JCDenton  +  391988 Sat, 14 Jul 07 12:25 PM Hi Guys, 1)  I have received an email from my friend, who lives in UK. He have two small kids and he wrote to me about them...:".... They are kind of gratuitous with the hands, you know...;-) ". I checked the dictionary for the word gratuitous and it doesn't make a sense to me...:-((. Please did he mean, that his kids touches on everything ??? Like the small children usually do? 2) In one book designated for the cooking, if found this: "...it leaves ridge detail on it".  Please, what does it mean if something leaves ridge detail ?? I checked the dictionary for this word and I'm a little confused, as well as in the previous case...:-(( cheers and have a nice weekend. JCD JCDenton Joined on Tue, Jul 3 2007 Regular Member 658

	MrPedantic  +  391989 Sat, 14 Jul 07 12:27 PM Hello JCD, Yes, #1 seems to mean "they put their hands everywhere", "they are free with their hands". It's a slightly humorous formulation. "It leaves ridge detail" in #2 seems to mean "it creates little ridges". Have a good weekend! MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 13,616 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	JCDenton  +  392029 Sat, 14 Jul 07 02:01 PM Nice, thank you for help. JCDenton