DramatistDreamer

So, were the other exemption recipients able to prove that they had COVID-19 in the past six months? The suspicion/sentiment seems to be that the documents presented by Djokovic weren't verifiable, either because there were inaccuracies or or some type of fraud (which would be a punishable offense). I wonder whether the specific circumstances for his deportation will be revealed. Perhaps in his lawyers' appeal filings, there will be additional revelations. Just curious.

Glad you and your parents tested negative. Glad to hear confirmation that this variant predates Omicron. I suspected that it would be along the lines of a Lambda variant. I mean Omicron has become dominant over Delta and Delta had been pretty damn virulent.

Whew, a mess indeed. And an avoidable spectacle too.

And then his fanatics do this, which in their eyes, his situation is completely the same as a woman who was sexually assaulted and disappeared. EDT: Looks like he already changed his AVI but the Internet doesn't forget about thing like this.

Tennis players are not essential workers. Tennis organizations love to throw their weight around concerning enforcement of rules towards some players. Clearly Tennis Australia has its own set of rules, which may or may not be in keeping with the rules of the Australian government. Millions had to abide by Australia's rigid standards, surely most players are intelligent enough to realize this? As for those who are not? Oh well. Deal with it. Djokovic is likely to find a way to weasel his way in anyway, so don't stress it.

This is the first I am hearing of this. Why?

^^There is some question of whether Omicron, in its infinite power to dominate other variants (even an arguably more virulent strain like Delta), may just dominate this newest variant as well.

Oh well, gotta admit that I don't care what Djokovic's fate is. Send him out of Oz. If he gets sent off, won't miss him. At all. It's the people who had to miss loved one's passages, births and other important milestones that I was thinking about. Sloppy paperwork was also a factor, allegedly.

Clarke Garrison was B&B version of "Tad The Cad", many soaps in the 1980s seemed to have their own version to varying degrees of success, but McVicar did a very good job of walking that tightrope. He's a character that could return to the canvas and if written competently, could be highly effective, with McVicar in the role. Don't hit me, but I actually think he and Teri Ann Linn had easy chemistry together. It's giving me ideas, lol. In that initial run, McVicar was so effective of leaving Clarke ambiguous where his true feelings lay. Of course, the writing also made this possible. You were always wondering if and to what extent was it possible that Clarke, on some level was capable of true love of another person?

Not sure this will actually come to pass.

Thanks for the heads up @AusBoldFan! I'm going to take another look.

Re: The episodes that I mentioned, I don't believe the cuts were intentional, nevertheless there are scenes missing from at least one episode. Another episode was intact but the visual quality was extremely dark and the audio quality was subpar.

Have people been hearing about that massive traffic jam on I-95 in VA? Someone asked the question of why there were no National Guard to hand out food, water and supplies to stranded motorists and someone else replied- "They're all helping in the ER" So anyone who doesn't believe that rising COVID infection rates have an impact beyond numbers should really think about a scenario such as this. It's not just about available hospital beds, it's about the impact of stretched resources and overtaxed personnel.

There's an article about the wedding in People magazine. Sloane and Jozy left empty seats for the loved ones unable to attend the wedding, including Sloane's grandparents who died from COVID-19 earlier this year.

A charitable contribution by Dame Collins?

I sure as TF don't believe!

Still won't get me to watch this show but good for Creech getting a paycheck for awhile.

That was the "Jenny Jones" of soap opera openings.

Then it's probably too risky for him to be out there playing in a pandemic. At one time, there were Australian citizens missing funerals and births of family members because the Australian government wouldn't allow them in, yet they're willing to make an exception. Why?

As many times as I dipped out on this show, I shouldn't have known the answer to this but I did. Wow, some soap fans are some basic -------. 😂

Hell, fûckin' no, WTF is this shīt?

Skye was a much more versatile character. You got the sense that the character had the potential to be paired with, or adversarial with any number of other characters. Skye and Adam easily had a co-conspiratorial relationship, sort of Bonnie and Clyde-ish. It's a shame that the character was discharged, and in such a stupid way, that awful and absurd volcano story, gimme a break!🙄 Ironically, had Skye been kept, Chloe might not have appeared so redundant. With both Chelsea and Chloe on the canvas simultaneously, not only did they overlap personality-wise, one seemed to relegate the other to redundancy.

Does Gettr and whatever other crap social site exists not do it for those folks? There's no rule that says that everyone must be on Twitter. Believe it, or not, not everyone is on Facebook and it's an even bigger platform.

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, who wrote that wonderful book When Women Invented Television that has been trending in the wake of Betty White's passing, seems to have disappeared from social media (I could have sworn she was once on Twitter) also wrote about Irna Phillips in great detail. I had hoped to message her regarding this because I believe she briefly wrote about running into stumbling blocks concerning classic episodes of ATWT and GL, as well as episodes of the classic 1950s sitcom The Goldbergs. She would also be a great person who can speak about the validity of preserving and sharing classic episodes. At some point, I will summon the will to contact her. Julianne Moore would be a fantastic spokesperson for this but I am not sure how accessible she truly is. I mean, if someone tweeted her, would she reply?

I will never stop berating them for their lack of vision. B&B was never my favorite soap (or even 2nd favorite, for that matter), but they have shown that putting up classic episodes can indeed be done. And honestly, they are not putting in that much of an effort but the visual quality of episodes they post is largely better than most of the episodes of ATWT posted on YT. I mean, P&G, show some pride, lol.