And so, the Doctor's 13th incarnation has been shown - 'He' is now a 'She'. I think that it's brilliant. It was only suggested in about 1983. The actor to portray this new incarnation is a name new to me (as was Matt Smith): Jodie Whittaker. I wish her well, and look forward to autumn 2018. Already, the cavemen and some fangirls are whining, but...
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I just listened to the story again, and there are some more disturbing details:
1) When British investigators visited Mr. Curry's house, it was a burnt-out ruin. The reason wasn't stated, but... You're getting there; I immediately thought: 'Did his wife and son burn the house down to make it appear Mr. Curry had died in the blaze?' Did they benefit from his death?
2)...
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fate:
Interesting!!
I just heard on the radio something that well, utterly disgusted me. I'm no saint, and I have done some pretty awful things in the past, but what I thought I'd bring to your attention really scrapes the barrel in hateful behaviour. Some months back , police in the town of Hereford - it's in the West of England, bordering Wales, encountered an elderly man,...
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I'm spending Christmas day the best way. In bed. Asleep. Happy Christmas to you all out there in SG land.
Just thought I'd chime in and say Happy Birthday, SG!
Fifteen years of making countless peoples' lives more fun, and indeed, better.
Here's to many more years!
I have just watched the 2015 film 'Mister Holmes'. What a beautiful, beautiful movie this is. As a big fan of Sherlock Holmes, this was a must. For everybody who was puzzled as to why the great detective should suddenly move to Sussex, and keep bees - as is stated in the 1917 short story 'His Last Bow' [set in 1913], this is a possible...
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So, the masses have decided... and the UK will be parting company with the EU. I voted 'IN', and so, when it all goes pear-shaped, which it will (starting with the minor amount of one hundred billion pounds being wiped off the Stock Market today), my conscience will be clear. Lots of people voting yesterday had never done so before, and a lot were totally...
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It's approaching our laughably short summer here in the UK., and that means one thing: The Music Festival. We seem to be rather good at these, and the variety is immense. If it's Rock you're after, then no problem. Folk? Step this way, people. Classical? Yup. Mongolian Nose Flutes and Throat Singing? Hell, yes. I was looking at some old copies of music magazines where...
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Ages ago, in another life, I mentioned that, somewhere, in the midden of stuff that is in our loft, were a pair of early 1980's 'New Romantic' boots (known to those not in the know as 'Pixie boots'). As I have been 6'+ since I was 14, and (ahem) Stones in weight, and taking a size 11 shoe, a pixie I most definitely was not....
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dashwood_one:
I might just keep the bootstrap with the spikes, and wear it on my old Para boots...
Many, many years ago, when it were all fields around here, etc., a new toy came out in the UK. It had been on sale in other parts of Europe for several years, but here, it was new. We called them 'Play People', and they were possibly the first iteration of what we now call 'action figures'. My kid brother had loads - mostly road...
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