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  1. Marianna

    Odd experience?

    Often, when reading fiction, the description of a character's appearance or personality will cause me to visualize a character from LOTSW. For instance, in the mystery I'm currently reading, A Murder Too Many, by E.X. Ferrars, the character Kenneth Marriott was introduced and described as short...
  2. Marianna

    In rehab again

    Several weeks ago I apparently pulled a muscle in my right hip joint. That's the one I had replaced 15 years ago. I had been doing rehab exercises for several weeks prior to that. Should have taken a gentler approach! If I'm not on the Forum very much, that's why.
  3. Marianna

    Summer Wine Museum & Wrinkled Stocking Cafe

    This turned up on my Facebook page about an hour ago. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CyrDGLxjF/
  4. Marianna

    Today's local excitement

    This is the 44th annual Wineglass Marathon weekend. It starts near Hammondsport, on the edge of Finger Lakes wine country, and ends in downtown Corning, which used to be a major glass manufacturing city. The runners pass behind my house about four miles short of the finish line, so many of them...
  5. Marianna

    Weather!

    Just read today's news about Storm Amy. I hope everyone on the forum is OK. Please stay in, keep your heads down, and try to ride it out.
  6. Marianna

    Annoyed with quality of Holmfirth cam (again)

    Neither Virtual Huddersfield nor Beattie's Deli publishes an email, so there is no way to register a suggestion that the huge, white URLs at the bottom of the display might be reduced in size and relocated either to the top of the image, or in the top or bottom margin in order to avoid blocking...
  7. Marianna

    Did I Imagine It, Or Was This Tune Quoted In An Early Episode?

  8. Marianna

    Coal Mining Museum

    Has anyone visited here? https://www.ncm.org.uk/ and gone on an underground tour? I've never taken a tour down a coal mine, although I have been down a salt mine, the Salzbergwerk just outside Berchtesgaden. Bought a small container of salt and brought it home for my sister. The idea of an...
  9. Marianna

    Brian Wilson

    Died today at age 82. See the full story in The Guardian @ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/11/brian-wilson-beach-boys-dies
  10. Marianna

    "Ferret-faced"

    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...
  11. Marianna

    How Many Viewings Does It Take?!!

    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...
  12. Marianna

    The Curlew Challenge

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp91knr7ygpo?at_link_origin=BBC_Yorkshire&at_format=image&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_medium=social&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_id=002D8550-1E92-11F0-9C37-CB1C095F0007&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&fbclid=IwY2xjawJ2JXNleH...
  13. Marianna

    Hometown EarthCam

    Here's the EarthCam of one of the best city squares in the country, in the city just down the road from my home village. earthcam.com/usa/newyork/corning/?cam=corning-ny You'll need to copy the URL and paste it to a new tab.
  14. Marianna

    Where's Howard?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp876l354y7o?at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_campaign_type=owned&at_format=link&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_type=web_link&at_link_id=15E09224-B020-11EF-B680-A28C8E8E2476&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_medium=social&at_link_origin=BBC_Yorkshire&fbclid=IwY2xjawG6_FRleHR...
  15. Marianna

    There's something new with every viewing!

    After having viewed A Short Blast of Fred Astaire umpteen times, last night I noticed an elf attached so it appears to be climbing the wall of Nora's house. It's at the top right of the frame, just over Nora's head. Colorful like a garden gnome, but cute and fun, in great moderation. I believe I...
  16. Marianna

    Crowcroft Challenge?

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/3339135106395724/?s=single_unit&__cft__[0]=AZWe-FKQnpZ9tpeklPphT1NIg3f6LA70dlzpS9SmGBdpUkrJT_jVzahHu0qwzrT39CKwG-MddUvRQR64HuKI5S_FIqlaxXRg-pNy8WgQnCvg3jO4t1wSu9a1BVw0IWIoj99aho5QTBKKl1JFRPTR_CsKXBqiwXvIiv2Xfs1CvqN6V0AmRlbk5ZvCb6-z3-bglp8
  17. Marianna

    Another Power Failure!

    Kept me offline for about 18 hours. We had the worst wind and rain in my experience yesterday evening, and I thought I'd seen it all. A mature tree uprooted and landed on the front porch roof of the house across the street, causing only superficial damage. I didn't see it happen because I was...
  18. Marianna

    Arkwright inhabits my brain!

    When I make my daily pot of tea (Assam loose leaf) before I add the tea Arkwright asks, "Did you warm that pot?!" Crikey! I'm not Granville, and anyway he had always pre-warmed the pot.
  19. Marianna

    What do you call a round bread roll?

    https://www.lovefood.com/galleries/67776/batch-barm-cob-or-bap-what-do-you-call-a-bread-roll?page=1 I've read that in Nuneaton and environs it's called a "batch". Now I know what current and former residents mean when they write on the Nuneaton Local and Family History Facebook page about a few...
  20. Marianna

    AWOL but on the mend

    Apologies for my absence. On November 24th I was taken to hospital with severe loss of strength in the legs, brain fog, and what was diagnosed as failure of the right kidney. As soon as the diagnosis was made, I was rushed into surgery for a stent to “open up” the kidney. In a nursing home...
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