Nod to DrS - last week a number of us on a Zoom call I frequent were discussing the Terry Nation epic Survivors. Thankfully it having been mentioned in here I'd watched enough to know what was going on.
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And some of the scenarios suggested by NF with people being shot outside the hardware shop were starting to feel like the second half of Threads.... that film scared the life out of me, had me feeling wrong for days.
(Though The War Game has something similar at one point with looters being shot, and a similarly downer ending. It's interesting how in 20 years between the two productions it went from a nuclear war being like a really bad version of The Blitz to being the end of civilization as we know it. I guess that expectations shifted as we became better informed - as well as nuclear arms proliferation).
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All good clean funOriginally posted by covbob View PostAnd some of the scenarios suggested by NF with people being shot outside the hardware shop were starting to feel like the second half of Threads.... that film scared the life out of me, had me feeling wrong for days.
(Though The War Game has something similar at one point with looters being shot, and a similarly downer ending. It's interesting how in 20 years between the two productions it went from a nuclear war being like a really bad version of The Blitz to being the end of civilization as we know it. I guess that expectations shifted as we became better informed - as well as nuclear arms proliferation).
Cheery tonight, eh?
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Duvet out of the WM and towels now in.
Bed made after I looked at it and thought "I CBA right now" followed by a "I'll regret that later"
Now eating crisps instead of any of HWMBO's leftoversComment
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Exercise bicycling done, green ring and red ring closed
And I watched the first half of the pencil factory programme, in which the historian woman went to Cumbria to learn about the discovery of graphite and early development of the pencil from none other than James Ward, creator and host of the Boring Conference (he's also the author of a history of stationery)
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For those who find such things inneresting, Our Roger is doing his Watery thing on Sky Arts at 21:00.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Tea tonight has been more of the roast gammon, with chips, fried eggs and beans. Very nice
Not sure whether to freeze the last portion or use it for a couple of lunches. Probably the lunches, as freezer space is still at a premium
I see BR14 has managed to get himself cast into the outer darkness again
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