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Sep 18Liked by Rebecca Holden

I just love these letters, Rebecca -- I have been reading over your shoulders since you began them. It is my weekly journey to the UK. Thanks so much!

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Sharron, it’s so good to have you reading our letters! Thank you so much!

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Another fun read. 🤗🤗

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So kind, Beth - thank you! ☺️

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Haha, Kornicki's missive seems to sum up the current culture of western civilization these days! That's a keeper.

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LOL! It’s such a shame when words are used as things to hid behind!

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Sep 18Liked by Rebecca Holden

Ah, the hunt for good telly! My Jim and I don't stream anything but from our library, so we're limited like the Pilgrims in 1620 for viewing options. We also check out DVDs from our library (no surprise there) of British and other countries' TV crime drama shows. Sometimes it's slim pickins! Mr. Kornicki of London W5 wrote a perfect example of word salad: lots of words, no substance! I know folks who talk like that without any practice. As far as many being younger than you, have you noticed the transition one makes when one begins a career and is the youngest to advancing in one's career and being the oldest? (I'm the oldest employee at my present job.) I imagine your FAR from being the oldest, but the perspective changes. Loved this post, RH.

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Oh Mary, I’m now imagining those pilgrims in 1620 all sitting round and ‘streaming’ stories from each other, complete with gestures and costumes! Love it!

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Sep 20Liked by Rebecca Holden

😂❤️

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Sep 19Liked by Rebecca Holden

Great job of deciphering Terry's esoteric review, Rebecca. I never knew that Hal was a nickname for Harry so I was behind the eight ball from the start. Loved the corporate "word salad" also.

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I’d never thought ‘Hal’ was short for ‘Harry’, either, because to my mind Harry is a nickname in its own right - for Henry! 🤯

It’s ironic that I could only work out the title of a film set in 2001 and made in 1968 from my familiarity with a play estimated to have been written in 1597! 🤣

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Sep 20·edited Sep 20Liked by Rebecca Holden

Well, I figured out the film, but only by googling. At least I understood it well enough to know what to plug into the search bar. That right there is an improvement!

I'm not a television watcher. Haven't been for years, and at this point, I've no idea how I'd make the time. But, I do love a good movie now and again. Speaking of, sometime back, we watched Goodnight Oppy. It's not your favorite sub-genre, but if you can access it, I highly recommend. A wonderfully engaging documentary.

Rebecca, you are younger than I, but I can affirm that everyone around me is 12 these days. Some of them even write management gobbledegook!

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Brilliant, well done! I hadn’t heard of the film I’d reviewed until very recently - and if I hadn’t heard of it or seen it there’s no way I’d’ve been able to come up with the title from just those six words! I don’t know why I love that genre of movie so much - I wonder if that should worry me?!

I don’t very often watch live TV because so much is a waste of time - I generally use the networks’ own free streaming services so that I can pick exactly what I want to watch. Still a big time drain, though! 🤣

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Sep 20Liked by Rebecca Holden

Another fun read, which left me realizing how woefully inadequate I am at British puzzles!

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Thanks so much for reading, Julie! 😊 I find puzzles so frustrating - I don’t know why I put myself through them - or why I make others do them! 🤣

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