Kath Buckley

@milla_reed An aventure is even better 😁

@Buckers2016 Love it Kath! In our house we always say ‘ it’s an aventure’ because that’s how my youngest pronounced it when she was small 😁

Podcast recording starts this week! The first thing we're discussing is how we deal with change. Does anyone have examples of what has helped you get through big changes?

@JoannaCannon This is a garage local to us this morning.

I went to put fuel in my car and it was £1.75 a litre. I rarely use my car (thank heavens) but I still had a small meltdown on the forecourt. ONE POUND AND SEVENTY-FIVE PENCE 😭

@JoannaCannon Oh what a shame. But you’d better obey the rules or you might not get invited back. 😂

@Buckers2016 Unfortunately, all the security information and instructions include 'no photography, video or audio recordings' inside the venue, but I will take some before & afters lol.

Beyond excited. Also I will be framing this invitation afterwards 😂

@JoannaCannon @KathyB00KWorm I’d guess she’d probably let him…

@KathyB00KWorm I wish ... although perhaps best not, he'd probably want to sit on The Queen's knee, knowing Lewis 🤣

@JoannaCannon I’m not surprised. I’d be beside myself! I hope there will be photos and a full run down of everything 😁

@Buckers2016 It's amazing, isn't it? I am so excited!

@VeronicaFRobson @JoannaCannon Oh Veronica I am SO sorry. I know exactly how you feel and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.

@JoannaCannon Wow, how wonderful, I am so delighted for you! I have been quiet, as I said goodbye to George on the 7th March, so it has been tough to say the least. My best boy and soulmate for over 13 years xx

@michaelwoolley @lucyjw That’s brilliant. Congratulations. I’m sure you’ll be great.

Thank you very much to every blue that has engaged with and voted in the City Matters election. I will be the rep for over 65s for the next 2 seasons and want to represent anyone in or near that age range. Thanks to all for supporting the process and me. #city #citymatters

@JoannaCannon Im not averse to a bit of Kevin myself. I’m also quite fond of Kirstie and Phil.

@Buckers2016 Great choices. After I've exhausted sea side detectives, I think I might return to Grand Designs. Kevin throwing shade around is my happy place.

Not dealing with my emotions has also stolen my ability to read (no concentration) or sleep for any length of time, so I have taken to watching ENDLESS British crime dramas. The mandatory opening scene is a chaotic family breakfast, featuring at least one person staring furtively at their scrambled eggs for Reasons Unknown. The cast needs to include Martin Clunes, or James Hannah (or both) and Nicola Walker, and a nice woman who used to be in Casualty, but you can’t remember her name, so you have to pause and look it up. The body is always found by a dog walker. Someone also has to vomit at this point (either the dog walker or a policeman fresh out of policeman school, either will do). The cast needs to include an eccentric pathologist, an enthusiastic but naïve junior detective, and a desk sergeant who knows more than he’s letting on. The main detective must have sketchy coping strategies and constantly argue with their boss, but rather than getting them sacked, this attitude somehow makes them better at solving crimes. There is a lot of car door slamming, and people are in such a rush to catch murderers, they never say goodbye to each other on the telephone. It’s also almost always set at the sea side, because you can conveniently throw things into the sea, like mobile telephones and murder weapons. The sea also provides ample opportunity for yet more furtive staring. At some point, the detective will need to consult a retired policeman who, quite fortuitously, remembers every single detail from a case he never solved in 1973. People stare out of windows and draw arrows on whiteboards. Then, just when everything seems hopeless, the eccentric pathologist rings at some ungodly hour of the morning with a break through, we discover the murderer didn’t clean their car boot out properly, and something the detective hasn’t been able to ‘quite put their finger on’ since episode two suddenly makes sense and they finally decide share it with the rest of us. The closing episode usually involves a tense car chase, lots of confrontation and shouting (usually in a multi-story car park or a disused warehouse), but finally we can all rest easy because the murderer is caught (and it’s never, ever the furtive starer). Please God let my reading mojo come back soon or I will lose my ACTUAL MARBLES. *watches another one*

@JoannaCannon I will probably have to watch Detectorists and Dinnerladies again after ER as an antidote.

@Buckers2016 I can't even deal with it. It destroyed me.

@erincowgill @JoannaCannon I’ve not seen The Pitt yet but I’m told it’s good.

@JoannaCannon @Buckers2016 I rewatched House. That was tolerable. I can’t believe we’re all watching Noah Wyle in another ER. Life these days is so unreal.

@JoannaCannon Funny you should say that. We’re just approaching that storyline 😭

@Buckers2016 Oh this is an excellent idea, but I can't put myself through the Mark Greene situation again. It nearly ended me 😭

@ScrapperRural @JoannaCannon Well let’s face it. That’s what we all watched it for 😂

@Buckers2016 @JoannaCannon I’ve started a repeat of ER too! Only on Series1. All that’s necessary is to gaze at George Clooney

@GMBanks @JoannaCannon Me too 😂😂

@Buckers2016 @JoannaCannon I'd have happily taught him the error of his ways!! 🤣

@GMBanks @JoannaCannon Isn’t he just? And his character is a complete slimeball for the first few episodes until he sees the error of his ways. 😂

@Buckers2016 @JoannaCannon I have just started watching ER on Netflix - but still only in the early stages of S1. George Clooney was SO young! 😍 Joanna - your summary of a crime drama is spot on 🤭

Just a quick reminder that I'm standing as over 65s rep on City Matters. Anyone with a supporter number can vote. You can read more via the link below. Log in to vote. I'd welcome your vote. 🩵 mancity.com/club/city-matt…

@JoannaCannon I have no doubt I will. I’m really looking forward to it 😃

@Buckers2016 You honestly couldn't ask for a better review, I am so thrilled and I hope you love it too!

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