It would have been good if we had seen him having reading problems before now maybe getting help from FayeQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
Maddie interacts well with Tim and Sally
Mary got her hair done at the salon and then went to the gym :p
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It would have been good if we had seen him having reading problems before now maybe getting help from FayeQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
Maddie interacts well with Tim and Sally
Mary got her hair done at the salon and then went to the gym :p
This needs to be explained. We've seen Tim lead a perfectly normal life up until now: using a computer to communicate with Faye, texting, even running his own business. All these actions need the ability to read and write reasonably well to get by. I'm sure the writers can find excuses for these things, but it's a bit perplexing for viewers who can remember these examples.Quote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
Here's an instance of Tim reading a text that I thought I remembered:-
"Elsewhere, when Sally returns back from the shop with sweets for the girls, she is shocked to find Tim there. He has raced round after receiving a text from Faye and Grace saying that Sally left them home alone and they thought they heard a burglar. As Tim condemns Sally, will she realise she's been set up?"
As I said, this could be explained away by a bit of creative writing and should be done so that the storyline makes sense.
Still, I'm glad Tim's got a decent storyline and that we'll see more of him. I agree Tammy that it would be nice to see Roy teach Tim to read - a good opportunity for these two characters to interact, and maybe become unlikely friends.
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Mary got her hair done at the salon and then went to the gym :p[/QUOTE] Do you not get your hair done before going to the gym??? :O :p
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Do you not get your hair done before going to the gym??? :eek: :p
Oh I just love this Mary-Julie-Dev storyline! So funny when Mary is always appearing there as a 3rd wheel! :D
Tim, Sally, Sophie&Maddie are great too! Enjoy watching them!
Kylie is doing my head in(sooner she goes, the better-hopefully leaves kids to David..), same as Kal's mum. Great that Roy has put stop on that library cafe-she's just taking advantage of poor Roy's business.
Oh I just love this Mary-Julie-Dev storyline! So funny when Mary is always appearing there as a 3rd wheel! :D
Tim, Sally, Sophie&Maddie are great too! Enjoy watching them!
Kylie is doing my head in(sooner she goes, the better-hopefully leaves kids to David..), same as Kal's mum. Great that Roy has put stop on that library cafe-she's just taking advantage of poor Roy's business.
I get my hair done instead of going to the gym!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
Me too :pQuote:
Originally Posted by sarah c
Wow, David really overreacted to Kylie taking the tablets. As if she did it to hurt Max! Kylie obviously loves her kids and wouldn't deliberately harm them. It should be obvious to David that she's been very stressed recently and not coping. He'd do better to suggest she make an appointment with the GP in her own right than to blame her for feeling desperate.
It was a good idea to lock up the tablets, though he could have done it without so pointedly making Kylie feel even worse.
She sold Max to Becky :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Ha ha...I forgot about that for a moment! :oQuote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
Still, she's had a personality transplant since those days and has been shown as a loving mother in recent times.
all kal's family is annoyingQuote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
I know she is tired most parents are but she keeps putting her new life at risk with this irresponsible behaviour and her kids lives at risk. So I have no sympathies with the character. I will be glad to see the back if her. I hope she takes her full maternity entitlement and stays away for the maximum length of time.
Again tim storyline is crazy as there has never been a hint of it before or Steve's depression. Fed up of Yasmeen too.
I agree that Kylie's been really unlikeable again recently and I won't be sad to see her go either, but she has been a decent character and a loving mother for a couple of years prior to the current storyline. I still say that David's reaction was over the top since he's supposed to love his wife and he certainly hasn't seen her as a bad mother in recent times.Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
To be fair, I don't think that Steve's depression has come from nowhere (unlike Max's ADHD or Tim's illiteracy). Steve was very down on his 40th birthday several months ago, and there have been various comments since then that he's not himself. I like the way this is building, though I've got no high hopes that the depression will be tackled realistically.Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
Steve has had the "the lights are on but no ones home" look for some years now.
I think it came on when Fred Elliot died, he started taking on some of his mannerisms and has never snapped out of it.
From what Tim said in Wednesday's episode (something along the lines of words being jumbled up) it sounds like he has dyslexia rather than being totally illiterate. That makes a lot more sense in the context of the life he's been shown to lead. I don't have any experience of dyslexia, but from what I've seen and heard sufferers would be able to make out some of the words (depending on severity I suppose).
Yes, Dazzle, you are right, Sir Richard Branson, Sir Alan Sugar, Jamie Oliver for example are dyslexic but successful entrepreneurs
So what's happening with Peter Barlow and Jim, and Rob digging up the stuff, is that all on a back burner for a while now?
That will all surface again now - patience, grasshopper, patience :D
kylie is selfish thinking of herself not her family especially her kids them and david deserve better
so tim cant read at all
Who wrote the copy for Tim's flyer?
not timQuote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
not timQuote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
I don't understand the logic storyline wise in Tim and Kylie's current storylines, why only now we see Tim cant read or why is Kylie returning to her old estate
Max is very blonde yet Kylie is dark brown haired and Callum black haired
Ali Babi G or what ever Kal's mother's name is could she please leave and take her grandkids with her
Will Mary ever get a love of her own first Norris then Roy and now Dev they don't want her
I don't get why David is ready to kick Kylie out for taking the tablets, after all the stunts he has pulled, like hiding drugs in a doll for his niece Bethany to find ... he should be sitting down with her and try to find out what they can do to make her feel less stressed.
I thought he did it himself or he would have mentioned it to Maddie when they were talking about the mistake (which was funny, and, to be fair, anyone could have made that mistake, no matter their level of reading and writing). Therefore, he must be able to read and write a little (possibly dyslexia as I mentioned earlier in the thread), so why couldn't he make out the shopping list Sally gave him? I'm feeling more and more confused at this storyline!Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
It seems that Mary doesn't fancy Dev then but was just worried about being pushed out of his and the kids' lives. Poor Julie. :(
I really can't see how that small shop will be a community centre. How rude to try and exclude senior citizens! :thumbsdow
Surprisingly, I quite enjoyed the scenes in the pub. A totally different atmosphere to Corrie's usual cosiness and it worked well imo. Kylie's ex seems like he can act and is very cute! :wub:
I actually think David is a good dad to Max and Lily and he cares deeply for them so was worried when Kylie took the tablets from Max, he is putting the kids first I think, more than Kylie who don't seem to have much interest in being a mum, I am finding it hard to have sympathy for Kylie, she has Gail and David doing everything for her and the kids, even before David she didn't want Max and even was selling him to BeckyQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
I am confused too with regards to Tim's reading ability ... but if somebody wants a flyer made to advertise his window cleaning round .. would the printer not call the customer to point out the spelling mistake???? It was clearly obvious that the advert was for a window cleaner ....:searchme:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
I am confused too with regards to Tim's reading ability ... but if somebody wants a flyer made to advertise his window cleaning round .. would the printer not call the customer to point out the spelling mistake???? It was clearly obvious that the advert was for a window cleaner ....:searchme:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
David could put the kids first and still behave more caringly towards Kylie. No matter what we feel about her, David supposedly loves his wife and thought that she'd put her past bad behaviour firmly behind her. I don't find his reaction very realistic personally, especially given his own outright evil history (as Perdy kindly reminds us - I'd forgotten about Bethany and the drugs :eek:). If anyone is going through a hard time and not coping, blaming them is likely to push them further away (as we're seeing happening at the moment).Quote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
They made up at the end of last episode but no doubt once Callum is more on the scene, things will go downhill again :(
Here's a clip of Tim reading a shopping list with no trouble whatsoever:Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-n1FKAL74E
This storyline hasn't been thought through at all!
I thought that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
I'm looking forward to seeing more of Callum as I thought he was good in Friday's episodes (and he looks rather nice too :wub:).Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
Well, that's why I asked, Dazzle, because, according to the way this story has suddenly come about, it appeared that Tim couldn't read or write at all. He couldn't read the shopping list or anything else. So Tim wouldn't have been able to read any of the flyer not just be able to not tell the difference between window and widow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
That's why I was wondering who wrote the copy for the flyer. The only thing I can think of is that he told the printer what to say and left it up to him/her. So, a typo and a mistake by the printer not by Tim.
Well found,Dazzle! :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
If it was the printer's mistake, surely that's the first thing Tim would have said. As he didn't, I assumed he'd written it himself, especially given he'd said to Maddie that he could read and write a little. However, if that's the case, why couldn't he make out at least some of Sally's shopping list? Curiouser and curiouser...Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
Ha ha...thanks. I can't take the credit though as I saw it linked to on another site.Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
I use printers-all the time and they do not check your wording they do not hae time to proof read
Let's face it, this whole storyline is just complete garbage and makes no sense whatsoever.
Except for the fact that it gives more screen time to Tim, one of my favourite characters, I totally agree with you! I would prefer that Maddie wasn't so heavily involved too.Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
Eva thought Callum was attractive, I could not see it myself!