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I enjoyed seeing Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Pumphrey in the kitchen. Also Tricki making friends with the Skeldale House dogs. Hoping Mrs. P. and her chef will be less indulgent with Tricki. In my experience, spaniels tend to be the best at "pathetic puppy eyes," so Dash might be the best of those three. Luckily for Dash's health, Mrs. Hall is no pushover.

Before antibiotics, there were laws about scarlet fever. My dad caught it as a child in the 1920s. His mother had already had it, so they were quarantined together. His father had not had it, so he had to rent a room from a neighbor until the quarantine was lifted.

The state dance of Texas is a square dance. It might be fun (once) to see eight of the characters do a square dance.

From Moriarty's joined fingers, are we supposed to think he is related to the two women patients? Why or why not?

This reminded me of a scene from "Barney Miller": Dietrich takes a lie detector test.

My copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves got lost somehow, but I still have my Moosewood Cookbook, so I'll bring a big pot of my favorite soup. Its name is now considered offensive but it's great soup. Speaking of books, I too had bookends for Week 23: 2/5.

Don't people ask "Are you single?" these days?

The other side of the portal could have been anywhere. Why not Wales?

OT, but maybe you'll enjoy the Smothers Brothers introducing Harry Belafonte.

Wednesday FJ: does anyone else have the bad habit of thinking artwork = paintings? I've gotta break that habit!

Wondering if they generally break bad news with the camera running, but if the guest gets upset and asks them not to air that part, they don't. I wish Prof. Gates would stop the "Mm-hmm" and just nod.

I sometimes have trouble telling whether a scene is a flashback. They seem to make the flashbacks less colorful (sepia) but since Amy's apartment is mostly beige, there isn't much difference.

Rabies vaccine for ferrets was approved in the US in 1992; I don't know about Britain. But I'm a bit worried about Doris's ferret-bitten hand.

If a ghost gets attached to a particular atom and the ship burns, that atom might end up as part of a tree. Or part of a tomato that someone eats, and then ... ?

Didn't some episode show Connor using music recording equipment in his room? Maybe he could work at a radio station or recording studio, especially if the employer would not require him to interact much with the public.

Week 22: 2/5, no *

Unless you find one for $5 at the thrift store?

Sarah may be too young to have seen the bathtub scene in "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."

They could have had Sam and the therapist meet by video (e.g. Zoom) which would look almost the same on TV.

What was the musical instrument Connor played? I wondered if there was really a convention too.

I was chuckling at Isaac's shirt because a man I knew in the 70s had one a lot like it. From Leeuwenhoek, lion was a guess but it counts.

Speaking of dogs, I would have liked to see Jess greet Tristan enthusiastically, while Dash wonders "Who is this human?" (I think Dash arrived during Tristan's absence.)

Sorry about this ... Week 21: 4/5 + 3 *. I hadn't heard of cioppino but it sounded good so I'll bring a batch.

One clue reminded me of a riddle in the category Mythology and Medicine: "A mother's kids played loud music that gave her this type of earache. It was so bad that she killed them."

She said she had been a "weather girl." AIUI, that is an attractive young woman who dresses provocatively and reads the forecast (written by an actual meteorologist) off the teleprompter. I don't think I have ever seen one; the TV stations I watch emphasize the meteorology credentials of their people who present the forecasts.