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Good evening, Elle!
I think you will miss the young ones when they go home!
Miss L-B is taking me food shopping before the Pine Cone.
I hope the cafe is open and fairly normal.
I pronounce "have" and "halve" the same.
Do you?
Chambers seem to have different pronunciations though.

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, you are right...I shall definitely miss the boys when they go home tomorrow.
But BB wants to come for a sleepover.....!
I pronounce "have" as "hav" with a short "a" (like "hat")..... and "halve " as "hahv" with a long "a".
How did this crop up?
I am sitting here trying to make the two words sound the same.......
I cannot do it?
Now I have a query about 6d in the crossword.... I am assuming that "flic" is a word for a French policeman?
Why? I did not know this?
And I cannot do 17a: Praising European Union planning in detail? (10)
?U?O?I?T?C
EU for European Union...but how about the rest, please?

Good evening, Elle!
Sleepovers are all the rage, I think!
I have no idea how have/halve came into my head!
I think I ignore the "L" in halve and pronounce it the same.
Yes, flic is a policeman. See Chambers.
The other one is "eu logistic".
This is from memory as I do not have my puzzle now.
How is reCaptcha today?

Is your vowel sound the same in have and halve, rusty? I barely pronounce the L in halve, but it's a much longer A.

Yes, Chris, I say them the same.
I looked them up in Collins and they have different pronunciations, but I don't know what the wee doodahs above the words mean, unfortunately!
There is no hint of an "L" in my pronunciation of "halve".

Update,
I've downloaded Collins Dictionary, and in it you can click on a wee speaker and hear the correct pronunciation of a word.
I like Collins.

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, BB likes coming for a sleepover!
We like having him...he is good company.
No, I don't pronounce the "l" is "halve " either.
Thank you for the parsing...I did not see "logistic"!
I think I was looking for a further breakdown.
reCaptcha is fine today....let us hope I am not tempting providence, though, by saying this!
I have several recorded episodes of "Eggheads " to watch....I haven't had the TV on at all whilst the boys have been here.
I think I shall watch one now......

Hello, Elle!
Sleepovers are all the rage!
That's good about reCaptcha.
It is a blooming nuisance when not working properly.
Maybe Ash tweaked it, somehow?

A Very Good morning to you, Rusty!
A lovely day here...…...
The temperature is already in double figures .......and set to reach a high of 18C by 2 pm.
I hope you are having it as good, if not better?
Our grandsons are being collected about midday by both parents.
We shall miss them when they go home!
Are you and Miss L-B all set for the Pine Cone this morning?

Good morning, Elle,
Fine day here, so far!
I do not think it is very warm but I have not been outside today.
Your grandsons will be back soon, don't fret!
Think La Bamba and me will head to Pine Cone, but it's her choice.
I am curious to see the extent of the damage, if any, in the cafe.
Think the fire was mainly in the wood sheds.