Welcome back, Gauda Cheese! And happy 40th

I have a question that relates to 'Rumours' but I forgot to ask it last week. If going outside the dome was such a crime for Blake and co earlier, how come nobody batted an eyelid about it in 'Rumours'? Had the rules changed since 'The Way Back'? How long ago was that? Or were the rules different in rural areas?? OK, Grenlee says there's no rules for the President and her friends, but why did Residence One have so much surveillance if people weren't allowed out, and visitors were therefore unlikely? And anyway, why was the CCTV system so primitive, when there was much more advanced stuff at their disposal?
(OK, that's more than one question, but they're all related ).

PS. Happy Birthday, Gauda Cheese.

Probably no hope of starting on time, naturally, so see you in ten minutes.

I’m here. Just…. How is everyone?

OK, I'm back - I think we are a quorum. Let's start!

Funnily enough, Sue Cowley and I were having the exact same discussion only the other night! Maybe everything changed after the Galactic War/s? Maybe once Servalan assumed the presidency she changed everything to suit herself? Or maybe it was always like this - one rule for the ruling class, one for everyone else...

Hi Tyce. How are you managing?

Can you have a plural of quorum? Presumably quora?

Funnily enough, Sue Cowley and I were having the exact same discussion only the other night! Maybe everything changed after the Galactic War/s? Maybe once Servalan assumed the presidency she changed everything to suit herself? Or maybe it was always like this - one rule for the ruling class, one for everyone else...

I’m ok thanks. Not great but getting there. How are you?

Y'all be enjoying one of my favourite stories on my 40th.... alas I'll be out, but I love this is happening.

I might watch it tonight. I already have the song playing in my head.

Yes, quora I think. Hello everyone. I'm a bit late because my computer decided it needed to update at precisely this moment.

I always assumed that it was once law for the upper echelons and another for everyone else. You'd still have to have reasonable security if, as seems to be the case from Servalan's example, that there was considerable competition amongst the upper echelons, especially those holding some political power. The crummy surveillance system is probably a result of a lack of imagination rather than much else. There should have been satellite surveillance and the whole thing but, outside of the military and those who knew what sort of devices were in use, in 1979 the idea of universal surveillance probably hadn't occurred to the creators.

Yes, That's about what I was thinking. Lower classes would have been indoctrinated to stay in the domes, leaving the natural countryside, fresh air etc to the more deserving Alphas.

Avon being a bit thoughtful and (almost caring)? Killing your ex-lover changes people.

Sunny here. But I'm getting very nervous about the job interview. I don't think I'll get it, but I wish I had less time to worry about it.

Sunny here. But I'm getting very nervous about the job interview. I don't think I'll get it, but I wish I had less time to worry about it.

Avon being a bit thoughtful and (almost caring)? Killing your ex-lover changes people.

A nice exchange between Avon and Cally. He's not really much good at sympathy, but she understands him.

Did Cally draw the sketch? If so when did become an artist? Or did she find it on ‘google’?