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| Author: | Warhead [ Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Jem wrote: Pundabaya wrote: Jem wrote: Just had a client ask if they can "play with the colours" on their new site at their end. *quietly weeps* The customer is always right! In that case they can make their own website  They probably think they can. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:15 ] |
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I have always want to say.. 'I would agree with you, but the we would both be wrong!' |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:33 ] |
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https://www.chargrilled.co.uk/t-shirts/ ... -t-shirt.m |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:55 ] |
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Grim... wrote: https://www.chargrilled.co.uk/t-shirts/If-I-Agreed-With-You-We-Would-Both-Be-Wrong-t-shirt.m I need that... |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Fri Apr 13, 2018 17:32 ] |
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interesting article.. http://www.theflitecast.com/posts/2016/ ... wayforever |
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| Author: | Joans [ Sat Apr 14, 2018 14:25 ] |
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https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018 ... -happening I wonder if I've got time to play the originals first. |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Sun Apr 15, 2018 12:20 ] |
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Joans wrote: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-04-14-shenmue-remasters-are-finally-happening I wonder if I've got time to play the originals first. Just go to your nearest docks, steal a forklift and ask around for sailors. There, just saved you 20 hours of tedium. HTH HAND |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:04 ] |
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This two would have lost their shit if they'd tried to by pies from TheVision. https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/tees ... l-14533827 |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:18 ] |
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Grim... wrote: This two would have lost their shit if they'd tried to by pies from TheVision. https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/tees ... l-14533827 That Morrisons is less than a mile from my parent's house 
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:41 ] |
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The journalist was having fun with that story Quote: Husband Tony, who eats fish and chips three days a week and rarely touches pastry, branded the decision “stupid”.
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:58 ] |
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It was half baked at best. Pretty crumby. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:03 ] |
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Those two are always in their local paper complaining about various things. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:05 ] |
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Amazing! "But Tony suggested a more sinister explanation. “There’s more to this,” he said. “Morrisons have got their own agenda." They are under the thrall of big pie, for sure. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:06 ] |
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GazChap wrote: Those two are always in their local paper complaining about various things. It's nice for retired people to have a hobby. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:17 ] |
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The talk of pies is making me queasy.. I was up all night throwing up for some reason. Feel like crap today but the kids don't care do they? Business as usual for them. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:24 ] |
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"My problems just got...smaller" |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:25 ] |
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Are you going to a fancy dress party as a budget Thor? |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:26 ] |
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I am making an impact |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:32 ] |
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GazChap wrote: Are you going to a fancy dress party as a budget Thor? Timmy Mallet |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:32 ] |
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TheVision wrote: The talk of pies is making me queasy.. I was up all night throwing up for some reason. Feel like crap today but the kids don't care do they? Business as usual for them. I’ve been sick today, too. Was feeling ill all yesterday. 
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:33 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: GazChap wrote: Are you going to a fancy dress party as a budget Thor? Timmy Mallet There’s no way Mali can dress as sharp as Timmy Mallet. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:04 ] |
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Mimi wrote: Zardoz wrote: GazChap wrote: Are you going to a fancy dress party as a budget Thor? Timmy Mallet There’s no way Mali can dress as sharp as Timmy Mallet. True. Kovacs nailed it with his footwear though. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 13:30 ] |
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Findus Fop wrote: The journalist was having fun with that story Quote: Husband Tony, who eats fish and chips three days a week and rarely touches pastry, branded the decision “stupid”. Based on some of the other stories, I think the whole site is a very subtle wind up of the readers who wont get it. https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/tees ... s-14140811 |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 13:42 ] |
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The gazette is a very real and quite old local newspaper. I wouldn't be surprised if they're cherry picking pissed off local stories just to take the piss though. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 14:00 ] |
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If anyone can bear to watch the theme tune to this (on mute)... can you see any facial resemblance of the woman singing to Frank Skinner? Every time I comes on all I can see is Frank Skinner. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 14:03 ] |
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Edit: I should put a link! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09zh8b5 |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 14:03 ] |
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I realise I didn’t actually edit that now. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 14:04 ] |
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I can see a bit of Frank. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 14:05 ] |
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Around the mouth, right? And the teeth. And that weird smirk like a great-aunt. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 14:05 ] |
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Trooper wrote: I can see a bit of Frank. You know it is, it really is. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 14:14 ] |
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I can't personally see Frank, but that facial structure makes her look like a Muppet. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 14:38 ] |
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I think I need a bigger hammer. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Apr 16, 2018 14:46 ] |
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Only because you planted the idea, Mimi. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Wed Apr 18, 2018 22:16 ] |
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Can't wait for S1:E69 - Feeling Horny. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Wed Apr 18, 2018 22:26 ] |
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Cliff Richard privacy case: I acted fairly, says BBC reporter I don't think spying through Cliff's windows from a drone or helicopter, while the fuzz were rummaging through his stuff, was professional reporting. Not quite as bad as their appalling coverage of Raoul Moat, but still OTT. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Apr 18, 2018 22:42 ] |
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Appalling coverage of Raoul Moat in what way? |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Wed Apr 18, 2018 23:02 ] |
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On the day when the police had him surrounded, the Beeb reporter (I think it was Jon Sopel) was on the street, cornering anyone who'd talk to him, engaging in pointless and repetitive questioning about what people thought about having a murderer cornered in a field, with a gun to his head. He was just filling the time with gibberish because he was stuck trying to do a live report when nothing was actually happening. He then interviewed a distraught lady whose mum was locked in her house, very close to where the siege was taking place, and then commandeered the woman's phone when she managed to get through to her mum and then asked HER a load of questions that she was incapable of answering, when she was also obviously very worried about her own safety. Cheap, nasty TV journalism that is not worthy of the Beeb. But I'm sure he'd been told to keep going as they MUST try to beat Sky's viewing figures. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 0:00 ] |
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Ah, that's terrible. I don't really remember that. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:01 ] |
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I remember it at the time and Charlie Brooker covered it a Newswipe as well. (Or a Yearly Wipe, one of the two.) The whole things was very distasteful and a classic example of how something that doesn't really matter very much can totally dominate the shitty 24/7 news agenda for days at a time. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:38 ] |
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I think someone that went on a rampage and ended up holed up in a field is pretty newsworthy, but I see the points regarding the Damien Day style of news reporting |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:08 ] |
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MaliA wrote: I think someone that went on a rampage and ended up holed up in a field is pretty newsworthy, but I see the points regarding the Damien Day style of news reporting Not really, it's just one wingnut who didn't deserve even a tiny amount of the attention he got. Makes for easy, sensational 'news'. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:21 ] |
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And now I've just reminded myself about the Cumbrian Taxi Driver spree shooter. That was a crazy fucking summer... |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:25 ] |
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Hearthly wrote: MaliA wrote: I think someone that went on a rampage and ended up holed up in a field is pretty newsworthy, but I see the points regarding the Damien Day style of news reporting Not really, it's just one wingnut who didn't deserve even a tiny amount of the attention he got. Makes for easy, sensational 'news'. It was (maybe remains to this day?) British police’s biggest ever manhunt. It was much hyped and over-sensationalised (they got the survival guy... not the Bear chap... the cuddly one who likes to carve spoons...) involved at some point. There’s no doubt the news stories and reporting style was ridiculous at points, but the scale of the operation that was put in place to track and apprehend this guy was newsworthy. Not of interest to me, or you by the sounds of it, but it would have been perhaps stranger if Britain’s biggest ever manhunt wasn’t a sizeable news story. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:27 ] |
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Oh gosh, just remembered the Gazza bit. I’m surprised they didn’t get URI Gella planting crystals in the corners of the Moat field. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:42 ] |
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To do: Nail skirting board to wall and stuff the void with filler Sort out dsiplay boards for my art stuff next month Drive to Buxton tonight In morning go to Wirral for house hunting expedition (maybe lunch anyone?) lmk. Saturday more houses, then more houses then another overnight and Sunday home. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:45 ] |
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Mimi wrote: Hearthly wrote: MaliA wrote: I think someone that went on a rampage and ended up holed up in a field is pretty newsworthy, but I see the points regarding the Damien Day style of news reporting Not really, it's just one wingnut who didn't deserve even a tiny amount of the attention he got. Makes for easy, sensational 'news'. It was (maybe remains to this day?) British police’s biggest ever manhunt. It was much hyped and over-sensationalised (they got the survival guy... not the Bear chap... the cuddly one who likes to carve spoons...) involved at some point. There’s no doubt the news stories and reporting style was ridiculous at points, but the scale of the operation that was put in place to track and apprehend this guy was newsworthy. Not of interest to me, or you by the sounds of it, but it would have been perhaps stranger if Britain’s biggest ever manhunt wasn’t a sizeable news story. I think my hatchet is endorsed by Bear. Anyway, yeah, I agree. It was big news and a developing story and I think that if journalist didn't make those calls, hey would be asked why? There's a lot of dead (ho ho ) air to fill a lot of the time. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:53 ] |
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I'm not in Wirral tomorrow (work) but I am over the weekend if you would like to pop by |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:00 ] |
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I bought a laser printer for £50 t'other day, as my inkjet printer had dried up ink...again...after printing about 2 pages a month or so ago... It was £25 for more ink, that would dry up again through low use. Didn't want to get on that merry go round again, so looked for other option. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Xpress ... B00YU62KR6 Cost me £50 from ebuyer, ink lasts for 1000 pages (against 200 for an inkjet), ink doesn't dry out, replacement ink costs £10, it's tiny, it's quiet, super easy to setup, wifi enabled, spits out a page every couple of seconds, it's bloody brilliant. Only downside is that it is black and white only, but other than that I can heartily recommend it, should have bought one years ago. I give it 9.2 troopoints |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:05 ] |
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Oh, that’s interesting! How come tge I k doesn’t dry up? That’s always been my issue with printers, too. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:08 ] |
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Laser printers don't actually use ink, they use toner, which is a dry powder to start with, so can't get any drier!  They use heat to melt the toner onto the paper I think, or magic, one of the two. |
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