Having worked for practically my whole life alongside members of the "caring" professions I can honestly say that despite Thatcher, Blair, Cameron, and all the other nonentities trying to turn the caring side into business practice, they all still care an awful lot.
I absolutely don't doubt that. But you've worked in a hotspot of caring all your life. And empathy is a little bit different, imo. You don't vote out of Europe on issues of immigration with empathy, for example.
Well I don't know how many of the 1.7 million NHS staff voted to leave, or why. I do agree with your general pont though, it is definitely time we threw off the "no such thing as society" yoke and started openly supporting each other again.
What I will say Els is that I never saw any of these posts, and my first impression of you was when I met you in Milan. I actually said to my other half that you were a great level headed and confident guy. As you know my daughter is around your age and even in a drunken football situation, the dad in me comes out and both your parents (and by that I include step parents or single parents etc as I have no knowledge of your background) have nothing to worry about the way you have turned out. We all have had our problems/issues/hangups in life and it is what makes us what we are today. That saying, the older I get, the more like Victor Meldrew I feel
Well done for getting your life back on track after these set backs. Nobody is impervious to things going wrong in their life, a lot of luck involved generally.
What a great end to the second series of Poldark this evening. No spoilers from me, but this remake has been every bit as good, and in many ways better, than the original. And earlier we went to the pictures to see Girl On A Train. If you haven't seen it, go as soon as possible, it is excellent. I'm not normally a huge fan of Emily Blunt, but she is absolutely superb in this dark, gripping thriller.
Well, having finished watching the last episode of this series of Poldark, all I can say, without providing accidental spoilers, is phew. Have we actually got to wait an entire year for the next series.? That's the bastard thing about getting involved with TV series. They hook you, then they leave you to hang.
The indicator that someone had posted popped up literally seconds before I hit the reply button. Had a fancy it was you. I was thinking I might watch, what would be the equivalent next episodes, from the the 1970's series. But that's getting a bit too desperate. Or is it.?
To my mind, the actors, both male and female, in this production have been that bit more believable and attractive than in the 70's, so personally I don't think I'll resort to that. I can't wait to see who plays Morwenna Chynoweth in series 3 though!
Indeed. Or Demelza's brothers, and the Armitage bloke. After my initial suspicions, in this series, Gabriella Wilde won me over as Caroline Penvenen.
You did, I remember. As to the general comment about attractiveness and believability, yes, I agree. The acting is of better quality overall, I think, and the production is obviously better. No shaky sets, though the 1970's Poldark sets seemed solid enough-ish. Back in the 1970's the BBC used to fund it all themselves, with no thought to recouping costs through business partnerships, DVD and merchandising, etc. And besides, The Onedin Line took up most of the annual Sunday night budget.
Agree with LTL. Planet Earth 2 was excellent, as expected. Those snakes were like something from a horror film.
I was busy yesterday evening playing games with the kids, but we recorder Planet Earth 2 as the trailer looks amazing. We'll all be watching it his week.
I've heard the expression 'as thin as a racing snake' but I never knew racer snakes existed. Truly horror movie stuff.
I was out of my seat screaming RUN when the snake was creeping up, and then stopping, then inching closer...
What was truly horrifying was when hundreds of other snakes suddenly appeared to join in and then one baby lizard was ambushed near safety. Shudder.
