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Let's take a page out of Auntie Wainwright's book and try to frequent the second hand shops, the local shops, etc. I know that concerning TVs, DVD players, remotes, etc. that you need a real good electronics store. A store that you can walk in and discuss what you need to enable you to walk out...

And there is one sterling moment when Richard is in a telephone booth speaking to Hyacinth and he is forced by circumstances to give an firm order to her.

Speaking of root vegetables, I stopped at McDonald's and was surprised to find that they do not offer a meal option for a simple hamburger, a meal option being hamburger, fries, and a soda. Anyway, I got the hamburger and found that it tasted like I'm never going to get that again.

A few years later, Alvin did the same thing.

And then Tom eventually became a shop assistant along with Smiler under the guidance of Auntie Wainwright. Mostly she wanted them to guide the cart full of furniture to some distant destination.

Well due to the shoplifting habits of some ne'er do wells, here across the pond; some stores have moved back in time, so to speak and now sell most of their goods, behind the counter aka the Arkwright model. Now all they need is a shopkeeper with a serious stammer.

A bun is cakelike and square.. Hot cross buns have a cross on each one in white icing and are usually available around Easter.

On the other side of the wall is the river. Pole vaulting was actually invented as a way of crossing rivers and streams without getting your feet wet!

I wouldn't say that he sang a little song on that episode. It was wonderful.

The Washington Post (a newspaper across the pond) has restarted the Peeps Diorama Contest and the winners were brothers Oskar and John. Their entry was called "The Great British Peeps Show" and it was based on, oh yes, "The British Baking Show." And what, pray tell, is a Peep? It is a...

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I have always wondered about that one where they were going to a hotel for a golfing vacation. The thing I was wondering about was at the hotel, the door to their room had three ravens on it. And the specific reason why that intrigued me was that my coat of arms also contains three ravens. Very...

The one where he had to get a quick birthday present for Hyacinth and he ended up getting a burglar alarm was a real scream, especially when he forgot his anniversary.

Often, the actors smoked (while acting) which functioned as a means of reliving tension. If you look carefully at a scene, sometimes the act of lighting up or puffing helps the actor get through a scene.

Sometimes rain is good. Here in Virginia, there have been some minor forest fires and yes, I am hoping for a nice soaking rain. But, yes it's always great if this happens at night or in the early morning hours. Sometimes I watch HNK which shows global weather including the UK and so often...

My father learned to like cats after our house was surrounded by flood waters and he finally let the cat that we were "secretly" caring for, into the house. He always had suits but never seemed to purchase one. And he was never able to experience retirement.

When Mike Grady (Barry) had taken a break from the show, Glenda constantly talked about Barry during the Coffee Mornings. That way, they didn't have to write him out and eventually he quietly returned with a new hobby -- golf.

He was also in a play in London where the moving scenery failed to move and he did a very nice ad lib while the stagehands were working to get the scenery to move.

Very impressive!

Oh my goodness, who can forget the ferrets? And the performance of one of them-- jumping into the coffin, interrupting Compo doing Maurice Chevalier, and many other antics.