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Quiz Scottish Place Names

Can anyone please help, deadline is 30th March. Only obtained this quiz last night did not realise that it has a short time to complete. Managed to get most of them but need still need 11. more. 5....

Connemmara

Hair

I have short straight hair - but have more on top - anyway after you have washed and hot-brushed - can't used tongs or straighteners. Maybe you get a few hours of couple of curls with the help of...

pjwillcox

Tls 965

17a A deceiver of biblical proportions (7) S?A?I?S i've got a mental block on this one. many tks.

shivvy

Poems For An 80 Year Old.

As mentioned in my previous post, my Mum is 80 and has Alzheimers. She has always loved poetry and words so I want to compile a file with poems that she remembers. However I can only remember a few....

andrew1707

Name Of A Poem About Rats

When I was a little boy my mum used to read us a poem about a man being chased by Rats. It went on and on as the man was chased across land and sea....it used to scare the bejesus out of me, which is...

Georgiesmum

Josh Groban

Are there any Josh Groban fans here? I saw him today on the Alan Titchmarsh show today. I think he is really cute. He can sing too!

banksia

Tls 962

Stuck on a couple. 1a His King Lear for a start was all Dutch to us. I have W?G?N?A 5a Posh content of sort of dated French novelist. I have ?A?D?? 26a compiler as canine. I have S?T?E? All help...

mckidd

Keith's Crossword 25Down Scots Onions ?n?a?s

25 down Keith's crossword scots onions (6 letters) ?n?a?s

frameshift

Tls

Last two. 12a Aspect of Chinese cooking not lost on lamb (5) R - E - T 1a His King Lear, for a start, was all Dutch to us (8) W - S - N - A - Nothing seems to fit, so I may have something wrong....

Smowball

How To Clean Completely Tarnished Brass.

An elderly couple I know asked me to try and clean their fireplace. In fact it is so tarnished I actually thought it really was black. They had a tin of Brasso and some other cleaner but it hasnt...

barbaraP1962

Scottish Islands

q1 : say [8] q2 fuse can be blue[9] q3 found in situ[4] q4 is a beginner going to say yes in scotland[5] q5 an island ?? in jurassic park[4] q6 oriental satellite tv [4] q7 a good man joins an italian...

Ann

Which Drama Series?

If you watch both, which drama do you prefer - Downton Abbey or Mr Selfridge? I never thought anything would beat Downton but found out now that Mr Selfridge does - more action! ;)

giveup

Has Anyone Actually Read The Book "les Miserables"

I've been meaning to for years but someone told me it was hard going.

joggerjayne

Scottish Thread Of The Day (2) - Infamous Scots

Tah Daah !

JG1965

Anyone Had A Ipsos Mori Interviewer At There Door?

My elderly mother who has had a stroke had a Ipsos Mori interviewer thumping at her door, ringing her doorbell and rattling her letterbox for five minutes at lunch-time today, she does not answer her...

gribble

Listener 4224

any help on last two please, here or at [email protected] 43a Set reduced by half -- it's shaped like half a pear (4) ??te 38d Use the other side in old wall for crack concealer? (4) ??le...

margie04

National Service

Has anyone else watched today's episode of Privates? All week on BBC1 at 2.15. I recommend it for anyone of an age to remember when young men had to do their stint as squaddies. (And this dramatised...

Mosaic

Walk-In Bath - Any Ab Tips?

The aged P's will be investing in a walk-bath soon, and I wondered if Abers had any advice they would care to pass on regarding types or possible pitfalls. My only priority to pass on to the project...

bionicbunny

Mephisto 2732

Gone wrong somwhere and need help. 23A Cryptic clue, one stashed in Dad's things he's given me? (7) I have PE?ULIA. Have waded through Chambers but cannot find answer. Any help appreciated.

missprim

Thyroxine

When you are on Thyroxine, are you on it for life? What would happen if you stopped taking it without your doctors advice?...

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