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I agree. I absolutely love Charlie (yes, I know I'm like a broken record here ) and I think it's great how they have let the character develop. At first she was very frosty, but it always seemed like she was very insecure, and like that was the reason for her cold behaviour. I like how they've managed to still make her a little cold and closed, while also showing that she actually has a more human side. I might be biased because I love her so much, but I think Charlie is one of the most realistic characters we've seen in a long time!

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It's clear and cold (-16'C or so). Why did it have to get this cold again?

About -15'C (5'F) and clear here tonight. Typical New Years Eve weather

I think I've said this before, but I don't think H&A has ever had a character I've identified more with. I loved Charlie in today's episode, she's really becoming one of my all time favourites, up there with Vinnie and Robbie.

Ohh, look at all this nice new stuff! Seriously, I love your work as usual! These are definitely my favourites from your last few batches. I saved a few, hope that's okay?

I couldn't agree more with both of you! And yes I did notice the arm! I really like their relationship, H&A haven't really had that many examples of those kinds of relationships, especially not between two males. I mean, everyone talks to Alf, but it's not really like that because that's mostly him listening and giving advice. This is like a two way street kind of friendship.

I agree that she sometimes get a bit carried away (in lack of a better expression) and meddle into things that don't really concern her. But at the same time I think that's very realistic about her, because she's the sort of person who feels like she's always being let down and isn't good enough. She's so desperate to control the things she can control, and I think that involves other people's lives sometimes. It can be annoying, yes, but I still like her a lot

Sorry if you felt that your point was lost in discussion here, we are currently discussing this in the staff room and trying to figure out what to do. ETA: Okay, didn't see Kat's post. It has been mentioned and talked about a little, and we'll definitely try to do something soon

No problem, the English language is full of words that are impossible to spell, trust me

The issue with the SPAG rule is that we have a lot of international members, and to have as correct English as possible will make it easier for everyone to read the board. English is not my mother tongue, so I have first hand experience here; it can be hard to keep up with a foreign langauge if people use txt sp3ak n poor SPAG That being said, we're not as fanatic about this as some people seem to think. We never warn people if they misspell a few words (I sure do misspell a lot of words. It took me ages to learn how to spell "necessarily" ) or if someone constantly uses "there" instead of "their". What we do look into regarding the SPAG rule, are members who use text speak, never ever uses a capital letter (or always uses caps, but in both cases they will receive unofficial warnings before we do anything more about it) and just generally doesn't seem to give a crap when people tell them to use capital letters or stop using text speak. Like with the spam issue, it's all about context. No one will arrest anyone for struggling with spelling "hypocrite" (I had to look it up. I always have to.) or not knowing whether to put "is" or "are" in a sentence. Basically we have to draw the line somewhere, and it would be a little too unclear just saying "Just don't use horrible SPAG" because that's such a relative term, especially when we're dealing with members of many nationalities and languages. Hope that cleared things up a little

May I just say; Esther is very convincing as drunk! I feel really sorry for Charlie, things just don't seem to go her way at all, and she just makes it all worse because of the way she deals with all the bad stuff that happens.

For now I think our answer would have to that we're keeping it the way it is at the moment. The system is still under evaluation, and we're working on where to take the situation from here, but we appreciate your opinion and feedback, it's helps us to know what members are thinking, because after all we want to make a forum that's as good as possible for everyone. But for now we hope that you can give the new system a thread, and other than that we'd encourage you to use other appropriate threads for off-topic discussion and random conversations. Hope that makes sense and can be okay for now

I agree, I hope he's around for some time, cause I really like this character! I think I've said it before, but in many ways he sort of reminds me of Vinnie I'm starting to think I need to write a cop fic soon, because over the year I've gathered up a few cops I've really liked, and this year I've had to add Charlie and Angelo to that list as well, so I soon have enough to write an entire cop-centered fic

I agree that she's doing it for a good cause, and that's why I mentioned Belle specifically, and not Aden. I think it was good of him to break if off with her. The thing that annoys me is Belle who seems to think she can keep on using Angelo - even if it is for a good cause - while being with Aden on the side. It's not fair to either of them. Angelo asked her to stop the investigation because he worried about her. He risked his carreer for her. I don't know, I know it's for a good cause and all, but still, what she did was really unfair. I guess you could say she's in an impossible situation, and that people's lives are at risk because of the development site. But so are the happiness of people she supposedly cares about. Maybe she should have worked a little harder to find a way around solving the case without risking to hurt so many people?

I find myself liking Martha these days as well. I hate her when she and Jack are broken up, and that's not because I'm a big fan of that pairing or anything (cause I'm not ) but she's far less annoying when she's with him. Actually for some weird reason they focus more on the character when they're together, just like they seem to focus more on the couple when they're not together I think the cancer storyline has been surprisingly good. It has gone from "potentially very interesting, but not quite there yet" in the beginning to being really good and also pretty sad lately. Martha's concerns about the last round of chemo this week has definitely been the best so far, Jodi's really doing a great job

I've never liked Melody. I don't know, but I disliked her from the moment she came into the show. Celeste is a good actress and sure Melody is a believeable character and all. But I still don't like her. I just think she's too stuck up. It has nothing to do with her being Christian or anything, I loved both Geoff and Annie from the first moment they arrived, and I think their faith makes them stronger characters. But I don't like Melody, to me she just seems like she thinks she's so much better than everyone else. And not in a defence-mechanism kind of way like Nicole.

I too used to like Aden and Belle, they had a lot of chemistry. I agree that they still have a lot of chemistry, but at the same time they lost many points in my book over the whole Angelo thing. Yes, sure they're probably meant to be or whatever, but still, it's a pretty lousy thing to do. Angelo has been nothing but amazing to Belle, and she keeps using him. I know it's for a good cause, but still, it's a really lousy thing, especially when you're going behind his back with your ex as well, and then make him guilty about being jealous. You can't really blame the guy...

I love Charlie. I LOVE her! Seriously, I think she's a great character, very realistic and very interesting. And yes, damn good looking

Ah, Geoff, Geoff, Geoff... I know a lot of people don't like him, but to me he was one of the best new breaths of fresh air last year. He wasn't all that good in early 2008, but they've really made him interesting again now, and who would have guessed Nicole would have been the one to make him interesting? So, what does everyone else think of Geoff?

Thought I'd get a Ruby thread started So, what's your thoughts on Ruby? I think both the Buckton sisters are great, and I think Ruby was a nice addition to the group of teens. She definitely has a lot of spunk, and I really like her storyline with Matthew.