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Post by everso on Oct 24, 2011 15:48:51 GMT
I won't give anything away, Trubbs.
This series isn't a patch on the first one. It's like the difference between "Jaws" and "Jaws2". The acting is over the top and frankly I'm getting sick of seeing Cousin Matthew in a wheelchair, but I do predict a miraculous recovery.
Worst of all, the costumes are very dull.
I am still enjoying it though. ;D
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Post by trubble on Oct 24, 2011 15:51:09 GMT
;D Guilty pleasures. Like Russell Grant dancing ballroom, looking for all the world like Truman Capote on a super camp day.
Ev, just to warn you... Jaws 2 wasn't that bad compared to Jaws 3D. Least said, soonest mended.
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Post by everso on Oct 24, 2011 16:02:40 GMT
;D Guilty pleasures. Like Russell Grant dancing ballroom, looking for all the world like Truman Capote on a super camp day. Ev, just to warn you... Jaws 2 wasn't that bad compared to Jaws 3D. Least said, soonest mended. True. Actually Jaws 2 wasn't that bad, as I remember. Maybe it was Jaws 3? Never saw the 3D version. I'm always worried I'll get vertigo if I watch a 3D film. I suffer from dizzy spells occasionally. In fact I'm going thought a patch now and have to be really careful turning over in bed. It's a bit like the whirling pit when you've had too much to drink and I have to cling on to Mr. E. in bed, like a drowning man. |
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Post by trubble on Oct 24, 2011 16:45:43 GMT
;D Guilty pleasures. Like Russell Grant dancing ballroom, looking for all the world like Truman Capote on a super camp day. Ev, just to warn you... Jaws 2 wasn't that bad compared to Jaws 3D. Least said, soonest mended. True. Actually Jaws 2 wasn't that bad, as I remember. Maybe it was Jaws 3? Never saw the 3D version. I'm always worried I'll get vertigo if I watch a 3D film. I suffer from dizzy spells occasionally. In fact I'm going thought a patch now and have to be really careful turning over in bed. It's a bit like the whirling pit when you've had too much to drink and I have to cling on to Mr. E. in bed, like a drowning man. My sister had a case of vertigo and when she changed doctor he tested her for Vitamin B12 deficiency because of her post-natal depression and said she was so low that he was putting her on shots immediately; they worked a treat, by the way. Apparently B12 deficiency is often misdiagnosed as vertigo - so check that out! Oh and no need to tell Mr. E. straight away. Might as well enjoy the grabbing now that he's got used to it and you can claim it's for medicinal purposes only. |
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Post by everso on Oct 24, 2011 17:21:51 GMT
True. Actually Jaws 2 wasn't that bad, as I remember. Maybe it was Jaws 3? Never saw the 3D version. I'm always worried I'll get vertigo if I watch a 3D film. I suffer from dizzy spells occasionally. In fact I'm going thought a patch now and have to be really careful turning over in bed. It's a bit like the whirling pit when you've had too much to drink and I have to cling on to Mr. E. in bed, like a drowning man. My sister had a case of vertigo and when she changed doctor he tested her for Vitamin B12 deficiency because of her post-natal depression and said she was so low that he was putting her on shots immediately; they worked a treat, by the way. Apparently B12 deficiency is often misdiagnosed as vertigo - so check that out! Oh and no need to tell Mr. E. straight away. Might as well enjoy the grabbing now that he's got used to it and you can claim it's for medicinal purposes only. I take multi-vit pills and I recently had a problem with a low white blood cell count and was fully tested for just about everything, so I think it must just be something to do with my inner ears. On the other hand, I've had this vertigo thing on and off for years, and it started just after I had my daughter, so maybe you're right! It usually only lasts for a couple of weeks then rights itself, and I've only ever had it on one occasion where I felt sick (like sea-sickness), but it does feel odd and makes you feel like your head's about to explode. Sort of. |
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Post by trubble on Oct 24, 2011 17:36:27 GMT
Sounds very unpleasant.  It's not just my sister's doctor that knows about the B12 thing - they said it in the West Wing (Series 3 perhaps) so, you know, it's verified! ;D |
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Post by Weyland on Oct 24, 2011 17:43:30 GMT
[quote My sister had a case of vertigo and when she changed doctor he tested her for Vitamin B12 deficiency because of her post-natal depression and said she was so low that he was putting her on shots immediately; they worked a treat, by the way. Apparently B12 deficiency is often misdiagnosed as vertigo - so check that out! Mrs YI was recently diagnosed with Vitamin-B-complex overdose. One of the symptoms — you guessed — vertigo. Not making this up. She just stopped taking B supplements. Problem gone. Conclusion: Women are highly complex pieces of equipment, not to mention very expensive, and there's no user manual. Hence very high-maintenance costs and with no guarantee of a return on investment. Not that I'm complaining, mind. |
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Post by trubble on Oct 24, 2011 17:58:25 GMT
Vair interesting!
Check it out Ev.
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Post by everso on Oct 25, 2011 7:09:24 GMT
[quote My sister had a case of vertigo and when she changed doctor he tested her for Vitamin B12 deficiency because of her post-natal depression and said she was so low that he was putting her on shots immediately; they worked a treat, by the way. Apparently B12 deficiency is often misdiagnosed as vertigo - so check that out! Mrs YI was recently diagnosed with Vitamin-B-complex overdose. One of the symptoms — you guessed — vertigo. Not making this up. She just stopped taking B supplements. Problem gone. Conclusion: Women are highly complex pieces of equipment, not to mention very expensive, and there's no user manual. Hence very high-maintenance costs and with no guarantee of a return on investment. Not that I'm complaining, mind. I stopped taking the multi-vits for a while but recently restarted them. Hmmmmm. I might investigate this. Thanks! |
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Post by Weyland on Oct 25, 2011 7:28:47 GMT
I stopped taking the multi-vits for a while but recently restarted them. Hmmmmm. I might investigate this. Thanks! I'll ask Mrs YI for more details. On another aspect, she recently walked a 220km stretch of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. After she came back she started getting nasty calf cramps. Doctor said magnesium tablets. Job done. Pity everything wasn't that easy to fix. [I'm going to attempt the Camino next spring. Not for religious reasons — it's an incentive to lose 20kg. And the scenery's lovely. Anyone who'd like to join in, let me know. Not kidding.] |
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Post by jean on Oct 25, 2011 8:45:16 GMT
I've done the last 100km, and I've got a certificate (in Latin) to prove it! But you should try to recapture a little religious feeling for the trip, Weyland. You need it for when you tramp, exhausted, up to the Cathedral, climb the steps, pass behind the statue of St James and throw your arms round his neck. And for when you go to Mass and, if you're lucky, the outsize censer is swinging from side to side of the chancel...  |
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Post by Weyland on Oct 25, 2011 9:12:53 GMT
I've done the last 100km, and I've got a certificate (in Latin) to prove it! But you should try to recapture a little religious feeling for the trip, Weyland. You need it for when you tramp, exhausted, up to the Cathedral, climb the steps, pass behind the statue of St James and throw your arms round his neck. And for when you go to Mass and, if you're lucky, the outsize censer is swinging from side to side of the chancel... No, Jean, don't! . . . . . . too late! <shimmer, shimmer, shimmer> I can feel the old altar-boy circuits coming to life once again. The thurible, the incense, the candles, . . . |
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Post by jean on Oct 25, 2011 13:38:14 GMT
WELCOME BACK, MY CHILD!
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Post by trubble on Oct 31, 2011 16:47:08 GMT
I'm not even halfway through the next episode (remembering that I am one behind you lot) and I've had to stop to rest my aching laughter muscles. It's really fab! It's gone Dallas. Patrick has returned from the dead only he's unrecognisable mainly because he is Canadian. Next week, Mary will get out of the bath and realise it's all a dream. I hope it goes on for series after series. I love it.  |
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Post by everso on Oct 31, 2011 22:32:17 GMT
I'm not even halfway through the next episode (remembering that I am one behind you lot) and I've had to stop to rest my aching laughter muscles. It's really fab! It's gone Dallas. Patrick has returned from the dead only he's unrecognisable mainly because he is Canadian. Next week, Mary will get out of the bath and realise it's all a dream. I hope it goes on for series after series. I love it. Ha! Wait till next week. Better still, catch up on iPlayer. www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=284827Oh my god. It's fab. There's so much going on. And apparently in next Sunday's finale some of the cast come down with Spanish Flu. I knew they'd get rid of dopey Lavinia somehow - she looks very frail at the best of times. However, this second series isn't a patch on the first. It's a bit like comparing Alexandra Ripley's "Scarlett" with Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With The Wind", except that both series of Downton have been written by the same person. This is definitely on my dvd Christmas list as my aid to ironing. Even Mr. E. is enjoying it and doesn't even go to sleep or anything. |
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Post by trubble on Nov 1, 2011 10:52:20 GMT
The second half was packed! Matthew felt a twinge (we're left to guess where; it could be his legs but after all that talk about someone to sire an heir I know what I was presuming) and poor old Edith, always willing, never the bride, although taking up with a man who'd named himself after a bottle of gin was always going to be a risk; and then a whodunnit! I'll miss Mrs Bates. I think Master Bates deserved a bit of a kicking around. Now I shall just have to rely on Thomas.
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Post by everso on Nov 7, 2011 1:19:34 GMT
Trubbs! You will love this week's finale. My lips are sealed but, suffice it to say, you will be sitting bolt upright a few times and shouting out "Nooooooo!!!" as did Mr. E. and I. By the end we were quite exhausted.
I fear you will not be completely satisfied with the ending, but remember they have the Christmas Special, when I'm sure all be be well.
Roll on the Roaring Twenties!
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Post by trubble on Nov 7, 2011 12:04:51 GMT
Oooh.. I'm blurring my eyes whilst reading this so I dunno what you are saying but can just about make out that you are excited. That makes me excited!  |
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Post by trubble on Nov 13, 2011 14:23:16 GMT
Well!
Well, well!
Can't wait for the 3rd series. Delicious.
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Post by everso on Nov 13, 2011 16:20:56 GMT
I predict a Christmas wedding between Ladee Maree and Matthew, but not before some underhand shenanigens from her newspaper fiance. Possibly, even, the dead Lavinia, Lasarus-like, rising fromt he grave? Too unlikely? Naahh! ;D
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