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Shoot the Wall (A.K.A. The Rant Thread)
Carol the Dabbler replied to Banshee's topic in Miscellaneous Musings
When the phone rang this morning, I assumed it was another of those, but said "hello" anyhow, just in case -- and it was an actual real-live woman from the phone company, wanting more information on what's been happening. When I explained, she said, "Oh, we call those 'ghost calls' -- sometimes the equipment decides to pretend there's a call." They're sending a technician out tomorrow -- though those oddball problems can be hard as the dickens to pin down, so I wish them luck. Also, the problem may have evaporated already, considering that we *knock on wood* haven't gotten any "ghost calls" since just one on Saturday morning. - Last week
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Shoot the Wall (A.K.A. The Rant Thread)
Carol the Dabbler replied to Banshee's topic in Miscellaneous Musings
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Shoot the Wall (A.K.A. The Rant Thread)
Fantasy Lover replied to Banshee's topic in Miscellaneous Musings
1. Stalkers operate during every hour of the day if they can 2. Stalkers can choose anyone, it can be someone they know or a complete stranger 3. I'm just making suggestions, I hope it doesn't happen anymore, but keep us posted will you? -
Shoot the Wall (A.K.A. The Rant Thread)
Carol the Dabbler replied to Banshee's topic in Miscellaneous Musings
Hmm, hadn't thought of that possibility. Do stalkers normally operate only during business hours, though? After a busy week, we haven't heard from ours since yesterday (Saturday) morning. And I can't imagine why anyone would stalk either of us. I've heard that some "nobody there" phone calls are simply checking to see if the number currently belongs to anyone, but you'd think that once or twice would be sufficient to answer that question! We do have such a phone, but we didn't realize that feature was still working (the display is *very* tiny) till Alex had a close look at it just now. So yes, we'll give that a try, assuming that the calls resume. The results may be meaningless, though, because A] it's *very* easy for a caller to avoid sending their number, and B] with the right equipment it's a piece of cake for them to spoof their number. -
Shoot the Wall (A.K.A. The Rant Thread)
Fantasy Lover replied to Banshee's topic in Miscellaneous Musings
I'm afraid you have a stalker, if you have a landline which displays phone numbers I would write down the number that called you and go the police and file a complaint of stalking -
*takes a look at this forum after a while, sees this post* ah what the heck, I might as well reply. It's
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Sherlock & Daughter to start September 2024
Carol the Dabbler replied to Carol the Dabbler's topic in Other Versions
Back on topic -- there's a bit more info online now. Here's the official synopsis (from this article) -- The mystery thriller series SHERLOCK & DAUGHTER puts Sherlock Holmes (David Thewlis) out of his comfort zone, mysteriously unable to investigate a sinister case without risking the lives of his closest friends. Enter: young American Amelia (Blu Hunt, “The Originals,” “The New Mutants”). After her mother’s mysterious murder, she learns her missing father may be the legendary detective. Despite wildly different backgrounds and attitudes, the pair must work together to solve a global conspiracy, crack her mother’s murder, and find out for sure if she really is Sherlock’s daughter. That same article also mentions another potential Holmes-universe program, Watson (see this thread). -
The people who brought you Elementary have a new current-day Holmes-universe series in the works, namely Watson, wherein Holmes has died (murdered by Moriarty), and Watson has returned to medical practice. Watson is played by Morris Chestnut, a middle-aged black American actor. I have no idea whether his Watson is supposed to be American or British (likewise the show's Moriarty), but these producers did a good detective series (albeit not your usual Holmes) with Watson as an Asian-American woman, so I'll be interested to see how this one turns out. Here's how the Hollywood Reporter describes the series (in this article) -- . . . a medical show in which Watson resumes his career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. Moriarty (who killed Holmes) will be a prominent character in the series that CBS says features a “modern version of one of history’s greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries.” Hopefully this series will run on CBS broadcast stations (rather than on streaming). I've never seen Chestnut in anything (because I rarely watch anything new these days), but judging by the photos I've seen and what little I've read about him, he could play a good, solid down-to-earth Watson. If he and the scripts capture the spirit of the canonical Watson, I'll be happy to watch -- and even if they don't, it could still be an interesting show. (Not sure why they've included Moriarty, though -- other than everybody else does.) In case you didn't see the news, there's also a new Holmes series coming on the CW network (see this thread).
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Shoot the Wall (A.K.A. The Rant Thread)
Carol the Dabbler replied to Banshee's topic in Miscellaneous Musings
A week or two ago, we started getting weird phone calls -- at least I guess they were phone calls. The landline would ring, and I'd pick it up and say hello, and -- nothing. It sounded like the nearly-silent background of a regular phone call, but nobody said anything. It started out just once every day or two, then every day, then more than once a day, sometimes a couple times just a few minutes apart. I finally called the phone company yesterday (Friday), and they said they'd send someone out on Monday to see if maybe it's some sort of equipment malfunction. I had already tried calling the landline from my cell phone, though, and that worked fine, so it's apparently not some legitimate caller having trouble getting through. Also, the calls start around mid-morning and stop in late afternoon, so it's apparently not caused by some phone-company equipment going haywire. Which pretty much leaves somebody (or somebody's automated equipment) calling us but not saying anything as the only explanation. Could conceivably be one of those don't-put-an-agent-on-the-call-till-someone-answers kinda things, but those typically go *bleep* very quickly and an actual human comes on almost immediately (though I've started hanging up as soon as I hear that distinctive *bleep*). These calls aren't like that. The first few times I stayed on plenty long enough for someone to start talking, if they were going to. Anybody got any other guesses? - Earlier
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Star Trek miscellany
Carol the Dabbler replied to Carol the Dabbler's topic in Movies & Entertainment
Here's a Star Trek trivia question: Which of the original series' regular actors has/had the same middle name as Humphrey Bogart? If you'd like a dead giveaway sort of a clue, see the beginning of Bogart's Wikipedia page. Otherwise, see below for a slightly more subtle clue. I'll scroll down a ways first, just in case your internet service is a little on the slow side like mine, so that the contents of a spoiler box are briefly visible as it loads. Clue: -
Very sad indeed, and apparently quite unexpected, according to Metro and other sources. Even though that article leads with a picture of her famous son, there's a lovely photo of Nora Boyle Scott further down.
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Thank you, those photos come right up now. And thanks for the description of your book's interior. I think you're right -- or at least if it is a copy of Ariane's transcripts, it's been heavily amended. The transcripts that I've seen for other TV shows vary quite a lot in the amount of description included -- some don't even mention who says what, just the dialog (possibly done using speech-recognition software) -- so the same could be true of Sherlock transcripts (if there are any others -- but I haven't seen any). Unfortunately the BBC link in that thread now leads to a "404 Page not found" error. And the "alternative source" (http://www.zen134237.zen.co.uk/Sherlock/) mentioned later in the same post of that thread is currently timing out for me, though it might be worth checking later, to see if it's recovered. Unfortunately, I suspect you're right.
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I see poor Andrew just lost his Mum, what a shame. x
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Welcome, Outlaw. This looks like one of those self-made books, even if it's made very well. Could be printed by an online service. Or maybe it's a bookbinder's exam piece? I doubt if you find the other piece, even if there is one at all. If you are interested in the scripts themselves, they were available online. You might look up this thread: https://www.sherlockforum.com/forum/topic/3639-sherlock-scripts-and-other-info-sources/ @Carol, Ariane made transcripts from the episodes, the original scripts (final drafts) may vary, even if it's not much in the case of Sherlock. I always wanted to see the early drafts, but they are not online AFAIK.
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Looked up the Ariane Devere's transcripts. Does not appear to be the same thing, as theirs has descriptions of movement, expression, and scenery in quotations. My book seems to only have dialogue with a few descriptions here and there in quotations. Also the photos were an issue on my end, they should be working now!
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I can't get that link to load, but I'm on my cellphone right now -- will try on my computer tomorrow. But I don't recall ever seeing such a book, or even hearing about it. The closest thing I can think of would be print-outs of transcripts from Ariane Devere's website -- will post a link to that tomorrow, if nobody beats me to it. Anyhow, welcome to Sherlock Forum, outlaw! And thanks for posting such an intriguing question. Looks like we have a mystery to solve!
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I bought this book in the donated section of my local library. Was curious about finding it for Season 3 and 4, tried looking it up, and surprisingly could not find any information whatsoever about this book. The inside contains no publication page or information, nor does it even have an ISBN or barcode. Wondered if anyone had any knowledge about where this book came from.
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Superhero Films Discussion (Marvel, DC, etc.)
Carol the Dabbler replied to Artemis's topic in Movies & Entertainment
The "join" was in the usual upper right-hand corner, not a pop-up. But in the moment it took me to decide I could probably ignore it for the time being, the "privacy" pop-up had blocked any further activity. I had a quick look at my Firefox options, but don't think I found the two check-boxes that you mentioned. No big deal, though -- I'll just keep doing what I've been doing. Besides, every time I get my settings just the way I want them, that particular website or whatever gets a makeover a few months later and I lose everything anyhow. -
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The Cute Animal Pics/Videos Thread
Carol the Dabbler replied to Caya's topic in Miscellaneous Musings
You've taught me a new acronym: "F*** Around and Find Out.". Yup, pretty much!
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Episode 4.3 "The Final Problem"
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