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thanks johanna02 and Hi mohill, good to hear from you - yes, SLUR is correct but the clue is lousy [typical]
I had to admit defeat with this week's quiz and ring one of my friends for the answer. I've never heard of the term.
As for the heatwave - least said the better, it's ghastly, thank goodness we have cooling and can manage a decent night's sleep but in order to cope we are being routinely shut down for about 1/2 an hour at a time, to so say conserve power - have you ever heard anything so ridiculous in this day and age when there's insufficient power and water to supply the population without having to enforce restrictions !! I have no idea what our polititions are doing but it's nothing worthwhile, I'm certain.
Oh dear, I do sound cranky.
It's good to hear from you and I hope you're both keeping well, all the best ...seekeerz