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Why Z Nation Has Replaced The Walking Dead as Our Favorite Zombie TV Show

They are not bringing in new people fast enough to replace all the ones they've gotten rid of. The writer is being replace I've heard, for next season. I can't believe this show keeps going on and on, bad or not. It has a big following still.

dustytoes, on 02/27/2018

British fashion history from pictures

BSG Thank you thank you . This is JUST what I had hoped for . Regarding the serrsucker trousers and suspenders ... I am delighted no one else was wearing them .... :) Yes hair styles are also a very important fashion accessory. Thanks again ...

Veronica, on 02/27/2018

British fashion history from pictures

I can recall the 50s and 60s. There was a time when poodle skirts were popular, then came bleeding madras, which were clothes with dye that ran and changed the appearance every time you washed it. As for men's fashion, I recall the jack ...

blackspanielgallery, on 02/27/2018

Why Z Nation Has Replaced The Walking Dead as Our Favorite Zombie TV Show

A show like TWD only works if you bring in fresh characters so you have new stories to tell. If the writers insist on keeping Rick Grimes, they need to make him the bad guy and let someone else be the hero for a while.

StevenHelmer, on 02/27/2018

Why Z Nation Has Replaced The Walking Dead as Our Favorite Zombie TV Show

I've never seen Z-nation, but I watch TWD and it is lacking in so much. One of my big complaints is the zombies, which now seem to have become a nuisance more than anything, unless they need someone to die by being chewed by one. And how are ...

dustytoes, on 02/27/2018

British fashion history from pictures

Yes indeed. This is best celebration wear and you looked slightly improved on your usual taste :)

Veronica, on 02/27/2018

British fashion history from pictures

I would not ordinarily wear a frock coat for any function, but the bride wanted the me, her father and her brother to wear one, so I agreed.

frankbeswick, on 02/27/2018

British fashion history from pictures

Yes he was very poor though. I am talking about the fashions of the day. The poor are always going to be in yesterday's clothes unfortunately. Furthermore he had issues and often could only afford what was freely given .

Veronica, on 02/27/2018

The British Oak

What. a contrast! I was just about to write that snow has stopped falling here, but then I looked out of the window.

frankbeswick, on 02/27/2018

British fashion history from pictures

I can recall the 1950s when my maternal grandfather still wore waistcoats.

frankbeswick, on 02/27/2018

The British Oak

On the news last night there were pictures of Saint Peter's Square with two inches of snow, and more falling. we are breaking high temperature records in the mid 80s.

blackspanielgallery, on 02/27/2018

The British Oak

Thanks for the Physics. I passed an exam in Physics with a reasonable grade when at school, but did not go further to advanced level. The sciences that I have taken further are, as you might have gathered, botany and soil science. Today 27 ...

frankbeswick, on 02/27/2018

The British Oak

Here we rarely get below freezing, but hoarfrost can occur when the temperature is in the thirties, say about 35 on down. The reason is the bottom one inch of air has its own climate, colder air having settled, so it might be below freezing. ...

blackspanielgallery, on 02/26/2018

The British Oak

This is not just a problem with oak, for other trees can lift concrete. Hoar frost is frozen dew, so any cover over the ground,such as the leaf canopy, prevents it from settling, but in the frosty season there is little heat to reflect, as the ...

frankbeswick, on 02/26/2018

How to spot a spammer

We must all watch for spammers. They can ruin a site rapidly. Thanks for writing.

blackspanielgallery, on 02/26/2018