@thane16   Canadians have been watching TV from the States since TV started and their shows are still a big part of Canadian broadcasters programming. Most sitcoms we watch are American made and some are “must watch TV” while many are mediocre. When they are good they are very good, like Soap and Taxi and Seinfeld to name some oldies.

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@thane16    syzygy – I agree, particularly about Listen and Flatline.   Grumpy Doc (that sounds like a couple of the seven dwarves, doesn’t it?  How appropriate…) in his mini-Tardis was hilarious.    And Listen was truly scary, demonstrating how hair-raising you can make ‘nothing’.

[Oops – this was in response to your previous post, I’m a bi…[Read more]

@thane16, @janetteB, @nerys, @winston, @dentarthurdent

It suddenly occurred to me that, as we reflect on contemporary life, particularly our respective Covid lives, what we all have in common is that we are all part of the post-imperial Commonwealth. In other words, we all have British points of reference, and yet our identity is bound up with…[Read more]

@thane16   Hello!  I enjoy reading the forums and all the theories including your clock theory for Clara. I never had the imagination to come up with too many of my own but I loved some of the more bonkers theories and waited to see if they were right. Some were but most were not and some ideas here were better than what the writers came up wi…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @thane16 Ah, if only it were so simple. I would like nothing better than to simply have a printout to show them. But no, it must be uploaded to the official federal government app. And you have to have it within that 72-hour window. From the Government of Canada:

All travellers, with limited exceptions, whether entering Canada…

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@janetteb  We get quite a few DVDs at charity shops and the library sells them to raise money. I also like owning some series and movies to watch over again. We have not streamed anything yet as our internet is too expensive and between the library, YouTube and the channels our antenna brings in we have way too much to watch. I may have to wait…[Read more]

@winston Loved the story about the fez. My moment of realisation regarding self consciousness came when I was working in a big Hotel in central London. I would watch the guests coming in with their breakfast trays and panicking because they felt as though they were being watched by the other guests and I realised that everyone experiences that…[Read more]

Oh, the forum just got busy!

@thane16 syzygy – Yes, I sort of thought River had time running backwards (which is impossible and hurt my brain to try and reconcile it) so pretty much managed to wave it away until Darillium made it obvious that view was wrong. I eventually worked out that time ran the same way for her and the Doc (as for everybody)…[Read more]

@thane16  Hi there!  I spent way too much time trying to figure out the River and Doctor time line and also came to the realization that it did not run back to front but in a wibbly-wobbly , timey-wimey sort of way. I had to let it go before my brain exploded.

Mr.Winston really likes Firefly and I was lucky that the library had the movie. I t…[Read more]

@thane16  I get busy with the veggie garden for a few days and I miss seeing you on the site. As I used to say a long time ago,”bummer”. Anyway , hello and its good to see you. Thane is 19 now, they grow up so fast. My oldest granddaughter is 17 and driving now! I hope everything is good for you and only getting better.

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@thane16 Hi. Lovely to hear from you again.  I have been worried about you too. Hope all is well with you.

I am also concerned about Craig. Hopefully he is just caught up with R.L

Cheers

Janette

@thane16

Puro, Have moved this over to the Film thread, but…tell me about Tenet. I have yet to see it, but I find Nolan’s films far too artificial and cold. I feel like I am being given a lecture, rather than being offered an experience. Of his films I have seen, I liked Batman Begins (but not the other two) and I hated Inception. I like to be…[Read more]

@thane16

Hi Puro, yes I too was wondering about Craig.

I have to ask…surely Thane can’t still be 16…

@janetteb That’s part of why my father planned his funeral service well in advance. That way, everyone knew what he wanted, and the service would follow his wishes. And it did!

@winston @dentarthurdent @thane16 Thank you for your thoughtful condolences. It seems like we are all in this same general age range when the death of a parent is…[Read more]

Goodness. It’s so nice to see you in my inbox. I’ve been meaning to come on and reply and I apologize for not doing so sooner, things have been a bit random around here recently! Where is Arbutus? Holed up in central Vancouver, trying very hard to stay kind, calm, and safe. 🙂 (I’m strong on safe and reasonably good with calm. It’s the kind par…[Read more]

@thane16 gosh the lengths we Adelaidians have to go to  to get noticed…

@blenkinsopthebrave. Yes I am always grateful that my ancestors took the long journey around the planet and not the short hop across the pond, much though I would love to visit Canada one day. I am happy to be on the other side of the planet to the U.S. right now.  I am a…[Read more]

@nerys

So sorry to hear about your father and I hope the Remdesvir treatment goes well.

Even if you were living close by, the hospital very likely wouldn’t let you visit. That’s the worst of it – quite a few people I know have had COVID and you just have to hope and pray each time that they’re one of the lucky ones. I hope your Dad is too.…[Read more]

@thane16 so sorry to hear that you lost a close family member due to covid 19 and difficult not being able to see her before she passed away.

@mudlark good to hear from you. Glad that you are keeping well.

@nerys I don’t think the “Orange Menace” will conceed willingly or gracefully and like you fear that there is trouble ahead but his power…[Read more]

@thane16, I’m so sorry to read this news of your mother’s passing. Hugs as you work your way through this grief.

@missy, I had the same initial confusion and emotional reaction to Puro’s post, so you’re not alone. Then I breathed a sigh of relief that it was not our dear Puro (though saddened by the news about her mother).

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@thane16 (puro)

Good to see you too, but I’m so sorry to read the news about your mother. As you say, it hits hard whenever it comes, and if, as I suspect,  you were not able to be with her at the end, as has been the case in so many C-14 deaths,  it must compound the sense of loss. You are in my thoughts or, as the Quakers say, I hold you in the light.