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Old 21-10-2015, 00:26
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Is Charlie just tired and drained from trying to cope with the situation or is there the suggestion he has caught something off the sick cows?
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Old 21-10-2015, 09:01
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Same here. But would anyone be that evil to put all those animals through so much suffering - it would be national front page news. We see news items about the RSPCA taking people to court for ill treating dogs and cats - what would they do if someone murdered 40 cows? He`d be lynched. I reckon its going to be botulism from geese poo.
BIB - Rob would. He's a sociopath.

Is Charlie just tired and drained from trying to cope with the situation or is there the suggestion he has caught something off the sick cows?
I thought the same.
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Old 21-10-2015, 18:45
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Is Charlie just tired and drained from trying to cope with the situation or is there the suggestion he has caught something off the sick cows?
Maybe the cows caught it from him
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Old 21-10-2015, 19:55
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Same here. But would anyone be that evil to put all those animals through so much suffering - it would be national front page news. We see news items about the RSPCA taking people to court for ill treating dogs and cats - what would they do if someone murdered 40 cows? He`d be lynched. I reckon its going to be botulism from geese poo.
But Evil Rob is the most evil man ever to grace R4 with his villainy (well, at least since Cameron Fraser), so it's not beyond the range of his moral compass. He's certainly using it to discredit the whole setup that he was so in favour of not so long ago.

I'd put nothing beyond the blackguard.
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Old 21-10-2015, 23:11
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I can't believe anybody would bother about Charlie. He's been a nasty piece of work in the past. Rob may have done something nasty, but Charlie has never seemed that sympathetic a character to me.

The other thing is David in particular bleating about milk prices and the like. He could have sold up for a mega profit, and shared the dosh out among his family. They would have all been quids in, and not had to worry about the day to day difficulties. 6 million goes a long way.

Is there any sympathetic character in the Aldridge's at all. Brian, Jennifer, and the obnoxious Kate all deserve one another. Poor Ruarhi, I say.

Helen needs a fairy godmother to appear very quickly, or she will suffer drastically in the end.
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Old 21-10-2015, 23:18
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I agree, this is going to get very ugly with Rob. Poor Helen.
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Old 23-10-2015, 19:16
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Oh dear. Lynda isn't going to be happy
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Old 23-10-2015, 19:16
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Fallon's sussed there's something up, and I think we might soon know the fate that befell poor Scruffy ....

Rob's Mr Nice-Guy pretence is nearing its finale, I think.
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Old 23-10-2015, 19:21
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Emma is thicker than her mum.
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Old 23-10-2015, 20:08
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Emma sounds just like her mother, and is pretty thick in my opinion.

I didn't understand the dead dog thing at the end. Would having it in their barn make the cows ill? How come nobody's found it before now?? I really hope it isn't Scruff - though it sounds like it would be hard to identify.

Helen seemed all under Rob's spell again tonight I thought she'd seemed a bit doubtful and puzzled about his behaviour lately. Oh well, she'll get there in the end I guess

Didn't see your post MinuteMart
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Old 23-10-2015, 20:20
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Ha ha ha!

It is funny how Henry has 'word repeating syndrome'! Maybe he'll grow up to be like Fred Elliot, the butcher in Corrie..."I say, I say!"
Henry has the most annoying voice He shouts everything and always sounds like he's jumping up and down. How could Rob want to be involved with Helen when that irritating little brat is part of the package
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Old 24-10-2015, 12:36
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Emma sounds just like her mother, and is pretty thick in my opinion.

I didn't understand the dead dog thing at the end. Would having it in their barn make the cows ill? How come nobody's found it before now?? I really hope it isn't Scruff - though it sounds like it would be hard to identify.

Helen seemed all under Rob's spell again tonight I thought she'd seemed a bit doubtful and puzzled about his behaviour lately. Oh well, she'll get there in the end I guess

Didn't see your post MinuteMart
I think Rob probably put the dog up there. Revenge on Charlie maybe. But then I think Rob is mentally ill. I have a nasty feeling he is going to do something horrible to Helen and Henry.
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Old 24-10-2015, 13:02
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Emma sounds just like her mother, and is pretty thick in my opinion.

I didn't understand the dead dog thing at the end. Would having it in their barn make the cows ill? How come nobody's found it before now?? I really hope it isn't Scruff - though it sounds like it would be hard to identify.

Helen seemed all under Rob's spell again tonight I thought she'd seemed a bit doubtful and puzzled about his behaviour lately. Oh well, she'll get there in the end I guess

Didn't see your post MinuteMart
No Problem, good post, I didn't understand the ending with the dog either.
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Old 24-10-2015, 13:05
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I think Rob probably put the dog up there. Revenge on Charlie maybe. But then I think Rob is mentally ill. I have a nasty feeling he is going to do something horrible to Helen and Henry.
It does make you wonder where this storyline will end up. The only saviour for Helen will be Adam and Fallon. Where's Ian in all this?
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Old 24-10-2015, 13:48
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It does make you wonder where this storyline will end up. The only saviour for Helen will be Adam and Fallon. Where's Ian in all this?
I've been wondering too. As much as I don't like Charlie, I hope Rob gets caught. Why would anyone want to destroy the lively hood of so many farm workers. If the farm goes down the employees lose their jobs.
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Old 24-10-2015, 13:52
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I think Rob probably put the dog up there. Revenge on Charlie maybe. But then I think Rob is mentally ill. I have a nasty feeling he is going to do something horrible to Helen and Henry.
BIB - is being a sociopath a mental illness?

Re the dog - I wonder if, not only Rob put it up there, but perhaps killed it too (or should I say killed Scruff as that's who I think we're supposed to deduce that it is)
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Old 24-10-2015, 14:04
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BIB - is being a sociopath a mental illness?

Re the dog - I wonder if, not only Rob put it up there, but perhaps killed it too (or should I say killed Scruff as that's who I think we're supposed to deduce that it is)
It is a personality disorder and personality disorders are mental illnesses as far as I know. Sociopaths lack empathy with others and Rob certainly displays that.

Yes I believe Rob had something to do with Scruff's death too.
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Old 24-10-2015, 18:38
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I wasn't clear whether the dead dog has got accidentally tangled up or had been purposely strung up?
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Old 24-10-2015, 22:40
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If the dog is Scruff I don't see how/why Rob would have killed him. Scruff went missing during the flood at the start of March but Rob was working at Berrow Farm until the middle of August. I can't see why Rob would have wanted to poison the cows whilst he was still working with them. I can easily believe that Rob would have wanted to sabotage the dairy once he had left but if Scruff was still alive and living around Ambridge in August wouldn't someone have spotted him and returned him to Lynda?
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Old 25-10-2015, 00:46
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I think Rob probably put the dog up there. Revenge on Charlie maybe. But then I think Rob is mentally ill. I have a nasty feeling he is going to do something horrible to Helen and Henry.
I think they'll be alright as long as things go his way - though he'll doubtless curtail Helen's freedom, and goodness knows what Henry will witness when he goes hunting - let's hope no saboteurs turn up for Rob to lay into

If Rob starts to feel he's losing control Helen and Henry could be in trouble though
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Old 25-10-2015, 01:26
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Perhaps Rob will get injured on the hunt
Nice bit of paralysis, undignified.

He then gets wheeled around to Peggy's every day where she provides him with morale-boosting sermons for hours
Then wheeled to the counsellor where he has joint counselling sessions with Ruth (who'll be in permanent "Ooaah noaah me mam" wail-mode).

Then a few hours of Henry 'taking Daddy for a wheel' in the duckpond, and then a bedbath from a stern and thick-set district nurse called Marlene, who has a skin complaint.
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Old 25-10-2015, 08:05
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Then wheeled to the counsellor where he has joint counselling sessions with Ruth (who'll be in permanent "Ooaah noaah me mam" wail-mode).
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Old 25-10-2015, 21:34
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Well if the dog is scruff, what will Linda say when she knows he was responsible for all the cattle dying? Not her fault but she has a petition going to close the farm down.
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Old 25-10-2015, 22:28
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Well if the dog is scruff, what will Linda say when she knows he was responsible for all the cattle dying? Not her fault but she has a petition going to close the farm down.
Yes, it's a bit ironic really isn't it?
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Old 27-10-2015, 09:07
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I didn't understand the dead dog thing at the end. Would having it in their barn make the cows ill? How come nobody's found it before now??

Charlie seemed to be of the opinion that the dog (or parts thereof) had somehow got caught in the forage harvester and thus ended up in the silage. I guess a decomposing animal in silage would make the cows ill when they ate it.

This doesn't ring true imo. A forage harvester chops grass etc up and discharges it down a chute, and then it goes into a silage clamp. I can't see how a dog's pelvis and hind leg can still be intact after going through a forage harvester and not block it or even break the harvester.

I still suspect foul play. I think Rob found the body after he flounced out of his job at Berrow Farm and thought "This will come in handy".
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