Ms. Switch

My corkscrew isn't moving as easily as I would like and I suspect it needs oiling. Any advice on the best kind of oil to use?

The main characters are two cousins names Georgina and Henrietta by they're "tomboys" and are called George and Henry. In one of the stories they're left in the care of an unfriendly aunt or stepmother of one of them. They live near the beach and spend lots of time in a cave. One mystery is about smugglers. They were sort of "old" when I read them in the 1960s. Anyone?

Is anyone else tempted to stick their toe in the faucet while they're taking a bath but remember what happened to Lara Petrie on the Dick van Dyck show and resist the urge?

We went into a nearby sushi place for a late lunch while our clothes were drying at the landromat. When the server came, she told us that they were serving the "dinner menu" (the same stuff at higher prices) since it was after 2:30. I asked what time it was and she told me 2:35.

The meal I had planned to order cost $5 more. What time do you think is reasonable for restuarants to switch to "dinner"? Would you have stayed and eaten there? Would you ever go back?

can I change my rating of someone's answer? if so, how?

I rated an answer, then realized it made more sense than I thought...

I'm looking for a book to give as a gift to a first-grader with advanced reading skills. I would like something with enough pictures to keep it interesting for her and vocabulary that will challenge her a little.

I would prefer stories about African or African-American characters, or at least with a good diversity. It would be great to find someting that she would want to keep, rather than outgrow...

Thanks in advance!

Going through some bins looking for something else, I came across a ThighMaster I got from a neighbor years ago when she moved and was getting rid of stuff.

Has anyone used this device with good results?

Going through some bins looking for something else, I came across a ThighMaster I got from a neighbor years ago when she moved and was getting rid of stuff.

Has anyone used this device with good results?

Has anyone seen this Italian movie-- a young woman is engaged to a mobster. She meets a younger hotter guy and begins an affair with him. There's a scene where the mobster's grandmother comes to her apartment because she suspects something. She throws a shoe under the bed to see if the guy is hiding there. He is, but she doesn't catch him because he;s hanging onto the bedsprings and holding himself off the floor.... Anyone know the title?