Congratulations! I've won the pen in the past, but never the money as well :( If you've received a sterling cheque, you may want to pay to frame it rather than pay the charges to swap it into dollars...
.. to answer questions; impossible to read pages; no longer a seamless joy to try and participate. I don't know if my answers have gone through - I frequently get a 'network error' page. Virtually...
Anyone else noticed the increasing frequency with which the same (or very similar) clues are appearing on the same day in different publications' croswords? For example, from yesterday: Times 25,885...
Dear AB Ed, Our dear gamesmaster gen2 is going to hang up his scoreboard at the end of June. 'Long serving member' doesn't do him justice: how about a new award for 'pivot' or 'fulcrum' or 'heartbeat'...
Good morning,all. As seekeerz takes an axe to her motherboard, here are today's shaded clues: 6d Traditional gemstone gift for a 40th anniversary (4) 10d Name of Arya Stark's first sword in the A Song...
Have to spread this:Lions are ready to roar! Hear @BrianODriscoll on the team's preparation ahead of tomorrow's #baabaas game bit.ly/14jUbOS #LionsHSBC...
This is BigMac returning with week three of the May MM Links. I start with a rant: John Terry did not play this week, just as he did not play a year ago. If he respected himself, let alone his...
This is 'Big Mac' returning with week two of the May MM Links malarkey. We approach summer (seem to have by-passed spring) and colleagues talked longingly last week about getting the barbecues out at...
This is BigMac here, with week one of the May MM Links mayhem. Older readers will remember my last series – where I mentioned my love of sport. So following the announcement on Tuesday of the...
This is “BigMac”. First – an apology. My use of a proper name last week caused some anger / confusion. I apologise. In mitigation, the word ‘posh’ was used in my...
So we come to Week Three and my thoughts turn, naturally, to the fantastic day of sport that awaits us. Subject to the weather (this is being written early on Thursday morning), day three of the...
Last week’s intro was rather hurried and I promised gen2 that I’d try and do a little better this week. I wrote this during bank holiday Monday – May Day – whilst at work. In...
Have posted this in fod and drink, but it's a real puzzle to me...>>> OK, love curry, have helped son cook one tonight. BUT how do you clean saucepans, plates etc that have turmeric stains?...
OK, love curry, have helped son cook one tonight.
BUT how do you clean saucepans, plates etc that have turmeric stains?
Any advice / hints / suggestions gratefully received.
BigMac...
Last one: Explosive device whose energy is provided by nuclear fission (1-4) ?B?M? Showing complete lack of scientific education/understanding, is this A-Bomb or H-Bomb? Or indeed, something else?...