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Hi, Rusty!
All our radiators are white, too, Rusty!
A good colour!
One of our builders once told us that radiators can be painted either with enamel paint...or with just ordinary emulsion?
I've never tried either...as we had new radiators altogether, when we replaced the central heating boiler.
A lot of the youngsters' activities at Alton Towers this weekend were held indoors, judging from the pics?
The family should be arriving home soon...no text received as yet, though.........



Hello, Pigale!
Harking back to crossword timings...... these surely do not include parsing times , too? That would be well nigh impossible!
I do not think that "parsing "is included in "solving" time, from what I can gather?
I find this weird..... to me - as probably to you - a puzzle is not "completed". unless it is parsed satisfactorily?

Hello, Elle!
I used emulsion that I found in a cupboard.
If I may intrude on your post to Pigale.
These competition folks are racing against the clock to finish, so it is most unlikely they are parsing as they go.
Mere mortals like us take time and hopefully parse as we go.
I do, anyway.
It is the fastest correct entries that win.
Nothing to do with parsing.

Well, Rusty, in this case, I think there might be a lot of
instinctive answers - almost guess work - which happens to be
right! but to me no parsing equals crossword unfinished - as
both you and Elle say.

Hi, Rusty!
You are not intruding!
I am not experienced enough here to offer objective criticism - that would be presumptuous.
But, in my humble opinion, just providing an answer to a crossword is not sufficient?
Can I just whisper here that I am not impressed with this racing against the clock?
Often it is easy enough to provide an answer, but if I were the "examiner", I would expect the "i"s dotted and the "t"s crossed - in other words, a full parse!
Whoever achieved that, would be the person to acclaim!

Elle, I never ever compete against the clock - but I don't always parse my answers at the time of solving! Most times - say 95% - I could parse them if asked.Those speedy solvers might well be able to parse every single one of their answers- does anyone ever ask them?

I think that is immaterial, and you are missing the point here, Malone?
I don't think any of us is disputing whether or not the "speediest solvers" can actually parse their answers...just that said parses should be given as part of the competition?

Elle
In case you missed my post, here is the e-book. Extremely long

http://www.telelib.com/authors/B/BrowningRobert/play/pippapasses/pippapasses01.html

Thank you, Cerasus1
That is very kind of you!
I have "saved" the link for later.

Oh, sorry if I misunderstood, Elle!

Hi, Rusty!
I have just finished talking to my cousin.
They have snow up north.
All are well though, and fully recovered from their coughs and colds of last week.
Half term has just started, so she will be kept busy helping out with her grand children this week.
They are both 11, coming up 12, though, so it is not all that much hard work.
I have just arranged to go out early in the morning with the dog!
I really like to get up and about out in the mornings - an early walk at 7.45am suits me well!
And it will be nice to see everyone and catch up with the "news" in person - although I have been kept up- to- date by phone calls during my "absence"!
I am just hoping it will not be TOO cold!