So much for that then?
I've found myself crashing down again. I think coming back to Weymouth after such a great experience has probably worn me down, especially with my brother now effectively running the house and in doing so forcing me to play outdoor games against my will; fortunately, he is working the rest of the week. Even more fortunately, I am seeing Florence tomorrow, and that will be fun.

I think I may be experiencing something approximating to bipolar disorder, something that a few of my friends have mentioned to me before. Including Florence, some time ago. Also in the relatively distant past, she mentioned how she enjoyed the first run of Big Brother as a psychological experiment, only to stop enjoying it when it became driven by gimmicks and stopped being a real game. For 'Big Brother' read 'Deal or No Deal', for 'psychological' read 'economic', for 'Florence' read 'me'. I sense your views on the two Endemol formats are not dissimilar to ours.

Watching Millionaire repeats in the dark is an enjoyable experience, particularly once onto the upper tier. Current episodes on Challenge (at least at 9pm) are from November 1999, and it's mildly fun playing Spot The Lighting Changes. Would like to catch the Skillings/Horswell episode again, I remember tuning into it the first time in my grandad's bedroom just as Skillings walked away. Horswell is/was from Dorset himself, and as such the local paper had him and Skillings on the front page - even though he was from an area on the edge of the county, virtually neglected in usual coverage. That's how big Millionaire was then.

Amusing In Retrospect Question Of The Night; a £125,000 question relating to One Foot In The Grave. The contestant, not armed with a 50:50, walked away with £64,000.