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  1. Just started watching this in repeats. Not sure why so many dislike Bryan and Sarah, although I do recall people not liking when Sarah joined him on his reno show back in the day. Comments went toward her not staying in her lane, so to speak; i.e. letting her man have his show and she should shut up and go away. Because of this, I have a soft spot for her. I think they have great taste and I love their relationship. The kitchens… I liked the curved walls in the Baeumlers house, not so much the table attached to the island. Seems like an impractical trend when there’s not another actual dining area. I don’t mind the twins, although their “twin schtick” gets old. I thought their kitchen looked comfortable and welcoming. I’m not a fan of those all white cold marble kitchens with all hard surfaces, so I appreciated their’s. Agree that the pantry needed a door or upper cabinets. I really liked their choice to make the wall towards the water be all windows because that’s kinda the point of living on the water, to see it. I also don’t get the design trend to pantries that have become second kitchens. I mean, many people are barely cooking in their actual kitchen, why do they need a second room with counter space, dishwasher, and appliances? Hated that big art blob in the guys’ dining room. Agree that it was crowded in that corner, and again, it was ugly. They seem like nice guys, but maybe luxury design isn’t their thing. The elevator and dumb waiter (or whatever the pc name for it is) are both good ideas for such tall houses. Unloading groceries from your car directly into the lift is genius. The huge wine fridge would be great for oenophiles, and it sure is pretty. The wine wall looks like a dust collector, but they did say it could be removed and replaced by art. Living room/bedroom ep… I don’t mind the pink bathroom. I always feel bad when House Hunter types turn up their nose at a 50s pink and black tiled bathroom because it’s so retro cool. Keith and Evan need to incorporate plants. Their designs are so beige. I don’t understand designers’ obsessions with white couches. People actually live there; those couches are going to be white for a week and then look dirty. Secret doors are cool. Bryan and Sarah’s living room was a step above. The window wall was necessary for a vacation home. I don’t have a problem with fireplaces in Florida. It gets cool there sometimes and people like the ambience, especially at Christmas. I do agree that fireplaces need a mantel (not a mantle).
  2. I find Jake Lacy has a punchable face, which may work with his character. Seems all the kids and their father are somewhat narcissistic, and they all take their mother for granted, even though she was the driving force behind the tennis academy and their family. I read the book but don’t remember much. I read a lot of domestic thrillers and they all blend together after a while.
  3. Four new midwives is a lot to get used to. I do wonder how long Trixie will stay; she’s my favourite so I hope she’s there for a while yet. I assume she will either get pregnant soon or have the whole “why aren’t I getting pregnant” storyline. Churches turning their backs on divorced people is still a thing in some places, as well as couples living together, unwed mothers, etc. They also usually support Trump, which makes no sense. I’m impressed that this show can carry on 13 seasons in, and still bring compelling stories. The revolving door of midwives and nuns actually helps keep it fresh, as does the Love Boat style of storytelling, with three plots per episode wrapped up each week.
  4. He had the problem last week. I will never understand why some tribes can’t get their shit together enough to build a decent shelter. They are provided with pre-cut poles and are surrounded by more wood and palm leaves galore. How hard is it to put a thick layer of leaves on the platform of poles so they can have a softer surface? I’m sure Randen will be back next season. I have no issue with people creating and practicing challenges before going on the show. Why not? Doesn’t anyone try to start fire with their glasses anymore? That would be my go-to mo
  5. I still don’t understand why Dan doesn’t have two nickels to rub together. He and Roseanne worked their entire lives and yes, they made some dumb decisions (quitting a good job to open a bike shop, which should have been a hobby/side hustle), but why isn’t their house paid for? It’s not big or fancy; they bought it 45 (?) years ago so it couldn’t have cost much. Makes no sense. Yes, some people fritter away their money but Dan and Roseanne didn’t travel, didn’t wear fancy/designer stuff, didn’t buy furniture or stuff for their house, didn’t spend it on hair/nails/other preening, didn’t go out to fancy restaurants or theatre; in short, their money didn’t go to any of the things that people typically spend it on in slow steady dribbles. They didn’t have catastrophic financial problems like major ongoing health issues, or their house burning down or whatever. So where is all their money?
  6. Isn’t she working there so Mark can have a discount on tuition? And didn’t she give up a better opportunity for this cafeteria lady gig - for Mark? Does he know this? (I can’t remember) If so, he could be a little nicer, or at least tell his asshole friends to knock it off. I thought Crystal and Ed had a kid, but it could have been two. They’d be adults now, I guess? But it seems they live in the same land of non-existence with Jackie’s kid and Dan and Rosanne’s 4th kid.
  7. I liked it and thought it was really interesting. Meh, those seem like two different things. A client calling for a rush job or a bakery dropping a cake are things you choose to control (you take the rush job or your don’t; you have some basic backup cakes ready to decorate). Adding a random ingredient to a cake halfway through the baking process is just weird and I don’t like it. Bakers on this show always impress me with their knowledge. Half these terms I’ve never heard of until baking shows and many ingredients they are forced to use I would never want in a cake. They must get the cake concepts in advance so they can research or download their recipes. Nobody ever references a recipe, but surely they don’t have 100s of recipes memorized.
  8. Coincidence? I think not. Re: the first episode. One of the Canadian women (Kate) said two things that are incorrect. She said that we don’t call it spring break, we call it the May long weekend. Actually, we do have spring break, which is called March break in some provinces, spring break in others. The May long weekend is a different thing and is often called May 2-4 (referring to the case of beer that is consumed 😁). She also said that it’s still very cold in May, which is not true everywhere. I mean, we lane our gardens and crops are growing in the fields, so it’s not like it’s still winter. No point reinforcing stereotypes (it snows in Canada year round! Not). Agree that there are a lot of talented bakers this season. Second episode: I can’t believe they have to explain what the equinox is. I mean, these are grown-ass adults; who doesn’t know that?
  9. Start a thread yourself. I like this show and I like Jasmine. I do agree that giant islands and banquettes are overdone. Everyone sitting in a long line at a giant island to eat seems counter-productive to having a family meal together. And often those banquettes are designed to seat 6 or more people but they put in a tiny round table that would hold 3 or 4 plates and nothing else. The people at the end of the banquette seat can't even reach the table.. This happens on many reno shows. I can’t even talk about the weird family who lived with a burned out kitchen for two years but put in a pool. As for the family with 6 kids - you know what’s cheaper than a $300,000 reno? Birth control. Just saying.
  10. We just started watching this, stumbled upon it on Prime and are up to season 1, ep 4. Never heard of this guy, so we had no opinions of him going in. At least he owns his arrogance, after each attempt at thinking he knows better. My husband is a farmer and has all that equipment and more, and he was laughing his ass off in the first ep, watching Clarkson muddle through cultivating. He could see Clarkson’s mistakes and consequences coming a kilometre away. It always amazes me when someone decides to raise animals for meat and then gets all verklempt when they realize the animal has to die. Duh, circle of life. Clarkson’s irritation with local rules might be common, but it’s on any business person to check out the regulations before doing stuff. Everybody thinks their idea/expansion/build/whatever is so awesome, but there can be issues with neighbours. Looking forward to seeing more.
  11. I thought the living room was good before the reno. I hate the puddled curtain look; it just looks like the designer measured wrong and looks messy. Also hate how designers seem to love white couches; how do people function with a white fabric couch? It would be dirty in no time. Yeah, yeah, it’s “easy to clean” but who wants to clean their couch every week? That closet was something. Loved the wallpapered ceiling; that was a nice touch. I appreciated that there was a his and hers aspect to that massive closet. The kitchen was also amazing, but of course, white fabric upholstery on the kitchen chairs and bench. A couple meals, esp with grandkids, and that furniture is dirty. I also wonder about all those open shelves, I call them dust collectors. Or grease collectors; it’s amazing how greasy decorative things get in a kitchen (I’m thinking of the trend to put stuff on top of the cabinets back in the day. When I packed up my parents stuff, all their Knick-knacks up there were greasy, and my mom was fastidious about cleaning.) That porch swing was amazing.
  12. Just saw this as a repeat. OMG, what did they do to that lovely little log cabin? It only needed to be modernized, but they actually covered all the logs with blah paint, and the logs were the main feature of the cabin. The logs inside are just fake and cheesy, like a Disney-fied version of a log cabin, and the paint on the outside made them look plastic. They should have stained the inside logs so you could see the wood grain at least, and repaired the exterior logs and redone them to remain authentic. It can be done; I know someone who discovered an 1800s log cabin as part of their old farmhouse and they had the logs redone. Looks fab in their house, authentic and charming. Not the same-o white box that we see here. I appreciated the photos of interesting items in his junk shop, and the use of some of his vintage items. Not sure where his wife’s vintage clothes are stored now. John C. Reilly was great, though. He seems like such a genuine guy. Loved his hat with the red bird on it, heh. I wonder what Johnny the owner actually thought about his cabin’s redo. Lisa Kudrow was quite funny with her fear of power tools.
  13. Episode threads for less popular shows are just unwieldy. You get 3 or 4 posts per ep if you’re lucky. Most people watch the season and post in the final ep thread anyway. I prefer this show just stays with one thread. People who want to discuss the latest ep can post as they go.
  14. Well, the entire season generated barely a page and a half of comments, and half of those were about the previous British version. Just finished this and ugh, what a sub-par effort considering the cast and the budget for costumes/locations. I didn’t care for the casual modern way of speaking, although the modern music didn’t bother me. Nan was just a no. Maybe if someone more appealing was cast, I would have understood two good suitors fighting for her. She’s just average looking, and her hair is atrocious - would having it hang there lankly at shoulder length even be allowed in the gilded age? All the other women had curls and updos and other elaborate tresses in keeping with the style/expectation of the times. You could argue that she’s a free spirit who doesn’t follow the restricting ways of style, but she wore the corsets and the cleavage revealing dresses without any problem. And then there was Nan’s personality, intentionally going back and forth, back and forth between two decent guys. Pick a lane, honey, and stop being so damn entitled. The dresses were pretty and the settings were amazing.
  15. What a surprise, Oppenheimer won. Christopher Nolan seems really pretentious to me. I’m happy that he let his female counterpart do the speech though. I really like Emily Blunt so I’m happy she’s in a winner, but the lead actor looks like he’s made of plastic. His face is so smooth and shiny and fake looking. I’m ticked that Barbie was pretty much shut out. It was bad enough that the movie couldn’t just exist without constantly being paired with and compared to Oppenheimer. Too bad the Best Animated Film people weren’t there; it’s such an honour and usually a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Did they think they wouldn’t win? I mean, frickin’ Taylor Swift managed to squeeze this event into her schedule and there was no chance she would win. The show was awkward and painful for the most part, which is a shame because the GGs used to be my favourite award show. I like the mixing of tv and movies and that there aren’t any “boring” awards (sorry, not sorry). Terrible host, terrible bits written for the presenters, half the people there looked like they didn’t want to be there. I think they needed a longer cocktail hour before the show or something.
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