Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 2

onomatopoeia99

Waves_and_Smiles wrote: »

I have only seen the first released Star Wars film! I really should do something about that. I have however, watched every single Star trek episode and all spin-off's in existence probably several times and own them all. I can't believe I just publicly admitted what a Trekkie I am...

At least see The Empire strikes back, and when you get to the end of that you'll have to watch Return of the Jedi as well!

As for the Star Treks, I've watched all the films - love the two new ones although I know not everyone does, all the original series (BBC2 used to show them on a Thursday in the early evening when I was a teenager), all of TNG, all of DS9, most of Voyager, but one some of Enterprise.

Miri from the original series and Yesterday's Enterprise from TNG would be my favourite episodes. What frustrated me was that they were very much "monster of the week" with little continuity, between episodes, which is why I liked Blake's 7 more

Pyxis

Well, I'm currently working through all the Star Trek (Original Series),
Star Trek the Next Generation, and just recently Deep Space 9 repeats currently being shown on the CBS Action channel! Lovely!

Hope they restart Star Trek:Voyager soon.

Funnily enough, I never ever got into the Enterprise series. It was all too battley, and I never gelled with it, so gave up after a few episodes. Strange.

I know I've told you before, WaS, but at the 2002 Star Trek exhibition, I paid to have myself spliced into a snippet of an original Star Trek episode, with James Kirk! It was long before I'd done any drama, and I was very self-conscious, and it's just about the most hilarious thing you've ever seen! :rotfl: Excruciatingly awful, but sooooooo funny!:rotfl:

Waves_and_Smiles

Blake's 7 was brilliant! As was Sapphire and Steel, I have all the series of those, too.

That sounds amazing, Pyxis! I would love to be spliced into a Star Trek episode! My favourite TNG episode is probably Schisms, a proper alien abduction experience.

Pyxis

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Pyxis

Waves_and_Smiles wrote: »

Blake's 7 was brilliant! As was Sapphire and Steel, I have all the series of those, too.

That sounds amazing, Pyxis! I would love to be spliced into a Star Trek episode! My favourite TNG episode is probably Schisms, a proper alien abduction experience.

Yes, I loved Sapphire and Steele! (I had a real crush on David McCallum, ever since The Man from Uncle!)

I never watched Blake's 7. It probably coincided with a time when I didn't have a TV! Yes! There was such a time!



Edit. Just checked! Yes! It did! For the first series anyway. Then I only had a little black and white set that someone lent me, and of course, no way of recording anything that clashed. Such hard times!

Waves_and_Smiles

I had a crush on David McCallum too!

I have just done 20 minutes on the phone. WaSp's boots have holes in the soles so I thought I would take advantage of the 20% off deal. Everything went through without a hitch and I bought him a pair for £15, a major bargain, as soon as the deal started. Which then showed on my Paypal receipt as a payment of £226.01.

So I called Paypal who knew nothing about it and found the whole thing hilarious and told me to call Ebay. So I called them and got put through to a manager who at first found the whole thing hilarious, asked if I had bought Calvin Klein and said it was a programming problem that they would fix immediately. He then decided he should just go home because other calls were starting to come through about the same thing and he was about to be swamped.

I am now going to drink Ovaltine and try to recover from two phone calls. This is what I get for trying to save money.

Pyxis

Poor WaSsie! :A


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Waves_and_Smiles

Excuse me while I cling to your leg, Pyxis. The only thing that made it bearable was the people on the phone from both companies laughed their heads of at how ludicrous it was and apologised profusely. They were very nice and the woman from Paypal said she would have fainted if it had happened to her!

DomRavioli

Hi all

Sorry I haven't been around too much of late - its been super busy here. My MH hasn't been good and I haven't wanted to talk to anyone. Work has been super busy as well, and with buying a house, you can imagine!

Penguin coming up:

I feel like I'm not coping too well with the move, getting well from the agoraphobia and I honestly don't know where to turn. I don't have a CPN, my GP is about as much use as a chocolate teapot (that's when you can actually get an appointment!), and I'm not entitled to CMHT as here you have to have a consultant make the referral. I just feel like I'm banging my head against a sodding wall, and it is making me a little depressed. I finished mindfulness therapy this week and have to wait two weeks before a new referral for panic therapy, but it feels like I am going round in circles. My anxiety stems from being physically assaulted and attacked very close to where I live now, one of the reasons we are moving. I had anxiety growing up and got better and had over a decade of being well, but its been two years now and I feel useless.

The prospect of moving a couple of days before christmas as well is pretty stressful in its own right, and its throwing me right off my stride.

I just feel like I'm whinging a little bit, but I'm so overwhelmed.

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Hugs to those who need them Hope you've all been good, I haven't had time to read all the posts properly, but have had a quick whizz through. I love Star Wars and Star Trek, I couldn't choose a favourite; although I lean more towards Trek.

onomatopoeia99

If I was moving when you are, I'd postpone Christmas (at least my Christmas) until sometime in the new year! I'd use the time off work to get the new place in order and unpack.

This doesn't work so well if you have children, who are all geared up for presents on the 25th.