Good morning everyone - not inspiring out there today, windy and a bit sticky, it should be raining but it's not ...maybe it will arrive tonight and give the gardens etc a really good drink !! Not too...
I think that it's one of the trickier weeks this week but you lot rarely agree with me! (That's the story of my life really, out of step with everyone else for most of the time!). So, as I scored a...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 4a Traced to the Mayans and Aztecs, a cacao-derived food consumed as a drink by 17th century European aristocrats until its mass production by Fry and later...
that will help me to get the tops off bottles that are childproof please? I'm putting this link on to show the type of thing I mean, where you have to squeeze the sides in and turn. Due to arthritis,...
Apologies if this has already been posted. Just read that Barbados announced plans today to become a republic and remove the Queen as Head of State....
Good morning everyone - we're 'enjoying' a very mild pleasant day here when in fact it's meant to be raining so not sure whether to enjoy or not !! BOM has promised rain today for the best part of a...
I got the first 5 right then, despite having read the story, I screwed up on Q6 and I'd no idea at all (and couldn't guess correctly) on Q7. So that's a FIVE for me on what seemed to be a relatively...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 31a Essential for life, Earth's biggest plants and longest-living species [5] 42a UK's favourite hot beverage [3] 2d Type of organism depicted in illustrations...
Good morning everyone - the sun is shining, no wind and it's just gorgeous out there plus it'll be even better tomorrow .....yippee !! Of course it won't last but I'm going to enjoy it while it does...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 44a Mizzle, drizzle. downpour, shower, precipitation traditionally measured by meteorologists in inches [4] 9d Baked food whose sourdough variety dates back to...
https://news.sky.com/story/tesla-driver-on-autopilot-crashes-into-police-car-while-watching-film-12058830 ...so we can't even get glorified cruise control working, let alone full autonomy. No death,...
Hi AB techies out there, have managed to get the embedded video issue solved on my husband's laptop, but can't seem to fix the issue with Zoom. It's working as it should be, other than the fact that...
Good morning everyone - not so sure about the 'good' element ....we've had heavy rain, which of course we need, but not the wind which has howled thru here like a banshee and stripped all the...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 23a U-shaped item forged on an anvil by a blacksmith or farrier [4] 4d Precious metal dissolved by George de Hevesy in order to conceal from the Nazis, Nobel...
Good morning everyone - I've been out in the sunshine pulling out weeds and enjoying the warmth after a pretty wet week, and we have another ahead of us, but at least everything is getting a very good...
There's a freebie question this week (where, rather obviously in my opinion, all three responses are correct), so my score of 4 isn't that fantastic - but I'll settle for it anyway!...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 36a Yarn spun from the fleece of a sheep or a goat, used in knitting, crocheting and crewelwork [4] 59a Round of cheese or a disc showing the relationship...
