Yeah, at 46, I concur. Our internet wasn’t exactly robust then either, so info about the workings of reality tv weren’t common knowledge. Think it was after this season, the formula and tropes were obvious and I stopped watching (if memory serves).

Oh, very cool - lucky/unlucky you! :) I believe in all that stuff, even though I’ve never been gifted with any of those abilities - I enjoy living vicariously through other people’s spooky/weird stories. 

Oh, yikes! That sounds scary (and disruptive, too, of course)! Thank you, Auntie BG!

Will you tell us some of those ghost stories, Auntie BlondeGoddess? Pleeeeease? The October ghost stories thread is so far away!

I LOL-ed at that, too.

Enthusiastically seconding!

This comment made it worth reading this far down the thread. Thank you.

Hee! Exactly my first thought as well.

Me too. They’re all, “But he’s 80!” Fuck that shit. I may not agree with much of what he’s ever said, but fucking hell, let’s attack that, and quit the “doddering old man” lazy ass shit. You don’t instantly turn senile when you’re 80 or older. Have some fucking respect for elders.

It’s not ageist to wonder if someone has dementia, but it is ageist to phrase that question/accusation the way I’ve been reading it this past half hour.

I fucking loved Carnivale so so so much!

This is my favorite comment - maybe ever. It’s like the most Oasis thing anyone could say.

Exactly. I’m in 10,000% agreement.

Same here. This particular episode has made me feel physically sick and dark spirally. He has brought out things in me I thought I had grown out of/evolved past. It’s terrifying.

I am going to save all this in a document for future reference. I love the way you write about the north - does my heart good. And Leeds sounds like a dream.

Thank you, dear! My life isn’t such that I can just go at the moment, but when that changes, I will. Not really a Beatles gal (respect! promise! just not my bag!), but there’s so much info online about the music I love from there, that a self-guided tour is possible.

I am hoping I’ll get to go some day, for sure! I’m in the US, so it will take some planning, but I’d really like to. Thing is, I’m not especially city-savvy, and am a little nervous about Manchester’s reputation for violence and crime - although, maybe it’s quieted down in recent years? That’s why the thought of a…

This is all wonderful info - thank you so much for sharing the wisdom.

I have only watched the first hour and part of the second hour, but I dreamt about watching those episodes with friends. In the dream, it was light out by the time we finished watching it. Then I woke up for real was all “Buh?”

OMG, me too! What a beautiful representation of her, actress and character. I have no doubt she’d be thrilled with the final product. I also noticed the sad tone, which made it all the more poignant.