Re: The scene in the hotel room,
that has to have been the fastest dial-up internet connection ever designed. The speed that Rosemary's laptop screen came up would rival most broadband connections.
(You can tell it was dial-up because she had to use the telephone outlet. Remember Laura's remark that the phone had gone dead, turned out that Rosemary was using it for her computer.)
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That's because it's a special Dial up internet service available for TV shows only. ;-)
shareI like that!
Just like TV shows would have us believe that the Eiffel Tower is visible from every window in Paris.
It's an enjoyable show, as long as you can turn a blind eye to the glaring errors like the Dial up, and the with holding of key evidence from the police, breaking and entering, opening someone else's mail, and a former CID now a Private Detective who picks a pocket in front of half a dozen witnesses. (S2 ep6) Just as well they get confessions because most of the evidence they obtain wouldn't be admissible in court.
shareI agree:
1) The dial-up mistake was only in the first episode. After that she was able to find a Wi-Fi connection even in the most remote of locations.
2) So far, the only time I've seen them withholding evidence was when the official police were so thick (in more ways than one) with assumptions about their "lifestyle".
3) You're very right. No court on either side of the Atlantic would - or could - permit evidence that had been collected the way they did it. (I'll have to watch S2E6 again, I must have missed the pocket picking bit.) -- And a former WPC would know better.
I have found that "Midsomer Murders" to be a little more technically (and legally) accurate. However,
a) Tom Barnaby does on occasion break a few rules of evidence gathering. (More than once, he's had Jones break into someone's home.)
b) I'm no expert on American law nor on British law.
Hmmmmm
Writing their names together like that reminded me that in the 1970s there was a show about a (very old) private detective named "Barnaby Jones". I'm reasonably sure that that is fraught with coincidence.
Buddy Ebsen was 65 when the show started and 72 when it finished.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001171/reference
(Made it "clickable".)
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Of atoms, stars and nebulæ, of entropy and genes.
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I have now watched all 3 seasons of Rosemary and Thyme, and despite more glaring errors I still enjoyed the series. I guess it comes down to the two leading ladies who IMHO among the best actors in the UK. I've recently been watching Pam Ferris in Call The Midwife. It's unfortunate (maybe for just us fans,) that Felicity Kendal hasn't made any new TV shows for a while.
shareThe only other work of Felicity Kendal that I've found in California is one episode of "Doctor Who", "The Unicorn and the Wasp" S4E7, 2008.
The Doctor and Donna meet Agatha Christie at a 1920s dinner party hosted by Lady Eddison (Felicity Kendal) on the eve of Mme Christie's well-publicized disappearance. At this time, Mme Christie has published only her first few novels and they are just beginning to become popular. She has no idea what is in store for her.
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And in DC, you can always see the US Capitol from your office window or hotel window. NOT!! Hotels and office buildings are at least 10-20 blocks away.
shareAnd because art is like life, but without the boring bits.
shareSkyTV provides internet, when I had it you plugged it into the phone connection much like they did and it was broadband.
shareAh! Haven't encountered anything like that in the US.
The only satellite service here that offers internet is much too expensive for we mere mortals.
Also, anything here faster than a 56k phone line expects to use an Ethernet adapter. Granted, the Ethernet plug looks like an oversized telephone plug, but they aren't compatible, they aren't interchangeable, and I really doubt you'd confuse the two. I can't help wondering how they do it.
(I noticed in that first episode that the phone plug Rosemary was showing to Laura looked just like the US counterpart.)
Never mind the dial-up connection, it has to have been the fastest friendship ever made. I've just taken up the show and I like it very much so far, but that was awfully sudden even under the stressful circumstances.
It's a small thing, it won't stop me enjoying the production. Still, I wonder if the U.S. Netflix version is missing a scene, maybe.
"How's the wine here?" "I think you should try the bourbon."
The dial-up connection hit me because I've worked with computers since the days of punched cards. I know dial-up lines because I've used them since the 1980s.
I agree that was an instant bond made. They find a common interest in plants, they find they've both been betrayed by the principle men in their lives, and they solve one mystery -- and they're suddenly sisters traveling all over Europe and finding dead bodies everywhere they stop for a day or two.
Right again. The instant friendship bit didn't stop me from enjoying all three seasons.
BTW: I like your signature quote. May I ask where it's from?
I remember when Cleopatra went to the Temple of Ra to lead a few cheers.share