The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

Try 'Life on Mars' and 'Ashes to Ashes'.

Thanks - I will add them to the list. They passed me by at the time (and since)!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Lisa Tarbuck

Tar🙂

 

[welsh dragon]

Closely related & intermingling story lines - some people are so smutty. 😁😁😁

You started it

 

[Paulus]

Thinking about it... I enjoyed Inspector Morse and Lewis years ago. Perhaps I should have given Endeavour a go? I was a fan of The Sweeney way back.

I could be wrong but I feel that most modern ITV dramas are lightweight and don't live up to the standard of those.

Compare to gritty foreign dramas like The Bridge...



or Spiral...

I, having watched and enjoyed all the Morse and then the Lewis series, really got into Endeavour. A very good portrayal of the early Morse and how he became the character he did. Shaun Evans is very good in the role. Roger Allam is always worth watching too, as Fred Friday.

 

[Paulus]

Thinking about it... I enjoyed Inspector Morse and Lewis years ago. Perhaps I should have given Endeavour a go? I was a fan of The Sweeney way back.

I could be wrong but I feel that most modern ITV dramas are lightweight and don't live up to the standard of those.

Compare to gritty foreign dramas like The Bridge...



or Spiral...

Two excellent foreign dramas. Well worth watching.
Spiral in particular.

 

[ColinJ]

Ok, Endeavour too.

I found that I can get a 1-week free trial of Britbox which would allow me to watch season 1. If I liked it then I would probably pay for a few months to binge-watch the remaining series (and anything else that I fancied watching).

 

[Dave7]

I did that

Can you not drop her at the door and park somewhere nearby then pick her up again?

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Bit dodgy as the section of road is bus and taxi only so cars are not allowed. I risked it 6 months ago and got a 30 quid fine.

 

[Dave7]

Granddaughter day

Not much else to report. Small person has gone swimming with Nana.

 

[classic33]

I did that

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Bit dodgy as the section of road is bus and taxi only so cars are not allowed. I risked it 6 months ago and got a 30 quid fine.

Is/was that the only way in?

 

[Dave7]

Is/was that the only way in?

Yes. It is part of the A57 and used to go right through town. Then, part way through they put a left turn** in and forbid cars from going ahead.
**when do turn left it is double yellows the whole way (with no unloading).
It has become a nightmare.

 

[classic33]

Yes. It is part of the A57 and used to go right through town. Then, part way through they put a left turn** in and forbid cars from going ahead.
**when do turn left it is double yellows the whole way (with no unloading).
It has become a nightmare.

Typical. Well thought out as is normal these days.

 

[Dirk]

Our neighbours have upped sticks and moved on, leaving just 3 vans on site.
Weather is far better than forecast - in fact it's getting quite warm.

 

[Dave7]

What is your forecast like.
Its supposed to hit 20° this weekend.**
Next week is around 15°.
I see Cornwall is supposed to DIP below 10°......and 2° at night
**sounds feeble but we are planning a picnic in the park behind us..... MrsD thinks she can walk that far with her strollater.

 

[Dirk]

What is your forecast like.
Its supposed to hit 20° this weekend.**
Next week is around 15°.
I see Cornwall is supposed to DIP below 10°......and 2° at night
**sounds feeble but we are planning a picnic in the park behind us..... MrsD thinks she can walk that far with her strollater.

It's currently 21.3° outside.

 

[Mo1959]

It's currently 21.3° outside.

Not fair