• Rule1 replied to the topic General Books thread

    Hi @Oochillyo

    I would love to see more of your story,

    and I hope all the best for your writing

    Best wishes

    Rule1

  • Rule1 replied to the topic General Books thread

    Hi  @oochillyo

    Your story is great,
    the words really illustrated what was going on in the scene.
    Best wishes

    Rule1

  • winston replied to the topic General Books thread

    @oochillyo   While you are waiting for enough money to take a course you might want to check out your library if you have access to one.My library has lots of books on writing , most are by authors and have at least some advice on writing that you might find useful. There are even some that have lessons and exercises to get you started. Once you h…[Read more]

  • winston replied to the topic The Winchester

    @oochillyo  It is great that you are getting better. Have a wonderful holiday!

    stay festive

  • WhoHar replied to the topic The Winchester

    @oochillyo

    Hi Declan,

    Thanks for reaching out. I’d like to reiterate what’s been said above, especially Craig who gave you some contact details of various organisations.

    It sounds like you have multiple issues going on (your health, your family’s health, safety concerns over your property…). As much as we’d all like to help here, in reality…[Read more]

  • WhoHar replied to the topic The Winchester

    @oochillyo

    Hi Declan,

    Not much to add to the advice and support offered by the lovely people here (@ps1l0v3y0u, @juniperfish, @craig, and of course Grandma @winston ).

    However, it does seem like we are online at the same time quite alot, (Maybe even same time zone), so feel free to reach out if you need a chat, and I’ll try to respond in a…[Read more]

  • winston replied to the topic The Winchester

    @oochillyo  declan, it sounds like you and your family are having a very bad week. The whole family being so ill this time of year must be very stressful and I hope you all get feeling better soon. When you are very sick your body is under stress while it fights the illness and this can make you feel anxious and worried.

    As a Grandma my advice…[Read more]

  • Craig replied to the topic The Winchester

    @oochillyo

    Hi Declan, I’m just putting this out there for you and for other people who find this a hard time of year. I don’t particularly enjoy it myself, if I’m honest.

    If you are in the UK you can always call The Samaritans on 116 123

    There are other ways to contact them too.

    Samaritans – Contact Us

    I hope you feel better.

  • Juniperfish replied to the topic The Winchester

    @oochillyo Sorry to hear you and your family are not well. Sounds like a nasty flu or Covid to me, with cough and a fever.

    Get some rest. Once you feel better, I think you might enjoy Kurt Vonnegut’s writing (if you haven’t already read him).

  • Dentarthurdent replied to the topic General Films thread

    @oochillyo   I’ve got that movie.   It’s insane, but entertaining.   Luc Besson on LSD   🙂    The ‘Pearls’ remind me strongly of the aliens in Avatar.   Rihanna’s character ‘Bubble’ is entertaining (and sexy 🙂   Visually, it’s spectacular.  Fun to watch.

    Though, I think, it suffers compared with Besson’s earlier ‘Fifth Element’ (get that if yo…[Read more]

  • ScaryB replied to the topic The Winchester

    @oochillyo

    AAAARGGHHHH! I’m traumatised! 🙂 (You did warn us, but I had to scroll 😛 )

     

  • Doctor lou replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    @oochillyo

    well I did encounter another cybermen, but it wasn’t much of a problem. I had to use my screwdriver to hotwire it. I know compilicated stuff. But besides that my TARDIS Landed into an unknown place. It was a void, full of nothing. silent. I seen a silence lodge door, scared me honestly.

     

    I have more if you like, I can try to provide…[Read more]

  • ps1l0v3y0u replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent @janetteb @oochillyo

    Is there a real claim a primacy for the ‘internal logic’ of Who or any other show? The result is always a compromise between the writer, the director, the producer, the ‘chemistry’ between the characters, production constraints (severe in the case of classic who) and the response to public or establi…[Read more]

  • Dentarthurdent replied to the topic The Winchester

    @nerys     I would say (from memory) that the TV series quite closely followed the book.   As I would expect, since Neil Gaiman was apparently closely involved in the TV production.   (I think in general it does make a difference to ones viewpoint which version one saw first, since the first-seen tends to establish itself in ones brain as the yar…[Read more]

  • janetteB replied to the topic The Winchester

    Hi @Oochillyo I would say yes that every story creates its own logic, ie the Tardis, utterly impossible but explained within the story and that also leads to other story justifications. Likewise the Doctor regenerating. take for example the Doctor changing gender, that is explained logically withing the narrative and has been so since the end of…[Read more]

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    @oochillyo, While I cannot join join you, I would suggest (I assume you have access to BBC iPlayer) season 2 of the Hartnell stories. They are totally different to contemporary Who, but wonderful in their own right.

  • ps1l0v3y0u replied to the topic The Girl Who Died

    Hi @oochillyo!

    the Girl Who Died as an episode was problematic though the story was fascinating. Same with Woman Who Lived but even more problematic; I really didn’t like Parsley the Lion and pals. The main attraction was the content of Me’s journals – see the post on sofa 11.

    Vikings! I met an American ‘Viking’ actor at the Jorvik centre…[Read more]

  • janetteB replied to the topic Website comments (2)

    Funny I didn’t get any messages. I put it down to sexism. …

    Hi @oochillyo hope life is treating you well.

    Cheers

    Janette

  • Dentarthurdent replied to the topic The Winchester

    Hi @oochillyo

    Most of what I said applies to emails.    From your post it looks as if most of the fake warnings you’re getting are coming through your browser.

    One simple thing you can do that might help is to drop the line (turn off your computer) when not using it.   If anyone’s targeting you they’re doing it in one of two ways – either usin…[Read more]

  • Dentarthurdent replied to the topic The Winchester

    @oochillyo      Okay.   The ‘confirm I’m not a robot’ button is quite common on websites and harmless, it’s just there to do what it says, confirm you’re a human and not a bot wasting their bandwidth in some way or another.   I doubt it had anything to do with those notifications.

    It’s quite likely those emails are fake, and ‘phishin…[Read more]

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