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Post by peggs on Dec 27, 2021 14:04:55 GMT
I watched Superworm on my own just to cheer me up the other day.
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 27, 2021 14:12:06 GMT
Despite eating almost non-stop for two whole days, I was absolutely starving by early afternoon, so I've just been to Boots for a smoked ham and emmental sandwich. Was £2.75, now 50p. 🥪🙂
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Post by david on Dec 31, 2021 16:07:02 GMT
I'm currently house sitting and looking after 2 guinea pigs and 2 cats for her. First night went off to a great start when one of the cats wanders in with a mouse it had caught. So, after a spending the evening trying to capture the rodent which ended successfully, tonight with all the fireworks likely to go off, the cats are staying in despite all their vocal protests. At least the guinea pigs are much easier to deal with. Just feed 'em and provide water and they are good to go.
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 31, 2021 18:08:56 GMT
I see your two pair, our david, and I raise you a fox. Oh to be young again! I was heading home; it was heading out for the night. |
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Post by peggs on Dec 31, 2021 21:59:40 GMT
Played hide and seek with the small ones. The 4 year old took me over to the hedge and we just stood by it and he assured me that would work. Credit to his younger sister who pretended to not see us for some time.
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Post by lynette on Jan 1, 2022 0:44:38 GMT
Played hide and seek with the small ones. The 4 year old took me over to the hedge and we just stood by it and he assured me that would work. Credit to his younger sister who pretended to not see us for some time. Lots of hiding in full sight. It is funny. I don't know when they twig. 😁 |
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Post by peggs on Jan 1, 2022 15:04:21 GMT
If they do hide so it's less obvious they generate sound effects so clearly have no faith you'll find them unaided but then I guess if you can't see a child standing in front of you, you clearly need assistance  |
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 1, 2022 19:35:53 GMT
Yesterday my mother went for a walk with a friend & found afterwards that she'd lost her new glasses. So today we did the same walk, slowly & looking at the ground the entire time, in search of them. Unfortunately no results apart from neck ache for two!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2022 21:12:05 GMT
Played hide and seek with the small ones. The 4 year old took me over to the hedge and we just stood by it and he assured me that would work. Credit to his younger sister who pretended to not see us for some time. Lots of hiding in full sight. It is funny. I don't know when they twig. 😁 Reminds me of when I was at school...
There were two entrances to the school: the main entrance, for the use of adults and seniors (14+), and a side entrance used by juniors (11–14). As juniors we hated the fact that we couldn't use the main entrance, even though the other route added no more than 40 seconds to the walk. So when nobody was around we'd always try to sneak through the main entrance. And we were good at it; we were almost never caught.
As seniors we'd approach the drive to the main gate and see a bunch of juniors hanging around at the end of the drive with that determined and furious innocence only shown by children who are up to no good. So we'd walk through the gate and wait. A minute or so later we'd hear frantic footsteps running up the drive followed by muffled voices from under the arch of the gatehouse, and then a head would briefly appear to look around. More whispering, and then the group of juniors would stroll out making loud comments about how they'd just ducked out of the way to tie a shoelace or something and they absolutely hadn't come from the street at all.
And most of the time anyone who saw them let it go without comment, because we all knew the penny would drop in the end.
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Post by peggs on Jan 1, 2022 21:44:06 GMT
Watching the downtown first movie, had no idea it was meant to be a comedy! Even for downton it's a bonkers storyline and has everyone got a bit more posh or is my sound just a bit off?
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Post by sfsusan on Jan 2, 2022 15:02:03 GMT
had no idea it was meant to be a comedy! Do you mean the Downton Abbey movie? I also watched it yesterday and would be very surprised if it were meant to be a comedy. Is that how it was described by someone? Or did you find it so ridiculous that it struck you that way? I thought they all sounded the same as in the tv series... posh. Although come to think of it, some of the downstairs characters might have sounded a bit more polished, particularly Mr. Barrow. Although given his career path, someone like him might have consciously been trying to sound more 'upstairs'. I did think the {Spoiler - click to view}assassination and the gay bar subplots were a little unrealistic, but Downton has never focused on realism. This is the cinematic equivalent of candy floss/cotton candy (pretty and sweet, full of nothing, but good fun for those who enjoy it). |
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Post by peggs on Jan 2, 2022 16:06:46 GMT
Yes.
No.
Yes.
I suppose it's been quite some years since I watched an episode so I'd forgotten just how daft it is. I don't really mean this in a snooty way, it is as you say what it is and I've watched all the tv series whilst increasingly rolling my eyes so it has a definite hook. I'm not entirely convinced it's author views it as fluff, in the interviews I've read he has given the slight impression that he thinks he has some great insight into the world of past posh people that no one else can rival. But as a vehicle for the Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton double act it's hard to fault and once you add in Imelda Staunton even better.
Yes that would make sense with Thomas wanted to sound more polished.
The sub plots you could see coming from the start off but then I'm guessing you're meant to, it's that sort of comforting show.
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Post by sfsusan on Jan 3, 2022 9:27:08 GMT
I'm not entirely convinced it's author views it as fluff Julian Fellowes? Without knowing him personally, I'm as sure as I can be that it (and much of his work) is an homage to what he considers a lost "golden age". He does pay lip service to the "is this still workable?" angst that Lady Mary briefly considers, but Lord Grantham's ringing defense that "this house will still be standing in 100 years" is the heart of the matter. Never mind that he would likely be appalled by the contortions necessary for those grand houses to remain standing (opening to the public, renting out as film sets, opening public spectacles like zoos on the property), and how constrained the lifestyle of the current family descendants would seem to him. |
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Post by Latecomer on Jan 3, 2022 17:51:48 GMT
Mum tested negative on lateral flow tests yesterday and today, after catching Covid just before Christmas. Relax and breathe again! So a good day! Back to work tomorrow….those library books won’t send themselves out! |
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Post by marob on Jan 3, 2022 19:13:13 GMT
peggs I remember a bit in the series where Carson whipped out a ruler to check the table settings. My sister and I both laughed, but I really don’t think it was supposed to be funny.
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Post by marob on Jan 3, 2022 19:25:37 GMT
Gutted to have to return some tickets today. But really impressed that the Old Vic got back to me with a credit voucher within 20 minutes and LW Theatres within 5!
I won’t be holding my breath while I wait for ATG and Todaytix…
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Post by peggs on Jan 3, 2022 19:52:41 GMT
I'm not entirely convinced it's author views it as fluff Julian Fellowes? Without knowing him personally, I'm as sure as I can be that it (and much of his work) is an homage to what he considers a lost "golden age". He does pay lip service to the "is this still workable?" angst that Lady Mary briefly considers, but Lord Grantham's ringing defense that "this house will still be standing in 100 years" is the heart of the matter. Never mind that he would likely be appalled by the contortions necessary for those grand houses to remain standing (opening to the public, renting out as film sets, opening public spectacles like zoos on the property), and how constrained the lifestyle of the current family descendants would seem to him. 'lost golden age'? mmm yes that would fit with quite a lot he does. No marob I don't think the things I was amused by were supposed to be funny. Need to buy a new vacuum for my mother, cue stressed looking at sites while she wants things that don't exist and says things like 'well can't you just put it in the internet' and i try to not scream. If I just pick one it will be my fault when it's wrong hence her involvement. Sad to have to take the fairy lights down, Jan, Feb etc are going to long yuk months me thinks and unamused it's due to go cold from tomorrow just when I have to sit at the dining room table all day without moving, hat, gloves, blanket will be coming back out. |
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Post by sfsusan on Jan 5, 2022 0:18:50 GMT
peggs I remember a bit in the series where Carson whipped out a ruler to check the table settings. My sister and I both laughed, but I really don’t think it was supposed to be funny. I remember seeing a documentary about Buckingham Palace getting ready for a state dinner, and they did the same. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2022 11:31:27 GMT
Sad to have to take the fairy lights down My Christmas Tree has been replaced by my Easter Tree, to which it bears a remarkable similarity. They also rather resemble my Midsummer Tree, my Harvest Tree and my Halloween Tree.
(Not really. But I'm tempted, because I love the patterns of light and shadow created by large numbers of small lights.)
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 5, 2022 13:17:39 GMT
peggs I remember a bit in the series where Carson whipped out a ruler to check the table settings. My sister and I both laughed, but I really don’t think it was supposed to be funny. I remember seeing a documentary about Buckingham Palace getting ready for a state dinner, and they did the same. We all do that when laying the dinner table don't we? |
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Post by sfsusan on Jan 5, 2022 14:04:00 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 5, 2022 15:40:28 GMT
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Post by peggs on Jan 5, 2022 17:33:05 GMT
I remember seeing a documentary about Buckingham Palace getting ready for a state dinner, and they did the same. We all do that when laying the dinner table don't we? You mean not everyone eats in their bed?! (Can be on bed if warmer). |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2022 22:31:45 GMT
My day has become infinitely better since I heard Novak Djokovic is getting kicked out of Australia!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2022 8:18:22 GMT
The person in front of me at Sainsbury's this morning was buying 40 tubs of Quality Street (26 kg).
I'm guessing he either works with children or has a lot more self-control than I have.
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