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In message , Sacha
writes On 2009-07-13 20:29:29 +0100, June Hughes said: In message , Sacha writes On 2009-07-13 16:21:59 +0100, June Hughes said: In message , Sacha writes I loved Mapp & Lucia, saw it first time around and watched it again on DVD, then re-read the books, just for good measure. My men like Top Gear but it makes cringe, though I do find Jeremy Clarkson's books funny. But their behaviour on tv is just too much of the overgrown schoolboy having fun and us paying for it. Loved Cranford and always enjoy the Jane Austen adaptations. Lucia is such an arch snob but I like her for all that. A very dear friend lives near Rye, where many of the stories are set, and I going there. I had forgotten about the Jane Austin series' (can't think of the plural of series atm). I rather like period drama but watching the Cranford DVD, I read Mrs Gaskell's book and was surprised to find several characters and stories that were on the DVD but not in the book. If Lucia wasn't like that with her "un po di musica" etc. it would lose half its fun, IMO. She was the Mrs Buckett of her time but more finely drawn. It's their pretensions that make them both so funny and so endearing. Yes indeed. I have just returned from a meeting and am supposed to be watching a DVD Barry bought called Black Books, which is the whole series by that name. I had never heard of it before but Barry thinks it is terrific and has watched episode one. He's expecting me to watch it whilst he is out this evening so that we can watch the rest of the series together. I feel like putting Lucia on now, so when he asks whether or not I have watched Black Books, I shall blame you Aaaagh. Black Books? Sorry! All I know is the expression "you're in my black book" and where on earth did *that* come from other than my grandmother. I forgot to say - it's actually about a book shop and the comedy is black. Nothing to do with being in someone's 'black books'. -- June Hughes |
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In message , mark
writes As a Corrie watcher (only Corrie btw) I hadn't realised it was tripe and that I was lonely and wasting my life. This really has been a wake up call for me and other mindless Corrie watchers, no doubt. Corrie is rubbish. There hasn't been any stuff about gardening since Jack had the allotment, and that's the last time I saw any of it. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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On Jul 14, 11:52*am, Gordon H
wrote: In message , mark writes As a Corrie watcher (only Corrie btw) I hadn't realised it was tripe and that I was lonely and wasting my life. *This really has been a wake up call for me and other mindless Corrie watchers, no doubt. Corrie is rubbish. * *There hasn't been any stuff about gardening since Jack had the allotment, and that's the last time I saw any of it. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply In your opinion Gordon, please show respect for another poster's views. |
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In message , Gordon H
writes In message , mark writes As a Corrie watcher (only Corrie btw) I hadn't realised it was tripe and that I was lonely and wasting my life. This really has been a wake up call for me and other mindless Corrie watchers, no doubt. Corrie is rubbish. There hasn't been any stuff about gardening since Jack had the allotment, and that's the last time I saw any of it. I thought the person posting was a troll, so killed it off. Possibly wrong but as it didn't contribute anything about gardening, I don't think I've missed much and wasn't far off the mark. -- June Hughes |
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"June Hughes" wrote in message ... In message , Gordon H writes In message , mark writes As a Corrie watcher (only Corrie btw) I hadn't realised it was tripe and that I was lonely and wasting my life. This really has been a wake up call for me and other mindless Corrie watchers, no doubt. Corrie is rubbish. There hasn't been any stuff about gardening since Jack had the allotment, and that's the last time I saw any of it. I thought the person posting was a troll, so killed it off. Possibly wrong but as it didn't contribute anything about gardening, I don't think I've missed much and wasn't far off the mark. -- June Hughes Are you an accountant? mark |
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"Judith in France" wrote in message ... On Jul 14, 11:52 am, Gordon H wrote: In message , mark writes As a Corrie watcher (only Corrie btw) I hadn't realised it was tripe and that I was lonely and wasting my life. This really has been a wake up call for me and other mindless Corrie watchers, no doubt. Corrie is rubbish. There hasn't been any stuff about gardening since Jack had the allotment, and that's the last time I saw any of it. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply In your opinion Gordon, please show respect for another poster's views. Relax, Judith, I think Gordon was merely attempting 'dead pan' humour in a similar vein to Mark. Being someone who no longer watches Coronation Street, Gordon isn't all that well placed to condemn it as rubbish, true. But, to be fair, being someone who watches only Coronation Street, and therefore has nothing to compare it with, Mark isn't all that well placed to decide whether it is tripe, either. |
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On Jul 15, 9:46*am, "BAC" wrote:
"Judith in France" wrote in ... On Jul 14, 11:52 am, Gordon H wrote: In message , mark writes As a Corrie watcher (only Corrie btw) I hadn't realised it was tripe and that I was lonely and wasting my life. This really has been a wake up call for me and other mindless Corrie watchers, no doubt. Corrie is rubbish. There hasn't been any stuff about gardening since Jack had the allotment, and that's the last time I saw any of it. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply In your opinion Gordon, please show respect for another poster's views. Relax, Judith, I think Gordon was merely attempting 'dead pan' humour in a similar vein to Mark. Being someone who no longer watches Coronation Street, Gordon isn't all that well placed to condemn it as rubbish, true. But, to be fair, being someone who watches only Coronation Street, and therefore has nothing to compare it with, Mark isn't all that well placed to decide whether it is tripe, either. Right, when is it on, tonight? so I will watch it and give an opinion tomorrow LOL. Judith |
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"Gordon H" wrote in message ... In message , mark writes As a Corrie watcher (only Corrie btw) I hadn't realised it was tripe and that I was lonely and wasting my life. This really has been a wake up call for me and other mindless Corrie watchers, no doubt. Corrie is rubbish. There hasn't been any stuff about gardening since Jack had the allotment, and that's the last time I saw any of it. -- I think allotments would make for a good story line. With the recent surge in popularity particularly among the twenty and thirty something age group, it is becoming very 'trendy*' to spend £150 on grow £30 worth of veg. Perhaps some of the younger cast members could have a go. mark * Is trendy a trendy word? |
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"Judith in France" wrote in message ... On Jul 15, 9:46 am, "BAC" wrote: "Judith in France" wrote in ... On Jul 14, 11:52 am, Gordon H wrote: In message , mark writes As a Corrie watcher (only Corrie btw) I hadn't realised it was tripe and that I was lonely and wasting my life. This really has been a wake up call for me and other mindless Corrie watchers, no doubt. Corrie is rubbish. There hasn't been any stuff about gardening since Jack had the allotment, and that's the last time I saw any of it. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply In your opinion Gordon, please show respect for another poster's views. Relax, Judith, I think Gordon was merely attempting 'dead pan' humour in a similar vein to Mark. Being someone who no longer watches Coronation Street, Gordon isn't all that well placed to condemn it as rubbish, true. But, to be fair, being someone who watches only Coronation Street, and therefore has nothing to compare it with, Mark isn't all that well placed to decide whether it is tripe, either. Right, when is it on, tonight? so I will watch it and give an opinion tomorrow LOL. Judith Well Judith, you are warned that there is a very libidinous undercurrent going on in Corrie at the moment. No one is actually 'at it' so to speak but through want of trying. Also you can't just watch one episode to get a feel for it. Two more episodes on Friday! mark |
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"mark" wrote in message ... "Judith in France" wrote in message ... On Jul 15, 9:46 am, "BAC" wrote: "Judith in France" wrote in ... On Jul 14, 11:52 am, Gordon H wrote: In message , mark writes As a Corrie watcher (only Corrie btw) I hadn't realised it was tripe and that I was lonely and wasting my life. This really has been a wake up call for me and other mindless Corrie watchers, no doubt. Corrie is rubbish. There hasn't been any stuff about gardening since Jack had the allotment, and that's the last time I saw any of it. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply In your opinion Gordon, please show respect for another poster's views. Relax, Judith, I think Gordon was merely attempting 'dead pan' humour in a similar vein to Mark. Being someone who no longer watches Coronation Street, Gordon isn't all that well placed to condemn it as rubbish, true. But, to be fair, being someone who watches only Coronation Street, and therefore has nothing to compare it with, Mark isn't all that well placed to decide whether it is tripe, either. Right, when is it on, tonight? so I will watch it and give an opinion tomorrow LOL. Judith Well Judith, you are warned that there is a very libidinous undercurrent going on in Corrie at the moment. No one is actually 'at it' so to speak but through want of trying. Also you can't just watch one episode to get a feel for it. Two more episodes on Friday! oops! I missed out a 'not' |
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On Jul 15, 11:09*am, "mark" wrote:
"Judith in France" wrote in ... On Jul 15, 9:46 am, "BAC" wrote: "Judith in France" wrote in ... On Jul 14, 11:52 am, Gordon H wrote: In message , mark writes As a Corrie watcher (only Corrie btw) I hadn't realised it was tripe and that I was lonely and wasting my life. This really has been a wake up call for me and other mindless Corrie watchers, no doubt. Corrie is rubbish. There hasn't been any stuff about gardening since Jack had the allotment, and that's the last time I saw any of it. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply In your opinion Gordon, please show respect for another poster's views. Relax, Judith, I think Gordon was merely attempting 'dead pan' humour in a similar vein to Mark. Being someone who no longer watches Coronation Street, Gordon isn't all that well placed to condemn it as rubbish, true. But, to be fair, being someone who watches only Coronation Street, and therefore has nothing to compare it with, Mark isn't all that well placed to decide whether it is tripe, either. Right, when is it on, tonight? *so I will watch it and give an opinion tomorrow LOL. Judith Well Judith, you are warned that there is a very libidinous undercurrent going on in Corrie at the moment. *No one is actually 'at it' so to speak but through want of trying. Also you can't just watch one episode to get a feel for it. Two more episodes on Friday! mark Oh Lor, I won't be able to on Friday we are going out to dinner. I used to watch it but my life changed and now evenings are spent relaxing outside or with friends. I will watch tonight; watch this space. Judith |
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In message , BAC
writes "Judith in France" wrote in message ... On Jul 14, 11:52 am, Gordon H wrote: In message , mark writes As a Corrie watcher (only Corrie btw) I hadn't realised it was tripe and that I was lonely and wasting my life. This really has been a wake up call for me and other mindless Corrie watchers, no doubt. Corrie is rubbish. There hasn't been any stuff about gardening since Jack had the allotment, and that's the last time I saw any of it. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply In your opinion Gordon, please show respect for another poster's views. Your .sig separator isn't working. I merely stated my *own* opinion, does that disrespect another poster's opinion? It is only about a TV soap. :-) Relax, Judith, I think Gordon was merely attempting 'dead pan' humour in a similar vein to Mark. I didn't read any post from Judith, but of course I felt free to use humour in an off-topic thread. The reference to Jack's allotment... If you have to explain it to people, it's no good. :-) Being someone who no longer watches Coronation Street, Gordon isn't all that well placed to condemn it as rubbish, true. But, to be fair, being someone who watches only Coronation Street, and therefore has nothing to compare it with, Mark isn't all that well placed to decide whether it is tripe, either. I have a lady friend who watches it avidly, so I see snatches occasionally. I used to watch it when my wife was alive, so that's nearly 14 years ago, and there used to be much more humour in it, as far as I recall. We also watched Emmerdale Farm, when it was about farming, but then the other soaps came up with all the outlandish plots, so we had the aircraft crash in Emmerdale, and all the rapes and murders in Brookside etc. OOOPS! QI is on, and it's one I haven't seen! Ta ta for now. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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Gordon H wrote:
OOOPS! QI is on, and it's one I haven't seen! Now *there's* a TV show worth watching. If I had green thumbs, they'd both be up to you. |
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, EastneyEnder writes Gordon H wrote: OOOPS! QI is on, and it's one I haven't seen! Now *there's* a TV show worth watching. If I had green thumbs, they'd both be up to you. I bought an audio CD called The Sound Of General Ignorance, which is based on the "fact or myth" content of QI. It comes in handy if I wake up at 4am... Some of the assertions made on the programme are slightly dubious, though. Did Edison invent the light bulb, or was he the man who could afford to take out the patent on a device very similar to that invented by a Brit? I'll have to listen again to find out his name. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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"Gordon H" wrote in message ... In message , EastneyEnder writes Gordon H wrote: OOOPS! QI is on, and it's one I haven't seen! Now *there's* a TV show worth watching. If I had green thumbs, they'd both be up to you. I bought an audio CD called The Sound Of General Ignorance, which is based on the "fact or myth" content of QI. It comes in handy if I wake up at 4am... Some of the assertions made on the programme are slightly dubious, though. Did Edison invent the light bulb, or was he the man who could afford to take out the patent on a device very similar to that invented by a Brit? I'll have to listen again to find out his name. -- Joseph Swan. mark |
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