Reply to: BBC Four

[alluvial]

The Foxy Coxy Moon thing was really good.

I must have avoided it previously coz he irritates me a tad.

And me, what is it about him that appeals to women?

[alluvial]

Some good viewing tonight.
Impact! on the history of air crashes and how they have improved safety was sobering.
Horizon: 40 Yearson the Moon was inspiring and now Sir David presenting Africa is providing some stunning wildlife film.

[NotAllThere]

I like Only Connect with the brilliant Victoria Coren Mitchell.

I'm also glad it's not just me. She has a kind of anti-charisma.

The poor are quite often poor because they don't know when to save money and instead waste their hard earned pennies on needless extravagances. Whereas those that make it to the top of the pile know that it isn't necessary to present a false facade of success by flaunting extravagances. Those that become rich do so by knowing that a clean, usually more comfortable B&B at a quarter of the price of the ostentatious, but generally crappy, "businessman's" hotel are going to have a correspondingly greater amount of disposable income at the end of the year.

If the choice is between staying in a souless Hilton, Intercontinental or whatever, or a family run hotel (at half the price), where you can spend the late evening enjoying a whisky with the owner, I'll pick the latter.

[alluvial]

Well pus was okay.
However, The Strange Science of Decay is looking very promising.

[Old Greg]

Yes.

I think pus is this week.

I will make a note in my diary

[alluvial]

Mister Lister I expect

[alluvial]

Good.

Not a lot of pus though, mostly opioides.

Amazing to think that no one has come up with a better painkiller in the intervening 200 years or so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine

I think we have the pus to look forward to.

[alluvial]

Nice to know I'm not the only person watching it. Though I tend to see it on iPlayer.

It was surprisingly good.
The quality of the BBC Four (and Three) programmes are usually top class. I particularly enjoyed last night's "Pain, Pus and Poison" very interesting and had a lot of food for thought.

[alluvial]

What's it like to mix with the poor? Are they still bad?

The poor are quite often poor because they don't know when to save money and instead waste their hard earned pennies on needless extravagances. Whereas those that make it to the top of the pile know that it isn't necessary to present a false facade of success by flaunting extravagances. Those that become rich do so by knowing that a clean, usually more comfortable B&B at a quarter of the price of the ostentatious, but generally crappy, "businessman's" hotel are going to have a correspondingly greater amount of disposable income at the end of the year.

[SueEllen]

a delightful history of wallpaper

Nice to know I'm not the only person watching it. Though I tend to see it on iPlayer.

[scooterscot]

a delightful history of wallpaper ..

I just saw two girls kissing on the street, had to stare.

[VectraMan]

I don't watch standard definition channels.

[petergriffin]

One of the benefits of being in a B&B midweek...

What's it like to mix with the poor? Are they still bad?

[wurzel]

Shades of pre-sprogs Beeny.

More than a hint of Michael Winner in a wig for me...

[DirtyDog]

What?

She asks questions?

I just sit there mesmerised.

I wasn't concentrating on the start of one episode, until my wife commented "blimey, woman!" which made me look (And rewind it)