Assume you’re East and partner leads a heart against three notrump. You take the ace and realize that a heart return would be pointless, since it is impossible for partner to have a holding where a heart return would be beneficial. Your best chance, therefore, is to shift to your own suit, ...
DEAR HELOISE: I subscribe to the print and digital versions of the San Antonio Express-News. While I sincerely like being able to access the digital edition when I travel, I see two main drawbacks to it: First, I do almost all of the daily puzzles, and printing them out is a hassle — and frankly quite difficult to do when I’m on the road. I do recognize that I can’t access my home print edition from the road at all, but buying a local paper at a corner store is nearly impossible anymore. I’d be very happy if the paper made their puzzles interactive so that I wouldn’t have to ...
DEAR HELOISE: I noticed that my dog was constantly licking his feet; I’m not certain, but it could be due to allergies, irritation or contact with something from outdoors. It took a lot of trial and error to find relief. I tried several products for my 95-pound chocolate Lab, and then I found itch wipes online. The licking stopped almost immediately, and I’ve used them successfully for years now. It’s a convenient and gentle paw treatment for dogs with irritated or itchy paws. You should wipe your dog’s paws after walks, especially during allergy season or after they’ve been ...
Some of the most sophisticated plays in bridge are forced upon declarer by the set of circumstances he encounters. Here is a case where South had to resort to special measures to overcome a seemingly certain trump loser. South opened the bidding with three spades, to which North responded five notrump. This was the Grand Slam Force, directing South to bid seven spades if he held two of the three top spade honors. South had no choice but to obey and so bid the grand slam. Ordinarily, South would have made 13 tricks easily. But after he took the ace of hearts and ace of spades, ruffed ...
Health and wellness advice is available in abundance on social media — from trendy to informative to straight-up disinformation — and you’re far from alone in seeing it. A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults — and around half of those under 50 ...
DEAR HELOISE: I noticed that my dog was constantly licking his feet; I’m not certain, but it could be due to allergies, irritation or contact with something from outdoors. It took a lot of trial and error to find relief. I tried several products for my 95-pound chocolate Lab, and then I found itch wipes online. The licking stopped almost immediately, and I’ve used them successfully for years now. It’s a convenient and gentle paw treatment for dogs with irritated or itchy paws. You should wipe your dog’s paws after walks, especially during allergy season or after they’ve been ...
