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caught the end of the barn on fire episode.. lots of shouting...i was

what the actual jeff was going on?

yes R4 has got it Edgar How do you do a fire on radio without it sounding up the wall?

i suppose they were demonstrating the inherent difficulty...

"i suppose they were demonstrating the inherent difficulty..."

arf.

The women's cricket storyline is going to annoy me. We have been in situations like that before and the response is always
wait untl the AGM
we will have to ask the Committee
you can't rush these things
if you try to force the issue they will only dig their heels in
softly, softly catchee monkey
and various other stonewalling tactics. The situaton is not resolved in a matter of weeks (like it will be in Ambridge) Grrr.

It's the girl on TA in the women's cricket storyline who plays Jamie's GF who annoys me why TF can't they find a decent actress?

Agree about the actress. She must have gone to the same School of Wooden Acting as Pip.

Yes she has a screechy, fakely enthusiastic extremely aggressive making voice (and I'm not usually aggressive, honest!) Pip is not quite so bad but IKWYM.

Our DD had an audition once for a radio play and the producers talked about a lot of female voices sounding similar so much so they like different accents but surely not different screeches!

Am I taking about the wrong one? I must admit that I can't distinguish yet between Rosa and the other one (whatver her name is)
Thus proving your producer's point?

I can tell the diff, but only in context - Natalie is a bit posher, Rosa more local

But if one of them was talking not about cricket, & the other wasn't there, I wouldn't have a clue.

Jamie & Josh both fairly interchangeable too (& Daniel, before he apparently stopped speaking )

I'm quite liking Ruari now

Oh yes I'm confused about the boy's voices too. Rosa is interesting because her mum's the Polish careworker isn't she? and actually she sounds very local and slutty they've almost got that right, her acting 's not much cop though either. I tell you what that scene where Traceeey was trying it on with the new Indian cricket coach guy (BTW what's happened to him?) and the 2 girls was completely confusing and didn't work at all.

pissing down in Ambridge today

hahaha

Yes, I snurked at that too. No mention of the rain all through Spring and then they finally put it into the script on the very day when we have had some sun at last!

Can someone explain the Adam situation to me because I don't understand. Brian has said "it's my way or the highway" and JD hasn't reacted? If you were her, wouldn't you raise an alighty stink?
Do you think that Adam will jack it in? <fingers crossed>

JD has done her usual bit of hand-wringing 'oh darling, you can't! Adam needs time' blah blah blah but she's more concerned about Ruardhi's stone dog in the garden

I have still not understood how George got out of the house. They said something about Josh promising to get him if that cow started calving but presumably he didn't just go and grab George out of bed? Why wasn't their door locked? And why isn't Wilyum going batshit at Emmur for not keeping George safe?

Loved the arrival of rain in Ambridge just after it cleared most of England for the first time since the beginning of June. I understand that the weather in South Uist has been excellent recently so wonder if Ambridge is actually in the Outer Hebrides.
So - what will be wrong with the frozen wild boar. I suspect tapeworm but perhaps there are other possible hazards?
I note that even Ian isn't impressed on Adam's stance on the Home Farm plan to supply the mega dairy with silage. Will Adam go off and buy/lease his own farm where he can moan about himself?

the whole wild-boar-in-the-freezer thing was painfully tedious

& after Clarrie's e-coli experience there is no way she would let Eddie muck about with a public health risk like that

IMO JD.s reaction to the whole Dairy factory farm storyline is odd; I was surprised that she has been so compliant from the start. I know compliance is her middle name but SOO doormattish?

I reckon it must be Will and Nick's 6 week break from TA otherwise as dowager says they'd have taken Georgie away from Emmur in a high dudgeon (esp. now she 's put herself in jeopardy).

You make a good point re the six week cycle pp. When we get bad storylines, we must learn to adopt the 'this too will pass' mentality.

BTW what happened to the bunny boiler in the end? Is she back at the Vicarage.

That's a thought R4; she's disappeared into thin air!