow on friday. but today it's not too freezing. i mean, it's winter, so it's cold, but it's really quite pleasant out today.

10:36 am

sherb

...these words...think of the most improbable combination of letters, and that's your answer!

10:36 am

cybernan

I have 17 words to find, a granddaughter's skirt to finish, a tree to finish decorating and a house to clean -- wonder if it all will get done today? -- you notice the priority!

10:36 am

evanonut

bah hurshy - it's cold! now yesterday was nice

10:36 am

hurshy

harp - a plus no5 (opposite of south) plus adjectival ending

10:37 am

Atalante

winter days can be so lovely when there's blue skies and snow

10:37 am

hurshy

evan - maybe it's just colder in PA than in CT :)

10:38 am

harpjane

Thank you hurshy! I got the no5 clue also!

10:38 am

doxy1lover

thank you hurshy, needed that one too.

10:38 am

evanonut

possible, or maybe your tougher than me.

10:38 am

hurshy

yw, i do so love to be helpful

10:38 am

hurshy

but evan, you're a nut. a tough nut.

10:38 am

sherb

nan - I always laugh ironically when someone wishes me a peaceful Christmas...it's the busiest time of the year!

10:39 am

evanonut

got the nut part right, necessary insanity i call it.

10:41 am

hurshy

YES! got the hw on the first monkey.

10:42 am

Dachef

gotta go now guys.

Am gonna be working away from home for a while, with no real time on my hands, so I'll probably be back after Christmas. Gonna miss my babble, and you guys. Be good.

10:42 am

doxy1lover

have a Merry Christmas dachef

10:42 am

hurshy

oh, how sad. bye dachef!!

10:43 am

evanonut

be good dachef

10:43 am

sherb

Merry Christmas Dachef :)

10:43 am

harpjane

ar6?

10:45 am

cybernan

You're one step ahead of me HJ - I was just going to ask for that!

10:45 am

hurshy

ar6 - you can an6 someone with oil, change the n to an r. (just to be clear, the an6 to which i refer is NOT a word in today's puzzle.)

10:46 am

harpjane

thank you hurshy

10:47 am

sherb

...working backwards, and I've just finished the S's...time for a break, back later...

10:47 am

hurshy

see ya sherb!

10:48 am

Nonny

Good morning! I think I'm getting dumber instead of smarter doing these things. I need soooo much help today. A2Z is starting to be my best friend. Any help out there w/the in 5/12 and the un 5/14?

10:48 am

cybernan

Thanks Hurshy -- Bye Sherb

10:49 am

cybernan

Any clues for the am 7/40?

For the life of me, I can't see that many letters that could possibly go together!

10:49 am

hurshy

in 5/12 add your upper limb

10:50 am

hurshy

am 7/40 start with your prev am4. add the ending of the following: baller***

10:50 am

hurshy

not got to the u's yet, sorry nonny

10:51 am

Karys

had to pop in and say hello....also to say thank you for the clues you have all posted....not got much time today so using them all like mad....thank you all

10:52 am

Nonny

Thanx for the in Hurshy.....I now owe you in5/12 and a leg. :-P

10:52 am

doxy1lover

un5 - un + opposite of female

10:52 am

hurshy

hi grandmama!

10:53 am

hydra

clue for ha6/33, anyone?

10:53 am

cybernan

Thanks again Hurshy -- had to look up the def on that one -- can't figure out why it isn't a proper noun!

10:53 am

Karys

hi hurshy dear.....we put up the Christmas tree today.....do you like it ?

10:54 am

Minski

Greetings All.
What is today's theme?
I need to get caught up.

10:54 am

hurshy

lovely, karys. :)

10:54 am

hurshy

ha6/33 think about the points, it's not so bad

10:55 am

Karys

ty hurshy....thought you would like it ... :)

10:55 am

hydra

It won't allow spraint, which in my dictionary means
otter's poo!

10:55 am

hurshy

minski - the theme is brandy for brandyjack since he was MIA yesterday and we missed him. i, however, have chosen to honor him with jack (cheese).

10:56 am

Karys

ooo...nice hydra !!!

10:56 am

evanonut

finally hurshy's icon makes sense to me.

10:57 am

hurshy

lol

10:57 am

Nonny

Thanx doxy, can't believe I didn't see that one. Must need a bit more coffee.....Too much party-ing last night.

10:57 am

hydra

hurshy, am bashing my brain but still can't get it.
Points, as in hedgehog's spikes?

10:57 am

hurshy

i think mathie should be a word.
also i keep wanting turnip to be in this puzzle.

10:58 am

hurshy

no, no, hydra, i mean think about the fact that it's worth 33 points, and then there are only so many ways to go

10:59 am

Karys

just got the am7 hurshy ...thank you

10:59 am

hydra

Hmm. You've really got me thinking now, hurshy...

11:00 am

Karys

I want trombone to be there...but however many times I look...it isn't !!!

11:01 am

doxy1lover

hydra, there was a really good clue back a few pages. Don't remember exactly when, maybe an hour or so

11:02 am

Minski

OK. Back again. Found a spirited brandy pic that is not a photo of a singing bimbo. Now to find more words.

11:02 am

harpjane

WHAT KIND OF SICK PEOPLE PLAY THIS GAME? (Um, I can quit any time!)

11:02 am

hurshy

also, hydra, you need to start with the h on the right

11:02 am

doxy1lover

hj, I noticed you are still here :)

11:03 am

evanonut

hj, you've found your support group.

11:04 am

harpjane

90 words to go and I have to return to the Christmas Musician Vortex. Will need help to finish, if I get back in time!

11:05 am

hydra

Got it! Thanks, everyone. Am now stuck on the very last ha4/6. Doh!

11:06 am

hurshy

ha 4/6 ____ cuisine

11:08 am

hydra

I am so thick today! Must be that party I was at last night.

11:15 am

Haz1558

I wasn't even at a party, but I can't get the aforementioned ha 6/33. Any other help?

11:16 am

doxy1lover

haz, similar to what you put on your head with an extra vowel.

11:16 am

hurshy

ok, it's just hard to come up with a clue. try this:
ha 6 - add, backwards, not "a loss" but...

11:16 am

Haz1558

Tiara? - I'm very posh...

11:17 am

doxy1lover

a cap

11:18 am

hurshy

doxy - what kind of crazyass caps do you wear?

11:19 am

hurshy

was that any help, haz?

11:21 am

doxy1lover

hurshy, used to wear a nurses cap to work

11:21 am

Haz1558

In a small voice, Haz confesses that she thinks she has a different grid to everyone else

11:22 am

hurshy

ok haz, let me say my clue more slowly.
ha6 - what you need to add is the following four letters backwards. not "a loss" (of a tennis game, say) but "* ***"

11:22 am

GreyWoulf

Hi all -- I keep seeing BOHICA ;D

11:22 am

hurshy

doxy - what i meant was, i don't get how you can add a vowel to any kind of cap and get ha 6/33

11:24 am

doxy1lover

sorry, was thinking of the ha 4. on the phone with someone from work.

11:24 am

Haz1558

Once you spoke slowly, I got it, though typing backwards is hard. Thank you!

11:24 am

sherb

Haz - I started at 7am (admittedly, I've had a few breaks) and I've still got 121 words to find...

hi GW :)

11:24 am

72 Temple Owl

hi all - dachef had a good clue for the ha6 back about an hour ago (wish i could remember & steal it)...something like: ha** soleo of star wars + myself + noice a baby makes when it cires...

11:25 am

72 Temple Owl

OK: ha** of star wars + myself + noise a baby makes when it cries...

11:25 am

doxy1lover

maybe I was at the same party as haz.

11:26 am

GreyWoulf

Hi sherb :)

Temple -- I got it from hurshy but that would have worked just fine!

11:26 am

hurshy

*the light dawns* hope i didn't offend, doxy. :)

11:26 am

sherb

...we were all at that party...

11:26 am

doxy1lover

nope. Just thick headed this morning too.

11:27 am

72 Temple Owl

thanks gw - i have been on for an hour but was beginning to think i was invisible...: )

11:27 am

Haz1558

What would you say to a husband who suggests that I should get on with writing Christmas cards instead of doing this?

11:27 am

sherb

...ignore him...

11:27 am

ruffh2o

tell him that you're learning new words, so as to include them in said christmas cards

11:27 am

hurshy

haz - i would say to him, "bah, humbug!"

11:28 am

kristin

tell him to write them himself!

11:28 am

doxy1lover

haz, hand him the pen.

11:28 am

evanonut

nothing pleasant haz

11:28 am

GreyWoulf

I'm with ruff, Haz :D

11:28 am

Jera

Mine's too busy putting on new tires & changing my oil to bother me about cards, LOL

11:29 am

GreyWoulf

Temple -- I just got here myself -- trying to lurk, but just can't seem to get the hang of it ;)

11:29 am

Jera

GreyWoulf, saw your icon but didna notice it was you!!

{{hugs}}

11:30 am

Haz1558

Thank you for your support, people. The cards will be done, but not just now!

11:30 am

ruffh2o

whew! I finally monkey-typed that second ab5. Who would believe that's a word.

11:30 am

doxy1lover

at least you are doing cards. I don't even do that. We are planning to get tree up today, though

11:31 am

GreyWoulf

Jera - ((*Hugs*)) - yeah, I'm stealing some time while Kristianna watches Jack's Big Music Show on Nick

11:31 am

ruffh2o

We're not putting up a tree this year. But I will do those cards today. :P

11:31 am

72 Temple Owl

well i came on earlier to see if anyone was near the explosion and said a thing or two, then sort of hung out silently babbling...now i am sorry i have to leave : (

11:31 am

evanonut

bye 72

11:32 am

hurshy

bye temple :(

11:32 am

GreyWoulf

I can't do a tree -- apartment is too small and I have cats plus the baby -- But I did put up some icicle lights in the living room and will be putting up some more decorations later :D

11:32 am

Jera

Not familiar with that one... who is Jack??

11:33 am

sherb

didn't see you then, Temple...sorry...see you again soon :)

11:34 am

Jera

Cats just love a live indoor tree... so fun!

11:34 am

roncook

hi y,all any clues on the TA 5/18

11:35 am

GreyWoulf

Jera -- Sorry, on NOGGIN, not NIck, but it's a new show that started a coupla months ago. Its a puppet show about Jack, his dog Mel and hsi friend Mary -- they have all sorts of interesting musical adventures

11:35 am

72 Temple Owl

bye, all! happy babbling! sherb - please stay safe! miya's story was very scary...young as she is it is only an adventure...

11:35 am

doxy1lover

any clues for the ih5?

11:35 am

GreyWoulf

Um -- What explosion earlier?

Bye for now, Temple

11:35 am

Ouwachita

last one...ab5/18...I have the one that ends in "o"...HELPPPPP

11:36 am

Jera

Okay, so I need some advice people... I plan to be traveling across 4 states by train with 2 small people, 9 & 4... how crazy am I? I will be the only adult, it's a 12 hour overnight trip & don't forget I'm handicapped (prolly will take wheelchair)...

11:36 am

hurshy

ih 5 add a horned animal like a goat

11:36 am

ruffh2o

um...what was miya's story?

11:36 am

hurshy

ab 5/18 add what meditators say

11:36 am

Jera

We don't get Noggin, GW, unfortunately...

11:37 am

hurshy

ta 5/18 add last name of young golf prodigy michelle

11:37 am

evanonut

that's easy jera - drug them - oops, did i say that out loud?

11:37 am

sherb

GW - there was an explosion this morning at an oil terminal north of London...about 2 miles from Miyavi's house...her bedroom door blew off, but she's OK...black smoke now covering the area for miles around...

11:38 am

GreyWoulf

Oh wow, sherb -- glad to hear she's alright

11:38 am

72 Temple Owl

an oil storage facility blew up and miya was very near the blast, as were others of our babblers across the pond...

11:38 am

sherb

Jera - do they have internet connections on those trains?...how about a laptop? :)

11:38 am

Jera

Whoo-hoo! I just got 100 words, not cheating (not even Babanon list)!!

11:38 am

doxy1lover

thanks hurshy

11:39 am

evanonut

harry potter book on tape them. that has to be hours of story.

11:39 am

72 Temple Owl

jera - how long is the trip? i remember conductors being very helpful in those circumstances...and it will be a novelty

11:39 am

mtnjock

Jera, I travel by train a lot. (New Orleans and Chicago), plan on taking them to the observation / food car and letting them watch the family friendly movie and play with the other kids.

11:40 am

Jera

I could prolly steal my husband's laptop... I'm more nervous about keeping the kids in line...

11:40 am

Ouwachita

FINISHED>>>>anyone need a clue???

11:40 am

mtnjock

heck bring a movie and most times the food car person will gladly play it as well...

11:40 am

GreyWoulf

Jera - if I ever get the recorder wired in properly I intend to tape the various show that I like -- when I do I'll let you know so I can send you a copy if you wish

11:40 am

Ouwachita

thanks hurshy...got it finally

11:40 am

Jera

Gwyd was a little freaked by Polar Express... I'm telling him it's not a magic train just a plain ole regular one...

11:41 am

72 Temple Owl

again - bye for now and sherb stay safe... see you later

11:42 am

Jera

You're so thoughtful, GW... our current new favorite is Johnny and the Sprites... my Sprite says our backyard fairies are much prettier, though...

11:42 am

mtnjock

are you getting a private room or just general access?

11:43 am

sherb

thanks Temple...bye, see you again soon :)

11:43 am

Jera

mtn... is the train food expensive? Most of the trip will be during bedtime for Gwyd... are the trains safe for kids to walk around in or would I have to be right there the whole time? I'm sure conductor would give Sprite (the 9 year old) a tour...

11:43 am

Jera

It's looking like coach, mtn

11:44 am

GreyWoulf

brb, baby wants to show me something

11:44 am

hurshy

hey, congrats o'chita!!!!
and i just finished too!!!!

11:45 am

Ouwachita

congrats hurshy...

11:45 am

ruffh2o

me 3. what a relief to be done! anybody need help?

11:45 am

mtnjock

coach is fine, and yes, from my experiences (doing 8 years now about 5 times a year) its fine for kids to walk around. Introduce them to the conductor and they generally will help keep an eye on them.

11:45 am

Jera

Temple, it's a 12 hour overnight trip 8pm - 8am -ish, from Virginia to Atlanta GA... it's called The Crescent!

11:45 am

hurshy

congrats ruff!

11:46 am

ruffh2o

odds are that the kids will be excited for an hour, then pass out cold for a large part of the trip.

11:46 am

ruffh2o

congrats ouwa, hurshy!

11:46 am

Jera

I'm guessing the seats are pretty comfy... do they lay back... like airplane seats?

11:47 am

Ouwachita

congrats ruff water

11:47 am

mtnjock

Food prices aren't bad in the observation car, I have found though, that dinner (in the resturant car) on the train to be extremely well done. Check with Amtrak tho, they might upgrade you for free (wheel chair access)

11:48 am

Jera

That's what I'm hoping, ruff!! I'd like to get a bit of sleep myself, but it will be hard to relax vigilence!

11:48 am

mtnjock

they lay back, they are wide, and comfy, and there are foot rests on the seats in front of you

11:49 am

kristin

Anyone know if mamabear made it home safe Thursday night? Haven't been on since then and I know she was stuck at work due to a major snow storm.

11:49 am

Jera

Oooooh... I'm relaxing already, mtn!

11:49 am

ruffh2o

I'm headed out - have a good day, all!

11:49 am

mtnjock

most private cars have tv's in them with dish or vcr access.

11:50 am

Jera

I'm wondering if reading will be an option... Sprite gets carsick when she reads in the car... how does train motion compare (I've never done anything more than Tweetsie Railroad, LOL)

11:51 am

mtnjock

convience food is open until 10pm and then closes for night, so I would bring along anthing other than water if you think it would be needed. They have purified water on all trains for dispense.

11:52 am

mtnjock

dramamine is a must for people who get car sick. The train rocks (you really only feel it walking down the aisle, seated, its just riding in a car)

11:53 am

Jera

Sounds pretty safe & secure... I get nervous being the only responsible adult in unfamiliar places... but my husband can't get away from work until Christmas Eve day & that will be horrible... 12 hours + interstate traffic with 2 kids... no thanks

11:53 am

hurshy

jera - i got carsick trying to read on a train - not as fast as i would have in a car though

11:54 am

mtnjock

LOL I understand. I have to go from here to South Bend the night of the 23rd, and I am not (NOT) looking forward to that!

11:54 am

cybernan

Men's curling final is on -- catch ya later.

11:56 am

lshult

hi everyone, just dropped by for a quickie.
Finished work & don't want to go home yet.

11:56 am

roncook

need WI 5/18

11:57 am

sherb

hi lshult :)

11:57 am

doxy1lover

wi - wi + light brown color

11:58 am

lshult

evening Sherb

12:01 pm

GreyWoulf

back for a little more -- Zen painting boards are wonderful things!

12:02 pm

roncook

ta doxy that is the name of a parliment as well

12:06 pm

roncook

ST 6/21

12:06 pm

sherb

*bangs head on desk* ...how many times have we had that Greek temple?

12:07 pm

sherb

ron - is that a request for a clue? in which case, there are two of them...

12:09 pm

doxy1lover

st6/21 - st + italian name for it's capital city

12:10 pm

doxy1lover

clue for second ab5/16

12:10 pm

roncook

doxy got that one, the one after the planet

12:11 pm

doxy1lover

think of muscle pulls - st****

12:11 pm

roncook

see yer later dinner is ready..

12:11 pm

lshult

so far just got 1 ab5/14- to give up on

12:12 pm

lshult

pluralise for ab6/24

12:12 pm

doxy1lover

I have to go for now. Will be on later.

12:13 pm

sherb

bye...

12:14 pm

GreyWoulf

later, doxy!

12:16 pm

GreyWoulf

broke 100 with only clues and monkeying -- time for the 2nd letter list :)

12:17 pm

lottijw

Hi guys....I don`t suppose anyone can give me clues for ta5/16 and ta5/10

12:18 pm

lshult

ta5/10- spoil

12:19 pm

sherb

hi lotti :) ta5/16 - add a consonant to a strange ta4/7...ta5/10, there are two of them, but it may be the Italian-sounding word that you want...means 'so much', I think

12:19 pm

lottijw

Thanks Ishult.....but it`s the next ta5/10 :)

12:22 pm

lottijw

Thanks Sherb...one down, one to go!!!!

12:23 pm

Miyavi_fan

YAY, no school tomorrow because of rampant noxious fumes XD

12:24 pm

lshult

sherb- don't have ta4/7 , it's got me stumped. Help?

12:25 pm

sherb

lshult - alt spelling for something forbidden :)

12:25 pm

lottijw

Miyavi you jammy thing!!!!

12:26 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi Miy!

12:26 pm

sherb

well at least that's something positive, Miyavi...wonder if I can stay off work, lol

12:26 pm

lshult

yer, justs spotted it. For got there were three ta's on grid

12:26 pm

Miyavi_fan

*big cheesy grin* yayayayay. AND, AND AND AND they're thinking of closing it down for the whole week!!!

12:27 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey Woulf! Did you hear about the explosion?! It was beeeeg

Sherb, try it lol!

12:27 pm

lottijw

Awwww.....how sad you must be hun!!!!!! LOL

12:27 pm

evanonut

wish they'd close down work for a week.

12:27 pm

Babbler

i heard it and felt it, miya.

12:28 pm

lottijw

Hey (((Babs)))

12:28 pm

GreyWoulf

Miy - I only heard about it here, Miy -- glad to hear you are fine :)

12:28 pm

Anj

yeeeee-ha!

12:28 pm

Miyavi_fan

Lotti, my heart weeps XD

Babs, it blew my door off! I'm 2 miles away, and at 6 am it blew my door off!

12:28 pm

Miyavi_fan

Thanks Woulf :) It's so lovely to know that everyone here cares about me enough to be concerned! (((all babblers)))

12:29 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey Anj! Kaboom?

12:29 pm

Babbler

hi Anj

yes, miya, i saw your post. i was up at that time, i wondered what my neighbours were doing in my loft.... then i thought they can't get in there!.... then i thought it was thunder and forgot about it. it's been really dark all day... :/

12:29 pm

GreyWoulf

((*Miy*))

12:29 pm

lottijw

Hi Anj :)
Sherb....i`m still not getting that ta5/10 :( Any more clues ???

12:29 pm

evanonut

babblers are wonderful, arent they miyavi

12:30 pm

Babbler

how was London, Anj?

12:30 pm

mab

Hi everyone.

Sherb, Miy, how frightening! I heard that the smoke and fumes are highly toxic. Do be careful.

12:30 pm

Miyavi_fan

I just couldn't believe it, though. How far away are you, Babs? It's been twilight all day here :/

12:30 pm

Anj

Hey All, Miya, Babs : )

Bang! Yes! Heard that...it woke me up and I was asleep in Bracknell. What was it???

12:30 pm

Miyavi_fan

Eva, if I got my act together and got a brandy glass as my icon, I'd raise my glass to that!

(((Woulf))) You ole love machine, you XD

12:30 pm

Babbler

www.bbc.co.uk........ you won't believe it.......
massive explosion in hemel hempstead. people heard it in France and Holland!!

12:31 pm

GreyWoulf

((*Babbler*))

still under a cloud, Babbler?

12:31 pm

Miyavi_fan

Anj, it was an oil depot exploding two miles away from my house! My bedroom door went bye-byes across the landing!

12:31 pm

sherb

lotti - have you got the ta4/7, the one that's an alternative spelling for something forbidden? If so, add a consonant to the end of it - it's a poisonous, combustible liquid...

12:31 pm

Babbler

you can watch newsclips on that bbc site.. lots of video footage. check the weather too..... *shudders*

12:31 pm

Babbler

metaphorically and literally, GW. !

12:32 pm

lottijw

Miyavi what do you mean???? You emptied my glass!!!!

12:32 pm

Anj

*Anj toddles off to find out what woke him up*

12:33 pm

lottijw

Sherb, I got that one...that is the 16. It`s the 10 i can`t get!!

12:33 pm

Miyavi_fan

Lotti, that's just because I like brandy :D

12:33 pm

sherb

ooh, Babs and lotti - have we all been busy with Paintbox or Photoshop today?

12:34 pm

Babbler

thx sherb. yep, busy in Paint.

miya, I live in South London (and with a northerly wind, it's blowing right above me!!)

12:34 pm

sherb

sorry - ta5/10 - light brown colour, plus preposition :)

12:35 pm

Babbler

i didn't draw the bottle btw, i imported a pic from google and jazzed it up....

12:35 pm

caitlyn

Hello all im sorry to hear some of you were affected by todays disaster ,my brother was quite a few miles away and all his windows rattled, one of his neighbours roof came off !!! Any clues please for the th6/21 and the oh4/5 thanks

12:36 pm

Miyavi_fan

Babs, that's horrible! I went outside this morning, it still looked like the sun hadn't risen. None of the birds are out!

12:36 pm

sherb

me too - I think I've got the same glass as lotti...but different treatments...

12:36 pm

lottijw

LOL Sherb, i just find any pics that i think will do!!! If I can finally get this ta, I will have finished.....then I can look for bread for tomorrow :)

12:36 pm

mab

What are people advised to do in the aftermath of the explosion? Regarding the smoke and fumes?

12:36 pm

Babbler

i slept all day....... it was dark...... :/

12:37 pm

Babbler

mab - stay indoors

12:37 pm

sherb

caitlyn - th6/21 - below your chin ;)

12:39 pm

Miyavi_fan

stay indoors, close windows, don't breathe until 2010

12:39 pm

caitlyn

Thanks sherb couldnt see it for looking

12:39 pm

Anj

That's awful. No wonder it woke me up. I must admit I thought it might have been an earthquake-type land shift at first but I forgot all about it this morning...

12:40 pm

sherb

lol Miyavi :D

lotti - did you get the ta?

12:40 pm

Babbler

i felt things moving around, which is why i thought my neighbours were in my loft. it was the weirdest sound...

12:40 pm

Miyavi_fan

Anj, how far away are you? I'm 2 miles away and it blew my bedroom door off it's hinges :/

12:41 pm

Miyavi_fan

Sherb, health and safety warnings are not to be sneered at lol

12:41 pm

Babbler

i saw your post where you said your bed shifted across the room, miya. wow.

12:41 pm

Miyavi_fan

Wah, gotta go affix nose bag

12:41 pm

Miyavi_fan

Ja, it was freaky :)

12:42 pm

Miyavi_fan

Laters :) *waves then bounces off*

12:43 pm

lottijw

Yay......Thanks Sherb i`ve done it!!!! At long flippin last :o)
Thats me finished!!!!!
Right i`d better be off, dinner to make and bread icon to find! See ya xx

12:43 pm

GreyWoulf

Bye for now, Miy!

12:43 pm

evanonut

hmmmm, me thinks the fumes are making miyavi gabby.

12:43 pm

mab

Hurrah, Lotti!!!!!!

12:43 pm

lola100

Hi guys! :)

12:44 pm

Jera

I'm back... had to quickly investigate horrible crash from living room... the fort collapsed & a child was pinned under the biggest box... no casualties, though!

12:44 pm

lottijw

((((((Sis))))))
Hi sis, bye sis xx

12:44 pm

sherb

well done lotti! and bye :)

hi lola :)

12:45 pm

lola100

(((((((lotti))))))))) 'bye sis, hopefully see you tomorrow! lol :D

12:45 pm

Anj

Babe! ((((xxx)))) : )

Are you getting smole from the Hemel Hempstead big bang?? : /

12:45 pm

Jera

83 to go & I've run out of steam... gonna go nab the stats now... I'm assuming BabAnon list is up, if not bj then someone??

12:46 pm

mab

Oh, it's terrible. Lola, did you feel the explosion?

12:46 pm

GreyWoulf

looking at it now, Jera

12:46 pm

lola100

Hey babe! ((((xxx)))) :)

No. I believe it's all drifting eastward?

12:47 pm

lola100

Hi mab. No, I think I'm too far north.

12:48 pm

sherb

...and drifting south...we're covered in a black cloud here in north London...

12:50 pm

lola100

I'm thankful that more people weren't hurt and no one was killed. If it had happened during office hours it might have been worse :/

12:51 pm

Jera

Are they still thinking it was an accident? if it had happened during office hours maybe it could have been prevented (more people around to notice early problem?)...

12:52 pm

lola100

I hadn't thought of that jera.

Have to disappear for a bit, back soon :)

12:52 pm

Anj

: ' (

12:53 pm

GreyWoulf

time for me to go --- be back later to finish with 72 to go

(*hugs for all*)

12:53 pm

sherb

later GW ((hugs)) :)

12:53 pm

lola100

Aw, not the face babe! I'll be back before you even have time to miss me. xxx

12:54 pm

Anj

Later GW : )

Babs, sorry, to answer your earlier Q London was great. Only did De Hems, Lamb & Flag and the chinese, plus a swifty at Waterloo while waiting for the train, but it was a great day out : )

12:54 pm

Anj

Cheers babe : ' )

12:55 pm

Jera

Merry Part, GW!

12:58 pm

Anj

Yes, I thought my mate had fallen out of bed. The whole place shook and that was 40 or so miles away to the south west. What happened to Miy??

12:58 pm

lshult

just got home. Exactly 1/2 way through the grid. Time for some serious babbling!?!

1:01 pm

Jera

She said something about a nose bag & bounced off, Anj...

1:01 pm

Babbler

glad you had a great time in London, Anj.

miya's bed was thrown across the room, her door was blown off its hinges. her post is just a few pages back in teh log.

1:01 pm

Anj

lol Jera : ) I was thinking about last night : D

1:02 pm

Jera

Oh, sorry... trying to pay attention & be helpful! :)

1:03 pm

Anj

Cheers Babs - just read it. No school sticks out a mile lol.

How are you??

1:03 pm

sherb

...nosebag for me too...back later for the last 33...

1:04 pm

Babbler

now there's a question. under a cloud. how are you?

1:05 pm

lshult

stuck on ar6
any help?

1:06 pm

Anj

Under a cloud?? Hope it's the Hemel Hempstead one sweetie dahling ; )
I'm not too bad. Decided to skip a gig and stay in to Babble tonight... I'm all partied out

1:07 pm

hurshy

btw, was anybody killed in the explosion?

1:08 pm

Babbler

clear skies in south london now, Anj. except the metaphorical ones over my head.... :/
nice grid today.

1:08 pm

doxy1lover

ishult, ar6 - used in the imperative to express an order of dismissal

1:09 pm

hurshy

what's wrong, babbler?

1:09 pm

Babbler

what does imperative mean?

1:09 pm

doxy1lover

don't know, that's just the definition I got.

1:09 pm

Babbler

on a downer, hurshy. thought i'd best mention it so i don't come across as obnoxious and rude.... :/

1:10 pm

hurshy

babs, imperative is the verb tense where you tell someone to do something. like "GO!"

1:10 pm

hurshy

alt clue for ar6 - you can an6 someone with oil, (not a word in the grid today). change the n to an r.

1:11 pm

Anj

urgent or authoritative
Downer huh Babbler?? Can we help??

(((((((Babbler)))))))

1:11 pm

hurshy

poor babbler. but my icon should cheer you up.

1:11 pm

Babbler

if anyone is nice to me, i'll start crying. so don't be nice.

1:12 pm

hurshy

look, babs, i don't drink, so i didn't want a brandy icon, so i did jack (cheese) instead! :)

1:13 pm

hurshy

that's not being nice, it's just being humorous.

1:13 pm

Miyavi_fan

*skips back in*

1:14 pm

hurshy

miy - shhh. something's wrong with babs. but she doesn't want us to be nice.

1:14 pm

Anj

No school hmmm Miy??

1:17 pm

Miyavi_fan

Anj, closed until further notice! Love the lovely noxious chemicals. Love the fact that my bed went walkabout. Love the lovely fire.

o_O Yes, I do realize how that sounds

1:18 pm

Miyavi_fan

Uh, did that post 4 times, or is my pooter on the blink?

1:18 pm

doxy1lover

any clues for na5/22?

1:19 pm

Anj

...it's probably got shell shock : /

At least I know that I didn't imagine it all as part of a weapons grade hangover...

1:21 pm

evanonut

hmmm, prob there babs, i'm incapable of willful cruelty.

1:21 pm

Miyavi_fan

*pats* there there

1:22 pm

lola100

Hang in there babbler (((x)))

Anj, did you get my text babe??

1:22 pm

harpjane

coming up from the Christmas Music Vortex for air,

1:22 pm

Babbler

sorry I was terse the other day, evan :/

1:23 pm

harpjane

...diving back into the vortex again, only one rehearsal and one choir concert to go (for today, that is...)

1:24 pm

evanonut

were you terse babs? i'm getting confused here.

1:24 pm

Babbler

my posts were no longer than one word each. i was very rude.

1:25 pm

Anj

Have now babe : )

Chin up Babbler...we're here if you need to bend an ear : )

1:25 pm

evanonut

well dearie, if you feel the need to apologize, go for it. but i must say that i'm not real privy to all the proper log etiquett (sp?). i've never thought you rude a day in my life!

1:26 pm

Babbler

:'(........... time for a break.

thank you, guys. you're all very kind.

1:26 pm

Anj

...why isn't hors a word? As in hors's dooovers??

1:27 pm

evanonut

doooovers?

1:27 pm

Anj

Don't be a stranger Babs : ) Laughter is the best medicine : D

1:27 pm

Miyavi_fan

I just don't know why 'cinta' isn't a word! It is so a word!

...or did I dream it?

1:27 pm

Anj

hors d'oevres??

1:28 pm

mab

I tried 'hors' using the identical reasoning, Anj.

Poor Babs.

1:28 pm

Miyavi_fan

Tu oeuf?

1:28 pm

evanonut

babs - come back before monday please

1:29 pm

mab

Miy, did you just ask anj if he's an egg?

1:29 pm

Miyavi_fan

...maybe

1:33 pm

speedfreak

Hope Babbler feels better!!! Been putting up Xmas decorations and cleaning every break I try to add words, what a strange puzzle---different words. Keep wanting to put in turnip though

1:33 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey Speed! Jingle your nose :)

1:34 pm

Poo's Mom

i thought it was just me with the turnip! and i don't even eat them...

1:34 pm

Miyavi_fan

Mab, I'm not great at French :)

1:34 pm

speedfreak

Miya Last time I was on you were going to help Mom put up the tree?? How did it go??

1:36 pm

Miyavi_fan

Ah, surprisingly well...no injuries. Well, no major injuries. I still think it's a mistake to put the tree up with the lights off, though, just to make a big thing out of it when we switch the fairy lights on. Never want to be that close to a dangerously sharp glittery angel again

1:36 pm

hurshy

here's a third for turnip - posted about that earlier today, actually :)

1:36 pm

lola100

Hi speed! Haven't seen you for a while, how are you? :)

1:37 pm

speedfreak

Hi Lola: Been doing puzzles then getting off, IBS acting up real bad so not feeling well at all...trying to do xmas and babble you know important things in life..LOL

1:37 pm

mab

One of the um4s is an Americanism; it's short for the person who decides on the legitimacy of plays. The word has the same ending as the person who bites one's neck and sucks the life blood out of them, and its shortened in the same way as the um word.

1:38 pm

mab

In baseball.

1:39 pm

evanonut

speed, husband has ibs - rules our lives

1:39 pm

lola100

Aw, sorry to hear that speed (((x))), hope it gets better for Christmas.

1:39 pm

doxy1lover

only 1 left, need help. Second ta5/10. Please?

1:40 pm

lola100

doxy, sounds like the lone ranger's sidekick? :)

1:40 pm

mab

So sorry, Speed. You must rest.

1:41 pm

speedfreak

evan: know how he feels..have had numerous surgeries so adhesions also flare up and there is nothing you can do but wait it out..the Dr. says stress is, so relax, when you have severe cramps difficult to relax!!

1:41 pm

doxy1lover

a million thanks lola!!!

1:41 pm

Miyavi_fan

Let's forget about the bad things, jingle our noses :)

1:41 pm

evanonut

i feel for him too - only i feel for me as well when it flares up!

1:42 pm

evanonut

sorry, can't forget about bad things till next week is over.

1:42 pm

lola100

Have to leave now :(
But! I will see you all tomorrow. Good luck! :)

1:42 pm

speedfreak

You Are Right Miya!!! Jingle noses!!!

1:42 pm

Anj

...woot! Just testing : )

1:43 pm

Miyavi_fan

Yay! :D

1:43 pm

mab

Interesting. I have Crohn's Disease, small intestine.

Okay, jingling my nose.

1:43 pm

speedfreak

eva: can I ask what next week brings or did I miss something?? I know it is hard on my family also when I have flare ups, nothing they can do

1:44 pm

Miyavi_fan

In fact, like MYV says.."seasons greetings amigo, don't try to hard, relax lady!"

1:44 pm

evanonut

next week, or this week now i suppose, hubby goes back into hospital for second round of cancer treatment - long sucky week for both of us.

1:45 pm

Miyavi_fan

Oh Eva, I'm sorry :(

1:45 pm

mab

Oh, eva, I'm so sorry.

1:45 pm

mab

Snap!

1:46 pm

evanonut

thanks mab - i just hope its working

1:46 pm

speedfreak

Eva Wrapping you and your husband in hugs and loves and many prayers for a safe and successfull surgery
((((XXX)))

1:46 pm

Miyavi_fan

Mab...stealing my thoughts, tu oeuf!

1:46 pm

evanonut

and miyavi...etc

1:46 pm

speedfreak

oops sorry meant treatment!!

1:46 pm

evanonut

tx speed, no surgery, just really awful drugs.

1:47 pm

speedfreak

We will all jingle noses for you---Right Miya!!!

1:47 pm

mab

Oh, yes, hugs and prayers, eva.

1:47 pm

evanonut

it was terrible last time, i wanted to cry a thousand times

1:47 pm

Miyavi_fan

RIGHT! :D

1:49 pm

evanonut

sorry...stick in mud

1:51 pm

Babbler

lots of love and luck to your husband, evan. and you too.
xxxxxx

1:51 pm

evanonut

;-) - tx babsy

1:52 pm

Anj

Hay Babs, just sent you some more Madder Rose : )

1:53 pm

mab

You mustn't feel that way at all eva. I'm glad you spoke of it so that we can hold you in our thoughts. email anytime you want tikvaeve@msn.com. But don't feel obligated. If we can't support one another, what are we?

1:53 pm

Miyavi_fan

Mab, we are unsupportive fiends, that's what :)

1:54 pm

mab

Agreed, Miy.

1:54 pm

evanonut

you are all definitely not UNsupportive, quite the opposite.

1:56 pm

evanonut

but i still feel bad when i burden the convo

1:58 pm

Miyavi_fan

Eva, don't feel bad! It's sobering but it's life, I guess. And since we all get these problems, maybe if we can all help each other work through it won't be so bad?

Okay, I either sound like Oprah or some patronising student counsellor :/

1:58 pm

mab

I can understand that, but what I like about this place is that things do move right along -- up, down, sideways. There seems to be room for it all, so don't feel badly -- you are no stick. Off to lavendar bath for me.

1:58 pm

evanonut

the fumes helped oprah infuse your body miyavi

1:59 pm

Narnia_fan

Hi Yall

1:59 pm

evanonut

hiya hilary fan

2:00 pm

hurshy

evanonut - you shouldn't feel bad. babblers are always happy to give support. i was away for a bit and just came back but you have my sympathies too.

2:00 pm

evanonut

tx hursh - won't have to worry bout the cold anyway, will i?

2:00 pm

mab

Hi Hil.

No, you are just our wise Miy. Back later. Hugs for Speed, eva, Babbler, dears.

2:02 pm

Miyavi_fan

Eva, you got it in one, I'll bet :)

I'm posseeeeessed

2:03 pm

evanonut

i need posessed. who should i be posessed by?

2:03 pm

hydra

Clue for the st8/40 anyone?

2:04 pm

evanonut

hydra brings us back to the true object here.

2:05 pm

hurshy

st 8/40 not weak but..., minus last letter, then add the first three letters of a princess's crown

2:05 pm

Miyavi_fan

gotta go, see you :)

2:05 pm

Narnia_fan

Got to go, going to the movies to see cronicals of narnia

2:06 pm

hydra

evanonut, have I missed something? Just got back
from dinner and switched on;guess I'd better read the log. Sorry, folks...

2:07 pm

evanonut

no no hydra, your focus is admirable - i can't drag myself from the log

2:08 pm

hydra

eva, just read back. I'm so sorry for the two of you. I hope everything will be OK and he will be restored to health. I have a friend undergoing radiotherapy at present.

2:09 pm

evanonut

radio therapy, that wasn't fun either - thank you.

2:19 pm

evanonut

sure would like to know what the hw/4 means - could it have landed in there by typo?

2:22 pm

hydra

I've just Googled it and looked in the dictionary and can't find it at all. Strange... Got to give up now at 170 words as boyfriend feeling neglected. Night, all.

2:22 pm

evanonut

evening hydra

2:24 pm

sherb

...back for the last 33...

Eva - you and your husband have my sympathies

2:26 pm

evanonut

tx sherb.

have mentioned yet how lovely your icon is?

2:26 pm

sherb

and why is BONCE not a word?

2:27 pm

sherb

thanks Eva :) I've been experimenting with a photo editing programme...amazing...it can turn the most mundane picture into a work of art!

2:28 pm

evanonut

nice...i would enjoy doing that.

2:36 pm

katmayo

HW word .... think of the spanish name for John...sort of a 'sound alike'...I'll try to come up with something better...give me a second or 2.

2:38 pm

ruthy

can anyone please give me a clue for the ha 6/33

2:38 pm

evanonut

kat, we know the hw i believe, it's just the definition that beats us.

2:40 pm

roguegirl

Kat, that clue worked for me. Thanks lol.

2:41 pm

sherb

'just' the A's left to do...this is hard work...

2:41 pm

trishtrash

it's a former monetary unit of South Korea, according to onelook dictionaries.

2:41 pm

hurshy

the a's are the worst!

2:42 pm

roguegirl

words beginning with vowels are always hard for me to recognize on the boards.

2:44 pm

sherb

thanks for that encouragement, hursh, lol! :)

trish - the really weird words are usually South Korean currencies (just how many can they have?), or Greek temples...

2:45 pm

roguegirl

I'm so mad at myself. I just got my first 2 a words lol.

2:45 pm

KRISTINAROSE333

Any clues on an 8/50... Since we are talking about them??? Please

2:45 pm

trishtrash

I think the key word is 'former' sherb... they obviously just keep renamin' 'em to make our word puzzles difficult! ;)

2:46 pm

Mary

Clue for ha6/33 please?

2:52 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hello again, my dear landlubbers

2:52 pm

Anj

...squawk?

2:53 pm

mab

Miy, is that you in your icon?

2:53 pm

sherb

...landlubbers? ...are you at sea?

2:53 pm

trishtrash

The Ha 8 is musical

2:54 pm

Miyavi_fan

Mab, don't I wish! My icon is a guy, Shinya, out of my favourite band :) He does look more than a touch on the girly side though, so don't worry about it! :)
Sherb, nope, not at sea...what gave you that idea? :D

2:55 pm

speedfreak

Back again any clues for the an8/50 please

2:56 pm

Anj

Hi Speed : )

Don't have that oine yet : (

2:56 pm

sherb

Miy - just wondered why you were calling us landlubbers...

2:57 pm

trishtrash

oops, you were after the ha6/33, Mary... sorry, don't got it yet, or the an8... this grid is killing me stone dead.

2:57 pm

Babbler

an8: means having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles; "triclinic system". But it sounds more like someone who loves the south.
(sprite's clue from this morning)

2:58 pm

Anj

Bullseye Babbler - got that right off : )

2:59 pm

Miyavi_fan

No reason, Sherb...just seemed fitting! :)

3:00 pm

trishtrash

ty Babbler!

3:01 pm

gwenski

ha6/33: japanese figurines

3:02 pm

gwenski

ha6 begins like the Stars Wars character Ha** Solo, and ends like a baby crying

3:03 pm

Mary

Got the Ha6, thanks all.

3:04 pm

mab

Thanks, gwenski.

3:05 pm

gwenski

TIP: If you take the time to read the log from the beginning, you find LOTS of clues! (At least when you have time to do that!)

3:06 pm

speedfreak

thx Babbler got the 8's now...been at this thing off and on all day...tough to babble w/holidays coming up..so many other things to do

3:09 pm

Anj

...no, the ha6/33 still eludes me... : /

3:09 pm

sherb

woo - that a8 is a crazy word ...

3:10 pm

Babbler

drop a vowel in before the big letter, Anj....

3:10 pm

sherb

ha6 - *** Solo + first person singular + sound a baby makes when crying (credit to earlier clues)

3:10 pm

Miyavi_fan

Ha 6/33 The first 3 letters of the thing on the end of your arm, 1st person for yourself, then the noise a baby makes :)

3:10 pm

Miyavi_fan

(with help from Dachef :/ )

3:10 pm

Anj

*bows down to Babbler*

Once again, I am not worthy : )

3:10 pm

speedfreak

Goofed I do not have the h8 word any clues?

3:10 pm

Babbler

start with the h on the right....

3:11 pm

Babbler

stop making me smile....

y/w Anj

3:11 pm

Anj

...and thank you too Miya : ) I think I tried every combo but the right one as usual lol

3:11 pm

speedfreak

Got the h8 YEA

3:13 pm

Miyavi_fan

Welkommen, mein...leiblingsaft

3:13 pm

sha

sorry i still cant get the ha 6/33 can someone please help

3:13 pm

Anj

...oo-err...

3:14 pm

sha

can someone please give me aclue for tr 6/21

3:14 pm

gwenski

a hypnotist can put you in a tr6

3:15 pm

Anj

sha, I have a tr6/21 that is a type of pulsy dance music that might inspire you to say 'Ommmmm' ; )

3:15 pm

Miyavi_fan

I'm overcome by the powerful feeling that I just called you my favourite juice :/

3:16 pm

Anj

That's OK Miy, maybe you meant 'me old fruit' : )

3:17 pm

evanonut

oh boy, overtime is almost done!

3:18 pm

Miyavi_fan

Well spank me twice and call me Charlie, that's it I say, that's it!

3:19 pm

evanonut

okay charlie

3:19 pm

ruthy

thanks for the clue for ha 6/33 can anyone give me aclue for ta 5/16 please

3:20 pm

gwenski

ta5/16: poisonous combustible stuff used in nerve gas. Or, add a consonant to ta4/7.

3:20 pm

Miyavi_fan

That's the spirit Eva :)

3:21 pm

evanonut

shall we tack angel on it to make it more femine? charlies angel - much nicer ring to it.

3:23 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hai, go ahead...I've just been saying that all day, since Miyavi said it in an interview *hangs head* ..."Well spank me twice and call me Charlie-san, it makes sense at last!"

3:23 pm

speedfreak

clues for the am7/40 please

3:23 pm

evanonut

i'm going to have to listen to this miyavi guy someday - just to make sure he isn't corrupting your young mind.

3:25 pm

Miyavi_fan

Oh no, he's not corrupting me...

...it's Dir en Grey you REALLY ought to worry about :D

Put it this way, I can now say "won't you try the soup of sexual desire?" in japanese :/

3:26 pm

sherb

speed - take the am4/7 and add the ending of Thumbel*** (sorry, it's late, and that's the best I can do!)

3:26 pm

Anj

lol...you took the words right out of my mouth Miya : )

3:27 pm

gwenski

am7/40: southeast Asian tree also called padauk or padouk. Of course, I'd have never gotten the word with this kind of clue! Use Sherb's instead.

3:27 pm

Miyavi_fan

Anj, you know me too well :)

...and it's "seiyoku suupu mo omeshiagare?" if you wanna know :D

3:28 pm

evanonut

i'm sorry, the whole soup of sexual desire thing has completely confuzzled my mind. as i try to sort out if the phrase is genius beyond my comprehension or drug induced reason

3:28 pm

Anj

Sherb, that hit the spot for me : )

Miya,I could have done with that phrase in Gerrard Street yesterday lol : )

3:29 pm

sherb

eva - depends on your age, lol ;)

3:30 pm

evanonut

i think it does...

overtime done, finally time to hunt words for real!

3:30 pm

Miyavi_fan

Anj, should I ask?!

3:31 pm

Babbler

<jaw drop>.......... am5/18.... just found it....

3:32 pm

Babbler

oops, mean ab5/18.....

3:32 pm

Anj

Miya, it beats asking for Won Ton soup or Tom Yam Gai... I would love to see the look on their faces : )

3:33 pm

Miyavi_fan

Eva, I think it's a bit of both :)
actually, the whole song is kind of 'like that', for example: seiyoku fesutibaru ga hajimaru
...or, "now the feast of sexual desire will begin" o_O
I guess that's why the song is called 'Filth' *tuts* naughty Kyo :D

3:33 pm

evanonut

oh jeez...how about norah jones?

3:34 pm

Miyavi_fan

Oh Anj! Why can I imagine you doing that...

...I can teach you a very gruesome menu. I can say, Orange juice with liver, sweet curry with kidney, marinee sour with blood, rotten apples inside my gastric juices and pescatore prepared with pancreas. What'll it be?

3:34 pm

Miyavi_fan

Eva, to display my ignorance...who?

3:35 pm

mtnjock

miy, you don't know norah jones! Heavens girl

3:35 pm

Anj

...g'is a clue then Babs : )

Miya, anything as long as it goes with either soy, lemon or ginger ; )

3:36 pm

Haz1558

Miyavi -I'm ancient and I've heard of Norah Jones!

3:36 pm

Anj

...lol, just monkeyed that ab5/18 : )

3:37 pm

mab

Would anyone please translate Sprite's clue on an8, please? I don't get it at all.

3:37 pm

Babbler

i'm sure it's not a word, Anj....

3:37 pm

Miyavi_fan

*blushing* Sorry everyone...the innocence of youth? Yes, I'll blame it on that...

Anj, I recommend the apples for a starter. "kusatta ringo ieki no naka"

3:38 pm

Haz1558

A plus opposite of south plus frozen water minus e

3:38 pm

Miyavi_fan

innocence of youth?! oooh dear. IGNORANCE, rather.

3:39 pm

mab

Thanks Haz.

3:39 pm

Haz1558

There are some VERY strange words today.

3:39 pm

artlady

Hello!

3:40 pm

Anj

...hai!

3:40 pm

mab

Hello, Artlady, nice to see you.

3:40 pm

Haz1558

Hello, artlady.

3:40 pm

Miyavi_fan

Artlady, where've you been?! Haven't seen you in ages! How are you?

3:41 pm

ruthy

can anyone give me a clue for ma 6/21 please

3:41 pm

artlady

Hi, hi. I've been reallllyyyy busy and am suffering from Babble withdrawal.

3:41 pm

Miyavi_fan

well, then...order it quickly, "ringo to ichigo ga kusaru mae ni".

If you want it without the gastric juices, then all you have to do is ask :)

3:42 pm

gwenski

ma6/21: plural of ma5/12. Big house on an estate

3:43 pm

Anj

Cheers Miya...I shall bear that in mind next time i'm drooling over the menu ; )

3:43 pm

artlady

strange culinary discussion here...

3:44 pm

renfield

hi artlady

3:44 pm

Miyavi_fan

oh, do...there's a lot of hidden culinary expertise when it comes to Kyo :)

3:45 pm

artlady

Hi Ren. Well, all, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...Nice amount of snow, lights on the houses, quite festive!

3:46 pm

Anj

Artlady, it's all about ordering suspect dishes in japanese, in a Chinese restaurant : )
I need to know how to order squidgy fishy fibrillating tendrils with yellow bits...aka crab & sweetcorn soup : )

3:47 pm

renfield

miya - we have a lot of thai and vietnamese food courts here - fotunate for me that i have a friend who was militar translator - otherwise - i would probably order the phone number

3:48 pm

artlady

Anj, are you trying to confuse them? I prefer my food sans gastric juices (other than my own)...

3:48 pm

renfield

artlady - i was tellin harp that some people down the road have even decorated the old washing machine thats been sitting outside for ages

3:49 pm

Miyavi_fan

Ren, nothing wrong with a good healthy phone number :) Lots of fibre, great for clearing up the system

3:50 pm

mab

Ren, there's something kind of sweet about that.

3:50 pm

Anj

trying? no. Succeeding, eminently : )
Nothing like a few Belgian beers to lubricate the powers of communication : D

3:50 pm

artlady

Oh my Ren. None of that here...of course, where I used to live in Wisconsin they hung lights on the deer hanging in the trees during hunting season...

3:52 pm

renfield

mad - how about the cars w/ the flashing lights and there are some motor cycles that are decorated - flashing lights - and a car near my folks that is an old pinto theme car w/ red santa's all over it.....

3:53 pm

artlady

Belgian beer...haven't tried those. Hubby buys awful cheap Bud. I like beer with personality.

3:54 pm

Miyavi_fan

*big cheesy grin* my new icon shouldn't amuse me as much as it does, I think

3:54 pm

renfield

sorry mab - i meant mab - not mad - there's a bridzilla marathon on - it's like watching a lizard -

3:55 pm

artlady

Hey all, did you know Dr. God wrote about Babble land in Treehouse? (it's an online web developer's mag, I think)

3:55 pm

artlady

We are famous!

3:55 pm

Miyavi_fan

I'm ready for my close up...*pouts*

3:56 pm

artlady

Miyavi, new icon? It looks familiar...or am I seeing things that aren't there again...

3:56 pm

mab

I like the idea of decorating a motorcycle with lights, but I'll pass on the Pinto with santas. In the carribean they hang lights on anything that looks like it's not going to move.

3:57 pm

mab

Wait. Deer in trees?

3:57 pm

cybernan

Hi again -- that was quite a game! -- down to a measure on the last end -- we have Gushue for the men and Kleibrink for the women going to the Olympics.

3:58 pm

Miyavi_fan

uh, if you see two guys then that's my new one :D Kaoru and Die :)

3:58 pm

renfield

mab - you are so right - you don't sit on the beach to long -or you get decorated - i'll try to catch a picture of the santa car and how you - it is really strange....has a big santa hat on top molded from ???? who knows

3:59 pm

renfield

i think it msut be the beer - huh artlady?

3:59 pm

cybernan

Does anyone have the ih?

4:00 pm

artlady

Ah, Miyavi, I had to do a refresh. Now I'm seeing double...

4:00 pm

renfield

ih + male sheep w/ horns

4:00 pm

mab

I appreciate just about any attempt at creativity.

4:00 pm

Miyavi_fan

Definite double, double guitarists :D

4:01 pm

artlady

mab, it's a Wisconsin thing during deer hunting season. In the old days (when it was really cold the week of Thanksgiving, which is hunting season) people would hang the deer in the tree to freeze before taking it to the meat lockers. Lovely sight!

4:01 pm

Babbler

anj, did you find the other ab5/18?

4:03 pm

cybernan

Thank you renfield.

4:04 pm

renfield

y/w nan

4:05 pm

Miyavi_fan

Awwww...I've just spent the past time talking about how weird Kyo's lyrics can be, then I find this:
"kaze ni naru kamikaze wa
yami no naka e kiete
saikai no yoru ni saku
hotaru no hikari"

which means:

"become the wind, the divine wind
and into the darkness disappear
bloom in the evening of our reunion
the glow of the firefly"

4:06 pm

cybernan

A clue for the last ma 6/21 (between arithmetic and rugs), please?

4:06 pm

ruthy

can anyone please give me the clues for pr 6/21 ha 6/33 and the last ha 4/6

4:06 pm

mab

Oh I see, Artlady. I know there are ducks that live in trees, but deer.... The lights are sort of light-hearted spoof on death and destruction. (kidding. I'm not anti-hunting really, not when other people are doing it).

4:07 pm

Haz1558

pr 6/21 - rhymes with the Lone Ranger's friend.

4:08 pm

Haz1558

It means 'straight away'.

4:08 pm

Miyavi_fan

The Lone Ranger had friends?

I thought he was, you know...Lone.

4:08 pm

cybernan

ruthy - ha 4/6: french high

4:08 pm

Anj

Babbler, not yet...just about to : )

4:09 pm

Haz1558

No, he had a horse and a faithful companion To***

4:09 pm

Miyavi_fan

ooookay :)

4:10 pm

cybernan

ha 6/33: ha 4/5 minus last letter + you, first person + sound a crying baby makes

4:10 pm

Babbler

want a clue, Anj? (just showing off here....)

4:10 pm

Haz1558

You've missed so much, Miyavi.

4:11 pm

Miyavi_fan

Haz, what do you mean?

4:11 pm

kristin

Cyber - you have a maid of honor and a ma**** of honor

4:11 pm

Anj

Sure Babs. I have the ab5/18 that sounds like it should explode : )

4:11 pm

Babbler

hw4 word is really funny....

4:11 pm

sherb

...a horse called Silver, as in 'Hi Ho Silver, and away...'

4:12 pm

Babbler

monkey those same last 3 letters for the other ab5....

4:12 pm

cybernan

duh -- thanks Kristin --just didn't see it!

4:12 pm

renfield

and to***'s horse was?

4:12 pm

Haz1558

I mean that being the age you are, you've missed out on the golden age of television with programmes like 'The Lone Ranger', 'Bonanza', 'The Virginian' - and I'm not even into cowboys much...

4:12 pm

speedfreak

babbler I am finding todays grid has the most strangest spelling words!!

4:12 pm

Babbler

that other ab5 is the one that made my jaw drop....

4:12 pm

Haz1558

Silver!

4:13 pm

Anj

Cheers babs - straaaaange word : /

4:13 pm

sherb

ren - you've got me beat there, I'm ashamed to admit... :D

4:13 pm

renfield

sherb - was it scout???

4:14 pm

Haz1558

Silver!!!

4:14 pm

sherb

*sherb heads off to Google to complete an important piece of research into 1950's television...*

4:15 pm

renfield

i have the old radio programs on mp3 and they mention the horses

4:15 pm

sherb

ren - Scout it was, indeed :)

4:16 pm

renfield

what a team!

4:16 pm

Miyavi_fan

Silver?

4:17 pm

sherb

if only there was money to be made in it, lol :D

4:18 pm

sherb

..and of course I was watching it in the 70's, not the 50's...

4:19 pm

renfield

do they have a trivial pursuit for mo***?

4:19 pm

Miyavi_fan

?!

and once again, ?!?!?!?

4:20 pm

mab

Thank goodness for reruns. I would love listening to radio shows.

4:20 pm

renfield

sherb - i thought you were watching it on the satelite western cahnnel 8)

4:20 pm

Haz1558

Silver was the name of the Lone Ranger's horse, as heard in his cry of 'Hi,yo Silver away!' as he began yet another daring rescue/adventure.

4:20 pm

Anj

Well the As are now bagged & tagged : )

4:21 pm

Miyavi_fan

riiiight...*raises eyebrows*

er...give me anime or give me death :/

4:21 pm

Miyavi_fan

Congrats, Anjypops!

4:21 pm

renfield

those were abysmal a's right anj?

4:21 pm

Anj

...usually followed by Tonto's comment:

'What do you mean, 'we', paleface?'

4:21 pm

Miyavi_fan

...and no, I have no idea where that came from either

4:22 pm

renfield

wsn't there a song caled my boy lollipop

4:22 pm

Anj

...Anjypops?!

Ren, they are not nice As...never are : /

4:22 pm

Haz1558

Yes, sung by Milly.

4:23 pm

mab

The Lone Ranger wore that silly black mask over his eyes. What was the deal with that? Anonimity? Please.

4:23 pm

renfield

sleep mask?

4:24 pm

Miyavi_fan

Ah, sorry...I have a friend called Andypops, things like these slip out :)

Captain Andypops Brain Crackerjack, to give him his, uh, full title...

4:24 pm

sherb

well Superman didn't even wear a mask, and no-one recognised him!, lol

4:24 pm

renfield

thanks haz - it's cute song they play it on sirius 50's ^ 60's channel

4:25 pm

scatty

hi ren, do you have a very EASY clue for ha 6/33, my brain died a few hours ago

4:25 pm

Haz1558

And now the song is replaying in my head. Miyavi would love the lyrics..

4:25 pm

renfield

scatty - don't but babbler does

4:26 pm

mab

My boy lollipop
He makes my heart go giddy-up....

4:26 pm

Miyavi_fan

What are they, Haz? Anything about the soup of sexual desire? lol

4:26 pm

artlady

Zorro does the mask thing, also.

4:27 pm

mab

Not quite as eloquent, Miy.

4:27 pm

renfield

i think she said the theing on the end of you arm - the last consonent + 3rd vowel +the sound a baby makes

4:27 pm

Haz1558

Ah no, it was a song from a more innocent time.
'My boy lollipop
you make my heart go giddyup
you set the world on fire
you are my one desire
my boy lollipop
etc

4:27 pm

Anj

Batman does the bondage thing...

4:27 pm

mab

He did! I love the pft pft pft thing with the sword.

4:28 pm

Miyavi_fan

Mab, Kyo can be far from eloquent :)

But he does the mask thing also. What is it with *manly men* and masks?

And yes, I count Kyo as manly. Don't laugh.

4:28 pm

Babbler

ha6/33: first three letters what's at the end of your arm, drop last letter; then first person; then sound babies make.

4:28 pm

renfield

the song makes you smile

4:28 pm

mab

Pooor Robin.

4:29 pm

Miyavi_fan

Anj, I'm noticing a definite similarity here between Batman and Diru's Die :/

4:29 pm

movieman

What about "Brand New Key" then....?

Which version is preferable, the original by Melanie Safka, or the comedy version by 70's British west country novelty act, the Wurzels (retitled "Combine Harvester")...

4:29 pm

cybernan

Last 4 and stuck on all...

na 5/22
nu 6/30
oh 4/5
st 6/21

4:29 pm

artlady

I was never as much a fan of the Lone Ranger as of Hopalong Cassidy...good guys DO wear black!

4:29 pm

sherb

every superhero has to have a downtrodden sidekick, to make him look good...

4:29 pm

renfield

why wasn't robin in robin's egg blue?

4:29 pm

artlady

I think Robin liked it...

4:29 pm

Babbler

anj, may i have a clue for ab5/16 pls?

4:30 pm

Anj

...Hong Kong Phooey had a smarter cat...

4:30 pm

renfield

black is my fav - my family gives me money to buy something other than black clothes - i think the color should be in the shoes

4:31 pm

Miyavi_fan

I can imagine a song like that making me smile though. Sometimes morbidity and gross-out can get old...

oh, who am I kidding. Love the lovely macabre

4:31 pm

Anj

Babs, use your 2nd ab5/18 - take out the huh and put an aaah on the end : )

4:31 pm

renfield

i'm jacula's downtrodden sidekick - 8)

4:32 pm

Miyavi_fan

I am nobody's sidekick, but I am the minion of one of my sister's friends, Eb.

Yes...I am the minion of Eb...

4:32 pm

Anj

...i've just remembered a terrible batman joke...

4:32 pm

artlady

I like color in glasses, too...

4:32 pm

scatty

babbler could i have a clue for ha 6/33 please

4:32 pm

artlady

yes, Anj??

4:33 pm

artlady

Poor Miyavi, a lowly minion...

4:33 pm

Miyavi_fan

Go ahead, go ahead!

4:33 pm

cybernan

nu 6/30, please?

4:33 pm

Babbler

and that completes my As... thx Anj... ypops.....

scatty, I already did.... scroll down just a little

4:33 pm

Miyavi_fan

...Or I shall call you Anjypops until you are old and grey.

Ah, screw it, I'm gonna do that anyway

4:33 pm

Anj

I can't, it's a bit fruity for the log : /

4:34 pm

Miyavi_fan

Artlady, it has it's perks, minionhood.

Sometimes he lets me feed off the fresh blood of his victims, for example

4:34 pm

Miyavi_fan

*clinging onto Anjypops's (soooorry) legs* nothing is too fruity for the log!

I won't tell if everyone else won't...

4:34 pm

renfield

nu 6 = nu 4/6 (without feeling) + anj ***man joke

4:35 pm

artlady

Anj, you'll have to get creative...

4:36 pm

Anj

...good clue Ren : )

4:37 pm

cybernan

great clue, ren -- thanks

4:37 pm

Miyavi_fan

...stay free my misery...

yes, izuko and go go go!

4:37 pm

renfield

thanks 8)

4:38 pm

cybernan

scatty -- did you get the ha 6?

4:38 pm

Anj

Creative huh? OK, does every recall the poem Who Killed Cock Robin?

4:38 pm

cybernan

st 6/21 ? (last one)

4:39 pm

Miyavi_fan

I don't, but I can guess where this is going so I'll smile and nod

4:39 pm

Anj

...good Miya...I can skip the joke then : )

4:40 pm

scatty

cheer babbler, thats the kind of clue i like

4:41 pm

Miyavi_fan

*clings to legs again* HEY! NOOO! this is just getting interesting!

4:41 pm

artlady

This is a pool of creativity here...

4:43 pm

ruthy

im stuck on my last four can anyone please help
pr 6/21
ma 6/21
ha 6/33 and the last ha 4/6 thanks

4:43 pm

cybernan

And the last word is.......

st 6/21 ? (last one)

4:44 pm

Anj

Where does the Lone Ranger take his refuse??

4:44 pm

Frances

ruthy
pr6/21 what you say when you pick up the phone in Italy

4:44 pm

artlady

ta da dump ta da dump ta da dump dump dump!!

4:44 pm

cybernan

pr 6/21: immediately -- rhymes with Lone Ranger's sidekick.

4:44 pm

artlady

You have to imagine the tune along with it...

4:45 pm

Anj

yay!

4:45 pm

sherb

I don't know, Anj, where does the Lone Ranger take his refuse?

4:45 pm

renfield

imagining -

4:45 pm

mab

ma6/21: bride's married attendant. --- of honor.

4:45 pm

sherb

lol!

4:45 pm

JoyLee

Cybernan....st 6/21 The attitude or position of a standing person or animal, especially the position assumed by an athlete preparatory to action.

4:45 pm

artlady

Sherb, I just did it...

4:46 pm

cybernan

ma 6/21 -- not maid of honour, but ______ of honour (she's married)

4:46 pm

The Happy 1

clues pls ne1
ma5/12
ra4/5
ha6/33

4:47 pm

cybernan

ha 6/33 - scroll down -- lots of clues out
ha 4/5 - french for high

4:47 pm

The Happy 1

oooh! ma 6/21

4:47 pm

Anj

for those on the right hand side of the Pond, imagine Kenneth Williams in Carry on Nurse to get the ma6/21 : D

4:47 pm

sherb

st6/21 - ends with a short name for mother...

4:47 pm

Miyavi_fan

Oooooh dear. It's late and I've started crying over Hide's untimely death again, it seems I will have to excuse myself :) Good luck and good bye

4:48 pm

The Happy 1

ma4/5

4:48 pm

Anj

'nite Miya : )

4:48 pm

sherb

nite Miyavi...no school tomorrow :D

4:48 pm

katmayo

ma 6/21....The gentlemen had wonderful manners as they lorded over their ma6/21

4:49 pm

cybernan

Thank you Sherb -- that gave it to me!

Finished!!!!!!

4:50 pm

sherb

and I too am heading off to bed...work in the morning...bye all :)

4:50 pm

artlady

"nite, miyavi. No school for you? There is for me!

4:50 pm

artlady

Congrats, cybernan!

4:50 pm

mab

'Night Miy.

4:51 pm

renfield

bye sherb - bye miya

4:51 pm

mab

Night Sherb.

Brava cybernan!!!!!

4:52 pm

renfield

way to go nan

4:52 pm

Anj

'nite Sherb : )

Artlady, a fuel depot exploded in Hemel Hempstead last night over here. The explosion was heard 100 miles away : / There's a pall of toxic smoke over north London and the east at the mo. Could be more than just Miya's school shut down tomorrow for H&S reasons...

4:52 pm

Anj

woot! 'Nan : )

4:53 pm

Anj

...in fact that could be a Wootenanny : )

4:53 pm

artlady

Thanks, Anj. I did read about it, but didn't know how close it was to any of you.

4:53 pm

cybernan

oops! -- spoke too soon ---- forgot the oh 4!

Help please -- have monkey typed all around it and still missed it!

4:54 pm

Anj

It woke me up - and I mean it was LOUD - and I was over 45 miles away : /

4:55 pm

Babbler

I'm in South London.... everything shook. I didn't know what it was... : /

4:55 pm

renfield

oh - there is a state in the us as well as a river call oh** drop the last vowel and add the 1st vowel

4:55 pm

cybernan

Nite, Sherb

4:56 pm

cybernan

thank you, renfield ------- now, I really am done!

4:56 pm

Babbler

congrats, cyber!

4:56 pm

renfield

ok nan!

4:56 pm

The Happy 1

still lookin 4 clues pls
ma5/12
ra4/5
ha6/33

4:56 pm

Anj

Babbler, it probably destroyed the winner of the Turner Prize in the Tate lol : )
Probably straightened a few of the paintings too... : D

4:57 pm

cybernan

ma 5/12 -- head nurse in the UK

4:57 pm

Babbler

now THAT raised a smile, Anj.... (hate the Turner prize!)

4:57 pm

renfield

are you guys required to stay inside? any evacs?

4:57 pm

Anj

Happy 1, there are 3 ma5/12s...can you narrow it down??

4:58 pm

mab

Who won the Turner? I vaguely remember something....

4:58 pm

artlady

The Turner Prize? Is this an art-related thing? (she perks up her ears..)

4:58 pm

The Happy 1

1 after head nurse

4:59 pm

Anj

Ren, north London and the east are affected...I think folks are just being told to stay inside and shut windows unless they want a nasty cough...

4:59 pm

cybernan

ra 4/5 - think of anger (it rhymes with 5 letter word for anger)

4:59 pm

Babbler

no evacs (that I'm aware of). haven't watched the news yet. plan to later. it's probably worse up near Miya. General advice is to stay indoors.

don't know who won the Turner Prize.... don't care either, it's all a pile of kak.... (imho)

5:00 pm

Babbler

artlady - yes, it's art related. if you look at the website for the Tate Gallery, you should see lots of info.

5:00 pm

Babbler

tell what you think of the entries, artlady. i'd be interested to know.

5:01 pm

The Happy 1

cheers cybernan...probs with screen freeze thot i had that 1

5:01 pm

artlady

Never mind, I looked it up. Not familiar with the art scene over there.

5:01 pm

cybernan

ma 5/12 -- large house ( lord of the ma***)
ma5/12 -- large salt water fish ( ma*** ray)
ma 5/12 -- supermarkets (plural of ma 4/5)

5:02 pm

renfield

ok - on the we network is the 70's fashion "I can't believe i wore that"

5:03 pm

Babbler

art scene is a bit desperate at the minute, artlady. not much talent around.... no one's catching my eye anyway.

5:04 pm

artlady

Gee, a watercolor of a cactus on a bike...

5:05 pm

cybernan

I'm off to Christmas greenery arrangements for either side of our front door -- see you at the flip.

Thanks for all the help, everyone.

5:05 pm

Babbler

you looking at the turner prize entries, artlady? I read about them in the papers...... daft aren't they?

5:05 pm

artlady

Gordon's gin sponsors it? Do you suppose they drink a lot of gin before selecting the winner?

5:05 pm

Anj

...it was won by a wooden thing entitled ShedBoatShed by a guy called Simon Starling. It sounds exactly as it looks and that's meant to be conceptual art?

5:07 pm

Babbler

shedboatshed...... what a name.... ! : )

5:07 pm

cybernan

Anj -- that even made the front section page of our newspapers -- I think they'd had more than a few glasses of gin before choosing the winner!

5:07 pm

renfield

enjoy nan - be artistic!

5:07 pm

artlady

Looks like the Tate likes installations. Two of the top 3 were installation artists. Then there's the black paintings by the third.

5:07 pm

artlady

Time to run to the grocery store. Later!

5:08 pm

cybernan

Bye ArtLady -- bye all :)

5:09 pm

Anj

You're not wrong there Cyber...

It's like Tracy Emine's bed thing. I just don't get it... I struggle with Damien Hirst as well : /

5:09 pm

The Happy 1

pls help!
ma5/12 middle 1 i think
ha6/33

5:10 pm

Babbler

me too, Anj. They're revered, but I can't see why.

5:11 pm

renfield

artlady - will you shop for me as well?

5:11 pm

Anj

Happy 1, have you got the Ray? Like a chnat without the R : )

5:12 pm

The Happy 1

ye just need ha6/33 now thnx

5:12 pm

Anj

Babs, they are revered to a certain, influential set and that's the problem. It's just art for art's sake...

5:13 pm

Anj

Happy 1, Mr Solo from Star Wars, plus the letter you see through, then what sounds like a baby crying : )

5:14 pm

Babbler

agreed, Anj. and isn't it funny it's always the Hoxton Set who seem to decide these things.....?. grrr.... not loving that lot at all.... :/

5:15 pm

licketySplitAUS

bab... what is a Hoxton Set?

5:18 pm

Anj

Babs, I just don't like being told what is art. I grew up in Plymouth so I've been exposed to Robert Lenkiewicz all my life and although his themes are a little disturbing at times, he was still a bl**dy good artist.

5:19 pm

Babbler

Hoxton Square is a square towards the east end of London, but it's still fairly central. It's run down, cheap and very popular with artists and arty type people. (not so cheap nowadays, but still some hovels to be found). They think they're IT, and stand opposed to Notting Hillbillies, who also think they're IT.....

5:19 pm

The Happy 1

hoorah!!
*dances round room relieved 2 b finished at last*
thnx anj :)

5:19 pm

Babbler

I'll look him up, Anj.... I'm rubbish at names, but I do have a good visual memory,so I may have seen his work.

5:19 pm

Anj

y/w Happy 1 - well done : )

5:20 pm

evanonut

does anyone think it odd that my mother in law just super glued a swarovski crystal to her nose?

5:20 pm

licketySplitAUS

happy gets *~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

5:21 pm

Anj

Evanonut...that's an interesting mental picture. Could be looking at the next Turner prizewinner there : )

5:21 pm

The Happy 1

u do it with such style likety

5:21 pm

licketySplitAUS

evan... it's the "thing" to do these days... I think Paris Hiton did that last week

5:22 pm

evanonut

i'm sure it's fine going off, i'm just thinking the coming off might be a bit painful.

5:22 pm

mab

Just looked. Simon Starling and his bicycle in the desert, plus watercolors.

5:22 pm

licketySplitAUS

thanks happy!

5:22 pm

renfield

did she use gorilla glue? tuff stuff

5:23 pm

The Happy 1

im callin it a nite early start 2morow...cya all real soon

5:23 pm

evanonut

loctite jewelers glue actually

5:23 pm

licketySplitAUS

Gorilla glue?? What would you need to glue to a gorilla?

5:24 pm

renfield

ok - locktite - was it red?

5:25 pm

renfield

i don't know lickety - what you want to glue to a gorilla?

5:25 pm

evanonut

container was blue and white, glue was clear. i'm under the impression is was strong since i use it to affix gems.

5:26 pm

mab

I've glue things to my face, ie a glittering binte, but only with water-based glue.

5:26 pm

evanonut

hmm, suppose i should not worry, it's not my face after all.

5:28 pm

renfield

i gkued some latex to my nose to cover up the pierced hole

5:28 pm

mab

Well, eva, as long as she has a good reason.

5:29 pm

evanonut

i'd call it a good reason, for the fun of it, only tuesday she'll want it gone, and she won't want a mark either.

5:31 pm

renfield

evan - have her put some zinc oxide it then cover w/ pan cake makeup to cover up any mark

5:31 pm

Blaze

hail to all back to find the last of my 70 words...

5:31 pm

evanonut

thanks ren, i'll tell her that as soon as she realizes her mistake.

5:31 pm

mab

Hi Blaze.

5:32 pm

renfield

hi blaze

5:33 pm

Anj

Hi Blaze : )

5:35 pm

evanonut

B-L-A-Z-E

5:36 pm

Blaze

hello back to all..... this was such a fun grid last night ...now it is getting tougher...hmmm what was with the crystal to the nose thing ???

5:37 pm

licketySplitAUS

blaze ... someone creating art on there face I think

5:37 pm

Blaze

wonder what it will look like when the sun hits it....

5:37 pm

evanonut

sorry blaze, my mother in law in a moment of non reason, thought it would be fun to super glue something to her nose.

5:38 pm

mab

Could set her hair on fire.

5:38 pm

renfield

like - crystal blue persuasion

5:38 pm

evanonut

should be brilliant, its swarovski after all.

5:38 pm

Blaze

I have seen the temporary jewels for the nose or where ever. to look like fake peircings....

5:41 pm

Babbler

Anj, I've never seen this guy's work. It is disturbing. I like the crowd one on the first page of his website. I like the blues, greens and turquoises. And I like how busy it is.

5:41 pm

Blaze

reality interlude is needed... will be back.... keep an eye out for human rainbow.....

5:41 pm

evanonut

babbler, who is this - show me

5:42 pm

renfield

ok - time to do my grocery shopping for the week - well not me - i have to drive mez to the store since he no longer drives - i get to wander around the store and sing to the music 8) c ya'll later

5:43 pm

Babbler

Anj mentioned a UK artist, Robert Lenkiewicz, just a little further down the log, if you want to scroll down, Evan...

5:43 pm

Anj

Babs, he always used locals. Just about all his pics are Barbican people. He even used to do murals but his pics are always dark...black backrounds and all that. His self portraits are challenging as well

5:45 pm

Babbler

flippin' eck.... I've been to the Barbican. I was there when it opened!! I've seen that mural he did!! Can't recall it now as it's been over a decade since I last went....

5:45 pm

Anj

Eva, he was a London born artist who moved to Plymouth. His pics change hands for silly money now as he died a few years back...

5:45 pm

evanonut

love it!

5:46 pm

Babbler

am I misreading what I'm reading..... that is the Barbican in London????

5:46 pm

evanonut

i like dark work.

5:46 pm

Anj

Babs, that's the Barbican in Plymouth btw...where his studio was...and still is as far as I know.

5:47 pm

Babbler

thx Anj.... didn't know that..... thought I was going barmy.. :/

5:48 pm

licketySplitAUS

some of his work is confronting... death, handicap... but incredible artist all the same

5:50 pm

Babbler

none of it is flippant, or 'trying' to be anything other than it is. that's what I like. No arty-farty-ness....

5:51 pm

Babbler

do you know what I heard recently? if you go to art school today, the last thing you will learn is how to paint... if at all. how amazing is that?????

5:52 pm

evanonut

hey babs, i'd classify myself as arty farty.

5:53 pm

Babbler

ooops.... best not talk to me then. (heh heh)

5:54 pm

evanonut

i like the challenge of taking something completely mundane and neglected, and turning it into "WOW"

5:55 pm

evanonut

for example, my paper clips which were recently on display in new castle.

5:55 pm

Anj

Nothing wrong with that Evano. I like sculptures that do that sort of thing : )

5:57 pm

evanonut

everyone expects paint to be art, but who would expect a life sized cat made of paper clips?

5:57 pm

Anj

Hey Babs, maybe we should have an art icon day. Pick on a particulat style or artists...or even use paintbox to create our own : )

5:57 pm

Babbler

that's not what I call arty-farty, evan. that's what I call creative.
when I say arty-farty, I mean pretentious, full of hot-air and waffle and investing more than there actually is into something than really is nothing more than you see. (off the top of my head... I'm sure I could come up with a better definition)

5:58 pm

Babbler

great idea, Anj. I've been thinking along those lines. I was thinking Self-Portrait day, if everyone is up to it?

5:58 pm

evanonut

still not getting it babs, what is arty farty again ;-)

5:59 pm

Babbler

gerraway with you, Evan. don't think you'll get me smiling this easily....

5:59 pm

evanonut

i dunno, sure looks like a smile to me 8D

6:01 pm

Babbler

evan, do you remember the guy who was married to Cicciolina, the italian porn star and MP? He made a dog the size of a house, and covered it in flowers? That made me laugh. Oh - Jeff Coons!! He was funny.

6:02 pm

Babbler

Jeff Koons, even.....

6:02 pm

mab

I've been looking at Simon Starling. I'd like to see his lithographs. His installations are not especially striking. I am suspicious when an artist says he is primarily interested in process -- it's selfish somehow and doesn't translate to the viewer of the completed thing.

6:02 pm

Anj

Talking of art, I like the stuff that customisers do with cars/bikes etc. Some of the pieces OCC and Boyd churn out are great : )

6:03 pm

licketySplitAUS

Anj... pimp my ride!

6:04 pm

Babbler

I love vehicle art. I love go-faster stripes! (smiling now).
There's a word for this type of art, what is it?

6:05 pm

evanonut

hmmm babs, i'm not real familiar with porn stars

6:05 pm

licketySplitAUS

Bab... I think the 'pimp my ride UK' version is hysterical... the guy is so funny

6:05 pm

Anj

Lickety, that's sorta tongue-in-cheek for me. But it's better than Pimp My Ride UK which defies description. I would vent my bile but I keep choking on the words and end up sounding like Kif from Futurama lol

6:06 pm

Babbler

Cicciolina became very famous. From porn to italian parliament, or whatever they call it. During the 90s. She's still around. She was on one of our reality shows this year. Good looking woman.

6:07 pm

evanonut

i'll take your word for it babs, i don't think i have much choice really.

6:07 pm

Babbler

I haven't seen Pimp My Ride...... I'll take a look next time it's on...

6:08 pm

licketySplitAUS

bab... brace yourself!!

6:12 pm

Babbler

anyone got um4/7? I'm bored looking for it....

6:12 pm

Babbler

never mind......... stupid word......

6:13 pm

evanonut

yeah babs, the um4/7's get that a lot

6:14 pm

mab

um4 is short for the person who decides on plays in baseball. the full word has the same ending as the bat/person who sucks blood.

6:16 pm

Babbler

Anj, have you finished?

6:17 pm

licketySplitAUS

kids won't go to school! Have to go shopping and don't want to drag them around with me!!

6:18 pm

evanonut

drug them - oops said that aloud again, good thing i don't have any kids.

6:18 pm

Anj

Babs, finished a while back : )

Currently trying to wipe a vision of Tim Westwood out of my mind : /

6:20 pm

Babbler

well done. I still have 49 left. Stopping for something to eat now. back shortly....

6:22 pm

roguegirl

I have 75 words left. I'm sure they are almost all words that start with vowels lol.

6:26 pm

Siamese Lady

Hey - Dutchoven - you there?

6:36 pm

artlady

Darn, I go off to the store and you start talking about art!

6:36 pm

Uneaixoise

any hints on the am7/40?

6:38 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi une -- take the am4/7 and add a dancer ending (baller***)

6:39 pm

Uneaixoise

thanks, GW!

6:40 pm

GreyWoulf

yw

6:42 pm

Anj

Artlady, you missed a good discussion : )

Have you heard of Robert Lenkiewicz then??

6:42 pm

torgone

I thought bonce was a word....?

6:43 pm

Jacula

Torgone. LOL! I just typed that in!

6:44 pm

artlady

THe bits I saw looked interesting. No, I haven't.

6:44 pm

Jacula

Hi everyone. Been out all day. Typing the words I found on paper in now.

6:45 pm

GreyWoulf

If I had a dollar for every variant on 'I thought "*****" was a word' or 'why doesn't it accept "****" ' my Xmas shopping expenses would be covered :D

6:45 pm

artlady

norn is a word too!

6:45 pm

Narnia_fan

Hi guys

6:46 pm

Jacula

Is today an alcohol icon day??

6:46 pm

Anj

Hi Torgone, Jacula : )

Artlady, he's not among us anymore, but he was a very good painter. Google him and check out his site...

6:46 pm

GreyWoulf

see what I mean! ;D

Hi hilaryfan!

6:47 pm

GreyWoulf

(*Jac*)

not alcohol -- brandy in honor of brandyjack

6:47 pm

Narnia_fan

I just got back from the movies

6:47 pm

Jacula

Of course, I also tried typing in Hanoi, Iona, NATO, Utah, Ohio, U-boat, Rambo, Noah and ra**hat, even though I KNEW the grid wouldn't accept them...

6:50 pm

torgone

Anything good showing, hilfan?

6:51 pm

Narnia_fan

yea! I saw The Cronicals of Narnia The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

6:52 pm

GreyWoulf

hilaryfan -- I'm hoping to see that tomorrow -- what did you think?

6:53 pm

artlady

Anj, RO's work is very interesting.

6:53 pm

Narnia_fan

It was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooo good

6:54 pm

artlady

hilaryfan, is it close to the book?

6:54 pm

GreyWoulf

Cool -- now I am looking forward to it even more!

6:55 pm

Narnia_fan

Some of the creatures look really freaky though. it's sort of funny

6:55 pm

periwinkle

may I have clues for the am7 and st8.
Hi everyone!

6:57 pm

Uneaixoise

see greywoulf's post at 6:38 for am7

6:57 pm

GreyWoulf

peri - clue for am7 at 6:38

6:57 pm

helenary

Hello everyone..sorry to interrupt the interesting chat but am looking for help/clues here..please??
ma6/21 (second one)
mo5/12 (not the currency one)
ha6/33
ta5/16

6:57 pm

Jacula

We went to see 'Flight Plan' last night. It was quite good.

6:58 pm

Uneaixoise

helen, do you have the death one?

6:58 pm

Uneaixoise

the mo5, that is

6:59 pm

GreyWoulf

Good to hear, Jac -- wish I had the money to see more than one pic a month

6:59 pm

helenary

Une..yes I do

6:59 pm

Uneaixoise

i liked it too, jacula

6:59 pm

Uneaixoise

do you have the water around the castle?

7:00 pm

helenary

ok forgot to plural that one

7:01 pm

periwinkle

Une and Greywoulf, thanks. didn't have the am4 so had to find that one first. never heard of either word

7:02 pm

GreyWoulf

peri -neither had I -- I actually saw the clue earlier today and ran with it :)

7:03 pm

Uneaixoise

any hints on the an8?

7:03 pm

periwinkle

still need help with the st8 and also an8

7:03 pm

GreyWoulf

I don't have any of the 8's yet

7:04 pm

Narnia_fan

how many words does everyone have, i have 38

7:04 pm

Uneaixoise

st8 is "An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its properties"

7:05 pm

Uneaixoise

i've got everything but the an8 . . . .

7:05 pm

periwinkle

GreyWoulf, for the ha8 = think mouth organ or agreeing

7:05 pm

helenary

an8

an +...... a direction without the first letter, and sort of sounds like what you need if you have feet problems

7:06 pm

GreyWoulf

139 here, hilfan -- been bouncing on and off throughout the day :)

7:06 pm

Anj

Une, the an8 is A plus compass point N5 plus the letter you see with and the letter that's between the land and the sky ; )

7:06 pm

artlady

an 8 Having unequal oblique axes; as, a type of crystals.

7:07 pm

artlady

66 to go...

7:07 pm

periwinkle

helenary, thanks, great clue, found the an8

7:09 pm

Uneaixoise

thanks so much, helenary, anj, and artlady!

7:10 pm

helenary

ha6/33 please???
ma6/21 please?? last one

7:10 pm

periwinkle

Hey GW did you get the ha8 yet?

7:10 pm

Jacula

I've come in at 147 words from paper. Got 39 left to find.

7:11 pm

Uneaixoise

ma6 is the woman in charge in a women's prison . . .

7:11 pm

GreyWoulf

not yet -- distracted by daughter and dinner smells ;)

7:12 pm

helenary

thanks Une ..how easy was that

7:12 pm

GreyWoulf

thanks, peri!

7:13 pm

periwinkle

Greywoulf, yvw, glad I could help

7:14 pm

torgone

I'll pay a dollar for an ha8 clue . .

7:15 pm

Uneaixoise

torgone, LOL!!!!

7:15 pm

Jacula

ha6/33 - take the first three letters of the 'ha' you have at the end of each arm, then add a vowel that sounds like what you see through, then go briefly to Western Australia.

Hope that helps!

7:15 pm

Frances

torgone
ha8 think sweet sounds

7:16 pm

Jacula

Torgone - ha8/55 - Think of an endless mouth-organ.

7:16 pm

Anj

...munch, munch, munch??

Oops, back to art, lol...

7:16 pm

Babbler

Phil-h8 Orchestra.....

7:17 pm

Babbler

very good, Anj : )

7:18 pm

torgone

Bab, Jac, Frances - Your dollars are in the mail. Thank you!!

7:18 pm

artlady

Hey Babs, how could you orchestrate an art discussion while I was at the store???

7:18 pm

Jacula

Anj - The Scream could be most Babblers' icons when they sign in and see a 400+ grid.:-)

7:19 pm

helenary

very clever clue Jac..thankyou

7:19 pm

Babbler

well, I think you kind of started it, wondering what the Turner Prize was, and then we ran with it.....

7:20 pm

GreyWoulf

I must be hungry cos I am still not seeing the an8

7:21 pm

Frances

torgone
you're welcome. Off to bed now as it is nearly 1.30am. Nite all

7:21 pm

helenary

ta5/16 stumped on this one to finish.

7:22 pm

GreyWoulf

helen - add a consonant to the 4/7

7:23 pm

artlady

I should have gone without the milk, bread, oranges...and stayed for food for the soul!

7:23 pm

periwinkle

GW, I got the an8 from helenary's clue at 7:05, check it out and see if it helps you

7:23 pm

Frances

helenary
ta5/16 ta plus something to put your hamburger in

7:24 pm

Babbler

tell you what, Artlady, Anj had a great idea for an art day. Would you like to make it more specific?

7:24 pm

helenary

Thank you GW and France...Is it all over at 186??

7:24 pm

Babbler

Frances, may I have a clue for the ta4/5 directly below the word you just gave a clue to, pls?

7:25 pm

Frances

Babbler
ta4/5 ta plus abbr 60 mins

7:25 pm

Anj

Lol Jac, I'm not sure I could handle a logful of Screams, classic art or no : )
We would have to change the theme hourly or go quietly insane I think : D

7:26 pm

helenary

a ban or prohibition ta

7:26 pm

Narnia_fan

does any one have another clue for ha8

7:27 pm

Babbler

thx frances, gottit

7:27 pm

Frances

Babbler
You're welcome

7:28 pm

GreyWoulf

peri - I saw that and the other clues and the old brain is just not processing them effectively

7:28 pm

helenary

what is the end count please?

7:29 pm

GreyWoulf

186 is the total for today, helen -- sorry missed you before

7:29 pm

artlady

Babbler, an art day would be fun. Could we do it on a weekend? I don't have much time to play during the week right now and I'd like to "be here."

7:29 pm

Frances

helenary
186/2222

7:30 pm

Babbler

sure thing, artlady. you pick the day and the theme : )

7:31 pm

helenary

Thank you GW. I asked because there seemed to be a discrepancy arount the early ta's from the BJ list and what I came up with. Anyway alls well that ends well. Finito. How are yoy?

7:32 pm

periwinkle

anyone have a clue for the bo6

7:32 pm

helenary

Thanks Frances

7:32 pm

GreyWoulf

not too bad -- twisted something in my back last night - but muscle relaxants and time off from work are helping

7:33 pm

Narnia_fan

Babbler- do you have clues that an 11 year old would understand for ha8?

7:33 pm

Anj

peri, hog plus a cuppa, plural : )

7:33 pm

Jera

Greetings, all...stuck on the wi4/8... help, please?

7:33 pm

helenary

just had accapuncture for my twisted back and it came good immediately

7:34 pm

Frances

periwinkle
bo6 bo plus plural of the main chat topic tonight

7:34 pm

periwinkle

Anj, thanks, took me a while to decipher your clue but found the bo6

7:34 pm

helenary

wi4/8 that fella who loiters around the bar after it has closed

7:35 pm

GreyWoulf

hilfan -- for ha8 -- think of the actor from Freaky Friday from 2 years ago -- Mark Ha****then add an ic to the end

7:35 pm

beebee

an8- an + (some people who are crippled wear ****oped** shoes) the letters that are *'s

7:36 pm

Babbler

hilary - you know the mouth organ that lots of kids get to play music on? do you know the other name for it? drop the last letter of that name....

if you don't know it - the first part of the word is your ha4/6, + opp of off + ic

7:36 pm

GreyWoulf

beebee - I could kiss you! (*HUG*)

Thanks!

7:37 pm

beebee

gw- yw

7:37 pm

Jera

helen, that didn't help me...

7:37 pm

Jera

Oh brother... I've been haunting the wrong W... got it, thanks... please pass the fish!

7:38 pm

GreyWoulf

Jera -- wi4 = opposite of lose + 4th vowel

7:38 pm

Narnia_fan

thx Gw and Babbler!

7:38 pm

helenary

jera

change the last letter of that red/white drink we have when we go to dinner

7:38 pm

Narnia_fan

Got to go eat dinner-later

7:38 pm

Frances

jera
wi4/8 one who drinks too much from a bottle of wi_ _

7:40 pm

periwinkle

may I have a clue for the un5

7:40 pm

beebee

un+opposite of woman

7:41 pm

GreyWoulf

helan - re: bad back -- if I had the money to spare I would see the doctor to confirm the suspected herniated disc I may have -- and then I would consider an accupuncturist

7:41 pm

helenary

peri.. un + not a woman

7:42 pm

periwinkle

helenary, found the un5 right before I saw your clue, thanks

7:43 pm

helenary

GW...I understand you back predicament and wish you did not have to be uncomfortable!!

7:43 pm

periwinkle

thanks beebee

7:44 pm

GreyWoulf

helen - at least it is only uncomfortable, but not immobilising in intensity :)

7:45 pm

TL

Does anyone know of a better word finder than A2Z ? It seems to lack alot of words.

7:45 pm

helenary

yup that is good..ok..must go and thanks for the help

7:46 pm

GreyWoulf

So long, helenary -- see you soon :)

7:47 pm

Anj

Right, i'm off to pay Morpheus my respects before he puts out an APB on my conscious thoughts...
Night all, have fun - back tomorrow : D

7:48 pm

Babbler

nite nite Anjypops. sleep well honeybunch : )

7:48 pm

mab

Night Anj, Helenary.

7:48 pm

artlady

Good night, Anj.

7:48 pm

GreyWoulf

G'nite Anj -- give him my regards, please -- haven't seen much of him lately myself :)

7:49 pm

Jacula

Night Anj & Helenary. (Sorry, was off seeking words and making an icon. Pity you can't read what The Scream is saying! It's 'HOW MANY WORDS??' LOL.)

7:50 pm

LeslieAnn

that's pretty funny jacula

7:50 pm

Babbler

artlady, did you see my reply a few posts back? (scroll down a little)

7:50 pm

artlady

Lol, Jac

7:54 pm

GreyWoulf

Back in a bit -- time to put the baby to bed and clean up the maelstrom that is the living room

7:56 pm

Jacula

'Bye Wolfie.

8:05 pm

licketySplitAUS

This puzzle has me stumped! Can't finish it... off to sulk now

8:06 pm

beebee

oh lickety- you can do it

8:12 pm

harpjane

evening

8:15 pm

Jacula

I'm all done.

8:15 pm

artlady

Congrats, Jac! I still have 25 to go.

8:16 pm

artlady

hello, ha4/6 jane!

8:16 pm

beebee

hey harp- i see you made it to the grid

8:17 pm

aknitter

rh 5/12 --- it's driving me CRAZY!!

8:17 pm

licketySplitAUS

jac gets *~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

8:18 pm

artlady

aknitter, think wild African animal with horns on the nose...

8:18 pm

beebee

rh- is cute, but mean- i see them at the zoo

8:18 pm

artlady

lickety, great fireworks!!

8:18 pm

aknitter

oh my God, are you kidding me?? I deserved to be trampled by that RH***

8:19 pm

Jacula

The rh's powdered horn is, unfortunately, believed by some to be an aphrodisiac.

8:19 pm

licketySplitAUS

thanks art!

8:19 pm

Jacula

Lickety - Thanks for the fireworks.:-)

8:21 pm

scatty

17 to go, i'm getting slower by the minute

8:22 pm

beebee

my last 3- can anyone help? please and thank you
TA-6/24
TA-5/18
TR-5/14 (2nd one)

8:23 pm

GreyWoulf

I'm back!

aknitter -- that's how I felt when the rh was in the grid the other day :D

8:23 pm

artlady

Scatty, same here. I type words (I think) but they don't appear...finger fatigue, I guess.

8:23 pm

GreyWoulf

26 to go here

8:24 pm

Babbler

um...... 5...

8:24 pm

artlady

21 here...can't count, either

8:28 pm

artlady

15

8:28 pm

Babbler

........ finished

8:28 pm

Jacula

TA6/24 - Plural of the word above it.

8:29 pm

beebee

way to go- babbler- yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

8:30 pm

Jacula

tr5/14 (2nd one) - same as th 1st tr5/14 but with a round vowel.

8:30 pm

beebee

Thank you, jacula- i have been searching and searching

8:30 pm

Jacula

WELL DONE BABBLER.

8:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello, everyone!

8:31 pm

licketySplitAUS

babbler gets *~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

8:31 pm

artlady

More fireworks, lickety, for Babbler!

8:32 pm

Jacula

ta5/18 - sounds a bit like a brown owl but ends in an abbreviated 'for instance'.

8:32 pm

Babbler

thanks, guys. cor, those fireworks are cool!

8:32 pm

Jacula

Speaking of owls - Hiya Temple.:-)

8:32 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi Temple -- how's tricks?

8:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

that was a timely entrance! yea babs!

8:35 pm

licketySplitAUS

*~*~!~!~!~*~W*~*o*~*W~*!~!~!~* ~*

8:37 pm

artlady

Hi TempleOwl

....8 to go...

8:37 pm

renfield

back from the store -

8:39 pm

beebee

thx jac!!!!
hey temple and ren

8:39 pm

Jacula

Hiya Renfield.

Artlady - need any help?

8:39 pm

GreyWoulf

I am feeling really dense right now -- have only found 4 more bringing me to 22 to go

And the worst part is that 4 letter words are eluding me!

8:39 pm

renfield

hey hey!

8:40 pm

artlady

Ren, my little jaunt to the grocery store cost me almost $100, with very little to purchase. Sigh.

8:40 pm

artlady

Just finishing up the last 4 w's, Jac. Thanks

8:40 pm

Narnia_fan

Hi again

8:41 pm

torgone

Did you bring me some candy?

8:41 pm

Narnia_fan

Hey Jacula- what does you picture say?

8:42 pm

renfield

i've got candy, cookies, ice cream , popcicles- even stopped at taco bell

8:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi artlady, babs, beebee, h*jane, hilaryfan,jacs, licketysplit,renny, torgone, woulfie

8:42 pm

Jacula

Hilary - It says 'HOW MANY WORDS??'

8:43 pm

artlady

Ben and Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk was on sale at my store...bought 2!

8:43 pm

licketySplitAUS

Hi Owl!

8:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey renny - got to watch that shopping - i sustained a shopping injury to my finger today - making it extremely diificult to type!

8:45 pm

artlady

All finished!

8:45 pm

Narnia_fan

any clues for a except for am4/6-=related to a guitar

8:45 pm

Jacula

I've just eaten a leg of Southern fried chicken. I might have another. I feel very hungry all of a sudden. Had dinner out and early (as in at lunchtime) today. I'm now trying to remember if my other half wanted me to wake him up for work at 2.45am or 3.45am. Um... don't want to do him out of an hour's sleep if I get it wrong, or make him an hour late if I get it wrong the other way.:-/

8:45 pm

sillycow

hi, uhm.. im just wondering how many words are there in this puzzle?

8:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay art lady!

8:46 pm

Jacula

WELL DONE ARTLADY.

8:46 pm

renfield

i'm comng over to your house artlady -

t-owl - how did you hurt your finger?

8:46 pm

Babbler

congrats artlady!

8:46 pm

scatty

all finished, you just beat me artlady, well done

8:46 pm

licketySplitAUS

artlady gets *~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

8:47 pm

artlady

Ok, Ren. You can have one carton, I'll have the other. I still have a third in the freezer...any takers!

8:47 pm

Jacula

Temple - A shopping injury? I'm intrigued.

8:47 pm

renfield

way to go artlady - now - can we have that ny fudge b&j????

8:47 pm

Babbler

congrats scatty!

8:47 pm

Jacula

WELL DONE SCATTY.

8:47 pm

renfield

ok scatty - do you want some of artlady's ice cream?

8:47 pm

artlady

Thanks, scatty, you too!

Thank you lickety! Awesome fireworks! (Gee, I sound like my students)

8:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

i picked up a set of car mats and something on the hanger punctured my finger...it was pretty gross - could not believe how much blood - yuck!

8:48 pm

Jacula

Sillycow - 186 words today.

8:48 pm

scatty

jacula, if i wake my hubby up early by mistake he thinks he in for a promise

8:48 pm

artlady

Not pleasant, Temple! The dangers of shopping...

8:48 pm

Jacula

Scatty - ROFLOL.

8:48 pm

renfield

blood? did you bandage it?

8:48 pm

sillycow

thank you Jacula

8:49 pm

artlady

So, Jacula, which will it be? Early for the promise...?

8:49 pm

Jacula

Blood? Oh! Hold me back, Renfield. LOL.

8:50 pm

Jacula

ARTLADY!8-O

8:50 pm

renfield

t-owl - you can't say the b word around the mistress of the dark!

8:50 pm

torgone

Congratulaions, brave finishers!!

8:50 pm

Babbler

artlady, did you decide what day and what art theme you'd like?

8:50 pm

artlady

Hey, don't blame me! Scatty started it!

8:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

*looks sheepish* oh....

8:51 pm

artlady

(again, just like my students..."she did it!")

8:52 pm

scatty

how come i got the blame , you forgot what time to wake him up or have you forgotten for a reason,snigger snigger

8:52 pm

artlady

Hi again Babbler. Gee, I didn't realize the awesome responsibility I was accepting. How about ... artists who won't win the Turner? (No, too esoteric)

8:52 pm

artlady

AFter all, I just learned about it myself...

8:53 pm

artlady

Ren, you got a little too excited about the blood bit.

8:53 pm

artlady

Babbler, Saturday would be great. It's the first day of my 2+ week Christmas break.

8:54 pm

artlady

I'll celebrate by Babbling...although I do that anyway (just with a small b)

8:54 pm

renfield

not be - really - i'm just here to prtect the mistress - it's dark - there's bl*** - and well - you know the story - pardon me boy - is this the transalvation station?

8:55 pm

Babbler

who's your favourite artist, artlady? do you have a particular favourite?

8:55 pm

artlady

Still thinking on the theme...

8:56 pm

Babbler

ok, I'll save Saturday for you. Let me know in the week?

8:56 pm

Jacula

I'm back. I did pick the right time. No time for 'promises' though! LOL.

8:56 pm

artlady

Babbler, I like so many it's hard to narrow it down. How about everyone just does their own favorite artist? Maybe I'll do a Stuart Davis thing. I'm teaching about him to my 3rd graders this week...even videotaping the lesson.

8:57 pm

licketySplitAUS

Pet Shop Boys are good artists (video medium)

8:57 pm

artlady

Well, Jac, either "aw shucks" or "whew!" depending on your mood...

8:58 pm

torgone

Bit of luck, Jac!

8:59 pm

Babbler

I've just decided to use Anj's idea for Tuesday, which is kind of similar to that but broader.... I thought you might like something specific?

8:59 pm

GreyWoulf

missing an ab5/18 (have the unit of resistance)
and the ab5/16

8:59 pm

artlady

What is Anj's idea?

9:00 pm

Babbler

same last three letters, GW, just different order, for the ab5/18

artlady - I put it in my biog/handbag

9:00 pm

Babbler

ab5/16: ab + hoop + mother

9:01 pm

GreyWoulf

Thx, Bab (*hug*)

9:02 pm

artlady

I'll wait a while then. Too much overlap. I didn't realize Anj was an artist/connisseur as well.

I'm going to have to SPEAK to him! (jk)

9:04 pm

artlady

connoisseur...can't stand making spelling errors

9:06 pm

Jacula

Artlady - We really must ask Dr_God to provide an edit/delete button on this chat log.

9:07 pm

harpjane

I'm back from the Christmas Music Vortex! Don't have to play anywhere now for almost 20 full hours!

9:08 pm

renfield

hey ha** - you missed me saying a word today!!!!

9:09 pm

GreyWoulf

help with the 1st ha5/14 please?

9:10 pm

harpjane

ren-oh well. never fear. someone will say one sometime!

9:10 pm

renfield

ha 5 = sounds like to take a ch**** - like on a lotto ticket

9:11 pm

GreyWoulf

Thanks ren -- should have seen that one :\

9:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

may i have a clue for the st 8 please?

9:11 pm

renfield

yes ha** - but you always catch us - you're the word monitor

9:12 pm

artlady

Well, if I'd just check before I posted, it would be fine.

BTW, Dr. God wrote about Babbleland in a web design magazine. Mentioned Brandyjack and the entire community and how it's evolved since inception.

9:13 pm

harpjane

ren, it's a niche world. That's my niche.

9:14 pm

licketySplitAUS

soooo... what happens if you accidentally message a puzzle word??

9:15 pm

renfield

st 8 = opposite of weak - last consonent + the ch** pet - ch + t

9:15 pm

GreyWoulf

help with the nu6?

9:16 pm

renfield

ha** yells at you w/ giant megaphone - and everyone hears her 8)

9:17 pm

artlady

Or MamaBear goes "nanana you said a word!"

9:17 pm

renfield

nu 6 = nu 4/8 (without feeling) + ***man (caped crusader)

9:18 pm

GreyWoulf

thx, ren -- thought I tried that

9:18 pm

renfield

yes -where is mama bear?

9:18 pm

artlady

nu6..take the first syllable (how my fingers feel after typing a big puzzle) and add a preposition dealing with place at the end...

9:18 pm

harpjane

And then everyone tries to figure out what the word is!

9:19 pm

licketySplitAUS

so you get a spanking.... ooooooohh!

9:19 pm

GreyWoulf

mama said she was very busy this week with various projects, ren -- if I remember right she has a concert to prepare for this coming weekend

9:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks ren but it's not working for me : (

9:19 pm

artlady

Ok, off for now...Good night everyone and happy babbling!

9:20 pm

GreyWoulf

G'Nite artlady!

9:20 pm

renfield

sorry t-owl - i forgot to say drop the last letter off of nu**

9:20 pm

licketySplitAUS

owl nu+ ***man (friend of robin) -

9:21 pm

renfield

nite artlady - gonna be really jealous of your time off....8(

9:22 pm

renfield

yes ha** - we scroll back and see who said what - it's like chasing a rabbit -

9:23 pm

Mubner

I'm missing two words, dang it....the ha 6/33 and the ta 5/16 (the T in the lower left corner)....any clues from you successful Babblers????

9:24 pm

GreyWoulf

Yes -- finally done!!

9:24 pm

renfield

GREAT WOLFIE!!!!!

9:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

i need the st 8, thanks i have the nu word...

9:25 pm

Jacula

Temple - Have you got the 'nu' clue yet? If not, think what my friend Drac's wings would be if he'd sat on his hands for too long before turning into a creature of the night to fly.

9:25 pm

renfield

st = opposite of weak minus the last consonent then add the cross consonent + 3rd & 1st vowels

9:26 pm

Jacula

WELL DONE WOLFIE.

9:26 pm

renfield

jacula - that's good!

9:27 pm

Jacula

Ren - Only just read your mail. Benn out all day and then frantically 'Babbling'.

9:27 pm

GreyWoulf

Yay! I get fresh baked Xmas cookies!

9:28 pm

Jacula

or even *been out all day.:-(

9:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

got it, thanks!

9:28 pm

scatty

night everyone

9:29 pm

GreyWoulf

G'Nite Scatty (*hug*)

9:29 pm

Jacula

'Night Scatty.

9:29 pm

renfield

happy trails scatty

9:31 pm

Jacula

ta5/16 (lower left) - A poisonous combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents, C5H11N2O2P, used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare.

9:32 pm

licketySplitAUS

greywolfe gets *~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

9:33 pm

Jacula

ha6/33 - take the first three letters of the 'ha' you have at the end of each arm, then add a vowel that sounds like what you see through, then go briefly to Western Australia.

9:34 pm

renfield

babbler had a good clue for ha 6/33 = what's at the end of your arm - the consonent + 3rd vowel + sound a baby makes when they cry

9:34 pm

harpjane

ma 6/21? I have the one that runs a women's prison.

9:34 pm

licketySplitAUS

GREAT CLUE - Jac Attack!!

9:36 pm

renfield

ha 6/21 = plural of ma 5/12 big fancy house

9:36 pm

Jacula

ma6/21 - plural of ma5.12 above it.

9:36 pm

SueL

CAN I PLEASE HAVE A CLUE FOR AB 5 18 BOTH OF THEM
PLEASE.......

9:36 pm

Mubner

TY Renfield and Jacula, perfect clues.....

9:37 pm

harpjane

big fancy house it is. Thank you!

9:37 pm

SueL

Sorry for the caps..

9:38 pm

GreyWoulf

Thanks for the fireworks, lickety :)

Just so people know, I have opened a yahoo account specifically so babble friends can contact me -- I have updated my profile to reflect this. The juno account is too restrictive - it only allows 2 meg of storage for free

9:40 pm

Jacula

Suel - 2nd ab5.18 - The centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic unit of resistance, equal to one billionth of an ohm.

1st ab5/18 - change the last 3 letters of the word clued just above around a bit.

9:40 pm

renfield

ab + 3 letter work like amp meter on *** meter
the nchange the same last 3 letters

9:40 pm

GreyWoulf

oh and BTW, just shecking through my emails -- mamabears concert was tonight! :)

9:40 pm

GreyWoulf

oops, Checking :\

9:41 pm

Schroeder

Evening/morning/afternoon everyone!! My laptop seems to be working tonight.

9:42 pm

renfield

that's nice wolfie - all of the schools and churches around us are having specials

9:42 pm

renfield

hey shro - long time no see!!!!!

9:42 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi Schroeder!
(*hug*)

I was thinking of you today as I was dancig around the house with my daughter :)

9:42 pm

Jacula

Hi Schroeder.

Wolfie - Do you have MSN Messenger?

9:44 pm

GreyWoulf

Jac -- I don't have any sort of messenger -- I've never had anyone I needed to chat with while online before :)

9:44 pm

Jacula

Just listening to Lyn Skyn's 'Sweet Home Alabama' in my headphones now. O/H just gone off to work.

9:45 pm

licketySplitAUS

what the heck type of word is ab5/18!! Only an engineer can come up with that one!

9:45 pm

Jacula

Wolfie. Okay. I only asked because the y'hoo accounts work on MSN Messenger.

9:45 pm

renfield

suel - did you get the abs?

9:45 pm

Jacula

Lickety - LOL.

9:46 pm

Schroeder

Oh GW, how fun for you!! *hug*
Ren you haven't been dancing without me have you...

9:46 pm

GreyWoulf

Jac - I'll look into it then :)

9:47 pm

SueL

No iI didn't. I must have taken a dumb pill today
because I just can't get these two words.

9:47 pm

Jacula

Okay Wolfie.

9:48 pm

harpjane

na5/22?

9:48 pm

zubie

I'm back

9:48 pm

renfield

no shro - i've had happy feet - but no dancing

9:49 pm

renfield

me to jacula - i didn't know that

9:49 pm

Jacula

Suel - let's try another way with the first ab... A Big Old Mama Holds Out.

9:49 pm

Jacula

Hang on! Forget the 'Old' in that.

9:50 pm

GreyWoulf

Zubie!!

I've got some great pics for you from the snow I got -- including a pic of Kristianna with her first ever snowman! Now I just need to figure out what's up with my printer and I can send them to you :D

9:50 pm

Jacula

Renfield - Didn't know what?

9:51 pm

Jacula

Suel - for the 2nd 'ab' just c&p my definition and Google it.

9:53 pm

renfield

na 5/22 = na + cotton s*** (like a q-tip) (sounds like sob)

9:53 pm

zubie

Woohoo GW! :D Thanks!

Hey, have you finished? I left off at 116 yesterday and didn't intend to return. :D I'm back though.

9:53 pm

renfield

about msn messanger

9:54 pm

SueL

To hold out is to abstain and that is not there.

9:54 pm

GreyWoulf

finished a short while ago, zubie

Lickety gave me fireworks and everything :D

9:55 pm

Jacula

Renfield - hotmail a/c's work there and I think y/hoo ones do, too.

9:56 pm

harpjane

na 5/22? I'm dying out here folks!

9:58 pm

zubie

Yayyy! Fireworks! Do you think I could hide in the shadows and pretend that I've finished too, GW? ;D

9:59 pm

Jacula

na5/22 - another word for an nab**. A governor in India under the Mogul Empire.

9:59 pm

GreyWoulf

zubie - you've got 2 hours to get 70 words... why not finish for real?

10:00 pm

Jacula

Got 'Eve of Destruction' Barry McGuire in my headphones now.

10:00 pm

renfield

na 5/22 = na + cotton s*** (q-tip) sounds like mob)

10:01 pm

Jacula

Deep Purple's 'Smoke on the Water' now - one of the two songs banned in guitar shops. LOL. (The other is Led Zep's 'Stairway to Heaven'.)

10:01 pm

renfield

omg jacula - i was just singing that one! no music playing here

10:02 pm

SueL

renfield and jacula thank you for your help but i think
i am now so sleepy i am brain dead. good night and thank you>

10:02 pm

renfield

suel - did you ever get the abs?

10:02 pm

Jacula

Spooky, Rennie!

Joe Walsh and 'Rocky Mountain Way' will be up next.

10:02 pm

harpjane

I learned to play Stairway to Heaven on the ha** because people are always asking me to play it! Sounds like elevator music. (But I've heard WORSE elevator music!) Thanks for the na clue.

10:02 pm

zubie

GW - :P :P

:D

Ok. [Grumble grumble] I will, since this and the next grid will probably be my last for a while.

I'm on 120 now.

10:03 pm

SueL

no, I just can't think any more.

10:03 pm

GreyWoulf

Jac - just looking at the yahoo site right now -- yahoo messenger and MSN messenger will be able to interconnect by sometime next year-- they are hoping for by June :)

10:03 pm

Jacula

Harp - my ex-hubby used to do a fantastic version of Stairway on guitar.

10:03 pm

renfield

ok - a re you sure you don't want to try?

10:04 pm

SueL

no i need 19 more and i just can't think.

10:05 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - well, you pick whichever one suits you best. No reason why you can't have both unless you're pushed for space. Of course, IE also has it's own 'Messenger' as standard. I can also talk on that.

10:05 pm

GreyWoulf

zubie -- how long a while? and why? (if it's not too personal)

10:05 pm

SueL

thank you any way.

10:05 pm

nava

hey guys. i just started this puzzle. busy weekend. any hints for the 8 letter words?

10:06 pm

harpjane

tu 5/14 and tu6/24?
45 words to go. Will I finish?

10:06 pm

Jacula

Suel - go back and look at the last lot of 'ab' clues I gave you again. I'm sur you'll get them. The first is an acrostic and the 2nd you can Google.

10:06 pm

renfield

ok - suel
ab + My Help Over
ab + Oh Help Me

10:07 pm

zubie

Did you notice how "ankle-y* this grid is, GW? :D

10:07 pm

Jacula

tu5/14 & 6/24 - bodily growths you would NOT want to have.

10:07 pm

GreyWoulf

speaking of which, have you been maintaining your hydration levels, zubie?

10:08 pm

Jacula

Renfield - Great clues!

10:08 pm

renfield

tu 5/14 - cancer tu*** or barin tu*** - then plural

10:08 pm

zubie

Remember the holiday, GW? That's why. :D The ankle gets to rest finally ;)

The rest probably in an e-note to your address. :D

10:09 pm

GreyWoulf

Gotcha, zubie (*Hug*)

10:09 pm

renfield

that's brain tu***

10:09 pm

SueL

Got them very clever renfield. lol

10:09 pm

zubie

No, GW. [hangs head] Yesterday I had a whopping cold and was wondering why I was sooooooo thirsty. That was in the evening and then I realised I'd not drunk a drop of water all day. :o

And I remembered you, Blaze and Babbler at that moment and rushed off to drink water. :D

10:10 pm

Jacula

Harp - the 'tu's' are spelled the US not the UK way.

10:11 pm

GreyWoulf

lol, zubie -- sorry to hear you've been ill

10:11 pm

Jacula

Zubie, you must stay hydrated! *Jac pushes her water filter jug over to Zubie.*

10:12 pm

harpjane

thanks jac "jac used a wooooord, jac used a wooord...)

10:13 pm

Jacula

This house has been full of cold-ridden folks for a fortnight now. Son's still using tissues hand over fist, daughter's got an unshiftable, wracking cough and sort of stepdaughter is a one girl 'snot factory'!:-(

10:13 pm

SueL

Do any of you like rock music? My 25 year old son sings
in a rock band. He can play almost any instrament
you put in front of him I can play the radio>

10:13 pm

renfield

thanks master 8) - i guess i should say msitress *as in elira - mistress of the dark)??

10:14 pm

Jacula

Suel - do I like rock music? Do I need to breathe to live??? LOL.

10:15 pm

renfield

we rock around the clock suel!
see what i mean about ha** !!!! 8)

10:15 pm

zubie

Sent, GW.

10:15 pm

Jacula

Renfield - 'Mistress' will do fine. LOL.

In my headphones now, The Band and 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down'. Though I prefer Joan Baez's version.

10:16 pm

renfield

ok - putting on glasses - elvira - mistress of the dark

10:17 pm

licketySplitAUS

has anyone finished??... had to run away to make cookies for the kids!

10:17 pm

Jacula

Harp - oh my goodness! So I did (use a word). ROFLOL.

10:17 pm

renfield

you can't raise a caine back up when he's 6 feet deep

10:18 pm

SueL

He plays alot of hard rock too. I guess it's my age but
i can just take alittle of it at a time. I like rock but
hard rock is tough on my ears.

10:18 pm

zubie

Thanks, Jacula! :D *Eyes water filter*

10:19 pm

Jacula

Suel - am playing Don McLean's 'American Pie' now, about the death of Buddy Holly. That's soothing and sing along, surely?

10:20 pm

renfield

or is it you can't raise a caine back up when he's in defeat?

10:20 pm

Jacula

Zubie - no good you eyeing th water filter! The 'word' - It's one of the musical instruments in the grid that Jane was referring to! LOL.

10:21 pm

SueL

Jacula That's a good song you have good taste in music.

10:21 pm

Jacula

Renfield - Raising Caine. What are you on about? LOL.

10:22 pm

Blaze

hello back from reality pause... good to hear that you are drinking water Zubie....
Eva -- Now about that prism in the nose what was the out come...((hehe))

10:22 pm

renfield

i was singing the night they drove old dixie down - and suddenly couldn't remember the line - 8)

10:23 pm

SueL

you need a karoke screen in front of you.

10:24 pm

Jacula

Oh, sorry, Renfield, you mean Virgil Caine. It's ' You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat'.

10:25 pm

renfield

we do need a karoke screen w/ a sound button so we can hear woflie do his roy orbison growl

10:25 pm

SueL

Turning in for the night thanks again for the clues and enjoy your music. good night

10:25 pm

GreyWoulf

(*Grrooowrr*)

10:26 pm

zubie

Lol, Jacula!

10:26 pm

renfield

good nite suel

10:27 pm

renfield

there's that roy orbison growl - thanks wolfie!

10:27 pm

GreyWoulf

Sleep Well, SueL!

10:27 pm

scatty

i;m back, couldn't sleep, my back wont stop spasming so i gave up and thought i would see what you are all gassing about

10:27 pm

Jera

Just need 4 more to finish... could I have some help with second ta5/10... I have the poison one...

10:27 pm

Jera

Also need na5/22, please...

10:29 pm

renfield

ta 6/10 ta*** like the long ranger's american indian side kick

10:29 pm

scatty

for na think of a spiders spindly thing and put the first vowel instead of the second

10:31 pm

Jacula

on phone at mo.

10:31 pm

renfield

na + cotton s*** (q-tip) sounds like mob

10:32 pm

Jera

Got the ta... spider's spindly thing... not so clear...

10:32 pm

renfield

ok mistress

10:32 pm

scatty

what do spiders spin===

10:32 pm

Jera

Got it, thanks renfeld...

10:33 pm

Scarlet16

hello..new here

10:33 pm

Jera

Now I just need the ha4/8 & the first ha5/14 (1st 2 H's)... TIA!!

10:34 pm

licketySplitAUS

scarlet HI!

10:35 pm

renfield

howdy scarlet

10:36 pm

harpjane

are there any words that start with to?

10:36 pm

licketySplitAUS

Can someone please help me get my head out of the salami & cheese plate??

10:36 pm

GreyWoulf

Welcome to the fold, scarlet

Ask us anything you want to know and we will help you the best we can :)

10:36 pm

renfield

ha 8 = ha 4/6 (right above ha 8)+ opposite of off + frozen water - e

10:37 pm

renfield

no to ha**

10:37 pm

tabbycat

Been out of town and just started this grid. How many words are there? Babblers Anon doesn't seem to be working for me.

10:37 pm

GreyWoulf

no, harpjane, no to's

10:38 pm

GreyWoulf

tabby - that's odd, I'm in there right now...

there are 186 words today

10:38 pm

scatty

ha 4 is a dangerous pit viper, the second part of the word is( little --- peep

10:39 pm

harpjane

Good. Now would someone please put me out of my misery with a clue for ta 4/6 and 5/18?

10:39 pm

Jera

Sorry I'm not very chatty... it's cold & hubby is waiting to log in for work... hate to leave with 2 words to go (not that I'm obssessive or anything)...

10:39 pm

renfield

ha 5 = ha + rhymes w/to take a ch**** on winning the lottery

10:40 pm

renfield

ok jera -

10:40 pm

Jera

ty renfield... ow just that ha4/8 & I'm done!!

10:40 pm

tabbycat

Never mind...must have done something wrong. I got into babbler anon now.

10:41 pm

GreyWoulf

Scarlet ---

to find out info about the grid, click on the Babblers Anonymous link in the Friends of Babble box to the right, then click on the General Topic, and then the Daily Stats Topic --

There you will find a breakdown of how many words total in the grid broken down by starting letter and quantity, and further down by 1st two letters, word length and point score

10:41 pm

renfield

ta 4/6 = like a city on the west coast of florida ta** - pa
ta 5 = plural of ta 4/6

10:42 pm

renfield

ha + 2nd letter of the alphabet + 5th vowel

10:42 pm

scatty

i think the monkey in aladin is called ha--

10:43 pm

crash-cool

any clues for ha 6/33

10:44 pm

renfield

thanks scatty - i've never seen that movie - i'll catch it next time it's on disney channel

10:44 pm

Jera

Last one had to be a snake... thanks all for the help... can i return any favors??

10:45 pm

renfield

jera - get warm 8)

10:45 pm

harpjane

ta 5/18?

10:45 pm

harpjane

th 6/21?

10:45 pm

Jera

No H in the monkey's name (we just got that one as an early holiday present), but good clue for those who know it

10:46 pm

GreyWoulf

Ren - you have to!! Robin Williams as the Genie was in such top form it is amazing -- the animators actually had trouble keeping up with all his adlibs in his dialogue :D

10:46 pm

scatty

crash-cool the last two letters for ha6 are the sound a baby makes, hope that helps,,,end of the alphabet

10:46 pm

licketySplitAUS

jera gets *~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

10:46 pm

renfield

ha 6/33 - thing at the end of you arm - last consonent + 3rd vowel + sound a baby makes when crying

10:47 pm

Jera

Too tired for happy dance of doneness... dancing inside though...

10:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

goodbye everyone! see you later!

10:47 pm

Jera

th6/21 = below your chin...

10:48 pm

scatty

renfield you gave me that clue earlier on, its a good one when you get the gist of the middle clue

10:48 pm

GreyWoulf

Congrats, Jera -- and I second the motion that you go get warm :)

(*Hug*)

10:48 pm

renfield

ta 6/18 = ta + plural of I (as in us rhymes w/ me) + 2nd vowel

10:48 pm

GreyWoulf

G'Nite Temple -- see you tomorrow :)

10:48 pm

licketySplitAUS

BYE owl

10:49 pm

renfield

sorry - ta 5/18 ha**

10:49 pm

Jera

I concur... nite all... more sociable when the sun is up...

*blows kisses & dances into the moonlight*

10:49 pm

renfield

bye t-owl - see you later

10:49 pm

scatty

jera what the temperature like over there

10:50 pm

renfield

th 6 = what vampires bite

10:50 pm

renfield

sorry mistress 8O

10:50 pm

scatty

ta 5/18 think of an owl and miss the n out

10:51 pm

renfield

danicing in the moonlight jera?

10:52 pm

GreyWoulf

Ren -- it's a witchy thing ;D

10:52 pm

Jacula

lol Renfield.

10:53 pm

harpjane

I'm still not getting the ta 5/18? Is anyone up to the challenge? I'm exhausted but only have a few words to go..... (I can quit any time!)

10:53 pm

renfield

oh 8O - can you explain?

10:53 pm

scatty

ren did you get the t word its at the top of the grid

10:54 pm

GreyWoulf

ta5/18 - t + exclamation of cuteness + 3rd vowel + 2nd vowel

10:54 pm

renfield

ta + What In 'Ell

10:55 pm

renfield

scatty - i've got all the words - i'm just hanging around so i don't have to think about work....8)

10:56 pm

scatty

ren third letter is 23rd in the alphabet

10:56 pm

harpjane

Good boy, ren! I'll give you a "get out of the corner free" card. Seven words to go, all b's I think. Then I get to collapse.

10:56 pm

scatty

ren then two vowels

10:57 pm

scatty

sorry thought you were still stuck on the t

10:57 pm

renfield

thanks ha** - i'll take my get out of timeout free card!

10:58 pm

GreyWoulf

ren - wicca centers around goddess worship as represented by the moon - so many of the rituals involve the moon in some respect -- hence the dancing into the moonlight ;)

10:59 pm

renfield

i'm always stuck on something scatty - you guys are all the pros - i just read what you all publish! 8)

11:00 pm

scatty

i couldn't sleep so i thought i'd see what everyone was up to

11:00 pm

harpjane

Venus is very bright tonight. No where near the moon though. Mars is near the moon tonight. three words to go!

11:01 pm

renfield

wolfie - i understand - i once read a book about planting herbs according to the moon - the hebrew calendar is based on moon cycles - learned 2 things today 8)

11:01 pm

GreyWoulf

scatty -- this is one of the best places to be when you can't sleep -- I have spent many an hour just chatting whether I have finished the grid or not :D

11:01 pm

scatty

missing mamabear, its quiet without the extra chatter

11:02 pm

harpjane

Done. (Face plant into the keyboard....) Goodnight!

11:02 pm

renfield

we all miss mama b

11:02 pm

harpjane

Thank you for all the words!

11:03 pm

renfield

way to go ha** -

11:03 pm

GreyWoulf

Scatty - Mama has been busy with year end projects at work and preparing for her concert at church today so has not had the time to Babble :(

11:03 pm

GreyWoulf

Yay for Harpjane!!!!!

11:04 pm

GreyWoulf

Has anyone seen Smeltzdog? -- haven't heard from him in quite awhile also

11:04 pm

licketySplitAUS

harpjane gets *~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

11:04 pm

scatty

night jarpjane

11:04 pm

harpjane

OK, now I go change into something.....breadlike!

11:05 pm

GreyWoulf

zubie - what's your count?

11:06 pm

scatty

whats the theme for tomorrow, i've got to work out, once i find a pic how i put the last pic up

11:06 pm

renfield

hey wolfie - i meant to tell you the pix i had as an icon the other day - that was a wig - i had been queen esther in a purim play and i was wearing hamen's hat after the play - my hair is not that dark - and hasn't been that long for about 5 years

11:06 pm

Jacula

still on phone.

11:07 pm

zubie

172 now.

11:07 pm

renfield

yes mistress

11:08 pm

scatty

lacula has been on the phone for ages, when i went to bed the phone was in use, it must be red HOT by now

11:09 pm

GreyWoulf

Thanks for the clarification, ren, though, you still looked great! ;)

11:09 pm

harpjane

Jac, are you in the UK? How's the "situation" over there? Is the air clearing up? I understand the fires will have to burn themselves out over the course of a few days. What a miracle nobody was killed.

11:10 pm

Jacula

Scatty - you only went to bed for an hour or less?? Other half will wave to you as he drives by.

11:10 pm

Jacula

Scatty - he's 35 miles from you now.

11:11 pm

GreyWoulf

Harpjane - if you check back through the log , you'll see that Miyavi_fan had her bedroom door blown off by the explosion --- apparently she lives only 2 miles away

11:11 pm

zubie

179

11:12 pm

scatty

harpjane the smoke made it to oxford, so it must be bad round the airports, i know they cancelled alot of flights today

11:12 pm

Narnia_fan

Hello again again

11:12 pm

licketySplitAUS

What happened where?

11:13 pm

harpjane

Yes, I was on this morning when Mya was telling us about the explosion. What a horror!

11:14 pm

scatty

where's he off to then My daughter decided to visit me today after six weeks away and been burried under a duvet all day with the flu, what a nice present to bring home with her

11:14 pm

CJ162003

hi all

11:14 pm

GreyWoulf

lickety - an oil depot in UK blew up -- Babbler posted this link earlier that let's you view the BBC news footage -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/

11:14 pm

zubie

183

11:15 pm

GreyWoulf

hi again again - hilaryfan :D

11:15 pm

renfield

go zubie - go zubie

11:16 pm

GreyWoulf

Yum! Xmas cookie hot form the oven and freshly decorated! --- it's nice to be loved....

11:17 pm

GreyWoulf

go zubie go!

(hmmm... is that anything like 'Run, Lola, Run!' ? )

11:18 pm

LeslieAnn

i cannot for the life of me get the ma 6/21 and ma 5/12 in the middle (right before the planet)

11:19 pm

renfield

wow wolfie - that is love! give her a hug from all of us - then pass the cookies

11:19 pm

Narnia_fan

how do you change your log in name

11:19 pm

zubie

yayyyyyyyy! 186 words 4.68 2222

11:20 pm

GreyWoulf

ma6/21 - plural of 5/12 before it

ma5/12 after the 6/21 -- ma*** ray

11:21 pm

GreyWoulf

Yay for zubie!!!!

11:21 pm

zubie

[Did you get the mail, GW?]

11:21 pm

GreyWoulf

(*passes warm Xmas sugar cookies around*)

Just remember -- I get the plate back!

11:22 pm

LeslieAnn

sorry, gw, i have the m**** ray i am looking for the other 5/12 and plural, i guess then

11:22 pm

GreyWoulf

Yes I did, zubie :)

11:22 pm

renfield

do you ha ma6/21 - like the big fancy house or the ma 6/21 like the ma**** on honor at a wedding

11:22 pm

Narnia_fan

Hello? I asked a question...................... .....

11:23 pm

LeslieAnn

ah, it was the house one. thanks.

11:23 pm

licketySplitAUS

that is one BIG-ASS FIRE!

11:24 pm

GreyWoulf

sorry, hilaryfan -- I don't have an answer for you -- that may be something you have to write to DR_God directly to ask -- Just click on the comment/question button to the right :)

11:24 pm

Jacula

didn't know about fire - we've just listened to news.

11:25 pm

LeslieAnn

or you could just sign up for an account with another e-mail address and have two

11:25 pm

harpjane

Hey! I just realized, I used a word in the log...off to the corner with me.

11:26 pm

zubie

Sugar cookies! Yayy!

[I wanted to nab the plate too!]

11:26 pm

GreyWoulf

harpjane -- get out of there, punishment this late after the fact is meaningless ;)

11:26 pm

scatty

hilaryfan 1 i changed my name when i first started, i didn;t like the other one so i just logged in as a new player

11:27 pm

LeslieAnn

um, jane, you're using a word every time you post.

11:27 pm

GreyWoulf

ROFL, zubie!!

11:28 pm

licketySplitAUS

I have two login names... sometimes I am lickety... other times... well... I will keep you all guessing!!

11:29 pm

Narnia_fan

Thanks! I am going to log in as Narnia, so that will be my name ok- later

11:29 pm

LeslieAnn

hmm apparently the "split" stands for personality :)

11:29 pm

pida 1

does any body have the ha 6/33. Its my last word, and I'm tired

11:29 pm

zubie

*Hunting for the word jane used in the log, just because I've nothing else to do and can't steal the plate*

:D

11:29 pm

renfield

ok hil - ummm - i mean narnia

11:29 pm

CJ162003

there is no way to finish this puzzle guess i'll just hang out

11:30 pm

Jacula

scatty - Other half is right by you now. He's hoping you'll give him a cup of tea and a bacon sarnie!

11:30 pm

Narnia_fan

That did not work it only asked e-mail and password

11:30 pm

licketySplitAUS

CJ, I gave up about 5 hours ago!!

11:30 pm

scatty

it wouldn't let me sent a messege then why

11:31 pm

LeslieAnn

pida, it's weird, so here's the best i can do: ha + two-letter abbreviation for nitrogen + abbreviation for the state of washington

11:31 pm

renfield

ha 6/33 = thing at the end of you arm - last consonent + 3rd vowel + sound a baby makes when crying

11:31 pm

CJ162003

well i guess i should start earlier, and then i won't give up so easy

11:32 pm

CJ162003

lickety aleast you made it 5 hours

11:32 pm

scatty

ran out of bacon sorry but the tea is here if he wants one

11:32 pm

GreyWoulf

zubie - (if you really need the plate you can have it...it's not an heirloom or anything) ;D

11:33 pm

Jacula

Scatty - sausage, eggs or marmalade on toast will do!

11:33 pm

licketySplitAUS

having tea now... equal & skim milk... yuk! but good for my big-a**

11:33 pm

pida 1

thanks renfield. THANK YOU thanks gracias merci ty

11:33 pm

scatty

if the cookie has chocolate it, save one for me

11:34 pm

zubie

Not a question of "need", GW. :D I'm just imagining that it has roses on it so I'm going to nab it!

Plus you said not to - so I had to defy that. ;D

11:34 pm

renfield

COOKIE -

11:34 pm

scatty

got marmarlade, bought it today

11:34 pm

Jacula

13 miles to Oxford, he now tells me. Get the kettle on, Scatty!

11:34 pm

Narnia_fan

Scatty- it didn't work

11:35 pm

Jacula

Thin or thick cut, he want to know Scatty. LOl. Men!

11:35 pm

renfield

zubie - you are mischevious 8)

11:36 pm

licketySplitAUS

Hil, did you log out? (Just in case that is the reason)

11:36 pm

GreyWoulf

No choc cookies tonight, scatty -- just sugar Xmas tree cookies with standard green and red sugar and sprinkle decorations :)

11:36 pm

Narnia_fan

Yes.then it only asked for e-mail, and password

11:37 pm

GreyWoulf

zubie - I knew that -- it's exactly how I would have responded were our positions reversed ;D

11:37 pm

licketySplitAUS

I will give it a go too

11:38 pm

scatty

hilaryfan, you have to start from scratch, as though you have never played before. look up www.playbabble.com , then sign in as new player with new name, good luck

11:39 pm

Narnia_fan

Do I have to pay anothe 10 bucks to become a pro again?

11:39 pm

zubie

But of course, ren!

Ha, GW! What else did you expect from an October born? :P :D

11:39 pm

scatty

can we have some chocolate cookies tomorrow,,PLEASE

11:40 pm

CJ162003

scatty i have oreos

11:41 pm

Jacula

Am off phone now.

11:41 pm

Jacula

Beach Boys in my headphones, 'Good Vibrations'.

11:42 pm

GreyWoulf

Since you ask so nicely, Scatty, yes. Would you like straight choc chip, or peanut butter choc chip cookies?

11:42 pm

scatty

i'm afraid so hilaryfan 1, i hadn't realised you had already paid

11:42 pm

Narnia_fan

I am going to go now, later

11:42 pm

renfield

did you know the regents did barbara ann in 61 before the beach buys? it was on sirius today

11:43 pm

GreyWoulf

hilary -- write to DR_God -- he will probably help you :)

11:43 pm

Jacula

'Bye Hilary.

Wolfie - looks like you lot don't need my cookie recipes! LOL.

11:43 pm

licketySplitAUS

Hil, I tried and it worked... have to log in as a new user first... hope that helped

11:43 pm

renfield

we'll still call you narnia hil

11:43 pm

Narnia_fan

I did, how do i hear back from him htough- will it just pop up?

11:44 pm

renfield

you'll get an e-mail

11:44 pm

scatty

no peanuts, i like eating nuts on their own but don't like them mixed up in anything, i'm fussy like that. my fav choc at the moment are areo's, the round ones that melt in your mouth yum yum

11:44 pm

GreyWoulf

hilary - he will email you directly

11:45 pm

Narnia_fan

Thanks GW- later everyone

11:45 pm

renfield

ok scatty - so do you want chocoate cookies w/ no nuts - just lots of chocoalte - do you like chocolate chip cookies?

11:46 pm

Jacula

Renfield, yes. However, The Beach Boys' sound is unique, I think. Feelgood music.

11:46 pm

scatty

i'm off to bed again, hopefully sleep won't be far behind, see you all tomorrow, looking forward to my choc cookies, night everyone

11:47 pm

GreyWoulf

Jac - Kirsten LOVES to bake, so she has some wonderful cookie recipes. Have you ever made oatmeal raisin cookies with dried cranberries mixed in?

11:47 pm

Jacula

Let's Work Together - Canned Heat playing now.

11:47 pm

renfield

yes - regents kind of lacked that good vib feel good - i once had a boy friend names wendy - wendy - wendy what went wrong - oh so wrong - he moved - we were quite young

11:48 pm

scatty

love choc chip,and bonbons, the only too lots of biscuits that i buy

11:48 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - I'm always on the look out for new recipes. I also adapt recipes myself. We'll have to do some exchanges.

11:48 pm

renfield

come on people - every boy girl woman and man

11:48 pm

GreyWoulf

Good Luck Scatty,
May Morpheus embrace you lovingly and take you to the dreamland of your desires

11:49 pm

GreyWoulf

sounds like a plan, Jac ;D

11:49 pm

Jacula

Scatty! Whadyer mean, 'off to bed'?? Where's Paul's cuppa and toast and marmalade? LOL.

11:49 pm

renfield

nite scatty -

11:49 pm

scatty

finger crossed, night all

11:50 pm

scatty

he must have driven passed, haven't heard a car

11:52 pm

Jacula

Scatty - a car? He's in a 44-ton truck!

11:53 pm

Jacula

Night Scatty.LOL.

11:53 pm

Jacula

I'll bet she looked out of the window!

11:55 pm

Jacula

We're playing out pf the grid with a lazy John Lee Hooker track...

12:00 am

Jacula

EEK! Just spotted new desktop pic. Other half naked except for a santa beard and hat!

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