Polly is a real ride or die

Just watching the series for the first time in about 20 years and on the penultimate episode. I’ve never really appreciated before how much she sacrifices to save Basil’s bacon, the shining fount of sanity and reason that she is, and honestly one of the best performances in the show.
Connie Booth really is a fantastic actress and her performance in The Anniversary really blew me away. I imagine people often overlook such performances because of the sitcom/farce setting.
You can tell that she and John Cleese had great chemistry to make this show starting as husband and wife and their divorce before the second series doesn’t impact it at all.

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u/stejent — 12 days ago

Strap not clicking in to place

I have a Natural Titanium AWU3 and a NT Milanese Loop band. I take it off occasionally to clean and to change to an ocean band occasionally.
Today I did it and the ML band would not click in at one end.
When I looked, the metal pin on the underside was not protruding when the black plastic button on top was being pressed by the watch.
I pressed it and held it firmly for a few seconds and the pin slowly came out.
I managed to get it back in securely, but now I’m worried that it might fail completely in the near future.
I bought this strap when it first came out in October 2024 to pair with my old AWU and it was expensive (£199).
Has anyone else had such issues and had success getting it resolved or replaced by Apple?
Are straps covered by the watch’s AppleCare+ plan?

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u/stejent — 2 months ago
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The Chihuly

I read somewhere that the Chihuly sculpture that appeared in season 5, was a gift from Dale Chihuly to John Mahoney for the 100th episode. Since then, it appears as a prominent piece of set dressing. After the show ended, John kept it and it was apparently sold at auction in 2023 for around $22,000.
I also read that the winner of the auction was a fan of the show and a Reddit user.
Is this true, and is that person still active here, if so?

u/stejent — 3 months ago
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Settings Search not working

Sometimes it can be hard to find some settings on iPhone when they are buried deep within subsections, so the search bar to find specific settings is invaluable.
However mine has stopped working.
It shows me search suggestions, but when I type a search I get no results.

u/stejent — 5 months ago

I've seen a few comments here and there and even a YouTuber has posted a video saying they have concerns about the sequel as it is apparently using Unreal Engine 5. Is this confirmed? And do you think it is going to negatively impact the final product in such a way that it will feel vastly different to the original?

I believe CA had to create their own engine for the first game and it honestly feels like no other game I have ever played. I also googled other games that use UE5, and I haven't played any of them because none of them are games that I like or would enjoy, so now I am worried about how this game is going to turn out.

Also, do you think we will get a remaster of A:I at some point before the release of the sequel for current generation consoles?

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u/stejent — 5 months ago

I have Shazam set as my shortcut on the action button on my Apple Watch Ultra 3.
Whenever I use it it’s as thought it’s the first time I’m using the app and asks me to accept user agreement and continue.
It did this on my first gen AWU too.
Anyone else experience this and know a fix?

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u/stejent — 6 months ago

I had my conch pierced last May at 1.2mm (16 gauge) and I would like it to be a thicker gauge see photo.

What’s the best way to achieve this. Any advice welcome.

u/stejent — 6 months ago

I am an NHS patient with my local dentist and I had my lower left wisdom tooth taken out last Thursday. For the whole weekend I’ve been experiencing extreme pain. I called the dentist yesterday and they couldn’t see me so I spoke to my GP surgery who said they can’t help with dental issues at all.

So I got in with the dentist today and they had a look and said I have lost the clot and have DS.

They packed it and gave me metronidazole. I asked about the pain because co-codamol and ibuprofen are not touching it and I am being kept up at night.

I also don’t feel like I need the antibiotics and I feel like they just give me these nearly every time I go in with any complaint, but the actual issue is the severe pain and I’m not getting the help I need.

They said the strongest thing they could prescribe was ibuprofen.

This can’t be true? This condition has caused me pain like I’ve never felt before and it feels negligent to leave me

To suffer for any longer with it.

If a dentist can’t prescribe for this and doctors can’t help, is it just expected that people have to suffer?

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u/stejent — 6 months ago

Has all sensodyne toothpaste been changed to this blue gel? It’s not as effective as the white paste and I can’t find any variants that are still white.

u/stejent — 6 months ago