Calvada

I agree it is possible that Arakawa had some type of medical event and that Hackman either slipped and fell while trying to seek help or the stress caused his heart to give out. I don't think we can assume no one checked in on them; perhaps there were emails or phone calls and it wasn't unusual that either Arakawa or Hackman wouldn't respond immediately. His family probably thought he was fine because he was being taken care of by his wife who was three decades younger than he was. As a retired person who lives alone I have had thoughts about how long it might be until I was found if I died. I'm close in age to Arakawa and I don't have anyone doing wellness checks even though -- as they say in sports -- we're all day to day.

Gene Hackman was one of those actors who made everything he was in better. Like Jack Lemmon was. I'm curious to see which (and how many) of Hackman's films TCM picks for their tribute to him. There are so many I'd love to see.

No one said they were like Tricki!

I have no strong feelings about the tush push. If teams want to risk their QB, let them. And yes, I realize they are at risk with each snap of the ball. But every other play the goal is to keep those defensive players from hitting your QB! As an old fogey Packers' fan, whenever I see the tush push in a game it makes me think of the iconic picture of Bart Starr scoring the winning TD in the Ice Bowl with Chuck Mercein holding up his arms as if indicating touchdown. What Mercein was actually doing was showing the officials he had not aided Starr into the end zone which at the time would have been a penalty. I wonder if Rodgers is realizing that his age and injury history, combined with his overall loopiness, have decreased his value, that he is not the hot commodity he thinks he is. Perhaps he will not sign with anyone and wait in a dark room with a jug of ayahuasca to be summoned as a savior if a team loses their QB in preseason or early in the season.

My father and his brother both saw combat in WWII, serving in the Navy in the Pacific. They both survived. My dad believed that he didn't do anything more than thousands of other men and women and that he did much less than some in that he didn't give his life or end up with missing limbs or blinded, and it was those who should be recognized. Richard is going to lose that battle about his grandson's future. Perhaps Jenny will produce some future farmers.

It's doubtful that anyone could have made a phone call from Singapore to England during wartime, especially a random sailor calling home. If such calls were possible, they would have been reserved for war usage. I don't think the fact that any particular person was wounded would have made any difference. There would have been many, many wounded sailors, soldiers, and airmen. HMS Repulse was sunk very soon after the onset of the Japanese attacks; the sinking was announced by Churchill in the Commons a full two weeks before Christmas. (History was one of my majors in college; I've done a LOT of reading on WWII. Hello, my name is Calvada and I'm a history geek.) Anyway, Audrey would have known then, not a day or two before Christmas. She would have had to rely on checking the casualty reports printed in the newspapers until she heard from Edward via mail. However, mail service from the Pacific front was probably sporadic at best, especially in those chaotic early days of the war. Priority would have been given to transporting forces, ammunition, food, etc. And as others have noted, given that Edward is in Singapore, which would soon be under siege, he's not out of danger yet, especially if he is seriously wounded and will be hospitalized for some time. The Japanese massacred many of the wounded as well as a lot of the medical staff at the British military hospital in Singapore.

I love to read but I am very much old school. I like having an actual book in my hands. Over the years many people have told me I should get a kindle and since I'm tired of the inevitable arguments that ensue when I say I don't want one (because obviously my preferences are wrong - LOL), I say I'm thinking about it. But hearing of these issues makes me glad I am a fuddy duddy. I buy some books, but mostly rely on public libraries. This gets me into another pet peeve - when people try to argue about my choices. I'm in my 60's and in those 6+ decades, I have developed preferences for food I like to eat, the type of clothes I like to wear, the books I like to read, the TV shows I like to watch, etc Why are some people so convinced that what they like is what everyone should like? I'm fine with a suggestion, in fact I especially love to get book recommendations, but allow me to decide whether it's right for me.

I loved the Siegfried and Tristan follies. When Tris gave that horse the injection and it just keeled over, the looks on their faces were priceless. The actors played that really well. Does brucellosis cause delirium? When Helen was taking James' temp, I was expecting her to announce it was 103 or 104 degrees, not "over 100." It didn't seem like that was high enough to cause delirium, but does the disease cause that, regardless of body temp? He recovered pretty quickly for being as sick as he was. Mrs. Hall really is a saint. She deals calmly with clothing coated in mud/blood/feces, gets Tristan to accompany his brother on calls, makes a couple dozen jars of jam, takes care of Jimmy, answers the phone, comforts a distressed Helen, has time to make cups of tea for all, and never gets frazzled.

I think some of the scenes were filmed earlier. For example, in the scene at home with Ivy when Eliza was complaining about all the stuff Mr. Potts had brought over, when she heaved that rolled up rug out of her way, she looked less pregnant than in other scenes. I wonder if filming in Serbia means that they bring in the various actors and film all their scenes at one time. That would mean they would have to have complete scripts for all episodes from the beginning, but that's not unlikely with only 6 episodes. Wasn't there a different actor in the role of Fitzroy's father in earlier episodes?

Did young girls read newspapers at that time? I think they would have been sheltered from real life.

I too have been the victim of data breaches in the past. However, this is the first time the president of the United States and the majority of the Senate and House of Representatives have colluded in the data breach. This was the subject of my daily call to the Republican senator from my state - by his silence, his inaction, he is as guilty of this crime as Musk. I laugh at the assurances Musk had "read-only" access. Regardless of what type of access Musk has, the point is he should have none. He's a security risk and would never pass a background check to get any type of clearance to access federal files and systems, at least not in normal times. He and his businesses were the subject of ongoing investigations (all now closed I'm sure; see the list of agencies where the inspectors general were fired), he came to the U.S. on a student visa then stayed here illegally after dropping out of school, and he is a daily drug user.

I feel sorry for the kid that Elon Musk is using as a human shield. (Is it the same one all the time? I know he has many children.) What kid that age wants to be lugged around office buildings, dragged into press conferences, and be dressed in a suit and tie? Let the kid play outside, learn to swim, finger paint, and do all the other things that kids like/want to do. That video of Musk going on and on as Trump is sitting at his desk stewing makes me laugh. I wonder just how much ketamine Musk takes each day.

Given these restrictions, James must have felt absolutely terrible about scaring the dog, since it appeared he gave him a week's ration of meat to make friends. Even if it was more bone than meat, it could have been used as a base for soup or stew. The discussion of rationing has led me to see what my local public library system has on the subject. I've requested Spuds, Spam and Eating for Victory.

Now President Musk and VP Vance are suggesting they won't follow any judge's order that goes contrary to their wishes and schemes, and are talking about removing judges, which can be done only by impeaching them, which requires a majority vote from the House and 2/3's from the Senate. This is our constitutional system, checks and balances. If they ignore judges' orders and get away with it, just tear up the Constitution, it is meaningless. And all the Republicans in Congress are just fine with this. They refer to any judge appointed by a Democrat as a Biden/Obama/Clinton judge, but they don't do that to the Republican-appointed judges, many of whom have ruled against them in the past week or so. But they assume any judge appointed by a Democrat is corrupt. Sort of like any election they lose: it was fraud!

I assume the player who does this gets paid. If so, maybe some base level special teams player might be interested. But today's superstars who are making 7+ figures per week? Whatever Disney is paying would be pocket change for these guys. Back when a player made less than $1 million per year, getting $50 or $75K for one day's work might have been enticing. But right after the game, it's probably the last thing any of them want to do, then or now.