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22 hours ago, TVbitch said:
I have only gotten to watch a couple matches on the ESPN app that they have available for replay. I feel totally out of touch with the tourney so far, but maybe next week will be better.
@TVbitch, Just thought I would mention that you should be able to find all the replays on the app if you scroll down to all the sports symbols and find the little tennis ball.
The good thing about the next day replays is that they often don't put the commercials on them, and you get to hear the quieter Australian commentators. By the way I am starting to watch Ben Shelton's match from last night and he's an exciting young American player. A left-hander too!
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I watched a Rune match the other night. I am as surprised as anyone by his rapid progress. He has been a brat in the past, let's hope he can mature if we're going to be seeing a lot of him!
I am sorry there have been so many upsets, it may make the later rounds dull, but I am glad Felix is still in the mix.
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I see the new show is on Peacock which I have anyway, so I will have to give it a try.
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18 hours ago, Harry24 said:
Would anyone here be able to guide me through how to cast my espn+ video onto my 2007 TV?
Harry maybe look into getting a Roku so you can watch the ESPN app with it? They are pretty cheap. I guess you need to see if you can connect a current Roku to your TV by HDMI though. I have a bedroom TV from about 2009 i think and it does have HDMI.
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I've just recently set up my TV that I must have bought some time in 2009 again in the bedroom and ran a few channel scans. To my surprise I can get both MeTV and MeTV plus (?) in great reception here in NYC. I guess they moved their transmitter away from New Jersey, not sure I remember anymore.
I also was able to tune in Get TV which was showing back to back episodes of The Rockford Files Sunday night (the second featuring Stuart Margolin, RIP).
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Not sure anyone else saw this, but Ash Barty is also pregnant. Congrats to Ash, who seems to be totally happy in her retirement, and also congrats to Naomi.
As far as the AO goes, it does look like a foregone conclusion for Djokovic, to which I can only say that I have to be grateful that the finals will start at 3:30 AM my time, and I won't have any need to watch it live :)
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2 hours ago, stewedsquash said:
I think there is a backlog of issues being worked on but I reported that issue (also the bottom ad bar hinders notifications) in the Open Update thread. That and reported so many of those nasty ads. Since the update has made the IPS default theme obsolete I am seriously considering an ad blocker. The ads here really diminish the quality of this site.
After a few days of this "redesign" I'm convinced that it was made to create more space for ads. The column for the actual posts definitely looks to me that it is smaller and narrower. I've gone to the dark theme to try to minimize the effect but the overall look is definitely annoying.
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I remember going down to visit my parents in Sanibel, Florida many years ago when they had a vacation house there, and there was an unexpected 8 inches of snow that morning. I remember being switched to a flight to Naples in upper class, and having to call them from a pay phone there. After all that confusion, I would never want to fly on an early morning - or any really - winter flight anywhere. My sympathies to all the stranded passengers out there. This last storm really came at a horrible time.
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On 12/19/2022 at 8:42 AM, Milburn Stone said:
A good piece, as usual. And, as usual, including some I didn't realize had died. I just wish everyone could have been on a few frames longer than they were. I realize that would have increased the length of the whole piece by a minute or more, but that would have been a good trade for being able to register the passing of someone before they were off my screen.
I was wondering if anyone else felt that the TCM Remembers this year was too rushed. Personally I thought it was *way* too rushed. I just watched it again (the new link) and part of the issue I think is not only the shortened length, but the music which I think is just too fast for all the imagery they are trying to fit in. Also, did they really have to include 20 something cars/vehicles in a four minute video? Although I did enjoy seeing the brief clip of Buster Keaton in The Railrodder.
Just for contrast, my favorite tribute has always been the 2014 TCM Remembers. You get to see all the people without any rushing, and with a reasonable slower pace. And I have to admit that seeing Bogart tell Bacall "I'll be waiting for you" gets me every time.
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Yes I saw a list of the players featured and while I like some of them it's not enough to get me to re-subscribe to Netflix. I have a feeling that there's going to be a lot of coverage of Kyrgios and closeups of Fritz's girlfriend.
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On 12/14/2022 at 4:35 PM, Milburn Stone said:
Just started Season 6 (the Steampunk episode), and I have a question. We really like all the characters, but I've begun to notice that Mike practically never looks at anyone head-on. His go-to method of conversation is with his face turned away from whoever it is, but his pupils way on the side of his eye-sockets to make eye-contact with them regardless. Wouldn't it be easier to just, you know, look at someone once in a while? It's driving me crazy. Is this a characteristic of Mike, or is it an acting tic that Neill Rea brings to other parts as well?
I was just thinking about your question @Milburn Stone while re-watching a couple of episodes tonight, and all I could think of was something Neill Rea said in this enjoyable interview with Fern Sutherland:
At around 4:11 he answers as to what qualities Mike has that he doesn't and indicates he wishes he (Neill) kept his own counsel more (unlike Mike). So perhaps Mike looking away is a way to keep his suspicions and other insights to himself while detecting, in other words keeping his own counsel?
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As a photographer my favorite of these "requests" that I often see on the local Ask NYC reddit sub, is "I want to find a photographer who can take a photo for me" but makes it clear they want to pay next to nothing. This on top of all the people who download other people's photography without credit or permission, because "everything should be free".
I joined Next Door briefly but the ranting I found there was so off putting that I simply canceled and haven't looked back.
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I've actually tried in the past to sign up for Informed Delivery and have been rejected at the USPS site. I just tried again with my account and this appeared:
"Your address is not eligible for Informed Delivery. We update our lists weekly, please try again next week."
I live in midtown Manhattan, I have been here for many years. Go figure.
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On 12/4/2022 at 1:41 AM, Yeah No said:
I will be going on Medicare in August of 2023 so this stuff is of interest to me now. My husband is already on it and some friends so I have learned a lot from them, but it is news to me that an annual physical with lab tests is not covered by Medicare. I'm reading that Advantage plans don't cover them either, but to make matters even more confusing, this flyer from United Healthcare seems to indicate Advantage plan coverage for both wellness visits AND an "annual physical", although just exactly what they define that as is not explained. I haven't found anything specifically about supplemental Plan G coverage and these things, though it probably wouldn't cover an annual physical with lab tests based on everything I've read. Which sucks because I'm interested in Plan G. I don't think an Advantage plan would be right for me for other reasons but how to deal with the lack of an annual physical is going to be a PITA.
@Yeah No in case anyone hasn't replied to this, I see my doctor for a "wellness visit" every year which covers what he would cover in a physical. The first time I went to him under Medicare Part B the office didn't code it as a wellness visit and I almost had to pay about $550. The office fixed the coding and I didn't have to pay for it.
I would think a supplement would also help if you get it but I haven't needed it in the past (only got it this year for other reasons).
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Can anyone think of a show on Acorn or Britbox similar to Brokenwood? Maybe with a good mix of drama and some humor, good characters, not too violent? Thanks
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We made a mutual agreement among my siblings and myself to forgo Christmas presents. I only give them to my two great nephews and my great niece who are all grade school age. I ask their mom what they would like and mail it to them in a gift bag from Amazon or where ever. I don't mind doing that because kids love presents and are easy to please.
Other than that we don't really do the Christmas present thing anymore.
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Pet Peeve: A laundry product known for advertising itself as "Safe" and "Clean" and "Natural" that is now being recalled for harboring multiple types of Bacteria:
Why does this bother me in particular? Because I had just hand washed two shirts with their detergent before getting an email from Amazon - *not* The Laundress (aka Unilever) themselves - telling me that their product was unsafe (I had bought directly from them at least once)!
I have since tossed it and the shirts since I have to use a communal laundry room and apparently it's not easy to get rid of the bacteria even after washing unless you add bleach to your machine.
Grrrr. You should see their Instagram page!
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*FINAL EPISODE*
Yes I think if you want to have an obsessive character like Sally Tishel for a show that runs ten seasons, you really ought to have some sort of character development, which they clearly never did. Otherwise they probably should have written her out but no one ever seems to leave Portwenn so...
I didn't love the London episode though I realize it was probably necessary to set up the end of the story. The part about Martin's old flame was kind of meh to me. I thought they'd follow up about Louisa's father but I guess there was nothing further to say about him.
I spent the last couple of episodes wondering if Martin and Louisa and family were really going to leave or not but when Ruth told him he was wasting his talent by going to London I figured they would end up staying.
I wasn't expecting a scene with Martin almost bleeding to death and Louisa having to save him! Still the show has always been light enough that I figured he would make it.
I could have done without that doctor telling Louisa "I'm sorry..." as if Martin had died when he just had forgotten his glasses!
I did like the ending with the dog coming in and then Martin looking out and closing the door.
Just as with Baby James I got a kick out of the number of credited babies playing Mary.
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I guess I'm the only one who has seen the final episode? I will check back later.
They did do a good job of wrapping things up though there were some plot twists I didn't exactly expect.
Kind of agree about Bert being so annoying (though he softens in the last ep) but to me Mrs. Tissel has always been the worst. Being obsessed with someone as she is with the Doc should possibly make her a sympathetic character on some level but I just find her grating not to mention predictable.
Anyway I will come back later. I agree they pretty much had to wrap it up and after the pandemic break this was probably the best time.
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Just thought of a suggestion - The Brokenwood Mysteries. Great show from New Zealand with a fine cast including a lot of entertaining semi-regular characters, and a mix of total humor and (at times) sudden shift into total drama. Showing on Acorn.
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I wonder if they manage to do another, if they would consider doing a two part movie. It would have been nice if Henry and Lassie could have been more involved in the last one, I think someone said it would have been great seeing them drive to the rescue or something.
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Yes and of course there were no VCRs or DVRs or Tivos back then. If you missed the show when it was on, you missed it! Other than one more showing for the summer re-run I would think.
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i just watched The Automat also, it was a lot of fun and certainly there was a lot I didn't know about its history. The odd thing is I have a distinct memory of eating lunch at what I thought was the Automat on 42nd street near Grand Central but I was at a counter with table service. So maybe it was a Chock Full o' Nuts? Wish I could be more sure.
Great to have all those guest interviewees but especially Mel Brooks!
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I was a fan of Elementary but it can be *way* darker than Psych IMO.
The last season ending was very dramatic and inventive though.
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Tennis Thread
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I'm on team Ben Shelton too! He's really great to watch and seems to be playing with no pressure at all. After all he's never even been out of the US before!