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Hello, Elle!
I think this is the third or fourth voucher Screwfix has sent me.
My son uses them as he is a regular customer of theirs.
11, to do (someone) can be to "con" them, "con" is an abbreviation of "confidence", or "confidence trick", and "fabulation" appears to be an American word.
I guessed it and found it in Merriam Websters Dictionary.
A "confabulation" can be a "chat".
The other one is "mishmash"/missMass.
I had quite a bit of difficulty with 1d, and not sure at all of the parse!
I had "h?h?" and hunted through Collins and found "Hahnium" which was named after a German lad called "Hahn".
I think he had something to do with nuclear fission, and was interned near Cambridge during the war.
Mind you, Elle, it took me a while to get it solved, and I'll give the parse more thought!
My other one was a new word to me.
5a, But "job" is a "post" and "doc" is "not genuine" reversed.
I think that's every day this week I have had "new words", which is good!

Hi, Rusty!
Ah, thank you kindly!
I should have been there till the proverbial cows come home trying to solve both those clues.
Yes, I can see "con" easily enough, but have never heard of "fabulation".
Nor do I know "confabulation"?
Although "confab" is a familiar word, but I was just not aware that it was a shortened form?
"Mishmash"!
Well, I have never been drunk....... nor in the company of someone trying to say "miss mass", when in an inebriated state!
( I think I can be forgiven not getting that one!! )
I have "Hahn" for 1d.
Otto Hahn is a German chemist who discovered nuclear fission..
I knew his name, so didn't find that clue a problem.
I parsed it as "H" for heroin........
a - in the clue
"h n" as the casing (case) of "h(eroi)n"
Does that sound okay?
My daughter has not phoned tonight?
I must text and find out why!
Is your son paying his usual Thursday visit?



Hello, Chris!
Thank you....
A life of sobriety did not help me with "miss mass" !

Hello, Elle!
I think "fabulation" means to tell invented stories, and the word was popularised by Robert Scholes.
One of his works was "The Fabulators", apparently!
Confabulation is in all the dictionaries, I'd think.
Your parse of Hahn is faultless, I'd say.
I could not quite nail it.
The only Hahn I knew was Anna Marie, a dreadful woman who died in the electric chair in Ohio.
No, my son has just texted.
He is late home from work and won't be down this night.

I wince every time I hear "we need to have a confLab"!

Hi, Rusty!
It is a shame that your son cannot make it ........you will miss seeing him and having your chat!
Will he be able to come tomorrow, though, instead?
I suppose it will all depend on what time he will be finishing work?
I haven't heard from my daughter as yet.....it is very unlike her not to phone ......
There was a question on "Eggheads" this evening about "The Waltons"!
That was a strange coincidence , wasn't it ?
We were only talking about them the other day!

Hello, Elle!
My son always knocks off early on Fridays but I'll leave it up to him if he visits or not.
They may go out for their tea.
Why not 'phone your daughter?
I liked "The Waltons"!
Was the question answered correctly, do you know?

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, I did text my daughter......but she always has her phone on Silent!
She may not have seen the message yet.
The "Waltons" question was along the lines of 'What TV family always said "Goodnight" to each other, at the end of the programme?'
And yes, the "Eggheads" knew the answer!
And so did I!
Have you spoken to Miss L-B?
How did her placement go today?

Hello, Elle!
Ah, yes, you would know the answer!
I liked "The Waltons"!
Miss La Bamba says her placement is "good".
So, that's a positive.
My Norn Iron friends will be here next Thurs to Sat, but unfortunately Miss L-B will be at Uni and won't be able to meet them at Pine Cone.
So they'll just have to put up with me!

Hi, Rusty!
I have just watched "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
Jeremy Clarkson hosts it very well!
The ground rules have changed?
There seems now to be a movable "safety net", as Jeremy calls it?
I think that when Judith took part, there were fixed "targets" at £1000, and possibly two other levels, although I cannot remember which?
Have you already watched it?
Or are you recording it?
The visually impaired competitor, Rachel, has been on "Eggheads".
You will be looking forward to your friends coming over, next week.

Hello, Elle!
No, I record the show and will watch it around lunchtime tomorrow.
That suits me best.
Yes, I like Jeremy, he has a bit of humour about him!
The format of the show has changed and it seems to work.
I like "ask the host"! Can be funny!
I'll just see my friends briefly next week and they won't have their young ones with them.