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Generally, it has been an all-round annoying sort of day. It's currently annoying, because my ICQ is refusing to connect to the network, and I was right in the middle of a conversation with someone when it decided to mess itself up. However, this afternoon was far more annoying.

Today was my mother's first day off work for Easter. She decided that it had been far too long since I saw my Grandmother, and that we should go and pay her a visit. I agreed with her there. But once we got to my grandmother's house, warning signals started emerging. My grandmother looked wistfully at her shopping bag and at the car. From then on, it was inevitable. I was doomed. I went shopping with the terrible combination of my mother and my grandmother.

I would like to know, why it is necessary to spend at least half an hour in each second hand shop on the high street. Each row of books must be carefully scrutinised. Next, each piece of pottery must be picked up and turned over, in the hope that it might conceal a Douton stamp and mean my grandmother has unearthed a hidden treasure she can take on The Antiques Roadshow. Turning over pottery is a habit most of us have from this area of the England - we like to see if we know the factory where it was made. People who eat with me in pubs and restaurants have been known to get distressed by this habit, but I digress.

Two hours in Safeway, dear reader, two hours. It had a new layout and she kept complaining that she couldn't find things.

I love both my mother and my grandmother very dearly. But their combined shopping forces are just way too much for me to handle. They're just way too HARDCORE for me.

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Today's Television Listings

• TNN will be showing TNG's 'Violations' at 8:00pm Eastern Time and 'Birthright, Part I' at 11:00pm.

• The Sci-Fi Channel will be showing the Original Series's 'Space Seed' at 6:00pm Eastern Time and 'The Man Trap' at 7:00pm.

• In Canada, Space! will be showing the Original Series's 'The Gamesters of Triskelion' at 10:00am Eastern Time, repeated at 2:00pm, TNG's 'The Perfect Mate' at 3:00pm, DS9's 'Distant Voices' at 4:00pm and Voyager's 'The Raven' at 5:00pm and 10:00pm.

• In the United Kingdom, Sky One will be showing Voyager's 'In The Flesh' at 17:00 GMT and Enterprise's 'Dear Doctor' at 20:00. Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!

• In the Netherlands, Nederland 2 will be showing Voyager's 'Body and Soul' at 20:30 CET. Thanks go out to StarTrek.nl for this!

• In Australia, TV1 will be showing the Original Series's 'A Piece of the Action' at 23:20. Thanks go out to Sci-Fi TV Schedules International!

Tomorrow's Television Listings

• TNN will be showing the Next Generation episodes 'The Masterpiece Society' at 8:00 p.m Eastern time, with 'Birthright, Part II' at 11:00 p.m.

• The Sci-Fi Channel will be showing the Original Series episode 'A Taste of Armageddon' at 6:00 p.m Eastern Time, with 'The Immunity Syndrome' at 7:00 p.m.

• In Canada, Space! will be showing the Original Series episode 'A Piece of the Action' at 10:00 a.m and 2:00 p.m Eastern Time, with TNG's 'Imaginary Friend' at 3:00 p.m, DS9's 'Through the Looking Glass' at 4:00 p.m, and Voyager's 'Scientific Method' at 5:00 p.m.

• In the United Kingdom, Sky One will show Voyager's 'Once Upon a Time' at 17:00 GMT. Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!

• In Australia, TV1 will show the Original Series episode 'The Immunity Syndrome' at 00:15. Thanks go out to Sci-Fi TV Schedules International!

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