Old H&A Fan

"apoplectic"? Is that French for "violent"? Russell was a THUG

Perhaps sometimes in some cases they do deserve to be called "lesser beings", the way for example as Alf points out, some "modern sheilas" carry on. There is a reason why "virtue-signalling" is frowned upon, Captain Hulk. It may have something to do with how their opinions get in our faces

You mean you can't speak your mind in 2023. I call that regressive and backward, not "progressive and modern". There is nothing good about a man not being able to speak his mind, people are too easily offended these days. You're labelled either a racist, sexist, chauvinist, or misogynist or whatever, if you give an honest opinion these days.

Ben and Carly should have ended with Ben being arrested by his army sergeant at Michael and Pippa's wedding

Have I confused I Don't Know Anybody Else by Black Box, with River Runs Dry by Hunters & Collectors?

Guru Josh's Infinity is another example

Do you mean Follow Your Bliss?

Can anyone identify this music that plays in the Diner from about mid-1990 to late 1991 (or even later?)

There were 3 music tracks played in the footage of the party Blake, Karen, Sophie and Hayden were invited to, in Episode 699. I've been able to identify the first and the last track, as: When The River Runs Dry by Hunters & Collectors Stuck On You by Paul Norton What was the second one?

Nick was insanely jealous and possessive of his bit of fluff Lucinda Croft

Did his BMW have a hole in its muffler?

Today's PC climate makes a lot of things hard to get away with "today". Everyone is being offended all the time. I am surprised about the usage of the word "bitch" but I let sleeping dogs lie because otherwise it would stir up more calls for censorship. Same as when Lizzie Birdsworth said the nosey next-door neighbour in Prisoner was the "n**ger in the woodpile", now that "n**ger" is the 2nd most offensive word besides "c***" under today's regime.

A large part of the reason for this Capt. Hulk is because it is so well-hidden, and we have to read between the lines and decipher all the riddles and the pieces of the puzzle to work out that it is happening, before the end result (pregnancy) finally appears.

Did Chris Reynolds even get a chance to you-know-what Bobby between when she met him and when Alf and Mr Fisher sprung him for playing around on his wife?

When did Chris Reynolds ....... (how do I put this politely?) cause Bobby to get pregnant with the baby she miscarried (678)? Remember when Bobby was seeing him from the dating agency, and she chose him over Geoffrey Lime (549). She stays out all night with him (554) and footage is shown of him using a payphone to call his wife to explain why he has been coming home late, then kissing Bobby in his car (555). Alf, meanwhile, recognises him from somewhere.......and realises it was at a BBQ and he has been playing around on his wife, and tells him to leave Bobby alone just when Bobby finds out what he is. It was a long time between this, and when Bobby got pregnant.

Were the "Singapore" locations (where Bobby and Frank had their honeymoon, and Alsa had a stopover on her way to London to run away from Alf) really filmed in Singapore?

So. In conclusion, his parents and guardians abandoned him basically, and it looks to me like an oversight on the part of the writers (probably led by Mr David Worthington) not to have a DOCS representative present to fulfil the requirement to have a guardian present when a juvenile suspect is questioned by police. "Pippa" got sick of his lying, and Tom was conveniently away on a business trip at the time all this blew up. When this storyline was next covered by Home And Away in 1995, it looks like Dodge had good legal representation in court, as he had the charge reduced from murder to manslaughter, as he didn't mean to kill Uncle Phillip, and he was a stupid kid trying to "get the old bag" by burning down her shop. And he served 6 (not 5, according to the story in 1995) years in jail, a common continuity error on the part of the writers.

How do I find an old question that has already been answered somewhere? eg. Why wasn't a parent or guardian present when Dodge was interviewed by the police (374) as he was still underage?

Both Lance and Martin are as dumb as dog ****, yes. Russell is just a thug.

I couldn't agree more. I reckon the writers had them win the lottery to give us some laughs ?

In Episode 145, remember when Brett was having his cocktail party at Alf & Alsa's house to showcase the proposed Macklin property development for Summer Bay, and Martin went to the cocktail party with Norelle and Bobby, in Lance's lovely $100,000 set of wheels. The car, all $100,000 worth, was stolen from outside the house. Sadly, we'll never know who stole it, and the joyrider will never get caught, and we know Lance didn't get it insured, Martin his "financial manager" "didn't get around" to getting the car insured. Anyway. My question is: why did Martin leave the keys in the ignition? Why did Martin sneak into the cocktail party?

Alf & Alsa got married before they were ready. It was rushed. Alsa could have moved in to Alf's house to live with him, to get used to the idea, before proceeding with the wedding. It's a pity bigots like Vera Bennett have a bee in their bonnet about couples living together before they are married.

These possibilities do sound plausible. I am just cynical about the idea of "secret weddings", hence why I posted this question

What was the idea of having Alf and Alsa marry "off-screen" in Episode 86?

There seems to be some confusing terms and ways they seemed to describe Steven's relationship with Sandra Barlow. Some say they were "just friends" but some scenes showed them kissing, and Steven says she was his "best friend ever" and Steven told Frank on the day she said she was leaving, that he wasn't "in love with" Sandra despite the kissing and carrying on. What gives?