[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Originally Posted by Garfie

Aww, thank you, Maru. Your comments mean a lot.

No problem. It's well-deserved.

Originally Posted by MTVN

Maru: great contributions throughout the highlight discussions and other threads, always has an interesting angle

Garfie: always worth reading Garfies posts, a lot of thought and consideration clearly goes into them

Ray: reliable solid opinions on all things BB

Originally Posted by AnnieK

I didn't watch last week so couldn't nominate but this week my noms are:

Garfie - agree with a lot Garfie says and enjoy reading their posts

Maru - love her posts on this and the commitment to watching BBUK from the States.

MTVN - agree with a lot of what he says too

Thank you, both of you

It's not too bad technologically-speaking to watch from the US. I use Hola VPN's desktop app. The sacrifice is I give a little bit of bandwidth for others to use my American bandwidth so they can connect also, which I'm on a fiber connection. Otherwise it allows me to watch for free... I'm sure there's some limitation as far as how much I can watch, but I've not hit that limit just watching the live show, live feed and rewatching any episodes I may need to rewatch... it works really well and have had zero issues with it since discovering that method.


In some ways, it's more convenient for me that it's midday. So about 2-3pm... we're off from each other about an hour for about a week as we do our daylight savings on different dates. If it were in "real time" 9-10pm here, I'd really struggle. I'm usually tired by 7-8 these days with my current schedule...

The nice thing locally about being in Central time is most late evening shows are an hour earlier than in the Eastern timezone, so I get to enjoy the best stuff a bit earlier ... that's a real perk for me.. and shows like the Bachelor/DWTS would be even earlier than that so we used to enjoy a late dinner with the family while getting our daily dose of drama... I'm allergic to drama and OTT nonsense in my real life, so this is my vitamin/supplemental fix...

[Candy Annie Cane]

Originally Posted by Maru

No problem. It's well-deserved.






Thank you, both of you

It's not too bad technologically-speaking to watch from the US. I use Hola VPN's desktop app. The sacrifice is I give a little bit of bandwidth for others to use my American bandwidth so they can connect also, which I'm on a fiber connection. Otherwise it allows me to watch for free... I'm sure there's some limitation as far as how much I can watch, but I've not hit that limit just watching the live show, live feed and rewatching any episodes I may need to rewatch... it works really well and have had zero issues with it since discovering that method.


In some ways, it's more convenient for me that it's midday. So about 2-3pm... we're off from each other about an hour for about a week as we do our daylight savings on different dates. If it were in "real time" 9-10pm here, I'd really struggle. I'm usually tired by 7-8 these days with my current schedule...

The nice thing locally about being in Central time is most late evening shows are an hour earlier than in the Eastern timezone, so I get to enjoy the best stuff a bit earlier ... that's a real perk for me.. and shows like the Bachelor/DWTS would be even earlier than that so we used to enjoy a late dinner with the family while getting our daily dose of drama... I'm allergic to drama and OTT nonsense in my real life, so this is my vitamin/supplemental fix...

Do you watch any of the Bravo shows Maru? I'm a sucker for VPR, RHOBH, Summer House etc

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Do you watch any of the Bravo shows Maru? I'm a sucker for VPR, RHOBH, Summer House etc

I usually watch shows that other people watch, if that makes sense. Like Bachelor/DWTS has a big following. My grandmother used to love that show when she was with us and it was crazy to follow it with the age divide. Like imagine having conversations with the elderly about which Bachelor is the best/least impressive... The same thing with DWTS, it's very accessible to a wide audience here.

I don't have cable anymore as I'd dropped it years ago, but when I did watch Bravo, TLC, etc it was whatever was on. I liked to watch Storage Wars, for some unknown reason when it was on... probably because it was something husband & I could get into.

The only shows I liked to really watch by myself were "personality" shows, so if I liked a certain celebrity, I might watch them... especially if they were into some kookie stuff, like an odd religion, etc.

[Ammi]

……I’d forgotten actually that I was going to be travelling on Friday so won’t be able to post this week’s winner(s) in the afternoon…so I’ll close this a day early and the closing date will now be tomorrow at midday…sorry about that and taking 24 hours away, I’d forgotten to check if I would be here at Friday lunchtime…

[Christmas Lights]

vesavius - Found myself agreeing with some of their posts, contributed alot on BB. Not afraid to give an opinion or thought .They have an amusing way with words aswell.

Maru- Level Headed insightful conversation, I always feel like I should grab a cup of tea and relax when I read one of Maru's posts . Interesting hearing about their own experiences aswell.


Abra - Nice to see them online again for BB . Passionate
member. I've enjoyed their honest approach.

[Ammi]

…thank you for nominating, GH…

…just a reminder that this week’s TiBB nominations are closing tomorrow at noon…

[Ammi]

…bumpety bump…only a few hours to go…