hey @Arbutus and @Blenkinsopthebrave @puroandson – glad you liked it.
And Arbutus (and anyone else) – you can always ping to my pong.

;¬)

and it turns out I have two superpowers after all – rolling my tongue and burping on cue.
(As you’d imagine, both have taken me far and shaped my life).

And the talk of Spring set me off…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave       Thanks for that. I admit I looked them up after watching @Whisht‘s clip. There was an amazing amount of creative energy flying around in those days, wasn’t there?

@puroandson @Arbutus  @blenkinsopthebrave @Missy

I love these few weeks when the year is on the cusp of Autumn, especially when the weather is as perfect as it has been here for the past few days. Last week it was unseasonably hot, with high humidity and temperatures in the high 20s to low 30s C.  Now the weather is calm, with hazy sunshine and t…[Read more]

@pedant  I have been blocked from logging in for a couple of days. Tonight I tried clearing my cookies and internet history and then I tried again and ……well here I am. I don’t know if it was something I did or not but people could try it and see if it works.

@blenkinsopthebrave  That scene is so funny , thanks for that. It makes me want to w…[Read more]

@mudlark: No I remember the events well and it’s true that the realisation of betrayal dawns on the Master, after listening to the Doctor.

He knew that the Doctor wouldn’t shoot, so he sacrifices himself and sends Galifrey back to where it belongs. So , to my mind, it’s the Mater who destroys Rassilon. also, you weren’t butting in, I meant this…[Read more]

Son of Puro: Unlike B7 or like B7 or unlike something else?

I meant B5. *blushes profusely*

@ichabod: Spiders terrify me.

Janette: Oh, the Red Dwarf, superb series.

@blenkinsopthebrave: I remember that conversation – insane, but funny.

Missy

@blenkinsopthebrave

That is also my personal favourite of many, many Red Dwarf scenes. That and “Everybody remembers where they were the day Cliff Richard was shot”.

@blenkinsopthebrave  @janetteb  RED DWARF yes yes yes yes yes yes . . . what’s the keyboard symbol for “infinty”?

@ichabod: I loved it. Watched some on Youtube recently. do you rememebr The Shadows? Like big black spiders, they still make me shudder.
@blenkinsopthebrave; I read an interview with CE yesterday. He regrets not doing a second series. He would like to have developed the character more, but it seems that the writers wanted him to play it their w…[Read more]

@Missy

I did however quite enjoy Babylon  5 and then they took it off?

Erm, no – it finished. It was conceived from the beginning as a 5 season story. Alas, the seemingly inevitable machinations of US network TV meant a) a big falling out between Claudia Christian and JMS and b) the 5th season getting badly compromised (partly as a consequence of…[Read more]

@Blenkinsopthebrave.  I loved that production and it is in my collection along with the more recent version which has some merits too. I am currently re-watching The Pallisers, talking of “retro” TV viewing.

Cheers

Janette

@blenkinsopthebrave     Good for you, Blenkinsops! I completely agree. It would appear that our new friend was abandoned by someone out in the country. He was living wild when he was picked up, and fairly beaten up, but definitely not feral. And he is a gorgeous healthy 3 year old and so affectionate. I can’t understand it, honestly. We are ha…[Read more]

 
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They certainly are. I adore cats. Follow them with horses, dogs and stangely Camels.

Missy

@janetteb  @blenkinsopthebrave  Yes yes yes about our companion animals; a deal is struck when you put down that food and water, and it’s a real deal or it’s nothing much, IMO.

@Arbutus The boys camping trip sounds truely wonderful despite the discomforts and some level of discomfort is essential in all adventures otherwise you would not know you were having an adventure. Good luck with training your rescue cat to be diurnal. Our cat has to be shut in the back of the house at night so he doesn’t disturb us as I got tired…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave   Everything is better in a beautiful place.Cheers!

@Winston  @janetteB

Yes, spending time with our friends over there is our version of cottage time, as they live in a beautiful area just outside Victoria, surrounded by nature. And they are enthusiastic wine drinkers, so a great time altogether. It has been hot here (hot for us, anyway) so windows open 24/7 and fans going all night long. As…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Congrats on the move. Your new home sounds wonderful, a far cry from hot, dusty Australia I’m guessing. Good to hear from you again.

Cheers

Janette

@blenkinsopthebrave   Congrats on your move to such a beautiful part of Canada. My daughter lives on Vancouver Island on the wild west coast and it is like a paradise. We love visiting her! Thanks for the music and good luck unpacking. We are having a month long heatwave and drought here in Ontario and I sure wish I was on the cool and rainy west coast.

@blenkinsopthebrave  Thanks for those recce’s.

@jimthefish  Um — who’s Maxwell Edison, for those across the pond?

@stichintime  Maybe a “fudrick” is what just happened in Britain?