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You're probably right about that, so my example was outdated. I hadn't stopped to think that the world has changed a good bit since William Shatner did that "get a life!" skit on Saturday Night Live. Are you saying that you still classify all Trek fans as losers, but will make an exception for Sir Patrick?

I've come up with some good comebacks over the years I was talking to some older guy in the library just now, he said I was really hot. I said 'my boyfriend thinks so too'. He left.

THIS. I think it's safe to say that there are many gentlemen out there, and they make up for it. At the very least, I believe quite a big percentage of those online jerks don't actually behave that way in real life. Most people wouldn't say what they said online in real life. There are something about anonymity that brings out the worse version of us, in a weird way they feel some kind of power to do things they are too coward to do without much consequences. Little thing that we could get from this, I guess we have to be grateful that we feel secure and confident enough as human being in order not to do the same. It takes a lot to be 'real' nowadays in both online and real life persona. If you think you are one of them, be proud of the confidence! As non Star Trek fan, I thought it's the other way around, especially nowadays when 'nerdiness' is cherished or even cool. I never get the hype, but I think there is nothing wrong, I make fun of it sometimes but I'd never think they are losers, actually it's quite awesome that there is this community of hardcore fans. Hey, switch it to something else that I like and I behave exactly that way too.

I have not tried that, but I think that should be possible. All of the episodes in in my Amazon Cloud and I've just started going though them a second time. There is also the option to rent each episode for $3.99 each, but it's a lot cheaper to buy the whole series. If you rent something, either a movie or a TV episode, you have 30 days from the date of purchase to watch it. It's hard not to think of Benedict C. while watching Ms. Takeuchi do Sherlock. There's a very specific Sherlock esprit that goes along with this character. All the best Sherlocks capture this essence, regardless of gender, culture or time period. If Ben were a petite Japanese female, this is what he'd look like.

Carol, blood tests are currently only used to see if people have antibodies against the virus, meaning their immune system has had contact with it at some point. To test for a current infection with the potential to pass the virus on to others, you do indeed take a swab from the pharynx, which you reach by either sticking the probe really far into the patient's nose or touching the inside of the throat through the mouth. It's unpleasant but usually not painful and certainly does not involve touching any part of the brain.

@Douglas Yes, he certainly was

Hi Valkyrie 123, He sounds like he was a bit of a dirty old man to me!!! So you did the right thing!

@Douglas, thanks! Also, if he said I was pretty, I wouldn't have minded so much. It was the word 'hot'and the age gap between us that kind of made me react like that.

Hilarious stuff, Valkyrie 123: I love it!!!! Good on you, and good work!!! Yes: i can imagine that that comeback of yours certainly would have fixed him! And it serves him right, for his ridiculous behaviour!!

🤔 I'm not sure I'd classify Sir Patrick as a 'pathetic loser'. *I'll get me hat.*

Re. the subtitles--I need them, because my Japanese isn't that good! I mentioned them in case anyone thinking about watching it would be daunted by the language. I haven't been immersed in Japanese in daily life since the mid-1990s, but I wanted to reawaken that part of my brain. This is a fast-paced contemporary show and the language zips by incredibly fast. Their riff on 'Moriarty' is brilliant, but I won't spoil. It's my impression that subtitles are charged by the word, not to mention the limited space in getting text on the bottom of the screen . . so it's pretty common to have longer speeches trimmed for economy. Non-native speakers will miss the nuances, but they can follow along with the meaning enough to understand what's going on. My goal is to master Sherlock's, "Once you eliminate the impossible . . " speech in Japanese. It's very chewy. "Miss Sherlock" was my first-ever streaming video purchase, but the whole season of 8 hour-long episodes cost me about the same as a DVD. It looks doubtful that a DVD would be released Stateside, more than two years after it aired at home. Probably licensing issues. Subtitled programs are going to cost a bit more due to the costs associated with the translation services. By the way, "Miss Sherlock" constitutes the first project in any language to feature our Baker Street pair as both women. Japan is hardly in the vanguard when it comes to equal opportunity for women . . it's 2020 going on 1960 over there in many ways . . so it was kind of surprising that this country was the first to take a gamble on a female duo. I think it turned out great. The only drawback is that Tokyo is one of the world's ugliest cities, so there is no visual interest for the viewer for exterior locations, such as there is with Sherlock or Elementary. But 221B is a triumph of set design . . they have brilliantly mixed traditional Japanese home elements with a Victorian flair. I really loved Sherlock's house.

He prolly dropped it without even realizing. I guess we're not taking covid hygiene really seriously for some of us all covid means is that we get to skip a bunch of days off studying. But yeah, that teacher can be a little emotional. Honestly tho even if the guy heard her he most likely wouldn't care cos it'd be coming from her. To be fair tho she does have a couple of friends who've contracted the corona thing and she's even had to take tests herself sooo yeah. And apparently they stick this probe thingy up your nose, she said it felt like sorta squishy, like somebody was touching her brain.

View Halloa to the room . . Hope everybody is hanging in there in this age of Covid-19. Back in March-April, I had a 6-week break from work as my library was closed due to the virus. One of my activities was to finally watch S1 (so far only one available) of "Miss Sherlock" (HBO-Asia, available on Prime Video through Amazon.) Yuko Takeuchi (Sherlock) and Shihori Kanjiya (Wato) create a sassy, believable chemistry together as the 21st century Tokyo-based pair of mismatched roommate detectives. Sherlock Holmes has been popular in Japan almost from his inception, and the creators of this rather daring modern interpretation certainly seem to know their casebook. I really enjoyed it. I have an additional interest in this version, since I wanted to practice my Japanese language, but all of the 8 episodes are subtitled in English. Though Sherlock's unusual moniker and traumatic past is only alluded to, never explained, I presume that these things will become illuminated in a second series, though it's unclear that one is in progress. I called the project daring since it features two young women in traditionally male roles, and to have two female leads in this type of show might be a first time in its home country. In my opinion, having both of the partnership be female is truer to Conan Doyle's original dynamic than is Elementary. If you are willing to pay to buy or rent this on Prime, it's well worth it, if you also have an interest in Japanese culture. The ensemble cast, including 'Mrs. Hudson', 'Mycroft', 'Inspector Lestrade (Here called 'Reimon', which translates to 'Thanks-gate' or 'bill-gate')--fitting, since Lestrade is the 'gate' through which Sherlock has access to the police investigations) is very good. They have also added a long-suffering sergeant for Inspector Reimon who doesn't like Sherlock and who is made her scut-boy very often, with amusing results. 'Wato' means 'peaceful city', and when combined with the honorific suffix -san, becomes 'Wato-san', you see? 😛