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^ Ohhh I have!! It does make me wonder whether the writers will go down the HotDad/Rachel route one day...for now though, I'm not holding out too much hope .

I think that's what it is...Jack nearly always knows the people involved. It's the same with Morag,...she's often presiding over cases that involve either her family or friends. That's something that's always baffled me...how can we take Jack (as a cop), seriously when he is so involved with the people in question?! I like Jack as a character but not so much as a cop,...he gets too involved with cases he really shouldn't be involved in .

Martha was being annoying tonight , especially when she said...''don't call me mate''...to Jack. I admit it was a bit weird considering she is his 'ex wife', but I thought it was a bit annoying that she said it. All in all, I would blame Jack AND Martha, for Rory being kidnapped. Jack shouldn't have left Rory with Martha when he knew there was someone who could be targetting him and Sam. But then Martha shouldn't have let Rory go outside, when Jack had entrusted her with looking after him. I thought it was a little bit much, that Ric kind of expected Martha to say yes to Mattie moving in. I mean Ric and Martha are cousins so he can get away with it a bit more , but I still think he should have given her a bit more time to think about it. Saying that, I'm glad that Mattie is over her 'lost' spell...that was really sad! Last but not least...HotDad. I really enjoyed the little chats that Rachel and Tony had today. Those two very rarely have scenes where they are actually speaking to each other, so it was nice to see them have a nice little chat about recent events .

All the location updates are fantastic Dan! Thank you for all the hard work you're putting in with taking photos and updating etc. I'm sure you're having a great time over there!!

Ohh I especially love these two! The cropping is perfect in the Indi av. I love the colouring in the Belle av...gorgeous!! The others are fantastic as well. I really like the little hearts in the Drelle av...that's a really nice touch. Lovely work, Gen! xxx

That made me laugh! That sometimes gets on my nerves as well. I mean Leah did give birth to Pippa, so I think it's quite likely that Stella would look after her sometimes...but not all the time! And how and when Madge become such a good friend of Sally and Leah's, I'll never know. I only remember seeing her on screen once or twice...if that!! There is the thing with the little kids only being able to work for a certain amount of time on set. Although I would have thought that Cooper Scott or whoever plays VJ now, would be able to work a bit more now that obviously he is getting older . Chloe Marshall is such a little cutie...she does a great job of playing little Pip, considering how young she is!

You made a really good point there, especially about how it was understated. There was nothing overly dramatic in the way of stunts, like you mentioned. All in all a really good episode but like you guys, I was a bit dissapointed that it was all done and dusted after only a couple of minutes into the next episode. I did however, like the slowed down scene of when they were all safe and sound...they nearly always look quite good . Sam and Rory being back is possibly the most annoying thing to happen on Home and Away this season . I'm now realizing how annoying it is to have them back!...when Martha was so close to telling Jack how she really feels. I think it's going to take me a while to get used to Jack Rickard playing Rory. Ed Wills, who used to play him was such a cutie...I'd happily have him as my little brother . Lucas...Lucas...Lucas. He is really irritating me at the moment. The way he seems to huff and puff at everything. A pure example being when Martha was asking if he knew where Jack was and he like...''What?'' *huff* ''What do you mean?'' *puff* . I'm mainly putting that down to the whole Naomi thing though...maybe it's some kind of character thing that we need to get used to...

I haven't been on for a couple of days either, and I was thinking that I was going to come on and see a mound of new posts/threads...but so far...not many .

^ Nope he is played by a different actor...Jack Rickard .

Last nights ep A.K.A the one that i'm about to watch again on Five , was so well written. It was really different from all of the other episodes of late. It just seemed to have that specialness about it. Pippa being back could have something to do with that . Sally's reference to Michael was a great touch too. Kate was just incredible throughout the whole episode as was the rest of the cast. The flashbacks were really cool...I love flashbacks . It was kind of confusing keeping up with what time it was throughout the episode, but I got there in the end. I'm watching the episode right now...the Five balloon ident has just come on .

Oh Dan, I am so sorry to hear that . That's so sad .

Any room for me?! Have a fantastic trip over there Dan!! I'll be thinking of ya tommorow *images of Dan on Palm Beach with his camcorder box, stills camera, lenses, filters, laptop, webcam, headset, microphone cable, BTTB hard-drive, mapbooks...and clothes* . I can't wait until I move other there...will have to wait a few more years though .

I really enjoyed last nights episode. One of the main reasons for me enjoying it so much was because there were alot of younger and older characters mixing together. I thought the balance was just right between the teens and the adults . Lucas face when Geoff walked through the door was funny! I bet he was thinking...oh no, here we go again!!

It's 100 % creep. I've just re-watched it and he does put quite alot of pronunciation on the 'P' so it kind of sounds like that but i'm sure it isn't ...

I love the snow!!!! Snowmen and snowball fights . I don't know about anyone else but I always find that the sun shines more when it's December/January time...which in one way is great because the suns out (something we don't see much of in England) but the snow melts quicker . I do like that little chill in the air when it's snowing and when it has just snowed. I tend to drink more hot drinks in winter...tea...tea...and more tea ...oh and if we've got any...I nice cappuccino or a latte! Ages ago, I got a toboggan thingo in the hope that I'd be able to use it when it snowed but the thing is, it snows really heavily for about 10 minutes here and then it stays for a couple of hours and then it kind of melts, then the next day it turns into slush which is the most horrible thing to walk through because it gets into your trainers and than it seeps into your socks . Another thing that bugs me about slush, is when cars drive by and they kind of skid a bit and you get loads of muddy slushy stuff on your trousers!!...that's what makes winter fun (NOT)!!!

Now why didn't I think of that?!

Kelli was carted off to jail . Amanda found out about Kelli and Ethan's plans just before Kelli ran her off the road. Peter did find out, yes . Where is Ryan these days?...that is a very good question . He didn't leave with them but we don't see him very often anyway! You can watch Amanda and Peter's last episode (4422), on Youtube, there are loads of other Amanda filled episodes on there too .