• From the Continent

    From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to GAMGEE on Sat Oct 11 10:27:24 2025
    Moving my OT response to CHAT:

    Haha, OK pretty sure I know who that is... :-)

    5-0! 5-0! The Nodelist Police!? ;)

    Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! :-)

    There is a British show called "As Time Goes By" where, in one episode, the main male character is trying to have a photo taken in one of those photo booths (either for a passport or a book cover). He is harrassed by a group
    of younger people who are apparently from "the continent."

    I often picture those kids when the Nodelist Police come up. Well, them
    or Bib Fortuna from "Return of the Jedi." :D

    Mike

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  • From Gamgee@618:250/24 to Mike Powell on Sat Oct 11 13:57:02 2025
    Mike Powell wrote to GAMGEE <=-

    Haha, OK pretty sure I know who that is... :-)

    5-0! 5-0! The Nodelist Police!? ;)

    Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! :-)

    There is a British show called "As Time Goes By" where, in one episode, the main male character is trying to have a photo taken in one of those photo booths (either for a passport or a book cover). He is harrassed
    by a group of younger people who are apparently from "the continent."

    I often picture those kids when the Nodelist Police come up. Well,
    them or Bib Fortuna from "Return of the Jedi." :D

    Hahahahaha, yeah they're like mosquitoes at the BBQ, can't get rid of
    the irritating pests. I probably shouldn't engage them, but sometimes I
    can't help myself... ;-)



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  • From Atreyu@618:400/24 to Gamgee on Sun Oct 12 05:32:29 2025
    On 11 Oct 25 13:57:02, Gamgee said the following to Mike Powell:

    Hahahahaha, yeah they're like mosquitoes at the BBQ, can't get rid of
    the irritating pests. I probably shouldn't engage them, but sometimes I can't help myself... ;-)

    A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, I was introduced via Netmail to one of those BBQ pests as someone who was highly skilled in programming, engineering, Ham radio, a scientist... really had it shoved down my throat in an introduction how smart the guy was and how he was one to be respected.

    Didn't take long to figure out that he's a savant, as in, ZERO personality or social skills. Surprised he was even married, to a human female no less. In every interaction he must be right and shove something down your throat, right down to cherrypicking quote-wars.. usually over something stupid.

    Surprisingly he has me in his twit filter and went crying to ZC2 a few times because I hurt his feelings. This is someone much older and likely more educated than I am yet self-implodes when faced with a giant middle finger.

    Dutch farts may be ignored but the smell lingers badly.

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  • From Gamgee@618:250/24 to Atreyu on Sun Oct 12 12:35:58 2025
    Atreyu wrote to Gamgee <=-

    On 11 Oct 25 13:57:02, Gamgee said the following to Mike Powell:

    Hahahahaha, yeah they're like mosquitoes at the BBQ, can't get rid of
    the irritating pests. I probably shouldn't engage them, but sometimes I can't help myself... ;-)

    A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, I was introduced via Netmail
    to one of those BBQ pests as someone who was highly skilled in programming, engineering, Ham radio, a scientist... really had it
    shoved down my throat in an introduction how smart the guy was and how
    he was one to be respected.

    Didn't take long to figure out that he's a savant, as in, ZERO
    personality or social skills. Surprised he was even married, to a human female no less. In every interaction he must be right and shove
    something down your throat, right down to cherrypicking quote-wars.. usually over something stupid.

    Yeah, I haven't had any netmails that I remember, but I get the same impression in the echomail traffic. Arrogant, self-righteous, superiority-complex, condescending attitudes towards all "lesser" folk. Especially those who don't give a rat's ass about the "IPv4 crisis" and
    the vast improvements offered by the holy grail of IPv6. Hahaha

    Surprisingly he has me in his twit filter and went crying to ZC2 a few times because I hurt his feelings. This is someone much older and
    likely more educated than I am yet self-implodes when faced with a
    giant middle finger.

    A keyboard ninja and a paper tiger is what I call those people.

    I'm quite fond of hoisting a giant middle finger. ;-)

    Dutch farts may be ignored but the smell lingers badly.

    Indeed it does.



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  • From Ray Quinn@618:300/19 to Mike Powell on Sat Oct 11 22:18:20 2025
    Hello Mike!

    11 Oct 25 10:27, you wrote to GAMGEE:

    There is a British show called "As Time Goes By" where, in one

    Ah, yes. With Dame Judy Dench. Funny show. I still have the first episode saved on our DVR from when it was on the local Public Broadcasting station, along with "Are You Being Served?" "Don't worry about the long sleeves. They'll ride up with wear." "And I am unanimous in that!"

    I often picture those kids when the Nodelist Police come up. Well,
    them or Bib Fortuna from "Return of the Jedi." :D

    Sorry. Didn't mean to barge in there or anything.

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to RAY QUINN on Mon Oct 13 09:40:58 2025
    There is a British show called "As Time Goes By" where, in one

    Ah, yes. With Dame Judy Dench. Funny show. I still have the first episode save
    on our DVR from when it was on the local Public Broadcasting station, along with "Are You Being Served?" "Don't worry about the long sleeves. They'll ride
    up with wear." "And I am unanimous in that!"

    LOL, that show is a classic, especially when Misses Slocomb goes on about
    her cat. :D

    If you also watched "Keeping Up Appearances," FYI Dame Patricia Routledge passed away earlier this month. She was 96, I think.

    Mike


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  • From Ray Quinn@618:300/19 to Mike Powell on Mon Oct 13 09:40:45 2025
    Hello Mike!

    13 Oct 25 09:40, you wrote to me:


    LOL, that show is a classic, especially when Misses Slocomb goes on
    about her cat. :D

    True. When she spoke of it, she always used words or phrases with double meaning.

    If you also watched "Keeping Up Appearances," FYI Dame Patricia
    Routledge passed away earlier this month. She was 96, I think.

    That is another show I watched. Yes. Her passing was recent, 3 October. She played Hyacinth Bucket. "The 'Bouquet' residence. The lady of the house speaking." And poor Richard! Believe it or not, my dad indroduced me to these shows a few decades ago. He still quotes them.


    Ray



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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to RAY QUINN on Wed Oct 15 08:08:18 2025
    There is a British show called "As Time Goes By" where, in one

    Ah, yes. With Dame Judy Dench. Funny show. I still have the first episode sav
    >on our DVR from when it was on the local Public Broadcasting station, along w
    > "Are You Being Served?" "Don't worry about the long sleeves. They'll ride up
    >with wear." "And I am unanimous in that!"

    Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By as
    well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All Creatures
    Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to ROB MCCART on Wed Oct 15 09:34:23 2025
    Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By as
    well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All Creatures
    Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

    Doc Martin is one of my favorites. I have not seen the original All
    Creatures but am enjoying the current one.


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  • From Ray Quinn@618:300/19 to Rob Mccart on Wed Oct 15 20:28:38 2025
    Hello Rob!

    15 Oct 25 08:08, you wrote to me:


    Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By
    as well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All
    Creatures Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

    I don't remember seeing any of those. There was one that takes place in a senior center, but I can't remember the name of it or any of the characters. Sadly, the local PBS station no longer carries any of them, but many live on on YouTube, and on streaming services like Britbox.

    73 de W6RAY Ray Quinn
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  • From August Abolins@618:400/23.10 to Ray Quinn on Thu Oct 16 09:07:00 2025
    Hello Ray!

    ** On Wednesday 15.10.25 - 20:28, Ray Quinn wrote to Rob Mccart:

    Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. [...]

    I don't remember seeing any of those. There was one that takes place in a senior center, but I can't remember the name of it or any of the characters. Sadly, the local PBS station no longer carries any of them, but many live on on YouTube, and on streaming services like Britbox.

    This one?

    Waiting for God (BBC, 1990-1994)

    Setting: Bayview Retirement Home.

    Premise: Two spirited elderly residents - Tom (Graham Crowden)
    and Diana (Stephanie Cole) - rebel against the patronizing
    management and refuse to "grow old gracefully."

    Tone: Sharp, witty, and a bit dark; a satire on aging and bureaucracy.

    Why it fits: Entirely set in a seniors' residence, with lots of
    ensemble interaction among the elderly residents and staff.
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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to RAY QUINN on Thu Oct 16 09:05:54 2025
    I don't remember seeing any of those. There was one that takes place in a senior center, but I can't remember the name of it or any of the characters.

    Waiting for God! Another clasic.

    One of my favorite scenes is where someone mentions Einstein in front of
    Harvey Baines, who runs the center. Assuming the person is talking about a resident, Harvey utters the line quoted in my tagline. ;)

    Mike

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  • From Ray Quinn@618:300/19 to August Abolins on Thu Oct 16 11:53:10 2025
    Hello August!

    16 Oct 25 09:07, you wrote to me:


    I don't remember seeing any of those. There was one that takes
    place in a senior center, but I can't remember the name of it or
    any of the characters. Sadly, the local PBS station no longer
    carries any of them, but many live on on YouTube, and on
    streaming services like Britbox.

    This one?

    Waiting for God (BBC, 1990-1994)

    That's the one.

    Setting: Bayview Retirement Home.

    Premise: Two spirited elderly residents - Tom (Graham Crowden)
    and Diana (Stephanie Cole) - rebel against the patronizing
    management and refuse to "grow old gracefully."

    If I remember correctly, Tom and Diana were "flatmates," a "couple" or at least "involved" in some way. But I've been wrong before. Many times, in fact. But I learned from them...

    Tone: Sharp, witty, and a bit dark; a satire on aging and bureaucracy.

    They don't make shows like these any more. It goes to show you that the bureaucracy is everywhere.

    Why it fits: Entirely set in a seniors' residence, with lots of
    ensemble interaction among the elderly residents and staff.

    Fortunately, my parents are still able to take care of themselves in their own home, in their 80's. However, my in-laws, not so much. My father-in-law is in a nursing home and my wife takes her mother to visit him twice a week. Her brother takes her on Saturday and does other errands for her, including stopping by during the week on his lunch break to make her lunch.


    73 de W6RAY Ray Quinn
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  • From Ray Quinn@618:300/19 to Mike Powell on Thu Oct 16 12:03:15 2025
    Hello Mike!

    16 Oct 25 09:05, you wrote to me:

    I don't remember seeing any of those. There was one that takes place
    in a senior center, but I can't remember the name of it or any of
    the characters.

    Waiting for God! Another clasic.

    That's the one.

    One of my favorite scenes is where someone mentions Einstein in front
    of Harvey Baines, who runs the center. Assuming the person is talking about a resident, Harvey utters the line quoted in my tagline. ;)

    If I remember correctly, he was tight with his spending on the residents. You almost felt sorry for Harvey's assistant.

    I'll have to see if I can find any episodes online somewhere. I have too many streaming subscriptions, though, to start another one.

    73 de W6RAY Ray Quinn
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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to RAY QUINN on Thu Oct 16 20:18:58 2025
    RE: Waiting for God

    If I remember correctly, he was tight with his spending on the residents. You almost felt sorry for Harvey's assistant.

    Harvey was tight, and you did feel for her. IIRC, her name was Jane, and
    the two main elderly characters were working to get the two together romantically.

    I'll have to see if I can find any episodes online somewhere. I have too many streaming subscriptions, though, to start another one.

    Yeah, our PBS still shows plenty of British comedy and drama, but they've
    not shown that one for years. :(

    Mike

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  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to Mike Powell on Fri Oct 17 20:12:04 2025
    Doc Martin is one of my favorites. I have not seen the original All Creatures but am enjoying the current one.

    I saw the original one from the 70s and I like it better than the new one.

    -- Sean

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to MIKE POWELL on Sun Oct 19 08:48:04 2025
    Doc Martin is one of my favorites. I have not seen the original All
    >Creatures but am enjoying the current one.

    Yes, I watched the original All Creatures back when it was current,
    ot at least current rebroadcast in Canada. When the new version came
    out I first wasn't that impressed but it grew on me over time.

    There wasn't anything wrong with it, I was just used to the old
    show's characters and you can be slow to accept a remake.

    Sort of like Heartbeat. It is still pretty good but the two main
    characters that it started with are long gone. If I recall, in
    one episode they said that they had moved to Canada.. B)

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to RAY QUINN on Sun Oct 19 08:48:04 2025
    Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By
    as well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All
    Creatures Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

    I don't remember seeing any of those. There was one that takes place in a sen
    > center, but I can't remember the name of it or any of the characters. Sadly,
    >e local PBS station no longer carries any of them, but many live on on YouTub
    >and on streaming services like Britbox.

    Yes, we were getting those shows on a PBS type station as well.
    Usually every year they rebroadcast a couple of new and older shows
    from the BBS, but without subscribing to BritBox or something you
    won't see them anywhere else. At the moment there's not much on
    there but I hope that's just a brief situation..

    I'm just glad the Fall TV season has now started up again. I have
    to watch a lot of older shows during the summer when all the main
    shows are off the air or in repeats if I don't save some up to
    watch later when there's lots on.

    I lost a huge collection of saved shows when the recorder on my
    Satellite TV system fried a few weeks back, so I've been watching
    a lot of mostly older movies. I actually rarely watch movies unless
    they are well known ones I've been hoping to see. I always find
    when I'm watching pretty much any movie they put on TV that I'm
    amazed at how many of them are really pretty bad, even ones with
    well known actors in them.

    My TV service recently gave us 4 feeds of the Starz network at
    no extra cost. They show mostly older movies, but the bigger
    ones that were at the theaters. Since I don't get out to see
    movies, I'm finding a lot there that are, if not new, are new
    to me and on average better than the made for TV variety.

    BTW.. If it sounds like I Live for TV, I actually only watch
    TV for about 3 hours in the evening, other than catching the
    news when having lunch. I spend a lot more hours reading than
    watching TV.

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to SEAN DENNIS on Sun Oct 19 08:48:25 2025
    Doc Martin is one of my favorites. I have not seen the original All Creatures but am enjoying the current one.

    I saw the original one from the 70s and I like it better than the new one.

    Yes, I said the same thing. I don't hate the new one as much as I did
    when it first came out, you get used to the characters, but I liked
    the original more.. plus it was a new idea for a show at the time
    rather than a remake.

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  • From August Abolins@618:400/23.10 to Rob Mccart on Sun Oct 19 13:48:00 2025
    Hello Rob!

    ** On Sunday 19.10.25 - 08:48, Rob Mccart wrote to RAY QUINN:

    I lost a huge collection of saved shows when the recorder
    on my Satellite TV system fried a few weeks back, so I've
    been watching a lot of mostly older movies. I actually
    rarely watch movies unless they are well known ones I've
    been hoping to see. I always find when I'm watching pretty
    much any movie they put on TV that I'm amazed at how many
    of them are really pretty bad, even ones with well known
    actors in them.

    Look up The Killing (a kubrik film, 1956).. Part of it is like
    FBI-narration style. Available to DL from archive.org


    BTW.. If it sounds like I Live for TV, I actually only
    watch TV for about 3 hours in the evening, other than
    catching the news when having lunch. I spend a lot more
    hours reading than watching TV.

    3hrs is often 3 times longer than I ever watch tv!
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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to ROB MCCART on Mon Oct 20 10:11:21 2025
    Yes, I watched the original All Creatures back when it was current,
    ot at least current rebroadcast in Canada. When the new version came
    out I first wasn't that impressed but it grew on me over time.

    I don't know if the original ever ran here on our PBS network, at least not since the 1990s when I started watching the "non-US" shows.

    There wasn't anything wrong with it, I was just used to the old
    show's characters and you can be slow to accept a remake.

    Since it is the original to me, I didn't have that stigma, but I can see
    where I would if I had. That happens with some other shows, too.

    Sort of like Heartbeat. It is still pretty good but the two main
    characters that it started with are long gone. If I recall, in
    one episode they said that they had moved to Canada.. B)

    I have never watched that one, but have followed other stories where all
    the original main characters are gone. The classic TV Show "The Naked
    City" was like that. Most of the original cops -- the two main characters
    in particular -- were either gone or relegated to supporting roles about
    midway through the 4 or 5 year run of the show. IIRC, "Arcaro" was the
    only regular character that was on the whole run of the show.

    The Dukes of Hazzard also did that for one season before the original Duke
    Boys returned. I was reminded of that this weekend... I was at the annual festival in my father's hometown and two of the guests of honor were "Coy
    Duke" and "Bo Duke"... Bo being one of the originals, and Coy being his temporary replacement. ;)

    Mike

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to ROB MCCART on Mon Oct 20 10:11:21 2025
    Doc Martin is one of my favorites. I have not seen the original All
    >Creatures but am enjoying the current one.

    Yes, I watched the original All Creatures back when it was current,
    ot at least current rebroadcast in Canada. When the new version came
    out I first wasn't that impressed but it grew on me over time.

    There wasn't anything wrong with it, I was just used to the old
    show's characters and you can be slow to accept a remake.

    As you've watched both, how true to the original series is the current one?

    On our PBS affiliate network, they ran a show during their fundraisers that touched on some differences between the current series vs. the book, but I
    was curious about the original series. For some reason, I got the
    impression it might have been more of a comedy than the current one.


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  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to Mike Powell on Mon Oct 20 13:33:32 2025
    Hello, Mike!

    Replying to a message of Mike Powell to ROB MCCART:

    The Dukes of Hazzard also did that for one season before the original
    Duke Boys returned. I was reminded of that this weekend... I was at
    the annual festival in my father's hometown and two of the guests of
    honor were "Coy Duke" and "Bo Duke"... Bo being one of the originals,
    and Coy being his temporary replacement. ;)

    Weren't the replacements written in as Bo and Luke's cousins for that season?

    -- Sean

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  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to Mike Powell on Mon Oct 20 13:34:52 2025
    Hello, Mike!

    Replying to a message of Mike Powell to ROB MCCART:

    On our PBS affiliate network, they ran a show during their fundraisers that touched on some differences between the current series vs. the
    book, but I was curious about the original series. For some reason,
    I got the impression it might have been more of a comedy than the
    current one.

    The original has a few minor comedic elements but was most definitely a drama. It was directly based off of the book and from what I can recall, it didn't differ too much from the book but I don't fully trust my memory anymore.

    -- Sean

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