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Awww shucks. Thanks for the solar sized praise.

Just so. The nature of reality TV has meant that there is a dearth of real stars. TV companies don't grow talent anymore. They want instant success, so borrow people from reality shows. The same applies to shows themselves. The BBC should be the cradle of writers and young stars but they buy most of their stuff in now. Most of the best loved shows took time to take off. Writers worked on other shows before they got their own. Both TV and film makers spend so much on each product that they have to have a guaranteed blockbuster. That means already well known stars and 'franchises'. Very little new stuff. The worst of all are remakes. OK, sometimes they work but if I ever see another Robin Hood being filmed, I'll buy a bow and arrow and take the director out. The same goes for Treasure Island. A big chunk of the pleasure of a new film or drama is not knowing the plot.

Helen, don't you just love the 'Repeats', repeats, repeats, repeats. ? I don't even have to read the TV Guide anymore, and Charley Chaplin is starting to grow on me. I think you have the best networks where you are. If you fancy a trip over bring a cannon. !

Hi Jo. Since my Satellite dish broke about 2 years ago and my TV about the same time, I watch almost everything online. I binge watch box sets. Technically all of it is repeats but not necessarily something I've watched before. I periodically run out of stuff I really want to watch but I've now moved onto Audible and have lots to go at. I might have a year on Sky or Netflix for a change next year. Oh, and strictly no Chaplin. The closest to his genre I can stand is Abbott and Costello. Do they allow cannons in hand luggage?

Oops! This was intended as a reply to Helen's last post, I have rewritten it and quoted her.

It's even worse that I thought, we now have Ainsley Harriet claiming himself as a "national treasure". Come on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I suspect you are younger that me (now 73) but for oldtimers or anyone who enjoys 'the good old days' or wallowing in nostalgia, I recommend Talking Pictures TV. It's not just lots of old b/w films going back to c 1930 but also long-forgotten TV series from 1960s onwards like The Saint, Gerry Anderson supermarionation puppet series, Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre and Look at Life, those short films shown in cinemas between the B-movie and the big feature. At 5pm today is The Footage Detectives, well worth watching because they show home movies recently rediscovered, last week there was colour film of Reading trolley buses and they often have films of towns all over Britain so Coventry could turn up any time.

Sorry Helen, I have just caught up with you. No, but in the news the other day there was another plane went through turbulence and one passenger landed in the luggage rack. They had to pull him out. Some passengers were seriously hurt and were hospitalised. I am the sort of person who always sees the funny side but rather him than me. I bet he had fallen asleep and found himself in the luggage rack. He could have been a stowaway.

Hello, I'm on a moving train. The theory of relatively states that if I start to move backwards in the moving train, the parsec that I start, I go back in time. What do you think?

Can you pick the time that you go back to?

Hello, It cannot be measured, also it affects everyone that goes contrary to the rotation of our planet, which is also moving. It's only apparent to someone viewing from another position. Do I understand this, by heck I don't.

HHGTTG - Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Helen, time is always in front of me and I can never catch up !!!!!!

Hello, Someone years ago started topics, like Our Philip. It says that it was me that started it, but that's only because earlier posts have been edited out. I much prefer this topic to share bits & pieces, because folk feel more at home replying. Anyway, I'm doing a bit of what I used to do for a living. I've not bullied my way in, far from it, but I've been very delighted to be asked to assist. No I'm not doing this generally. I was asked back in April to have a look at an odd scenario in a company which I did. What an spot! Anyway, lots of anyways, as I'm busy today with another business issue. Our, my forum is once again brill. I'm reminded that under the leadership of the Webmaster & guidance of the team, it's Our forum. I'm so grateful for them. You see, I've been looking for what's not there. I've just found it. Having the break, so releases my mind, that I don't lose sight of the big picture. So, my digression into hard water just did it. Thank you Anne for your comments. I've just got to put it all back together with the exposed gremlins. Remember, As members, our forum is your forum, because without you, there is no forum.

Morning Philip, not sure that I have ever been on a train going in reverse. You may be sitting backwards to the direction of the train, but you shall still be moving forwards.