I've just found out that my brother, Dave, has Alzheimer's, I hope it doesn't run in the family because my brother, Dave, has it too.......!

I understand, but I was just chortling softly to myself (whilst waiting for the home help to turn up in her minibus) at the thought of you, as a 10-year-old, thinking:

Now then, on to my 11x tables - oh, wait, no need!

(a+b)*(c+d) = ac+bc+bd+ad

Job done!!

He's got a semi!

Why not take up darts?

I'm not suggesting that they're lairs, more suggesting that they may have been told all of their life that they are dyslexic because it's a quick and easy diagnosis.

If somebody can't spell, but can field a logical and coherent argument then, fair enough, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. Conversely, if somebody can't spell, but also can't understand or address flaws in their view that are repeatedly explained to them, or badly defends illogical points then that, to me, suggests that their deficiencies aren't dyslexic, or at least not just dyslexic, in nature.

As I'm sure everybody has realised, 221 can't possibly be the sum of 2 primes, because other than 2 all primes are odd and an odd number minus an odd number gives an even number, so 221 - x (where x is odd) = y (where y is even), except in the case of x=2, where y would be 219, which clearly isn't prime, as the sum of the 2+1+9 is 12 (meaning that 219 is divisible by 3).

So, 221 is the product of 2 primes. But you already knew that

I have to leave *something* for people to nit-pick!

We're having a pit-nick? Can I have a Scotch Egg please?

D'oh!

Did spot that but didn't rise to the bait!