TV obsessions—come on, admit it!
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There's really no gore. That's as gorey as it gets.
Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.
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Guilty pleasure: much to my surprise, Vision TV here in Canada has started to re-run all the episodes from the ORIGINAL 'All Creatures Great and Small', starring Christopher Timothy and Robert Hardy!
I watched most of the original series, but that has not stopped me from enjoying the rerun I saw last night. My one problem with the original was the English accents and lack of subtitles. Robert Hardy, in particular, is hard to understand because he tends to speak very fast. I have watched some of the episodes on YouTube, but captions there are auto-generated, and the auto system can't understand him either! It sometimes doesn't even bother to provide captions for what he says!
So, VERY nice to have proper accurate captions for this show, which I've always loved!
The new one isn't nearly as good. They stray too far from the books, and try to match all the men up with women. I never bothered watching the second season.
I watched most of the original series, but that has not stopped me from enjoying the rerun I saw last night. My one problem with the original was the English accents and lack of subtitles. Robert Hardy, in particular, is hard to understand because he tends to speak very fast. I have watched some of the episodes on YouTube, but captions there are auto-generated, and the auto system can't understand him either! It sometimes doesn't even bother to provide captions for what he says!
So, VERY nice to have proper accurate captions for this show, which I've always loved!
The new one isn't nearly as good. They stray too far from the books, and try to match all the men up with women. I never bothered watching the second season.
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
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It's coming! This is the one story I really, really want to hear!
Four Seasons Total Landscaping Will Be the Subject of a New Documentary
Four Seasons Total Landscaping Will Be the Subject of a New Documentary
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Why?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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I can't answer for Frelga, but I think just the plain silliness of the whole thing is funny. We all make stupid mistakes from time to time, but this .. is just funny and the company went with it, which was fun.
My heart is forever in the Shire.
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Why? Representatives of the sitting president conducted a post-election press conference in a parking lot of a landscape company, between a crematorium and an adult book shop, and you don't want to know how that happened?
"What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter."
Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
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No.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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An old TORc friend put this on FB and I couldn't help but think of you Frelga. Annual holiday to add to our calendars? 
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Celebrate with some autumn gardening!
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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I hope the FSTL Tamarian brought you something nice for the holiday.
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"What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter."
Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
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Did anyone watch the show "Manifest"? I just watched the first episode and am not sure if it's worth getting into or not. It could be interesting, or... not?
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Eeeeeee!
Not as thrilled with Malicia. She is not supposed to be cute and impish. She should be intense and judgemental.
Not as thrilled with Malicia. She is not supposed to be cute and impish. She should be intense and judgemental.
"What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter."
Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
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You know you're getting old when:
You rewatch the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer... and not only were we both saying, "Aww, they're so YOUNG!" (about the teenagers) ... but we are also noticing that Giles is much younger than we remembered, too!
I looked it up and he was only in his 40s when he had that role.
You rewatch the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer... and not only were we both saying, "Aww, they're so YOUNG!" (about the teenagers) ... but we are also noticing that Giles is much younger than we remembered, too!
I looked it up and he was only in his 40s when he had that role.-
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I'm currently binging on the series "Goliath", on Amazon Prime. It's about a sole-practitioner attorney who takes on a suicide-but-maybe-it-was-a-murder case against a goliath-sized weapons manufacturing company and its cabal of attorneys. All of the characters are deeply flawed, especially the lead (played by Billy Bob Thornton, who is my age, but appears to have much more self-imposed mileage on himself). There are no warm, endearing people in it, as of episode 4, but it is riveting courtroom/investigation/murder mystery drama.
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus
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Okay, I got Britbox, so I could continue watching the original All Creatures Great and Small, and decided to give Downton Abbey a try.
WARNING - SPOILERS!!
I binged Season 1 and 2, and for the most part, enjoyed them. Then, I hit Season 3, and Harlequin Romance began to take over.
My suspension of disbelief also got suspended.
Hidden text.
Not going to continue to watch, though I LOVE the family dragon, Violet (played by the legendary Maggie Smith.)
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When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
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Jude, it reminded me so much of romance novels where you know the person is paired up with the wrong suitor, and doomed to unhappiness. Then, something happens - death, divorce, infidelity - and the wrongly paired person is free, only to have SOMETHING ELSE come along and prevent them from being with their Perfect Match.
I HATE that kind of writing! Save it for .99 cent romance novels!
But you got to admit, the series does give an very accurate portrayal of how things were for women at the time. In that way, it's similar to Titanic.
BTW do you think I should edit my post and put 'spoiler' tags in it?
I HATE that kind of writing! Save it for .99 cent romance novels!
But you got to admit, the series does give an very accurate portrayal of how things were for women at the time. In that way, it's similar to Titanic.
BTW do you think I should edit my post and put 'spoiler' tags in it?
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
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I haven't read all those romance novels, so it was all new for me 