So, another one I wanted to watch again. I wasn’t looking forward to this episode that much – all the advance notice seemed to talk about ‘Scandi-noir’, and I was thinking, ‘Oh, please, not the North Sea Depression’*.

But instead of the inheritors of Ibsen, we got the inheritors of Norwegian fairy tales. I loved it.

@arbutus – I agree that this…[Read more]

@rob me too! Last week and lost the whole hog. Luckily, a mate had brought me a new (very small, mind) coffee plunger with a sweet bean. I had just come home and fancied a good brew. So, rob it calmed me down. We have merlo coffee here? And if you purchase a large tin of it (as I did about 3 months ago) they give you a free coffee AND a $5 voucher…[Read more]

@Arbutus (and everyone)

I saw the dermatologist yesterday, and she confirmed that the GP I saw was haring of on the wrong track and there was no way it could be a melanoma. She (the GP) was very pleasant, but if she does not know what a melanoma looks like I feel a bit relieved that she is not my regular doctor.

The consultant dermatologist…[Read more]

@arbutus

I think I referred to your lentils dispute (Lentil-gate) on The Sofa? But I didn’t catch up on your mention of T16s rather horrendous essay in maths class. Indeedy! Except it nudged him to a ‘B’ what won’t be a B or even a pass in the exam yesterday where he texted me with: “I had 2 on the C level correct and 3 of the D level correct.…[Read more]

watching ABC Happy Hour with Silence in the Library. Tennant was brilliant and it’s terrific to watch Kingston play against such an accomplished actor. His nervous, “who are you to me? what’s in that book?”

Donna’s suspicious and can’t work out what River is saying with her, “I sent a note and it got here too soon. This is early in his…[Read more]

@arbutus I did something similiar once with pumpkin soup. Hope all the lentils are now discovered and dispatched.

@Blenkinsopthebrave. AT four am stuck on hte sofa helping R3 complete an English essay The Young Ones are just about the required viewing. “Guys Lentils are on the floor” is often quoted here, usually on MOndays when I am serving up…[Read more]

@arbutus

The bit where you leave out the little knob thing in the middle isn’t half as annoying as the bit where you remember said little knob thing AND put the lid on and the madly vibrating blender still somehow makes the lid (and accompanying soup) fly upwards and then deposit said lid (and soup) all over the kitchen.…[Read more]

@arbutus

Lentils. It brings back memories of The Young Ones

@Arbutus

Thank very much. I’m OK, although still keep getting flashbacks to my dashboard light up like the friggin’ Blackpool illuminations. On the plus side, since there was no credible dispute about who was at fault, the insurance has been sorted very quickly.

I get the proper glucose testing a few weeks, so it will be interesting to see if…[Read more]

@idiotsavon @lisa @pedant

I have learned so much about Brexit and Leave (and Remain) since coming to this Forum for myself. I never was much into politics but I am glad I am becoming more interested by the day. As @bluesqueakpip suggested Politics and Brexit is very difficult -as an argument -to take and there is angst because of it (thank you…[Read more]

@arbutus

Just wanted to say…

Steve Pearce.

Bargain. Of. The. Decade.

@swordwhale

the trumpocalypse….

I love that term: I hope you don’t mind if I use that term to my mates? I will assuredly give you credit because they are Doctor Who-ers AND pretty interested in the American situation at the moment. If I stole your term, they’d know it and I’d get clocked!

I really like the spoon you had in the bowl? That’s very c…[Read more]

So, somewhat to my surprise, I made another video – in which biscuits are considered at some length, ( @mudlark, @arbutus @swordhale ) Morrissey and mushrooms are exposed for what they truly are and I get a bit sleep deprived. It goes a bit off-piste.

@Arbutus

I’d be thinking of gingersnaps.

In which case we appear to be in accord, since ginger snaps are an alternative name for what I referred to as ginger nuts 🙂  Brandy snaps, which I think I mentioned in another post, and which don’t always contain brandy but do contain ginger, are another matter. Usually filled with whipped cream, but wh…[Read more]

Yesterday I read a review of the episode and numerous comments (overwhelmingly laudatory) on a US site which is primarily political but which does occasionally feature references to Doctor Who. It seems that I was right in my recollection that Rosa Parks’ protest was planned beforehand, and according to one commenter, several people on the bus…[Read more]

@kevinwho

Yes, there is a danger in othering racists — we all surely know someone who holds views like this and the challenge is to change their mind through reason and engagement otherwise they just go and away and fester.

I’m going to reserve judgement on Krasko until the end of the series though. At this point, I suspect we may be seeing him…[Read more]

@arbutus

She was chosen by the NAACP and she was a willing participant.

@whisht Hooray! Music. Silly? Never! 😀   For instance…..Dr Berg…( I need a  re-watch of that bit with Malik -it was hard to hear but there was an odd …..feel too).

@arbutus

exactly, I enjoy Berg -with reservations. At restaurants and bars. Although the fare at the local Mater Mirage is somewhat less varied it has its upsides.  Lots of cond…[Read more]

@arbutus

but do you like Alban Berg?   😀     I do myself and I particularly like Cantos which use statements like the one above -Handel was my original inspiration…..

Good to hear from you… I shall pop to PMs. I somehow missed some messages (blame the drugs. Everyone else does and they’re right!)

Puro xx