A decent enough FIVE out of seven for me this week in the grown-ups’ quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59132633 There are some nice ’n’ easy questions for the kids this week but I still only...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 47a. Baked dough traditionally stored in a panary, or food in general. (5) 1d. Social unit consisting of parents, their children and, formerly, servants, a...
Can a received Gmail be automatically be filtered to go straight into the spam folder by a specific word in its title? I am getting daily emails regarding Bitcoin. Rather they could go straight to...
Good morning everyone - and it's not too bad after a pretty wild and woolly week, especially Thursday, with continuous thunderstorms through the morning, lots of rain and some gigantic hailstones...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 19a. 'Piccolo' 'pony' or 'snipe' of champagne, a half- bottle of aerated water, a cream bun from Devon or a pudding with a sliced banana. (5) 23a. Coastal rock...
A middling FOUR out of seven on the grown-ups quiz for me this week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59068165 There are several nice and easy questions in the junior quiz this week. (Well, it is...
Very sorry to say that one of our long time members passed away earlier this month. I’m speaking of STRIX whom several will know from the heady days of MM Links, the crazy Friday nights in the...
Good morning everyone - lovely sunny day here, but boy that breeze is very nippy, think I'll take a jacket when I go out to attack the weeds !! Ok on with the links .....lots to go with these I'm...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 17a. Still - ,a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit and flowers. (4) 20a. Animal measured in hands and painted by Stubbs and Munnings, or a piece of...
Good morning everyone - well after an hectic week weather wise, we're still mopping up and repairing ......I do love it when the BoM sends out storm warnings etc ten minutes after it hit !! Geez...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 22a. Small loop or turn of yarn such as a Bargello in embroidery, or a purl in knitting or a book fastening made with thread. (6) 30a. An inspection, an...
The preferences of a consumer are represented by the utility function u(x; y) = x + y: The price of a unit of good x is 2, the price of a unit of good y is p, and the income of the consumer is M....
Good morning everyone - a bit gloomy out there, they say rain, but I'm not holding my breath, and will be heading out to fnd the hose very shortly ....at least there's no wind, thank goodness !! Ok a...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 55a. Alexander MacCall - , author of the Sunday Philosophy Club novels, including The Comfort of Saturdays. (5) 33d. Devise for making holes in leather, a type...
Good morning everyone - and after a nightmare few days of thunderstorms and hail, the sun is shining and I can get out in the garden to see what has survived ....of course i shouldn't be surprised,...
Or is it natural selection ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58762935 Whilst I applaud sensible and investigative journalism I am perplexed as to why a supposedly intelligent man would subject himself...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 14a. Surgeon who partly inspired Arthur Conan Doyles character Sherlock Holmes, or any one of a series of instruments forming the chime of a carillon (4) 44a....
I just scraped by with what I always think of as a bare pass mark this week in the adult quiz. That's just THREE out of seven for me: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-58721521.amp However I seem to be...
Good morning everyone - grey and rather cool, typical Saturday ....oh well, Summer will be along and I'll be happy to camp indoors when it's hot, so I shouldn't complain now, but it would be nice just...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 15a. Substance that rises to the top of a pint of milk and yields butter when churned, or a confection of fudge or peppermint fondant covered in chocolate. (5)...