The NHS service in providing digital hearing aids has improved enormously this year. Having had a single analogue one a few years ago I wanted to change to digital ones. In May 2006 I was told the...
! have a small Victoria plum tree, about half the fruit on which usually contains a grub even though I put up a pheronome trap. But this year I have found only two or three infected plums so far. I...
I remember seeing a couple of months ago in a gardening publication a strawberry planter which was very different from the usual tub. It was about a metre long and stood high enough to take 3 tiers of...
A fair amount of algae and moss has built up on a path in a shady part of my garden, and I am trying to remove it. I have tried Jeyes Fluid, but it does not remove the growth that is firmly attached...
When my son-in-law replaced a three gang switch because of a broken face plate he was surprised to find the wires all red with all the neutrals connected together in a terminal block which is not...
As we seem to be suffering more thunderstorms and flash flooding I think there may be a case for such a topic at some time in the future. I have just suffered a TV power-up failure which is quite...
I have always watered my three hanging baskets with a watering can standing on a pair of steps. This year I decided to water from a standing position. Without a convenient hose I rigged up a 2-litre...
I am experiencing a long attack of cellulitis. If anyone who has had this condition fairly recently and would be willing to report what treatment they received I would be grateful, and of course I...
I wonder what opinions others have about the layout of weekdays in their calendars and diaries. I like mine to have a Monday start. This is in line with the standard ISO 8601, which defines the week...
A further comment to add to the answers on DANAID from pega and Gowergirl. It is off-putting to draw a blank from all dictionaries. Putting firstly "butterfly + danaid" and then "butterfly + danaida"...
A comment rather than a question. I managed to finish the crossword without reference to this site, but for one query re 15d. I had DANAID and wanted another letter. I knew there would be discussion...
