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Elle, please insert the word "not" between "have" and "heard" in my first sentence.
Senior moment!

Hi, Rusty!
I should have known what you meant anyway! No problem!
It is encouraging, though, that I am not the only one to suffer senior moments!
No, I have never heard anyone use the word "motormouth", or say "Shut your trap"!
It sounds very rude and uncouth to speak to someone like that?
24a led to a furthering of my education........
Working backwards from the answer of "donates" = "gifts"......
I did not know that "nates" means "the buttocks" ("cheeky couple" in the clue)
I am having an enlightening day!

Good evening, Elle!
It is helluva rude to say "shut your trap", but it happens!
We have a similar phrase up here, "haud your wheesht", or simply "wheesht", and I am sure you have never came across it!
It is not a phrase that I would use...well, not very often, anyway!
Wonder if Chambers has it?
Anne Bradford has it under "silence"!
That is the second time I have came across "nates" in a clue lately.
It was a new word to me, too!
There is a lot to learn in the crossword puzzle land.
Something new most days!

Hello Elle and Rusty,

Just thought I would drop in and let you know that I am OK!
I don't always have anything of interest to say, or when I could
have taken part in a discussion, by the time I read the thread, it is
much too late !
We are having cold(ish) nights with some minus 3 to5 in the wee
hours, but the days, though cold to me (!) are in fact not too bad
for November here - I have known several instances when the
canal and river froze in November! Usually colder than December.
I have not been up to much, but keep busy myself on my little
project (comparative study between agricultural world in France
and England in 18th and 19th centuries - I may have already mentioned this).

BTW, I certainly have not lived a sheltered life! I have definitely
heard the expressions 'shut your gob' and 'shut your trap'
though only occasionnally and almost in jest.

Hope you are both OK - well, I keep up with your knews on this
thread!

Hello, Pigale!
Nice to hear from you!
Your study sounds very interesting!
My weather is cold and wet today.
I much prefer bright frosty weather at this time of year.
I am very surprised that Elle does not know these phrases.
Bolton must be a very genteel place to grow up in!
Keep looking in, Pigale!

Rusty, have you noticed some beautiful mistakes, ie your K news!!!!
Shame on me!!

Hello, Pigale!
Yes, I spotted "knews".
I make my share of wee mistakes, too!

Hi, Rusty!
I think I probably did have quite a sheltered upbringing!
It doesn't seem to have done me any harm!!
I have heard my Scottish cousin say "Whisht, now!" to the children........
He would say it in a gentle manner though?
I took it to mean "Hush, now....."?
I am reading my book in between looking in on here.....
I think tomorrow I might try taking advantage of any Amazon Black Friday book offers....... and do some stocking up on reading material.
Have you checked them out?



Hello, Pigale!
How very nice to hear from you!
I am glad that all is well with you, apart from the cold temperatures.
Like you, our local lake often freezes in the Winter!
I think I have heard the expression "Shut your gob!" uttered on television, but have not come across it within my hearing in "real life"!

Hello, Elle!
Yes, "whisht" does mean "hush".
A fine word I think!
I only looked at Chromebooks on Amazon.
They have a Black Friday page.
Type "Black Friday" in the Amazon search box and you can explore from there.
I have no book at present.
Unusual for me!

Update, Rusty!
My daughter's link to the night-time settings has made no difference whatsoever!
No matter what I do, the light still dims!
And my little on- screen notes still appear at half hourly intervals ........an apparent countdown till morning.......
Grrrh!
Right....I am going to find- and peer dimly - at the Amazon offers!