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Dec 31, 2023 5:30 PM CST
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Name: Ronnie (Veronica)
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Happy New Year! Chat here and tell us what you like to watch!
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Dec 31, 2023 5:42 PM CST
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Last night we watched "Going my Way" with Bing Crosby.
Finished Mare of Easttown on Max ( HBO). That one kept us guessing who was responsible.. now we are watching Silo on Apple. Our son recommended it. Also watching Parks and Recreation. That recommendation came from our daughter. Completely different tastes those two!
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Dec 31, 2023 5:48 PM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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I liked Parks and Rec a lot.

Friend recommends Derry Girls. A sitcom about high school girls in Northern Ireland.
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Dec 31, 2023 5:54 PM CST
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We watched Derry Girls a few months ago and liked it a lot.
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Dec 31, 2023 10:20 PM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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Good to hear, teacup754!
Just watched Oppenheimer, very good.
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Dec 31, 2023 10:40 PM CST
Name: Vera
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For NYE, we watched Star Trek Next Generation on DVD. We've only seen every episode three or four times before.
Behind every opportunity is a disaster in waiting.
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Jan 1, 2024 6:40 AM CST
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The six series drama "Justified" starts on UK Alibi at 11.00pm.
I enjoyed this first time round, a decade ago, so much so, that I bought the box set.
It stars Timothy Olyphant, but the supporting cast of Joelle Carter, Walter Goggins and Natalie Zea, are just as good. The series was broadcast consecutively over five years from 2010. (repeated about three times now).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

One of the sub-plots is the on-off relationship between Raylan and his ex-wife.
Someone put this clip together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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I miss Winona.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners, I don't like 'em myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings." (Philip Marlowe to Vivian Rutledge).
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Jan 1, 2024 7:50 AM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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we liked Justified. Timothy Oliphant is easy on the eyes, even with that almost overbite. Walter Goggins is scary-good. and the excellent Margo Martindale!
Sadly points out the tragic condition of Kentucky and other parts of rural America.
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Jan 1, 2024 10:52 AM CST
Name: Ginger
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I liked Justified too. Wasn't as into the spinoff whose title I forget.
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Jan 1, 2024 12:30 PM CST
Name: Rita
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I missed the Ball Dropping in Times SQuare on TV. I was asleep already. Us old fogie Hilarious! s never seem to make it till midnight. Hilarious!
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Jan 1, 2024 4:12 PM CST
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I've just watched the first episode of the four of "Mr Bates vs the Post Office." The story of the faulty Horizon computer system which lead to over 700 post office managers were charged with false accounting.

I thought it was well done.

The Post Office denied there was a fault with their system. After an enquiry a decade later, all the charges were quashed. There's still an ongoing row over compensation, the majority of the original award being swallowed up by legal costs. It ruined some lives.
The Post Office now has a new Cloud based system.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners, I don't like 'em myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings." (Philip Marlowe to Vivian Rutledge).
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Jan 1, 2024 4:57 PM CST
Name: Rj
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Heart of Stone on Netflix, lots of action, fun.
As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
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Jan 1, 2024 6:00 PM CST
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We are on Fargo, the series, season two and so far it's fantastic!
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Jan 1, 2024 6:38 PM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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Sounds horrible, that post office story.
Fargo series is fantastic, I wonder if there's a season we haven't seen yet. We saw the one with Chris Rock last.... Oh yes, we haven't started Season 5.
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Jan 1, 2024 6:43 PM CST
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The newest one, Season 5, on FX has shown 7 of the 10 episodes so far.
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Jan 1, 2024 9:29 PM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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Started Fargo season 5, it is fantastic Thumbs up Thumbs up
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Jan 2, 2024 3:39 PM CST
Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)
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Watching In from the Cold on Netflix, spy movie, lots of action, several twists and turns. Language and some nudity for those that prefer not to watch of hear. Fun movie.
As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
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Jan 3, 2024 5:24 AM CST
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Binged watched the rest of, "Mr Bates vs Post Office."

One could wonder how this situation could occur.

Over 500 small Post Office managers were accused of theft or false accounting. But they only represented about 1% of the total employed in this position.
But these weren't fly-by-night computer hackers. Many were getting on in years and the Post Office they ran, was often their home.
My son-in-law, is an IT contractor, has been decades, put me in the picture a long time ago. Go back thirty years to the infancy of IT and you got the situation where you had managers of divisions of different businesses who had IT "thrust upon them." Many of them with very little knowledge of IT and often needing outside help.

I would imagine, Fujitsu, the suppliers of the faulty Horizon system, blinded the powers that be of the Post Office with science.
However, instead of getting outside help, the management of the Post Office didn't question the supplier and told lie after lie in an attempt to make the prosecutions stick.
The sad thing is that although all those who were falsely accused have
been exonerated and convictions quashed, 18 have died before receiving any compensation. In the middle of all this scandal, Chief Executive Paula Vennells received the CBE, "for services to the Post Office."
So far, none of the Post Office management have been charged. There is still an ongoing government enquiry, it's all been dragged out for over a decade.

I thought the programme was very well done. No over the top dramatics or stupid loud background music,.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners, I don't like 'em myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings." (Philip Marlowe to Vivian Rutledge).
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Jan 3, 2024 6:35 PM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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Just watched The Whale. I had mixed it up with some other film, so wasn't quite what I expected. It is based on a play. Brendan Fraser plays a very ill, very overweight man who left his wife and child 8 years ago for a relationship with a young man who later committed suicide.. Being a play, it all takes place in his apartment, and character and dialogue are huge. About his relationship with his now teenage daughter, ex-wife, and the sister of his lover who has become his personal assistant. May not be 'for everyone' but I thought the acting was great.
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Jan 3, 2024 9:58 PM CST
Name: Bob
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I watched Saltburn on Netflix , a very weird movie. Too long with the a predictable ending.

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