'Botched' on E! shows how 2 American plastic surgeons repairs surgery that's gone wrong and mainly features large-chested women, with the odd nose thrown in. When the women fling open their tops to...
Wasn't sure where to post this ... I have a pattern to knit a toy dog and it includes wrap and turn (w&t). I've done this before but am baffled by the instruction in this pattern: K3, w&t, p6, w&T,...
Not sure where to post this but can any kind Swedish speaker please translate for me what Peter Haber and Mikael Persbrandt are saying in "Valdigt rolig Beck-blooper" on YouTube?...
Can anyone understand this pattern and I sure as heck can't and I thought I was a seasoned knitter! What, for instance, does "using blue(green/pink) for dot" mean? Also, in Row 1, the instructions K8...
The cryptic clue to a crossword in the Daily Mail was "Sound of horse in 1880 and 1918" and the answer is "neigh". Can someone explain it for me, please?...
Hi, ouibonjour, I hope you're out there! (I meant to post yesterday but forgot!) First of all, who was the "minister" who turned up every 2/3 years and, secondly, who was shot in their car in the...
I've been asked to knit a Hungry Caterpillar but am going spare trying to find some multi-coloured greenish wool for the body. Has anyone knitted this and can recommend a brand and shade, please?
I'm stuck on 4d. (7) "to perform better than one's opponent in a sport" and have O-T-E-Y. I thought it would be outplay but have 11a. as Hellvelyn (a mountain in the Lake District) so I have an E...
A friend has given me a 'knit-you-own-cat' kit (pardon the pun) which she found in a charity shop. The problem is that the instructions are in every language but English. I've searched on the net but...
I started the menopause at about the age of 52 and, although I'm nearly 70, I'm still getting hot flushes. My doctor has told me there's nothing that can be done about it. What's the oldest anyone has...
Got a bit of conflict here! I think 32a. is Etruria: An ancient country of central Italy, between the rivers Arno and Tiber - T ---- A (7) but 29d. A type of shark of Indo-Pacific and Australian seas...
I'm all my 90-year old friend has, poor woman (!), and she has taken out a pre-paid funeral plan which covers most things other than flowers and a bit-of-a-do afterwards. If her money isn't available...
I updated Windows at their suggestion and it took a whole day and half the night and even when it deigned to let me in it went on a go-slow for a while. What do I gain from these updates? Are they...
I bought a packet of mung beans to grow myself and the cover shows them looking like bean sprouts that you'd have in chop suey. Now they're about 4" tall but have 2 green leaves at the top of each...