JudyB

Avocado pears are a recent like - especially when made into guacamole.

I saw it for the first time this evening - I thought it was wonderful. A nice bit of social history.

Not strange at all Princess - I'm very squeamish about eggs and will like them one minute and be repulsed by them the next.

In the last couple of years I've started liking olives for the first time, and now I can't get enough of them. I also love the jars of sun dried tomatoes LIDL do some nice ones in olive oil - great for cooking with and also for eating out of the jar!!!

I found it very creepy.

So will I.

Oh thank goodness you've all discussed it here otherwise it would have passed me by. Not watching BB tonight so that we can watch Lost in Austen. Does anyone know when Little Dorrit and Tess of the D'ubervilles are being broadcast - I haven't read either and am hoping there will be enough time to read them before they are on telly - Little Dorrit is 700 pages long though - gasp!

Good choice - it's my friend's favourite Stone Roses track and one I enjoy too.

For me it was one of the best books I've read this year.

I remember that and I too am very cautious now on escalators. How about the firework safety films - they were always pretty grim too.

:lol:Wow someone else remembers it - I'd forgotten about the stretchers. Years ago I had the misfortune to see a fire safety film made for soldiers - I was working at an army camp at the time so had to see it as a member of staff. I was haunted by the graphic images in it for days - I couldn't believe what I was watching. We were shown a film of pictures of people in car crashes at school - as a child I'd never even thought about car crashes until then and became very scared about travelling on motorways as a result.

Hello and welcome Polemole. I've read quite a lot of Jonathan Coe books too and The Rain Before It Falls is very different in style etc to his others. However I still enjoyed it and although I was initially disappointed by the ending I found myself thinking about it a lot and realised that Jonathan Coe had created a very thought provoking conclusion.

I like the mobile phone one where people draw the detailed map - I love the artwork. Most hated adverts are anything medical especially those that illustrate the problem eg. ear wax, warts,

Years and years ago a programme like Nationwide did a whole programme based on discouraging children from playing near railways. It was done (rather bizarrely) in the form of adults organising different dangerous games revolving around the railtrack ie 'lets play walking through a train tunnel' as the programme went on more and more children became inevitable casualties. They certainly didn't pull any punches in the 70s when it came to safety films. Always a cautious child (and adult) these frightened the life out of me.

Good idea, sounds like it's very much needed - you might get those poor people who ended up with 'no's' next to their names for starters.

I'm sure I would have felt the same Lucy!

I remember a lot of those. I also remember a series of posters that used to be tied to lampposts so that you could spot different ones as you walked. The one that sticks in my mind is someone flying a kite near a pylon. When you're 8 things like that have a huge impact.

Hot and very bothered! What is Rex like?????

That's the next one I'd like to read.

Thanks Nici. We went to Anglesey to stay with friends - had a fantastic time (as ever) - they are brilliant hosts and live in a beautiful place.

I'm really glad you enjoyed this Janet - I'm hoping that The Rain Before It Falls will introduce a lot of people to Jonathan Coe's writing - I love the way he writes.

I was very disappointed to return from a weekend away and find this out. Can't be bothered with it now. Just can't think of anyone I want to watch.

My OH is putting his current book down to make a start on this - probably tonight.

BBQ followed by homemade ice cream.