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Hi, Rusty!
I have had neither Mexican food nor TexMex!
So I am not a lot wiser as to content?
I have heard of tortillas and tacos...but not nachos?
I very much like Indian and Chinese food.
I have just been watching, on the News, the devastation of the hurricane in Ireland.
They say it has more or less gone now, but what a mess it has left behind there.......and torn apart some people's lives.
It is on its way to Scotland, but the authorities seem to be hoping that it is now well past its worst?
I hope you will not be affected......best do as advised, take care, and stay indoors.......

Hello, Elle,
Apparently nachos come from North Mexico.
Yes, Ireland got it bad.
Over 300,000 without power.
But a very sensible decision to declare a Red Alert.
Schools are closed again tomorrow.
Yes, it is approaching Scotland.
I will not go out until the worst has passed.

Good morning, Rusty!
We have a nice, quiet, peaceful morning here!
Blue sky, sunshine, not even a breeze .......
Quite incredible after the windy and disturbing night we had.
How it like with you?
I hope the storm did not reach you?
Looking at the shaded areas shown on the map, that are deemed / going to be / affected, the storm may not get as far as you?
A very large area seems destined to suffer severe consequences though.
I am away to the hairdessers later for a trim.

Good morning, Elle!
We missed the worst, I think.
Wind is 24 mph here but a fine day.
I put ear plugs and went to sleep last night and never heard a thing.
There is a good website for checking the winds etc, called "Ventusky"
Now, an update on La Bamba's birthday tea!
It is in a Boozy Cow restaurant.
Seems to be part of a chain.
They only serve burgers and hot dogs, apparently.
And their profits go to local charities.
So, that seems fine....I think!

Hi, Rusty!
I am just home again.......
My word, what a morning I have had!
I arrived at the hairdressers to find that they had been burgled in the middle of the night!
The door was boarded up.......but business was as usual......
Except that burly policemen appearing mid morning in a Ladies' salon is not a common occurrence!
We had plain clothes police, also, to check on the reports of evidence giving DNA....
Always assuming, of course, that the criminal is duly caught in order to ensure a comparison!
Oh, never a dull moment!
In between whiles I did manage to get my hair cut!
I have not heard of the Boozy Cow!
It sounds good , though!
I hope Miss L-B has a good time!
What are you up to today?
Is the weather fit to go out?

Hello, Elle!
So you were helping with enquiries!
Let us hope they nab the culprit/s!
There are several Boozy Cows, so to speak.
I was speaking to one of La Bamba's pals earlier, and she said it is very good but expensive.
The weather here is a bit windy still, but perfectly fine for going out.
A good puzzle today, with new words for me!

I've just come across a great line in a book I'm reading (A very English scandal, by John Preston, recommended on "A good read" a few weeks ago). It's about the Jeremy Thorpe affair. I've just read about Leo Abse fighting to get the homosexuality ban lifted. He was assisted in the Lords by Lord Arran, previously best known for failed attempts to get badgers protected.

I quote:
Afterwards Lord Arran was asked why his homosexual law reforms had succeeded, while his attempts to protect badgers had not. Arran paused, and then said ruminatively, "There are not many badgers in the House of Lords."

I don't know Lord Arran from Adams, but his répartie was great!

Hi, Rusty!
My day seems to be whizzing past without much to account for time spent!
My hairdresser spent more time excitedly waving her scissors in the air, describing the scene of chaos found in the shop, than she did applying said scissors to my tresses!
I have completed my puzzle.
My favourites were 3d: tarragon, 19d: canaille, and 23a: tetrarch.
I wanted to put "Priestley" for 12a (it wouldn't fit) as he wrote "The Good Companions", before deciding on "Longfellow" as the answer!
I had trouble with 7d "Blue John", as I didn't know that was Derbyshire Spar.
Did you know that?

This was in the 60s, pigale

A contemporary joke. Two MPs meet in the House Tea Room. One asks
"What do you think I ought to do about the Homosexuality Bill?"
"Pay it, old boy!"