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Author:  Mr Dave [ Thu Aug 10, 2017 13:34 ]
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Trousers wrote:
So we booked a wedding venue and paid the deposit and booked the registrar and I started my guitar lessons and bought a guitar etc.

We find out today the venue is closing down.

Awesome.

Was your guitar playing that bad?

Author:  devilman [ Thu Aug 10, 2017 13:40 ]
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Trousers wrote:
We should be fine as we both went through the contract and got some amends done regarding cancellation. They have alternate venues but exclusive use for one of them is £29k versus the £5k for the one we have booked :/


Get married at the Beex BBQ thing and spend the £5k on meat.

Author:  TheVision [ Thu Aug 10, 2017 13:41 ]
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It's a good job you hadn't paid me a deposit to play the wedding because that would have been long spent by now!

Author:  Trousers [ Thu Aug 10, 2017 13:42 ]
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Mr Dave wrote:
Trousers wrote:
So we booked a wedding venue and paid the deposit and booked the registrar and I started my guitar lessons and bought a guitar etc.

We find out today the venue is closing down.

Awesome.

Was your guitar playing that bad?


Something like this;


Author:  MaliA [ Thu Aug 10, 2017 13:42 ]
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TheVision wrote:
It's a good job you hadn't paid me a deposit to play the wedding because that would have been long spent by now!


Coke's a hell of a drug

Author:  Cras [ Thu Aug 10, 2017 14:18 ]
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devilman wrote:

Get married at the Beex BBQ thing and spend the £5k on meat.


Pretty sure there's no need. If an extra 100 people turn up Saturday it's unlikely they'd leave hungry.

Author:  devilman [ Thu Aug 10, 2017 14:30 ]
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The Atari Speakerhat

Quote:
The Atari Speakerhat feels natural and normal to wear for long periods of time


I'm not sure I'd want to wear a baseball cap with Atari on it for any length of time at all.

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Aug 10, 2017 20:11 ]
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Right?!

Author:  Hearthly [ Fri Aug 11, 2017 19:18 ]
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Buckfast is ace, I've had a bottle and feel great, the Scottish are really onto something with this stuff.

Author:  Cras [ Fri Aug 11, 2017 19:23 ]
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Hearthly wrote:
Buckfast is ace, I've had a bottle and feel great, the Scottish are really onto something with this stuff.


:DD

Author:  Bamba [ Fri Aug 11, 2017 22:31 ]
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Hearthly wrote:
Buckfast is ace, I've had a bottle and feel great, the Scottish are really onto something with this stuff.


You realise it's not actually Scottish right?

Author:  Malc [ Fri Aug 11, 2017 23:03 ]
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My commute to work goes very near to Buckfast Abbey, when I get the bus it goes through Buckfastleigh!

Author:  Hearthly [ Sat Aug 12, 2017 8:11 ]
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Bamba wrote:
Hearthly wrote:
Buckfast is ace, I've had a bottle and feel great, the Scottish are really onto something with this stuff.


You realise it's not actually Scottish right?


Yes of course, but it's the Scottish who really saw its potential and ran with it.

I thought it was quite nice and it made me a bit buzzy and excitable, but I still managed to sleep fine. Won't be making a regular thing of it though, it's quite expensive and it won't supplant my normal tipple of delicious spritzers.

Author:  Warhead [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 1:36 ]
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Just seen my first ever Perseid meteors. Only a couple, but then the Manc light pollution may have had something to do with that. Lovely night for sitting in the garden gazing skywards. Also saw a couple of satellites lazily floating overhead.

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:17 ]
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I'm in Devon at the moment, in a flat with a roof terrace right by the beach.
We spent an hour up there last night watching for meteors and while we didn't see as many as I'd hoped there were a dozen or so and three satellites. Great stuff.

Author:  markg [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:52 ]
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I saw four in the space of a minute as soon as I walked outside and then no more before I got bored. I love how if someone says that they just saw one you always have to look where they were looking, as though it somehow might still be there.

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:15 ]
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Well this is just perfect

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Author:  Mimi [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:59 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Well this is just perfect

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We'll be the judge of that. What, precisely, is on that plate?

Author:  Warhead [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 9:35 ]
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It'll be a muffin, barm cake, bap or tea cake, unless they have different local name in that part of Devon.

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 9:51 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Well this is just perfect

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We'll be the judge of that. What, precisely, is on that plate?


Muffin with butter and marmite.

Author:  Mimi [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:29 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Mimi wrote:
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Well this is just perfect

Attachment:
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We'll be the judge of that. What, precisely, is on that plate?


Muffin with butter and marmite.


OK, this is on my list of nice things.

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:31 ]
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We have also bought clotted cream and scones to go with the jam that came with us.

Author:  DavPaz [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 14:55 ]
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I saw a meteor last night. I looked out of the window for no more than 30 seconds, saw one and thought "cool", then closed the curtains and returned to my evening.

Author:  Mimi [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 14:56 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
We have also bought clotted cream and scones to go with the jam that came with us.



Well now you're just showing off :luv:

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 15:26 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
We have also bought clotted cream and scones to go with the jam that came with us.



Well now you're just showing off :luv:


Sorry about that. I feel a bit guilty saying we had lunch sat in the gardens here.

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Author:  asfish [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 18:31 ]
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Hearthly wrote:
Bamba wrote:
Hearthly wrote:
Buckfast is ace, I've had a bottle and feel great, the Scottish are really onto something with this stuff.


You realise it's not actually Scottish right?


Yes of course, but it's the Scottish who really saw its potential and ran with it.

I thought it was quite nice and it made me a bit buzzy and excitable, but I still managed to sleep fine. Won't be making a regular thing of it though, it's quite expensive and it won't supplant my normal tipple of delicious spritzers.


There used to be another "wine" called Eldorado that was in the same group as Buckfast, it was closer to white wine if memory serves, but @ 17.5|% couldn't be sure !

Author:  Malc [ Sun Aug 13, 2017 20:18 ]
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I live in Devon so enjoy the benefits all year round...

Author:  TheVision [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 14:38 ]
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I bought a camera off Amazon the other week and today have found that the price has dropped by £58.

I've just been onto the Amazon live chat and because it's from two different sellers, I've got to order a new one and send the other back. Stupid rules... So, I'm going to order a new one and as soon as it arrives, I'll slap the postage label on it and drop it off at my local Collect+.

Still, £58 so it's no bother to me.

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 14:47 ]
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Try a traceroute to bad.horse

Author:  DavPaz [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 14:53 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Try a traceroute to bad.horse

Nay.

Edit: Ha! That's pretty funny. Lyrics, I assume?

Author:  Mr Russell [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 14:56 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Try a traceroute to bad.horse

Nay.

Edit: Ha! That's pretty funny. Lyrics, I assume?

You very much need to watch Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Horri ... Along_Blog

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 14:57 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Try a traceroute to bad.horse

:DD

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 15:13 ]
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Extend the hop count to 50 and you get the full song.

Author:  DavPaz [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 15:14 ]
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Mr Russell wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Try a traceroute to bad.horse

Nay.

Edit: Ha! That's pretty funny. Lyrics, I assume?

You very much need to watch Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Horri ... Along_Blog

Ah. I've seen it. Once. Many years ago. It didn't move me enough to commit the songs to memory, though.

Author:  Mr Russell [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 15:17 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
Mr Russell wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Try a traceroute to bad.horse

Nay.

Edit: Ha! That's pretty funny. Lyrics, I assume?

You very much need to watch Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Horri ... Along_Blog

Ah. I've seen it. Once. Many years ago. It didn't move me enough to commit the songs to memory, though.

I perhaps loved it a lot more than you. I had the soundtrack on CD in my car.

Author:  MaliA [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 16:07 ]
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... un-bristol

The police officer who tased the race relations guy in Bristol in January has been in court over it.

Author:  Bobbyaro [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 17:01 ]
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On Friday I dropped my phone down the toilet and broke it.
Yesterday I lost my wallet.
Tomorrow can fuck off.

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 17:02 ]
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Bobbyaro wrote:
Yesterday I lost my wallet.

Do you think you might have left it at my place? I've not seen one but I'll have a dig in the sofa if you do.

Author:  Curiosity [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 20:28 ]
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Bobbyaro wrote:
On Friday I dropped my phone down the toilet and broke it.
Yesterday I lost my wallet.
Tomorrow can fuck off.


This new Paul McCartney song is shit.

Author:  Nik [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 21:09 ]
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Possibly silly question, but if a PM is in "Outbox", but not "Sent messages", has it been sent?

Author:  Bobbyaro [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 21:19 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Bobbyaro wrote:
Yesterday I lost my wallet.

Do you think you might have left it at my place? I've not seen one but I'll have a dig in the sofa if you do.


Thanks, but I definitely had it here. Best guess it was lost somewhere betweensainabury's and home.

This windows phone is doing my nut.

Author:  Bobbyaro [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 21:19 ]
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Nik, it means it hasn't been read yet, believe.

Author:  Nik [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 21:24 ]
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Bobbyaro wrote:
Nik, it means it hasn't been read yet, believe.


Aha, thank you!

Author:  Mr Dave [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 22:42 ]
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Bobbyaro wrote:
On Friday I dropped my phone down the toilet and broke it.
Yesterday I lost my wallet.
Tomorrow can fuck off.

Shame, you were due to find a winning lottery ticket tomorrow.

Author:  MaliA [ Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:26 ]
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... for-adults

Oh, I am judging.

Author:  DavPaz [ Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:49 ]
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MaliA wrote:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/14/youre-only-young-twice-the-rise-of-bouncy-castles-and-ballpits-for-adults

Oh, I am judging.

It's fun with kids, but as a pure adult activity... Nah, pass the booze!

Author:  Bamba [ Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:43 ]
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I imagine I'm the only one here who gives a shit but I was disappointed to hear that Amazon are killing their 'Lovefilm By Post' service at the end of October and I wasn't at all looking forward to trying to work out which streaming service had the least shit film selection. In a shocking turn of events the comments section on a website actually turned up some useful information for once with someone on Engadget pointing out that Cinema Paradiso does pretty much the same thing. I'm currently trying to sign up (not sure whether the massive influx of customers is DDOSing the site or my work internet is blocking something in the sign up process) but I hear good things about their selection and can hopefully just transition right across.

https://www.cinemaparadiso.co.uk

Author:  Findus Fop [ Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:59 ]
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Bamba wrote:
I imagine I'm the only one here who gives a shit but I was disappointed to hear that Amazon are killing their 'Lovefilm By Post' service at the end of October and I wasn't at all looking forward to trying to work out which streaming service had the least shit film selection. In a shocking turn of events the comments section on a website actually turned up some useful information for once with someone on Engadget pointing out that Cinema Paradiso does pretty much the same thing. I'm currently trying to sign up (not sure whether the massive influx of customers is DDOSing the site or my work internet is blocking something in the sign up process) but I hear good things about their selection and can hopefully just transition right across.

https://www.cinemaparadiso.co.uk


Politics.co.uk's Ian Dunt wrote a nice piece in the Guardian about LoveFilm yesterday. His point about specificity is a great one. Life is short, but if you're going to spend a reasonable portion of it entertaining yourself through film, watching stuff simply because it's there feels like such a waste. There's always an opportunity cost, and that Z-grade shit on Netflix is rarely going to be worth 10 minutes of your time, let alone the 90 minutes it wants to steal from you.

If I still had time to watch films regularly, I'd be lamenting the loss of LoveFilm.

Cinema Paradiso also got a shout out in the Guardian's comments too, they'll be doing good business today.

Author:  markg [ Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:04 ]
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I have Prime, Netflix, Spotify, Audible, a TV license and a PSN subscription. Probably wrong of me but if there's the odd thing that's not on any of those that I want and I just download it I don't feel any guilt at all. Feel like I paid my entertainment taxes.

Author:  Bamba [ Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:05 ]
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Findus Fop wrote:
Bamba wrote:
I imagine I'm the only one here who gives a shit but I was disappointed to hear that Amazon are killing their 'Lovefilm By Post' service at the end of October and I wasn't at all looking forward to trying to work out which streaming service had the least shit film selection. In a shocking turn of events the comments section on a website actually turned up some useful information for once with someone on Engadget pointing out that Cinema Paradiso does pretty much the same thing. I'm currently trying to sign up (not sure whether the massive influx of customers is DDOSing the site or my work internet is blocking something in the sign up process) but I hear good things about their selection and can hopefully just transition right across.

https://www.cinemaparadiso.co.uk


Politics.co.uk's Ian Dunt wrote a nice piece in the Guardian about LoveFilm yesterday. His point about specificity is a great one. Life is short, but if you're going to spend a reasonable portion of it entertaining yourself through film, watching stuff simply because it's there feels like such a waste. There's always an opportunity cost, and that Z-grade shit on Netflix is rarely going to be worth 10 minutes of your time, let alone the 90 minutes it wants to steal from you.

If I still had time to watch films regularly, I'd be lamenting the loss of LoveFilm.

Cinema Paradiso also got a shout out in the Guardian's comments too, they'll be doing good business today.


I've actually tried to find films to watch on Netflix a few times over the years and every time the process was lengthy, miserable and resulted in me either giving up or watching something just because I'd run out of patience looking rather than because I found something I genuinely wanted.

I managed to register on Cinema Paradiso and am now about halfway through migrating my Lovefilm list onto it; so far it's only failed to find a single entry ("AD/BD: A Rock Opera") which is cheering.

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