Sudoku Puzzles

Oh CG you're just showing your age here, that won't do at all!

Well, I've seen them! Thanks to several years spent babysitting my wonderful grand daughter.

Oh, and Karen, I'm sorry about your hubby's encounter with the concrete. Glad he's okay. Is there a hole in the concrete now?

Plum & Rayray - do investigate having a professional massage if you can to see if that helps relieve your pain. At first I felt they were an extravagance, More...

A lady approached her priest and tells him that she has a problem. "Father, my problem is that I have two female talking parrots, but they only know how to say one thing."
"What do they say?" the priest inquired.
"They only know how to say, 'Hi, we're prostitutes. More...

Happy 21st Birthday to my beautiful daughter Meghan!

Good mAen to everyone -

Our phone has been out of order...again! Hopefully it is fixed for good!

Fiona - I just googled axoa, and it sounds scrumptious! Although I've spent some time in Basque country, all I ate was seafood while I was there. I couldn't get enough! Our favorite restaurant (on the French side of the bay) was Arrantzaleak in Ciboure.

I'm sure that restaurant is long gone - it's been ages since we were there!

Thanks for your wishes for Man. The concrete, surprisingly, did not receive any injuries, nor have to spend the afternoon in the ER nor have to return today.
Man is fine, just having to deal with paper work and people to return to work.

Kathy - an explanation of the building we demolished -
It took one push from a friends digger. It was full of rot. Built during WW2 bottom right outside toilet with midden to the right. Centre right Pig sty left lower level outside kitchen for 'doing' the pig, far left hutches for rabbit(for table) and chickens. Upper level pigeon loft. Not an inch wasted.

Jane it is on Google

Mo - I googled "axoa" but never thought to google the restaurant. Duh!!! I wonder if the food is as good as it used to be. As I said, it's been ages since we were there - probably close to 20 years!

Greg,

Now I'm off for a quick bike ride so that I'll be back in time to watch Federer's match. Congrats to Stosur, by the way!!!

OK Kathy another answer. Steven is my Structural engineer (or labourer) The tree grew and appears to be a baby one of the big tree (sorry for using such high tech horticultural words here!)
We thought that was a wheel except the central spoke extends some 30-40 cm into the ground. The outer More...

I don't know what it is, Mo, but I assumed there would be a flowering vine growing on it eventually.

Mo, thanks for your quick answers to my questions. Now I'm going to have to go back & look at that building again. Talk about multi-purpose! Poor piggies - not far from the sty to the kitchen As for the round object that isn't a wheel - could it possibly have anything to do with wine barrels?

Clue 1
It has nothing to do with wine making

Mo, I just came from your garden, it is getting lovelier by the day. A lot of hard work but the results are worth the effort. You have a nice large variety or roses. That poor old shed needed to come down.

Clue 2
The previous owner of this house was a menuisiere or carpenter

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Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. The winners are:

1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), More...

Clue 3
This is the old one which he replaced

Jane, you had to googel axoa, I had to google midden: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midden
Lots of things to learn about here today - cecropia moths, axoa, & middens. We just keep getting smarter & smarter!

You still don't know what my thingy is

Is it a flywheel for a wood lathe Mo?

But not smart enough to figure out what that thing is! Somebody please help me out here.

Maybe Greg guessed it?

No Greg
Clue 4
There is a 12th century church in the village

Was it in the bell tower, Mo?

The thingy to which the church's bell was affixed??

Go away, Kathy ...

Yes The rope was fixed to the metal loop then passed over the top and hung down for who ever to pull. The bell itself was attached to the protruding spoke which is now buried. The bell is now rung by an automated system but you can see it from our garden and definitely hear it. It strikes the hours More...

Great minds and all that, Judy!
Ding Dong!

Going out for seafood tonight!
Shower time!

Mmmmm Kathy...seafood sounds good...enjoy!
Hi everyone...Hope your days/ nights have been going well and continue to bring happiness.
Mo, your garden is beautiful and so restful. I'd enjoy sitting there with you and Steve as we sip on a great glass of ?????
Karen...That is one tough guy More...

Karen - I hope your husband is feeling better tomorrow. I am sure he is very sore today.

Stella - to your daughter on her Special 21st birthday!

Remember the phrase, 'Don't take this lightly???
Please don't take this heavily... But does that make Karen's husband a literal 'sore head'?

Hugo Chavez is laughing at us, saying soon he and Castro will be to the “right” of the US’s leftist policies.

http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSTRE5520GX20090603

2:02, all.