Recent content by Marianna

Just bite the bullet and have it done! Seriously, there's nothing to it, aside from the eyedrops routine post-op, and that's not forever. I had both eyes done about a year ago, and got new glasses with the first pair of thin lenses since I had to start wearing coke bottle bottoms when I was...

@RickAns I seem to recall that Roy Clarke would have liked to continue the series, but the period settings and costumes made it too expensive.

Where is it in England that, I believe, recent digging up for street repairs uncovered the remains of an historically significant building?

See the full story in The Guardian @ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/11/brian-wilson-beach-boys-dies I still enjoy the Beach Boys' music.

You've got some winners there!

Remember those lines, but no idea which episode they were in. Posting to report that I just discovered that if I use the Live Transcribe app on my phone, I can understand what's said in spite of having only 8% word recognition with hearing amplification from the hearing aids. That made my day!

I don't use Temu because there's no clue in which region of China the products are made. If it's Xinjiang, that's where China detains the Uyghur population and uses them as slave labor.

And I am one very jealous American! Wish I could join my fellow fans.

I had a landline until 2008. By then, I also had a cell phone that I used exclusively, and calls on the landline were all nuisance calls. At that point, I cancelled the landline account, and have never looked back.

Read a bit in the rest of that site. Interesting, gave me a chuckle, will return and read some more later.

Isn't Horlicks given to youngsters? Based on the listed ingredients, this looks like it's suitable only for adults. I'm interested in the unspecified ingredients mentioned at the bottom of the label!

That's the description of Inspector Japp in most of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mysteries. I'm surprised that Philip Jackson was cast for that part. He's much better looking than "ferret-faced"! He aged well, too, based on a comparison between the character Gordon Simmonite in the three...

Coarsely mashed? They're in a class of foods that don't like me, so I've never tried them.

They're apparently marrowfat peas, and with a rather high sodium content. What else is required for them to be classified as "mushy peas?"

I recently viewed "The Funny Side of Christmas" for the umpteenth time. Clegg is describing the dinner menu, which includes bread and a nice bit of cheese. Compo objected vociferously to bread and cheese for Christmas dinner, and Clegg replied, "It's Wensleydale" in a coaxing tone of voice. It...