They don't let any old Tom, Dick or Henry live in Ambridge - The Archers chat continues

[PseudoBadger]

Hello you two :o

That's me dusting off my dungarees too.

IMO Peg doesn't understand or give a shit about the high principles involved in organic farming and Tony should realise this and stop effing moping about the place.

For someone as high minded as Pat, she's certainly very money orientated. When the cows were sold, she was very quick to sling it in her and Tony's pension fund and is now harrumphing about a will that doesn't fall in her favour.

I'm with John Lydon on this one 'never trust a hippy'

Putting money into a pension fund doesn't make you 'money orientated', it just makes you base-level prudent.

No, but didn't Tom want to buy some new equipment for the farm with the money before they squirrelled it away?

Putting money into a pension fund when you're already in your 60s certainly doesn't mean you're money-orientated! It means you've left it very late and are now desperate to make sure you have something to live on in your old age when your money-grabbing children have chucked you out of the family business and home.

I was Lillian on the quiz .

Another one who is loving TA at the moment, it's all just so good and even the bits where characters are being loathsome (looking at you Pat, Tony and your offspring) are part of a decent plot and so perfectly acceptable. They're also back to the lovely mix of serious plot and lighter minutiae of village life (Birdwatching, cheese on toast etc) that first got me hooked.

I did chuckle at Peggy asking Jennydarling what Brian thought about Helen and Rob...I could just imagine him, scotch in hand 'speaking as a former adulterer myself darling....'.

The actual distribution of Peggy's money (which I'm not convinced will be 6 figures after you strip out the Lodge and Inheritance Tax) is bizarre - a tremendous plot device which definitely could SATTC but definitely very strange. The most stomach churning thing of it all though is Tom's glee - he's told Jazzer, he's making all these plans and Peggy isn't even dead yet!

Oh god, I've just had an awful thought....is Neil and Susan's sexploits in St Lucia going to be the next AmEx....

RnRN If there is - people will be expecting your updates.....

Peggy's potential bequest means P&T can draw down capital for their old age eventually, instead of hanging onto it all for the kids. Depending on size of Peggy's estate, T would have to give money anyway when he got it, and then live 7 years, which might minimse Inheritance Tax when they are both finally in their willow coffins. It's infuriating to T, but sensible if looking at the Family overall, in the role of Matriarch.

Please say they didn't buy an annuity?

No, they won't have done that at this stage.

I was Jenny too, and then PAT!! Horrors.

Yes yes to the identikit Jess. (In fact, I think someone should contact crimewatch...) I want her back for a humdinger on air. Or underground.

A marquee on the farm...I was right .

allmimsy yes! I remember that loan and Jenny being very snooty!
zero love a person who uses "infer" a beautiful, neglected word.

Zero That's very true about Jenny having Jess's mobile number and if only to satisfy her curiosity love of gossip she would have called her.

just caught up

it is great at the moment.

agree we need to hear from Jess

I've done the quiz and I am....

NIGEL!!

\link{http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/28/farting-cows-methane-gas-explosion-german-dairy-farm_n_4678584.html\another good reason for not keeping cows indoors} - I wonder if Rob knows about this?

that would sattc

Yeah TheOneWith That'd give Brine ' the man with the biggest dairy in Borsetshire' a bit of a problem, serve him right .

Nigel

Zero - top tip to get Nigel as your result - a lot of my answers were quite flaky/anarchic like me
I even put my sex as female, I'm quite surprised!

Question: Can someone please explain WHY Susan is lying about how they can afford the St Lucia jaunt? Why wouldn't you tell anyone that you had won the lottery? It just doesn't make sense.

they need to keep the money a secret from her grasping relatives CuttedUpPear

sorry, the lottery win secret. Obviously they are giving away the fact that they have enough money for the holiday

Oh cutted how little you know of Susan's family!