Canny lass

Answers to last week's quiz: Micron Kidneys Rossini Eleanor 12 Flower arrangement Wallis Simpson North Sea Walker Pound Danish 3 (2 hydrogen + 1 oxygen) They had a weigh in a manger New quiz tomorrow and I'm preparing a Christmas special to keep you out of mischief on Christmas Eve.

It took a while but the penny finally dropped!

Fortunately (for me also) there are other things on the dinner table. I'll see if i can translate the dishes to English for you so you can get an idea. It's world's away from turkey and Christmas pudding.

Thank you kind sirs! I am delighted, honoured and humbled to receive this prestigious award. I coudn’t have done it without your help - and the help of Covid which gave me, and you, loads of spare time. There are a couple of others I’d like to mention and thank for their help along the way: My parents, who provided the raw material. The people of Bedlington and Netherton who moulded that material. Friends and colleagues around the world who made adjustments and amendments to the design. The many educational establishments who nurtured my thirst for knowledge. Esther at the corner shop. Tommy the milkman. The colliery pollis at Netherton. The next door neighbours, here and elsewhere. Santa Clause. The Witch of Wookey Hole. Moscardini’s coffee shop. Lidl’s. The staff of Keenleyside’s. The Swedish Government, for letting me in. The British Government, for letting me out. Bedlington YMCA. The Metropolitan Police Force. The Canadian Royal Mounties. The Toon Moor. Newcastle United FC. Morrison’s. SAAB motors. … and not forgetting: Robson’s the printers. Jack, the ice-cream man. Netherton Socail Club. Prestos, Market Place, Bedlington. Jimmy Millne. The French Onion Sellers. The Beano. The nr 48 United Bus. St Cuthbert’s Church. Doncaster Royal Infirmary. … and, last but not least, Old Uncle Tom Cobley (and all). Thank you once again kind people of Bedders.

Anything to do with computers doesn't work well for me in any other language than Swedish.Mind you, it doesn't work too well in that language either. It was here that I got my first introduction to a computer so my total vocabulary for the subject is in Swedish. All this talk of Gimps and GNus sounds like something from one of Astrid Lindgren's books.

Welcome! What are you like with raw fish for Christmas dinner?

I couldn't understand a word of that. I didn't know you were bilingual! Greek?

That's a whole 51 degrees warmer than here! What's it like eating a hot Christmas pudding with Brandy sauce in that heat?

Eggy, thanks for all the time and effort you are using on this. McAfee is nothing I've downloaded. It just came with the new lap-top. I removed: 1 folder named McAfee (no idea what was in it as I never opened it). 1 file named McAfee File Lock 1 file named McAfee LiveSafe Those three appeared again yesterday. Today the two files are inside the folder but it could have been that the folder was already open when I removed each item.

Update: McAfee pop-ups are back and so are the three files I removed!

First time I opened it, I only got a couple of seconds as well. Second attempt I got the whole of it.

Wilf's here! It's officially Christmas! A very merry Christmas to you all. Stay safe and avoid Covid and we'll see each other in the new year. Meanwhile, I've said this before and it's worth repeating:

This wek's quiz. Look out for the bonus question: What is a millionth of a metre called? Bright’s Disease affects which organ of the body? Who composed The William Tell Overture? What was the name of Miss Rigby in a song by the Beatles? At which number in Downing Street can you find the office of the Chief Whip? Ikebana is the Japanese art of what? What was the name of the woman for whom Edward VIII abdicated? Which sea is connected to the Baltic Sea by the Kiel Canal? What was the name of the spiv played by James Beck in Dad’s Army? Which one word means: a unit of weight, an enclosure for animals and to beat on something? What nationality was Canute, King of England 1016 - 1035? How many atoms has a molecule of water? Bonus question: How did Mary and Joseph know the weight of their newborn son, Jesus? I’ll bet you didn’t know …. Underwater hockey is known as ‘octopush’. Answers on Thursday next week.

Answers to last week's quiz: Aids Elvis Presley Diplodocus Barcelona New Orleans Meltdown Gill Inner Hebrides Triangular 1 James Cook Nashwan New quiz tomorrow.

I'll take your word for it! Something seems to have done the trick as It hasn't shown up all day. Thanks again for your efforts Eggy.

Sounds nasty. I think I'd better leave it to the OH or one of the grandchildren! Having said that, I haven't seen it today.

And another!

I spoke too soon! Just had another pop-up from them!

Thanks Eggy! This seems to have got rid of it. Not quite as straightforward as you described it as there were 3 different files for M.acAphee so I just repeated your instructions three times. Now they are gone and I'm looking forward to working without constant interruption from them. Thanks again!

Can't help you there, I'm afraid, but while we're on the subject of computers can anybody tell me how to get rid of a Macafee pop-up that's been telling me for several months that their virus protection on my new(ish) laptop has expired.

I just thought you'd misread the question and included the question number 10 in the equation.

Eggy, you might want to take another look at question 10.

Thank you young lady!

This week's quiz. It's one day early as Saturday is the yearly family get together when we make 15 metres of Xmas sausage and bake 600 gingerbread biscuits. It requires a fair bit of preparation and planning and I didn't get a lot done today. I did get an awful lot of snow shovelling done though - 40 cm overnight! Without further ado, here's the quiz: Nelson Mandela’s son, Makgatho, died in 2005 from which illness? USA’s most popular postage stamp was produced in 1993 and 120 million were sold. What was the picture on the stamp? Which dinosaur had the smallest brain in relation to the size of its body? In which city can you find the famous street ‘La Rambla’? According to The Animals, where was The House of the Rising Sun? What term do we use to describe the disintegration of a nuclear reactor? What do we call a female ferret? In which group of islands is Iona situated? What shape is the body of a balalaika? ½ ÷ ½ = ? Who sailed around the world on The Endeavour? On which horse did Willie Carson win the 1989 Derby? I’ll bet you didn’t know …. The average pencil will write 50,000 words before running out. ... Now that's what you call 'having lead in your pencil'- Answers on Thursday next week.

Really late but better late than never, as the saying goes!Answers to last wek's quiz: Natrium and Chloride Sausages Neon Piano John Smith Vesuvius France The Dons The Great Stour Eton Badger Shrove Tuesday Normal service will be resumed next week and answers will be posted on Thursday as usual.