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Now a brief trip to not so jolly olde England where a "fly tipper" has hoarded out a fourteen hectare bit of land formerly called a "Beauty spot" . To the neighbors dismay, they're going to be the ones whose community will pay to clean it and in a similar action, the fly tipper got a suspended sentence. Interesting photos and some video from a drone. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13294367/Life-living-Britains-worst-fly-tipper-landowner-branded-neighbour-hell-turned-14-hectare-beauty-spot-personal-landfill-site-locals-hope-never-comes-area-blighted.html

I just discovered THE short story that Miss Greenwood wrote about an older Phyrne. It's at the end of the semi-autobiographical mystery titled Taman Shud. Taman Shud was a real murder that happened in Australia and it was never solved. The book is an interesting read, but I will admit to skipping parts of it because today is dreary. The short story is worth your effort to find it, maybe through Interlibrary loan. Ir makes me miss the Phryne mysteries more and wish more had (or will) be written.

And today BBC announced many cancellations. I wonder if the potential to sell this internationally helped keep it alive? Let's hope so.

Vera introduced me to the statue "Angel of the North" overlooking the countryside on what I thought was a summer day. Tonight I saw it in black and white in winter and from the behind the statue overlooking it's domain.

A friend is faced with the discovery that her sister is a hoarder. Maybe fortunately this discovery was made before the sister's death. The sister,. though, is 80. Have you read anything about how folks can deal with hoarders of this age and who really don't think they have a problem?

Am I the only one here who no longer looks as row upon row of self storage units (that seem to multiply like un-neutered large dogs) without inserting some profane adjectives before saying "storage sheds"? I think the town closest to us now has one shed per house, and the sheds continue to multiply, faster than houses are built.

We bought our place about thirty years ago and have an 18 mile drive to the city. For decades I watched a double carport that was full of stuff. No cars, just stuff, from the floor to the ceiling and solidly packed making it look as if it had been carved out of stuff. Somehow, the stuff is now gone. Not scattered over the property. Now there's a pontoon boat stored there and a car. And nothing on top of either. I wonder what caused the salvation of that carport.

I was looking at satellite images of my home town. I was shocked to see a house with a hoarded up back yard. No doubt it was a hoard. The ownership has changed since my childhood, but it was a 'good' neighborhood back then. It's not that large a town, but the town is allowing the mess. We have to allow people to make their own mistakes, but when it destroys home values around them, somethings need to change. (Comparable to the squatter who moves in and takes over a house he doesn't own.)

Sort of OT, but definitely Shetland crime. Shetland had a real live murder happen, and it's been solved with the alleged perp going to Lerwick. (Of course) And the victim was a newcomer. Motive ? Complexity? She moved there just months ago.

A new Vera book will be published this fall

Dr. Z would know! about the bathroom floor. To have a working bathroom, the plumbing would have to be replumbed so as not to leak on the nice things on the floor below. They couldn't depend on 120 year old pipes. Hot and cold water lines could be laid along the walls but Bob is way too old to be expected to step over drain pipes exposed on the floor. So, lay the drain pipes and build a floor over them. And make it look handsome.

You could see the plumbing solution in the raised floor under the bathroom part of the bathroom / bedroom. They didn't want to get into the filth that could be between the floors. I know a few people who worked in a 'historic' St. Louis neighborhood, and rough and intimidating were among the adjectives applied. That the house has no parking (muck less secure parking) means the museum will fail. Cynic that I am, I will note that there aren't a lot of assorted activities near that house. Translate: nobody stole the stuff that was temporarily stored in the front yard. And I felt very sorry for Matt getting an eye infection. OTOH they may have been lucky that Hanta virus hadn't gotten to that part of the country yet. I sort of wish Matt had asked Dr. Z if she still had the pet rat she adopted several years ago.

When I saw Dorothy in the tacky Tshirt, I shuddered and broke my new year's resolution not to cuss at the TV. Mr. Ecats came over and watched a bit of Day 1 and 2 and he saw the interchanges as them bullying Terri. I couldn't argue with him on that. When Terri talked about her education and what she had learned to understand herself. I listened to what she said, more than Tolin and Dorothy appeared to. I liked Terri; she wasn't irresponsible she knew to shower at the clinic where she worked. She was making do and I expect good things for her future. Let's tie Dorothy to the kayak and give her a sendoff down towards the nearest large river. I

Dr. Tolin does publicity for 2024 season beginning tomorrow (Jan 8) on A&E Good introduction

When will it appear over here?

Fouda a most remote Shetland Island will not celebrate Christmas until January as they still follow the Julian Calendars. With only 30 inhabitants, they still cling to Norse ways.

Ramone, the homeless hoarder has been followed from Louisiana to Arkansas. This link with pictures of the man and his hoard is from a sports forum but it will introduce you to the next iteration of hoarding. Ramone still says he's going to Alaska with his belongings.

A Houston Hoarder not on TV a recognizable story, nonetheless. But it brings us the question of what rights do neighbors have. In this case, the homeowners' association may be stuck with the cost of clean up in a Hazmat situation. The Hoarder had turned down the offer to exterminate his rats as they were his pets. What rights do neighbors have?

For free trips to Shetland, visit Google Earth and let the little yellow man take you down some of the roads and to scenic vistas.

A spring release is good, a late summer with the theater AC turning down at the appropriate time might merit a reshowing.

Europe now recognizes "Living in Squalor" which is NOT the same as Hoarding. Living in Squalor How would this affect treatment of some of the Hoarders we've followed? Do the Europeans not have squalid Hoards, too?

All I could find that's current is Destruct-a-Thon which I got to through this link Live robot fighting in Las Vegas

Would the writers make this a murder? This news story made me wish that the writers for Midsoto inmer Murders would see it.

Let's talk body types for a minute or two. So many of the exulted young ones look skinny. The light weight doubtless helps them move fast through aerial stations. Tall also helps and being a certain shortness is lethal (Bailey). Too much muscle mass equals weight, and their finger muscles and wrists and elbow and shoulders get a hell of a workout. Gil at least looks well muscles all over and is not skinny. Nor was the winner. I wonder if the young ones will bulk up in future years?

I kept falling asleep during the third stage, it bore (heh, heh) a resemblance to counting sheep. I don't know what they could have done to make it interesting, it was like watching hopscotch in grade school. Revisiting the back stories might work for ADD fans. Next week: Monday night football.