Recent content by gardenfun

I have had the Acorn add-on for a few years and love the British/New Zealand/Australian shows offered. But now I see that Amazon Prime has "channels", including one called BritBox. Has anyone subscribed to that? I am trying to figure out the amount of overlap with Acorn. Thanks!

Anthem Blue Cross here in CA will only offer EPO plans next year, at least for Bronze level. The rep told me the EPO plans were "kinda like HMO's" in that you HAVE to go to in-network providers, otherwise nothing is covered.

I hear ya. $55 for a 1 bedroom apartment in Lafayette, an east bay suburb of San Francisco. For this I have the privilege of driving in 6 lanes of slow traffic pretty much any time of the day. And that's on the surface streets, not just the freeways. :( So after 4 years of renting, I am...

I agree with you and Harley. The loan officers and mortgage processors and underwriters I'm currently dealing with can't seem to understand the simple brokerage and retirement funds I have. They keep asking for "letters of explanation" from me or my broker or my mother or my dog (neither of...

Get out the tissues for Vera season 6. Totally agree about Brenda Blethyn.

Following up on bestwifeever's suggestion of adding Acorn to Amazon Prime: I'm in a state of British TV bliss! Also, New Zealand. If you get Acorn, and like low key murder mysteries, check out Brokenwood Mysteries. Forget moving to Canada after the elections, I'm going to NZ. :coolsmiley: The...

oooh, thanks for reminding me, BWE! I had seen that a while ago and meant to investigate it further. I love the British TV series.

Been noticing over the past couple of months that Amazon Prime has a bunch of PBS shows, both Masterpiece (watching Arthur and George right now--had enough of WWII!) and documentaries. They must have done quite a deal with PBS. I'm such a nerd--I just added "The Mystery of Matter: Search for...

Oh! also agree about the "scenery" in Poldark. Could watch him all day....

Watching "The World at War" from the 70's. I first watched it in the 80's I believe, on PBS. Was astounded at how superficial our Us public education was about World War II. Highly recommend this series--Laurence Olivier is the narrator--makes it so mesmerizing to listen to, with subtitles of...

Just finished Episode 5 of Detectorists on Netflix streaming in California. :-) Check the new releases list, Yakers--hope you can find it! Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement Forum

Assorted socks to make sock snakes for my grand babies. Am considering ordering a horse head squirrel feeder on the recommendation of the cashier at Ace Hardware. Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement Forum

Dectectorists. Sweet and quirky but not sappy. British of course. Slice of life characters but not in your face over the top types. I finished watching Season two of Broadchurch and needed something a bit lighter. Cheers! Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement Forum

Yippee!! Got the email about Broadchurch from Netfix this morning. I think I'll watch season one again just to remind myself of all the players and motivations. Supposed to rain here tomorrow--sounds like a binge watching day... Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement Forum

I had a similar thing happen to me the end of last year, Fermion, only with CoveredCA. Had to report an income increase in September of 2014. Went on the website as instructed. Had to sign up again for my Bronze plan. Something went wrong and it didn't go through, although I did not know it at...