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Post by Trina on Mar 7, 2020 20:16:53 GMT
Pi** off !
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Post by phil70 on Mar 7, 2020 23:25:37 GMT
Pith helmet Put it on, take it off Pith on, pith off
Phil
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Post by bodger on Mar 8, 2020 8:11:53 GMT
I agree about doing things with reclaimed stuff and the amount of gear I have out of skips is umm, well, several skip loads over the years but I draw the line at making either beds or tables out of timber from commercial use like pallets or scaff boards. Too much nasty shit potential really. Shelves, flooring etc yes but tables and beds no thanks. I once saw a scaffolder urinating. some say that a competent scaffolder, when pissing from the first floor level, can distinguish the texture of the soil beneath him.
.................. ever watched that BBC programme 'Something for Nothing' - making crap out of stuff taken to the tip? Wot a load of old cobblers! Doesn't help that the narrator is a patronising bar steward who sounds like he's talking to a nursery school group.
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Post by JohnV on Mar 8, 2020 8:17:44 GMT
I agree about doing things with reclaimed stuff and the amount of gear I have out of skips is umm, well, several skip loads over the years but I draw the line at making either beds or tables out of timber from commercial use like pallets or scaff boards. Too much nasty shit potential really. Shelves, flooring etc yes but tables and beds no thanks. I once saw a scaffolder urinating. Doesn't help that the narrator is a patronising bar steward who sounds like he's talking to a nursery school group. with those kinds of programmes, I think that is the mental age of their target audience
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Post by lollygagger on Mar 8, 2020 9:51:23 GMT
Doesn't help that the narrator is a patronising bar steward who sounds like he's talking to a nursery school group. with those kinds of programmes, I think that is the mental age of their target audience With all programmes. I tried to watch a prog that claimed to be about the Trent yesterday. The narration reminded me of school book text for 10 year olds. The makers clearly knew little about the river itself or those who used it so the programme was about making beer and pottery.. with patronisingly simplistic info that anyone over the age of 12 would already know.
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Post by JohnV on Mar 8, 2020 10:25:07 GMT
with those kinds of programmes, I think that is the mental age of their target audience With all programmes. I tried to watch a prog that claimed to be about the Trent yesterday. The narration reminded me of school book text for 10 year olds. The makers clearly knew little about the river itself or those who used it so the programme was about making beer and pottery.. with patronisingly simplistic info that anyone over the age of 12 would already know. Sometimes I put the tv on for a "documentary" about some serious subject and after every break they give you a precis of the earlier sections of the programme. It drives me nuts and I usually turn off in disgust. They aim their programmes for an audience with the attention span of a goldfish and a simillar memory.
There are exceptions, and some documentaries are excellent but the average is abysmall
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Post by lollygagger on Mar 8, 2020 10:35:27 GMT
With all programmes. I tried to watch a prog that claimed to be about the Trent yesterday. The narration reminded me of school book text for 10 year olds. The makers clearly knew little about the river itself or those who used it so the programme was about making beer and pottery.. with patronisingly simplistic info that anyone over the age of 12 would already know. Sometimes I put the tv on for a "documentary" about some serious subject and after every break they give you a precis of the earlier sections of the programme. It drives me nuts and I usually turn off in disgust. They aim their programmes for an audience with the attention span of a goldfish and a simillar memory.
There are exceptions, and some documentaries are excellent but the average is abysmall
I think the intention is to make programmes with as little content as possible leaving the viewer less distracted ready for the adverts.
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Post by bodger on Mar 8, 2020 10:58:12 GMT
Sometimes I put the tv on for a "documentary" about some serious subject and after every break they give you a precis of the earlier sections of the programme. It drives me nuts and I usually turn off in disgust. They aim their programmes for an audience with the attention span of a goldfish and a simillar memory.
There are exceptions, and some documentaries are excellent but the average is abysmall
I think the intention is to make programmes with as little content as possible leaving the viewer less distracted ready for the adverts. yes, but ........... BBC is the worst offender.
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Post by bodger on Mar 8, 2020 11:06:18 GMT
I tracked down a documentary in the Yesterday Channel 'Impossible Engineering' about the Nazi submarine pens now known as Le Base in Lorient, which I visited last year. Some patronising woman purporting to be an expert engineer waffling on about the construction that was able to resist Allied blockbuster bombs right up until the end of WW2. the really interesting fact was omitted. The French/German engineer who designed it was never mentioned, however although he did an excellent job of the design, he turned out to be a traitor, was shot as a spy, and is now celebrated as a local hero. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Stosskopf
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Post by Gone on Mar 8, 2020 14:18:34 GMT
With all programmes. I tried to watch a prog that claimed to be about the Trent yesterday. The narration reminded me of school book text for 10 year olds. The makers clearly knew little about the river itself or those who used it so the programme was about making beer and pottery.. with patronisingly simplistic info that anyone over the age of 12 would already know. Sometimes I put the tv on for a "documentary" about some serious subject and after every break they give you a precis of the earlier sections of the programme. It drives me nuts and I usually turn off in disgust. They aim their programmes for an audience with the attention span of a goldfish and a simillar memory.
There are exceptions, and some documentaries are excellent but the average is abysmall
Itβs all to do with money. It cost a lot to make a decent and detailed 1 hour programme, so make a superficial 20min programme then stuff it with adverts and a few long summaries after each advert break and job done, it now fills a one hour slot.
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 8, 2020 14:38:13 GMT
Does this video fit the thread title?
"I don't need to listen to Peter Hitchens to understand just how far down the slope we have slipped. Just look around at the decaying infrastructure, the scruffy, careworn people, the tons of litter that choke every hedgerow, the dirty unkempt streets, the foul-mouthed tirades that pass for entertainment, the appalling divorce statistics, the junk food on our plates. What have we got here that resembles the best of mainland Europe?"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 14:56:54 GMT
Had a big shop from Asda home delivered today.
Order placed online Friday evening - everything in stock.
Email notification this morning that we had a raft of substitutes along with no availability on liquid soap x 2, box of Weetabix x 1 and 12 pack toilet roll x 1
It would seem the mouth breathers have been in and cleared the shelves over the last 48 hours π€¦πΌββοΈ
Luckily our local co-op still have some of the above in stock.
Once that lots gone Iβll have to have the jumbo rolls from work if the dickheads keep stocking up on bog roll
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Post by JohnV on Mar 8, 2020 15:06:39 GMT
they obviously think bog roll is going to be the new currency .... twats (I couldn't find any yesterday when getting in few odds and sods and not stocking up either as I'm down to half a roll so just thought time to buy a couple of new rolls) Sigh ...... if it runs out then just go back to tearing the newspaper up into squares
and for the benefit of you youngsters, don't bother with the glossy magazines they just spread not wipe
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Post by greenman on Mar 8, 2020 15:44:41 GMT
if it runs out then just go back to tearing the newspaper up into squares
Finally, The Daily Mail comes into it's own.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 16:19:22 GMT
they obviously think bog roll is going to be the new currency .... twats (I couldn't find any yesterday when getting in few odds and sods and not stocking up either as I'm down to half a roll so just thought time to buy a couple of new rolls) Sigh ...... if it runs out then just go back to tearing the newspaper up into squares
and for the benefit of you youngsters, don't bother with the glossy magazines they just spread not wipe Iβm old enough to remember Izal medicated toilet roll at school - we used it as tracing paper too! ππ
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