No plot spoilers, just a couple of other comments.

First, the concrete that Phill had placed (pedantic people will tell
you that concrete is placed, not poured!) seemed rather odd to me.

I have mixed and placed more than my share of concrete for someone not
in the trades, including some deck and fence work last summer that had
me mixing about 90 (30 kg) bags, and I have never seen concrete that
is as dark in colour as what he had.

As for the consistency of it, it looked more like soup than concrete
and would have had a very high slump rating (slump is determined by
putting some in a small cone to its height, removing the cone, and
measuring the resulting height as the small pile of concrete
"slumps" and subtracting the new height from the original height;
a very wet mixture would slump to a great degree).

Seemed weird to me, but I suspect that the colour and the consistency
was to help with the outcome of the scene that I'm not spoiling!


The other thing that I caught was Steve's "Little Britian" reference
when speaking to Ed about the roof tiles: "You're not the only
roofer in the village!"

--
Calvin Henry-Cotnam
"Unusual or extreme reactions to events caused by negligence
are imaginable, but not reasonably foreseeable"
- Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, May 2008

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On 01/06/2022 00:02, Calvin Henry-Cotnam wrote:

No plot spoilers, just a couple of other comments.

First, the concrete that Phill had placed (pedantic people will tell
you that concrete is placed, not poured!) seemed rather odd to me.

I have mixed and placed more than my share of concrete for someone not
in the trades, including some deck and fence work last summer that had
me mixing about 90 (30 kg) bags, and I have never seen concrete that
is as dark in colour as what he had.

As for the consistency of it, it looked more like soup than concrete
and would have had a very high slump rating (slump is determined by
putting some in a small cone to its height, removing the cone, and
measuring the resulting height as the small pile of concrete
"slumps" and subtracting the new height from the original height;
a very wet mixture would slump to a great degree).

I know little about it other than I thought it looked a bit runny.

Seemed weird to me, but I suspect that the colour and the consistency
was to help with the outcome of the scene that I'm not spoiling!

I suspect that to be the case though, it could have been a problem otherwise. ;-)

The other thing that I caught was Steve's "Little Britian" reference
when speaking to Ed about the roof tiles: "You're not the only
roofer in the village!"

I love it when you get these little references. It is after all the way we all talk, so, makes them more real.

--
kat
>^..^<

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kat (littlelionne@hotmail.com) said...

On 01/06/2022 00:02, Calvin Henry-Cotnam wrote:

The other thing that I caught was Steve's "Little Britian" reference
when speaking to Ed about the roof tiles: "You're not the only
roofer in the village!"

I love it when you get these little references. It is after all the
way we all talk, so, makes them more real.

We loved Little Britain so much that to this day we still use some
of the lines in day-to-day conversation:

- I want that one!
- Yea, but no, but yea, but no...
- How's that for starters / bear with me (a lesser-seen character)

... and don't ask me to call someone named Margaret! ;-)

Oh, and I will occasionally describe something as CUPBOARDY

It's not just LB, we do use lines from the movies Airplane and My Cousin
Vinny regularly, but LB is at the top of the list (as well as Keeping Up Appearances - room for a pony!)

--
Calvin Henry-Cotnam
"Unusual or extreme reactions to events caused by negligence
are imaginable, but not reasonably foreseeable"
- Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, May 2008

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"kat" wrote in message news:jfojoaFpr6vU1@mid.individual.net...

On 01/06/2022 00:02, Calvin Henry-Cotnam wrote:

No plot spoilers, just a couple of other comments.

First, the concrete that Phill had placed (pedantic people will tell
you that concrete is placed, not poured!) seemed rather odd to me.

I have mixed and placed more than my share of concrete for someone not
in the trades, including some deck and fence work last summer that had
me mixing about 90 (30 kg) bags, and I have never seen concrete that
is as dark in colour as what he had.

As for the consistency of it, it looked more like soup than concrete
and would have had a very high slump rating (slump is determined by
putting some in a small cone to its height, removing the cone, and
measuring the resulting height as the small pile of concrete
"slumps" and subtracting the new height from the original height;
a very wet mixture would slump to a great degree).

I know little about it other than I thought it looked a bit runny.

Seemed weird to me, but I suspect that the colour and the consistency
was to help with the outcome of the scene that I'm not spoiling!

I suspect that to be the case though, it could have been a problem
otherwise. ;-)

Remember that real concrete is an irritant, so this will have been some form
of stage substitute.

A quick check of my specification book tells me that a slump of 130mm is
normal for foundations in the UK, this is pretty runny.

James

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On 01/06/2022 08:45, kat wrote:

On 01/06/2022 00:02, Calvin Henry-Cotnam wrote:

The other thing that I caught was Steve's "Little Britian" reference
when speaking to Ed about the roof tiles: "You're not the only
roofer in the village!"

I love it when you get these little references.  It is after all the way we all
talk, so, makes them more real.

And tonight, when Evelyn said " he said he's got an 'ology" she was clearly remembering her old self as Beattie in the BT ads!
--
kat
>^..^<

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On 13/06/2022 21:26, kat wrote:

On 01/06/2022 08:45, kat wrote:

On 01/06/2022 00:02, Calvin Henry-Cotnam wrote:

The other thing that I caught was Steve's "Little Britian" reference
when speaking to Ed about the roof tiles: "You're not the only
roofer in the village!"

I love it when you get these little references.  It is after all the
way we all talk, so, makes them more real.

And tonight, when Evelyn said " he said he's got an 'ology" she was
clearly remembering her old self as Beattie in the BT ads!

You beat(tie) me to it!
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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On 14/06/2022 15:38, GordonD wrote:

On 13/06/2022 21:26, kat wrote:

On 01/06/2022 08:45, kat wrote:

On 01/06/2022 00:02, Calvin Henry-Cotnam wrote:

The other thing that I caught was Steve's "Little Britian" reference
when speaking to Ed about the roof tiles: "You're not the only
roofer in the village!"

I love it when you get these little references.  It is after all the way we
all talk, so, makes them more real.

And tonight, when Evelyn said " he said he's got an 'ology" she was clearly >> remembering her old self as Beattie in the BT ads!

You beat(tie) me to it!

Sorry. :-)

--
kat
>^..^<

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