Another pet hate of mine are televisions TV reporters where the studio go over live to a on the spot journalist to ask what his or hers views are of a current event. They should be reporting happenings not giving there own view on something which is why I always turn over or off whenever this inevitably happens every blasted day.
Talking of old films I'm still watching silent films made in the late 1800's never mind Brief Encounter. EE
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