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Hello, Elle!
Sun is shining on me, too!
There should be no easy route back for drug cheats from any country. A British cyclist failed a drugs test last week
Guess what he took? Asthma medication!
Sport is riddled with cheats on asthma medication.
I like Jenny Meadows, too.
We have had Games without major countries before.
No USA at the Moscow Games for instance.
Russia in their present state are no loss!
Were the Russians at the LA Games?
Hope you enjoy your walk!

Hi, Rusty!
We had a great walk!
The sun shone throughout, although it was a little on the chilly side.
I have nearly finished the (too easy)Times B/H Jumbo GK - then shall take a look at the Times 15 x 15!
I shall look for your (and Malone's ) Cleveland clue!
Modern technology is great when it works........but so far I have had three things go wrong.....
The washing-machine wouldn't spin properly ...I seem to have "fixed" this, but don't ask me how.....
The Tassimo coffee machine isn't functioning.......I have tracked down that it needs descaling....
And yesterday my daughter spent ages trying to get rid of flashing adverts and invasive writing (looked very much like algebraic equations!) that appeared all over the screen of my Hudl!
She thought that she had solved it and removed it......the writing has indeed gone, but the ads are back today with a vengeance!
Seb could do with us on his anti-drugs committee!
We would do a grand job!

Helloi, Elle!
I do not know descaling?
The washing machine "may" be a balance problem?
Spread the washing around the drum.
Is Adblock not stopping the ads?
Do you have antivirus installed.
Like AVG or Avast?
You may have malware in the Hudl?
If you download Malwarebytes it is very effective.
All my young ones are going to the football tonight.
It is our local derby!
I shall watch it on my television set.
I have bought crisps and Irn-Bru for the occasion!

I don't think I'll bother watching "Landscape Artist" again. They were set a challenge of painting a house, and the winner..................................didn't!

Hi, Rusty!
I think you could well be right about the washing machine simply being off balance, because when I had rearranged the clothes, the machine spun fully and correctly - odd that that has never occurred before though?
However, I have used it since and all seems to be functioning well now.
Descaling is simply removing the hard deposit formed by chemicals in water - you will perhaps have had to do this for your kettle?
We have 'hard' water here in London, so we are particularly vulnerable to this problem.
I have now downloaded about EIGHT(!) pages of instructions on how to 'descale' the Tassimo coffee machine!
We have got some special tablets to use especially for this!
Now.........the Hudl......
Adblock worked fine until I did a recent update on the Hudl...since then I have been inundated with ads and gibberish!
I have uninstalled , reinstalled - you name it - I or daughter have done it!
I have just downloaded Malwarebytes as you suggested.
The Hudl assures me this has been successful........ but I can see no noticeable effect?
Grrrh!
I hope you enjoy the football match - and your crisps and Irn - Bru!

Sorry, Chris, but you have lost me here?
Why would a "landscape" artist be painting a house?
And what do you mean " the winner ..........didn't"?
Didn't ......what?
Please elucidate!

I didn't want to give too much away, in case you or rusty watched it later; however they were taken to a stately home (Rothschild's, I think) and, unusually, told which direction they had to select their subject - i.e. towards the house. Today's winner essentially left the house part of the picture blank.

I too don't associate "landscape" with painting houses!

Hello, Elle,
You have to "run" Malwarebytes after download.
Have you done that?
Do you have an antivirus programme installed?
Is your Adblock working?
Yes, if your washload is unbalanced it won't run properly.
I do not know what kind of water I have, but nobody up here descales anything.
Now, back to the football!

Hi, Rusty!
Probably not!
I have no idea at all what I am doing!
You know how useless I am!
Anyway.........how was the football?
Did your team win?

Hello, Elle!
Have you a school-age neighbour who could check/fix your Hudl?
They are great with these things.
Well, our team won, and the young ones are very pleased, but I am quite sad, because in beating our city neighbours (the grounds are 200 yards apart, the closest grounds in Britain, I think) we have consigned them to relegation. Shame. But that is what competition is all about.