cheers

I could never 'catch on' to that series.

sallysimmons

cheers, the house was lovely. They had the woodburner going and it was so cosy and warm. We both like it but there are a few issues to resolve and we also want to take our time and think it through. It seems as though we have no competition at the moment, although that could change anytime of course.

Today I was woken up by my radio alarm and they were giving a list of places that were flooded in this region - hearing it, I'm surprised we made it back at all last night! The rain is set to end today so hopefully people can get back into their homes soon.

curleytops

Rodney - Did you notice ITV3 is playing "On the Buses" in the afternoons?

Sally - I think you may just have to invest in a Duck (amphibious vehicle) to continue your jaunts at this rate. I notice there were photos of Knaresborough in the papers yesterday showing the floods.

jasper123

Yes curleytops I often watch the re-runs of on the buses, they always make me laugh so much, I love the old British humor, sorry just cant get my head around much of the modern British humor of today, last year I was watching the re-runs of Faulty Towers with John Cleese, WOW that series was so funny, I never new about it until I came home, I think it must have been on TV in U.K. when I was already living in America, do you know? what period was faulty towers on TV? I lived in America from 1974 to 2010 ----- I think I missed a lot of the British TV programs that were on TV in the 70,s and 80,s I bet there were a lot of really good ones too!!!!

lf1

Hi Rodney,

I think Fawlty Towers came out in the mid 70's. It is a classic. Have you seen The Good Life, Rising Damp and Porridge? They were all aired in the 70's and they still make me laugh today.

jasper123

No If1 I have not heard of a single one of those series except for faulty towers, but I will search for them on youtube, thanks for that!!!!
I wouldn't even have heard of Doc Martin if it wasn't for cheers telling me to watch out for it when I come home, he told me about it 6 months or so before I came home, so I was able to see the new series the first year home and I just loved it Im also able to catch up on the past programs from a few years ago, one channel over here plays the re-runs,
I cant wait for the brand new series of Doc Martin to start next year
Dallas is on again tonight 9pm, I think its the 4th episode of the new series,
I really love it, I think Dallas will appeal more to the older people in my generation that remembers and liked the old Dallas from the 70,s or was it the 80,s? Peyton Place and Dynasty was showing about the same time, loved them too!!!!

curleytops

Oh Porridge was hilarious! I think you're right about Faulty Towers, circa 1970's is my guess. Another good one was "Are you Being Served". I remember my Canadian born sister being glued to that late at night, you'd hear these hysterical gales of laughter coming from her bedroom, she loved it.

mikelincs

The amazing thing about Fawlty Towers is that there were only 12 episodes in total..

curleytops

Only 12???? Just goes to show you it made quite an impact on the world of British comedy.

cheers

"Woodburner going"...Here they would have just baked bread in the oven or cookies to give the house a nice smell.
"Few issues", like they want money for the house.

When is the dollar going to increase? It has been down for about 10 days and it makes no sense to me because I've read that the US is coming out of the downturn and the European economy is getting worse???

Is this house better than the one you saw about 3 days ago?

I mentioned about my DW being on the iPad and after spending days on it she found a new house in Ross-on-Wye she liked. We also got my daughter involved so we will wait and see.

Cheers

cheers

In my book Faulty Towers was one of the best.
They are still running Are You being Served here.

sallysimmons

No, the issues relate to Internet access but we have some possible solutions and they are keen to sell to us, so we may be able to make it work. Yes, this house is the same one we saw last week. This was a second visit.

cheers

I'm really excited for you.

I know you can't reveal details of the house but I remember you wanted an older house with high ceilings and windows. Did you hold out for those? Will the house be in Harrogate or Knaresborough? I'd better back off and not ask questions until the deal is final.

I just read this, in the local paper, but I think it is optimistic thinking...

It’s reached the point where there aren’t enough available homes to meet the demand, said Alan Car­ter, manager of developer services for Southern Title Company.

“We see continued posi­tive trends. The problem is we don’t have an inven­tory of homes to pick from any more,” he said.

Lot sales were also at their highest since before the recession, having out­paced the sales from the previous three years in ev­ery month this year.

“We’re seeing more new construction, but the challenge for contractors is they have a difficult time finding construction financing,”Carter said,ar­guing that strict lending has made it difficult for builders to keep up.

curleytops

Does anyone remember any of the really old Benny Hill shows? For some reason I seem to recall he wasn't always as "risque" in his material as he was in later years. I remember seeing one particular episode when I was first home on holiday in 1970 which involved a vicar who had shall we say a "wardrobe malfunction". It seems to me there was outrage about it in all the newspapers at the time about how smutty things were getting and old Benny seemed to get raunchier with each passing year after that. We all had a good laugh at the time but these days no one would think twice about it.

Lynn R

My mother used to put a Twink home perm on my poker straight hair for the Whit walks every year - it stank the house out and I hated it! I got the new white dress etc. too, but not the frilly undergarments! People would take chairs outside and sit outside on the pavement in front of their houses to watch the processions, and my aunties would embarrass me by dashing into the middle of the procession to press sixpences into my hand.

My mother also took me into Manchester every year just before Easter to buy me a new coat "for best", which I would wear to church on Easter Sunday. All my friends would be there preening themselves in their new outfits too, it was a regular fashion parade.