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Did anyone see that dreadful 'quiz show' on BBC last night that they were
trying to pass off as entertainment ? Britain's Brightest or some such, hosted by that horse-y commentator woman who should stick to what she knows ? I was amazed that it seemed to be some really notable mental feat that the people taking part could actually spell and carry out simple mental maths tasks at the sort of level that most of us would have been able to 40 years ago. I accept that it's going to be a bit harder in a studio environment and all that, but even so ... But following on from this is what made me really laugh today, and brought it home to me that the people on that show probably really *do* represent 'Britain's Brightest'. The missus sent me round to the local Co-op to get her a box of 6 Cadbury Creme eggs - yeah, I know, but best to humour her ... :-) "They're on offer at £1.52", she said. So I found said items, and carried a box up to the till. On the counter was a box of 'loose' Creme Eggs with another offer of '3 for £1'. The girl - not particularly young - behind the till swiped my purchase and said "That's £1.52, please". As I handed over the money, I nodded at the other offer, and commented to her, "That's clever, £1.52 for a box of six, or three for a quid ..." That stopped her in her tracks. "Oh !" she said. "Would you like to swap them ?" "Errr, no ...." said I. The woman behind me (a bit younger than me) was in hysterics ... As a separate aside, I see that Brian Cox is on the box this week doing that live star-gazing thing with the Irish guy again. Trying out for The Sky at Night perhaps ... ? d ;-) Arfa |
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On 06/01/2013 16:35, Arfa Daily wrote:
Did anyone see that dreadful 'quiz show' on BBC last night that they were trying to pass off as entertainment ? I turned it off after round one - never to be seen again. I thought they were scrapping the crap out of the bottom of barrel with the Richard Hammond programme on before it and thought things couldn't get worse. -- mailto:news{at}admac(dot}myzen{dot}co{dot}uk |
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On Jan 6, 4:35*pm, "Arfa Daily" wrote:
Did anyone see that dreadful 'quiz show' on BBC last night that they were trying to pass off as entertainment ? Britain's Brightest or some such, hosted by that horse-y commentator woman who should stick to what she knows ? I was amazed that it seemed to be some really notable mental feat that the people taking part could actually spell and carry out simple mental maths tasks at the sort of level that most of us would have been able to 40 years ago. I accept that it's going to be a bit harder in a studio environment and all that, but even so ... But following on from this is what made me really laugh today, and brought it home to me that the people on that show probably really *do* represent 'Britain's Brightest'. The missus sent me round to the local Co-op to get her a box of 6 Cadbury Creme eggs - yeah, I know, but best to humour her .... :-) "They're on offer at £1.52", she said. So I found said items, and carried a box up to the till. On the counter was a box of 'loose' Creme Eggs with another offer of '3 for £1'. The girl - not particularly young - behind the till swiped my purchase and said "That's £1.52, please". As I handed over the money, I nodded at the other offer, and commented to her, "That's clever, £1.52 for a box of six, or three for a quid ..." That stopped her in her tracks. "Oh !" she said. "Would you like to swap them ?" "Errr, no ...." said I. The woman behind me (a bit younger than me) was in hysterics ... As a separate aside, I see that Brian Cox is on the box this week doing that live star-gazing thing with the Irish guy again. Trying out for The Sky at Night perhaps ... ? * *d ;-) Arfa It will be a bimbo. You watch. Maybe even black, one legged and "gay". Ticks all the PC boxes. |
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On Jan 6, 5:33*pm, alan wrote:
On 06/01/2013 16:35, Arfa Daily wrote: Did anyone see that dreadful 'quiz show' on BBC last night that they were trying to pass off as entertainment ? I turned it off after round one - never to be seen again. *I thought they were scrapping the crap out of the bottom of barrel with the Richard Hammond programme on before it and thought things couldn't get worse. Yep, the Beeb is getting really bad. If you compare the quality of the news with all the other news channels now available it's total crap. The hours they spend interviewing celebrities! |
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"Arfa Daily" wrote: Did anyone see that dreadful 'quiz show' on BBC last night that they were trying to pass off as entertainment ? Britain's Brightest or some such, hosted by that horse-y commentator woman who should stick to what she knows ? I was amazed that it seemed to be some really notable mental feat that the people taking part could actually spell and carry out simple mental maths tasks at the sort of level that most of us would have been able to 40 years ago. I accept that it's going to be a bit harder in a studio environment and all that, but even so ... Was that the show where James Corden and somebody else got drunk on TV? If so, it got a load of complaints, I read during the week. -- Davey. |
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On Sunday, January 6, 2013 4:35:27 PM UTC, Arfa Daily wrote:
Did anyone see that dreadful 'quiz show' on BBC last night that they were trying to pass off as entertainment ? Britain's Brightest or some such, hosted by that horse-y commentator woman who should stick to what she knows ? I was amazed that it seemed to be some really notable mental feat that the people taking part could actually spell and carry out simple mental maths tasks at the sort of level that most of us would have been able to 40 years ago. A quiz show featuring people that lack the brains to do something useful with their time, and featuring questions that had nothing at all to do with any sensible interpretation of intelligence, let alone high iq or anything in some way like it. The missus sent me round to the local Co-op to get her a box of 6 Cadbury Creme eggs - yeah, I know, but best to humour her .... :-) "They're on offer at £1.52", she said. So I found said items, and carried a box up to the till. On the counter was a box of 'loose' Creme Eggs with another offer of '3 for £1'. The girl - not particularly young - behind the till swiped my purchase and said "That's £1.52, please". As I handed over the money, I nodded at the other offer, and commented to her, "That's clever, £1.52 for a box of six, or three for a quid ..." That stopped her in her tracks. "Oh !" she said. "Would you like to swap them ?" "Errr, no ...." said I. The woman behind me (a bit younger than me) was in hysterics ... Everyone's stupid at times, it doesn't necessarily mean they lack IQ. Her job's just to give the customer what they want, even when its a bit daft. Probably she just wasn't paying much attention. |
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Arfa Daily :
The missus sent me round to the local Co-op to get her a box of 6 Cadbury Creme eggs - yeah, I know, but best to humour her ... :-) "They're on offer at £1.52", she said. So I found said items, and carried a box up to the till. On the counter was a box of 'loose' Creme Eggs with another offer of '3 for £1'. The girl - not particularly young - behind the till swiped my purchase and said "That's £1.52, please". As I handed over the money, I nodded at the other offer, and commented to her, "That's clever, £1.52 for a box of six, or three for a quid ..." That stopped her in her tracks. "Oh !" she said. "Would you like to swap them ?" Reminds me of the time I asked how much the batteries were (this was decades ago, before multipacks were so common, and batteries were priced individually). He told me, they were 25p each. I said "I'll take half a dozen". He frowned, bit his lip, stayed like that for a few seconds, smiled, then said "That's six, isn't it?". -- Mike Barnes |
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Interested to note that Gold, which I gather can only be watched if you
cross some palms with silver and as I understand it is part owned by the BBC has made a new series of Yes Prime Minister with original writers but of course new cast. So I am feeling that we are going down the Sky route of all first runs as pay to watch, and then the general free channels get it. After all Discovery does it with Quest, which has all the stuff already run on the pay channel. Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________ "harry" wrote in message ... On Jan 6, 5:33 pm, alan wrote: On 06/01/2013 16:35, Arfa Daily wrote: Did anyone see that dreadful 'quiz show' on BBC last night that they were trying to pass off as entertainment ? I turned it off after round one - never to be seen again. I thought they were scrapping the crap out of the bottom of barrel with the Richard Hammond programme on before it and thought things couldn't get worse. Yep, the Beeb is getting really bad. If you compare the quality of the news with all the other news channels now available it's total crap. The hours they spend interviewing celebrities! |
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No it will be a blind person obviously, no point in having anyone who can
look through a telescope. Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________ "harry" wrote in message ... On Jan 6, 4:35 pm, "Arfa Daily" wrote: Did anyone see that dreadful 'quiz show' on BBC last night that they were trying to pass off as entertainment ? Britain's Brightest or some such, hosted by that horse-y commentator woman who should stick to what she knows ? I was amazed that it seemed to be some really notable mental feat that the people taking part could actually spell and carry out simple mental maths tasks at the sort of level that most of us would have been able to 40 years ago. I accept that it's going to be a bit harder in a studio environment and all that, but even so ... But following on from this is what made me really laugh today, and brought it home to me that the people on that show probably really *do* represent 'Britain's Brightest'. The missus sent me round to the local Co-op to get her a box of 6 Cadbury Creme eggs - yeah, I know, but best to humour her ... :-) "They're on offer at £1.52", she said. So I found said items, and carried a box up to the till. On the counter was a box of 'loose' Creme Eggs with another offer of '3 for £1'. The girl - not particularly young - behind the till swiped my purchase and said "That's £1.52, please". As I handed over the money, I nodded at the other offer, and commented to her, "That's clever, £1.52 for a box of six, or three for a quid ..." That stopped her in her tracks. "Oh !" she said. "Would you like to swap them ?" "Errr, no ...." said I. The woman behind me (a bit younger than me) was in hysterics ... As a separate aside, I see that Brian Cox is on the box this week doing that live star-gazing thing with the Irish guy again. Trying out for The Sky at Night perhaps ... ? d ;-) Arfa It will be a bimbo. You watch. Maybe even black, one legged and "gay". Ticks all the PC boxes. |
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What I could never quite get was when Tandy were over here, you got a free
battery when you spent over a certain amount. They did not care what battery it was, It was only 1 though, per visit. Think about it.. Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________ "Mike Barnes" wrote in message ... Arfa Daily : The missus sent me round to the local Co-op to get her a box of 6 Cadbury Creme eggs - yeah, I know, but best to humour her ... :-) "They're on offer at £1.52", she said. So I found said items, and carried a box up to the till. On the counter was a box of 'loose' Creme Eggs with another offer of '3 for £1'. The girl - not particularly young - behind the till swiped my purchase and said "That's £1.52, please". As I handed over the money, I nodded at the other offer, and commented to her, "That's clever, £1.52 for a box of six, or three for a quid ..." That stopped her in her tracks. "Oh !" she said. "Would you like to swap them ?" Reminds me of the time I asked how much the batteries were (this was decades ago, before multipacks were so common, and batteries were priced individually). He told me, they were 25p each. I said "I'll take half a dozen". He frowned, bit his lip, stayed like that for a few seconds, smiled, then said "That's six, isn't it?". -- Mike Barnes |
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On 06/01/13 18:33, harry wrote:
On Jan 6, 4:35 pm, "Arfa Daily" wrote: Did anyone see that dreadful 'quiz show' on BBC last night that they were trying to pass off as entertainment ? Britain's Brightest or some such, hosted by that horse-y commentator woman who should stick to what she knows ? I was amazed that it seemed to be some really notable mental feat that the people taking part could actually spell and carry out simple mental maths tasks at the sort of level that most of us would have been able to 40 years ago. I accept that it's going to be a bit harder in a studio environment and all that, but even so ... But following on from this is what made me really laugh today, and brought it home to me that the people on that show probably really *do* represent 'Britain's Brightest'. The missus sent me round to the local Co-op to get her a box of 6 Cadbury Creme eggs - yeah, I know, but best to humour her ... :-) "They're on offer at £1.52", she said. So I found said items, and carried a box up to the till. On the counter was a box of 'loose' Creme Eggs with another offer of '3 for £1'. The girl - not particularly young - behind the till swiped my purchase and said "That's £1.52, please". As I handed over the money, I nodded at the other offer, and commented to her, "That's clever, £1.52 for a box of six, or three for a quid ..." That stopped her in her tracks. "Oh !" she said. "Would you like to swap them ?" "Errr, no ...." said I. The woman behind me (a bit younger than me) was in hysterics ... As a separate aside, I see that Brian Cox is on the box this week doing that live star-gazing thing with the Irish guy again. Trying out for The Sky at Night perhaps ... ? d ;-) Arfa It will be a bimbo. You watch. Maybe even black, one legged and "gay". Ticks all the PC boxes. Not unless its muslim too -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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In message , Brian Gaff
writes Interested to note that Gold, which I gather can only be watched if you cross some palms with silver and as I understand it is part owned by the BBC has made a new series of Yes Prime Minister with original writers but of course new cast. So I am feeling that we are going down the Sky route of all first runs as pay to watch, and then the general free channels get it. After all Discovery does it with Quest, which has all the stuff already run on the pay channel. Brian There was a thing in the paper last week about this. The gist of it was that the BBC wanted a pilot making (even though it was they had made umpteen editions already, and it was the same writers), whereas Gold were happy to commission it without a pilot, so they got the deal. Adrian -- To Reply : replace "diy" with "news" and reverse the domain If you are reading this from a web interface eg DIY Banter, DIY Forum or Google Groups, please be aware this is NOT a forum, and you are merely using a web portal to a USENET group. Many people block posters coming from web portals due to perceieved SPAM or inaneness. For a better method of access, please see: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Usenet |
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On Sunday, January 6, 2013 7:06:20 PM UTC, Brian Gaff wrote:
What I could never quite get was when Tandy were over here, you got a free battery when you spent over a certain amount. They did not care what battery it was, It was only 1 though, per visit. Think about it.. IIRC they also did a 50p diary that included vouchers for 12 batteries, one every month. Not bad for anyone that walked past the store each month. NT |
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Brian Gaff wrote: when Tandy were over here, you got a free battery when you spent over a certain amount. But that was back in the day when if you left batteries in any unused equipment for more than a few weeks they leaked and wrecked the equipment. IIRC they also did a 50p diary that included vouchers for 12 batteries, one every month. I thought it was just a free club? Anyway they still exist online http://www.tandyonline.co.uk/about-tandy |
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message o.uk... wrote: Brian Gaff wrote: when Tandy were over here, you got a free battery when you spent over a certain amount. But that was back in the day when if you left batteries in any unused equipment for more than a few weeks they leaked and wrecked the equipment. No it wasn't. There were leak proof batterys even then. IIRC they also did a 50p diary that included vouchers for 12 batteries, one every month. I thought it was just a free club? Anyway they still exist online http://www.tandyonline.co.uk/about-tandy |
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On 06/01/2013 20:38, Andy Burns wrote:
wrote: Brian Gaff wrote: when Tandy were over here, you got a free battery when you spent over a certain amount. But that was back in the day when if you left batteries in any unused equipment for more than a few weeks they leaked and wrecked the equipment. Not all. I remember an electronic game (a super version of Simon - twelve buttons, in an 3 x 4 grid, lights and sounds) that I bought from Tandy for my sister over 30 years ago. I bought a set of Tandy's own batteries for it. It was played with frequently for a couple of years and finally put away in a cupboard. Ten years later the thing was rediscovered and was still working and still with the original batteries in it! SteveW |
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Adrian wrote: There was a thing in the paper last week about this. The gist of it was that the BBC wanted a pilot making (even though it was they had made umpteen editions already, and it was the same writers), whereas Gold were happy to commission it without a pilot, so they got the deal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20908049 Darren |
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In message , Arfa Daily
writes As a separate aside, I see that Brian Cox is on the box this week doing that live star-gazing thing with the Irish guy again. Trying out for The Sky at Night perhaps ... ? d ;-) Well he couldn't be any less charismatic than the dogstar that's presenting it now -- geoff |
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In article ,
Adrian wrote: There was a thing in the paper last week about this. The gist of it was that the BBC wanted a pilot making (even though it was they had made umpteen editions already, and it was the same writers), whereas Gold were happy to commission it without a pilot, so they got the deal. I can quite understand the BBC wanting to see a pilot episode. The original series was so good due to a mixture of the cast and scripts. If it were badly cast or the writing no longer 'in tune' with today it could be a disaster. Like so many of these 'revived' shows. Different when the BBC themselves made the prog from start to finish - those responsible for commissioning a series could more easily keep an eye on it during production. -- *Forget the Joneses, I keep us up with the Simpsons. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"harry" wrote in message ... On Jan 6, 5:33 pm, alan wrote: On 06/01/2013 16:35, Arfa Daily wrote: Did anyone see that dreadful 'quiz show' on BBC last night that they were trying to pass off as entertainment ? I turned it off after round one - never to be seen again. I thought they were scrapping the crap out of the bottom of barrel with the Richard Hammond programme on before it and thought things couldn't get worse. Yep, the Beeb is getting really bad. If you compare the quality of the news with all the other news channels now available it's total crap. The hours they spend interviewing celebrities! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- if you've got freeview 'russia today' and 'aljerzeeraz 'make an interesting different slant on the news. |
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... That Irish guy, if you mean Science club. I watched the first one and thought, a bit infantile this, and watched the second one and it was even more rubbishy. Surely there is more knowledge out there than what he spouts. Its like going back to the Junior school. Oh, I quite liked it tim |
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In message , tim.....
writes "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... That Irish guy, if you mean Science club. I watched the first one and thought, a bit infantile this, and watched the second one and it was even more rubbishy. Surely there is more knowledge out there than what he spouts. Its like going back to the Junior school. Oh, I quite liked it The truth of the matter is that we have a country that is so dumbed down that he has to aim at the lowest common denominator and people seem embarrassed at any display of scientific knowledge or intelligence. Dara seems to be someone who is bucking the trend - good luck to him -- geoff |
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"geoff" wrote in message ... In message , tim..... writes "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... That Irish guy, if you mean Science club. I watched the first one and thought, a bit infantile this, and watched the second one and it was even more rubbishy. Surely there is more knowledge out there than what he spouts. Its like going back to the Junior school. Oh, I quite liked it The truth of the matter is that we have a country that is so dumbed down that he has to aim at the lowest common denominator and people seem embarrassed at any display of scientific knowledge or intelligence. Don't believe that with Mike Mosley's docos. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Mosley Dara seems to be someone who is bucking the trend - good luck to him |
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On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 00:45:21 +0000, geoff wrote:
That Irish guy, if you mean Science club. I watched the first one and thought, ... I almost didn't get past the opening sequence due to poor sound. 'orrible pumping audience "noise". ... a bit infantile this, and watched the second one and it was even more rubbishy. Surely there is more knowledge out there than what he spouts. Its like going back to the Junior school. I then fell asleep for most of it. B-) I don't think I missed much. Will have to try an see the others that have been recorded but I don't hold up much hope, it's filling the *last* clause from the BBC's statement: "Our mission - To enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain." http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/ins...ion_and_values The truth of the matter is that we have a country that is so dumbed down that he has to aim at the lowest common denominator and people seem embarrassed at any display of scientific knowledge or intelligence. Agreed, Junior School science, for those with little brain. Dara seems to be someone who is bucking the trend - good luck to him Well as a former(?) comedian I guess he ticks the entertain box. -- Cheers Dave. |
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When did you go to school though. My education was in the fifties and 60s.
We did science properly when you really could burn yourself and blow up the labs.. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "tim....." wrote in message ... "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... That Irish guy, if you mean Science club. I watched the first one and thought, a bit infantile this, and watched the second one and it was even more rubbishy. Surely there is more knowledge out there than what he spouts. Its like going back to the Junior school. Oh, I quite liked it tim |
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Well if he can raise the bar, but at the moment I feel that the bar has not
left the ground yet. Mind you I'm flabbergasted by the lack of knowledge in average people of under 30 years. IE not knowing that planets and stars are different or which planets are gaseous and which rocky and which have no atmosphere etc. Also not understanding the rudiments of how electricity works and how transformers work. There are very simple books on these concepts and we were taught them as a matter of course. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "geoff" wrote in message ... In message , tim..... writes "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... That Irish guy, if you mean Science club. I watched the first one and thought, a bit infantile this, and watched the second one and it was even more rubbishy. Surely there is more knowledge out there than what he spouts. Its like going back to the Junior school. Oh, I quite liked it The truth of the matter is that we have a country that is so dumbed down that he has to aim at the lowest common denominator and people seem embarrassed at any display of scientific knowledge or intelligence. Dara seems to be someone who is bucking the trend - good luck to him -- geoff |
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On Jan 6, 11:40*pm, "Dave West" wrote:
"harry" wrote in message ... On Jan 6, 5:33 pm, alan wrote: On 06/01/2013 16:35, Arfa Daily wrote: Did anyone see that dreadful 'quiz show' on BBC last night that they were trying to pass off as entertainment ? I turned it off after round one - never to be seen again. I thought they were scrapping the crap out of the bottom of barrel with the Richard Hammond programme on before it and thought things couldn't get worse. Yep, the Beeb is getting really bad. If you compare the quality of the news with all the other news channels now available it's total crap. The hours they spend interviewing celebrities! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- if you've got freeview 'russia today' and 'aljerzeeraz 'make an interesting different slant on the news. If you have "Freesat" there is additionally to those France 24, Japanese, three American, Sky news and Chinese ones. Remarkably, the Yank ones are worse than ours. (CNN etc) |
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On 07/01/2013 00:45, geoff wrote:
In message , tim..... writes "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... That Irish guy, if you mean Science club. I watched the first one and thought, a bit infantile this, and watched the second one and it was even more rubbishy. Surely there is more knowledge out there than what he spouts. Its like going back to the Junior school. Oh, I quite liked it The truth of the matter is that we have a country that is so dumbed down that he has to aim at the lowest common denominator and people seem embarrassed at any display of scientific knowledge or intelligence. Dara seems to be someone who is bucking the trend - good luck to him I think we are going to have to starting talking about dumbing up. The level has dropped so far that even the dumb are above the level to which they have plummeted. -- Rod |
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Hmm, well, I liked Tandy I have to say, Unlike Maplin they had people who
know their stuff and they also sold hi fi that was pretty good, if a little flambouyant at times. all made to a high standard and by companies you had heard of, though rebadged as realistic. I had a wonderful three head cassette deck from there that lasted for a long time and sounded great. Made by Hitachi in fact. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active wrote in message ... On Sunday, January 6, 2013 7:06:20 PM UTC, Brian Gaff wrote: What I could never quite get was when Tandy were over here, you got a free battery when you spent over a certain amount. They did not care what battery it was, It was only 1 though, per visit. Think about it.. IIRC they also did a 50p diary that included vouchers for 12 batteries, one every month. Not bad for anyone that walked past the store each month. NT |
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Yes but half the fun was going in and playing with the stock!
Actually their batteries were pretty good for not leaking. They had some sort of seal around the two places where other batteries leaked, ie the corner at the bottom and the top centre. Their free torches were rubbish though. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "Andy Burns" wrote in message o.uk... wrote: Brian Gaff wrote: when Tandy were over here, you got a free battery when you spent over a certain amount. But that was back in the day when if you left batteries in any unused equipment for more than a few weeks they leaked and wrecked the equipment. IIRC they also did a 50p diary that included vouchers for 12 batteries, one every month. I thought it was just a free club? Anyway they still exist online http://www.tandyonline.co.uk/about-tandy |
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On 07/01/2013 00:45, geoff wrote:
In message , tim..... writes "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... That Irish guy, if you mean Science club. I watched the first one and thought, a bit infantile this, and watched the second one and it was even more rubbishy. Surely there is more knowledge out there than what he spouts. Its like going back to the Junior school. Oh, I quite liked it The truth of the matter is that we have a country that is so dumbed down that he has to aim at the lowest common denominator and people seem embarrassed at any display of scientific knowledge or intelligence. Dara seems to be someone who is bucking the trend - good luck to him I didn't see the show but I quite like Brian Cox and Dara O Briain presenting science - I think they strike a happy medium. Speaking as someone with little natural science education/training. Rob |
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Brian Gaff wrote: Unlike Maplin they had people who know their stuff It would depend on branch, but when Maplin were mainly a hobby electronics place, my local one had very good staff. -- *I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Sunday, January 6, 2013 6:37:23 PM UTC, Davey wrote:
On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 16:35:27 -0000 "Arfa Daily" wrote: Did anyone see that dreadful 'quiz show' on BBC last night that they were trying to pass off as entertainment ? Britain's Brightest or some such, hosted by that horse-y commentator woman who should stick to what she knows ? I was amazed that it seemed to be some really notable mental feat that the people taking part could actually spell and carry out simple mental maths tasks at the sort of level that most of us would have been able to 40 years ago. I accept that it's going to be a bit harder in a studio environment and all that, but even so ... Was that the show where James Corden and somebody else got drunk on TV? If so, it got a load of complaints, I read during the week. -- Davey. Re the James Corden brou-ha-ha. What actually happened. What did they say that was so offensive ? |
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... When did you go to school though. My education was in the fifties and 60s. We did science properly when you really could burn yourself and blow up the labs.. I remember Ned Templeman (Chemistry[1]) turning from the fume cupboard, eyebrows smoking, and asking us with a grin "Alright boys, what did I do wrong *that* time?" He expected an educated guess, at the least. A *proper* inspiring teacher, and inspiring lessons! Dave H. (the other one) [1] making nitrates of certain organic alcohols, if I remember right... |
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Brian Gaff wrote:
Hmm, well, I liked Tandy I have to say, Unlike Maplin they had people who know their stuff and they also sold hi fi that was pretty good, if a little flambouyant at times. all made to a high standard and by companies you had heard of, though rebadged as realistic. Tandy were rather too keen on selling a single diode in an A6 blisterpack and asking a quid for it. I used to go in for the purpose of laughing at the prices. Which isn't too far different from the way Maplin is today, in fact. Theo |
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On Sunday, January 6, 2013 8:49:14 PM UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"Andy Burns" wrote in message o.uk... wrote: Brian Gaff wrote: when Tandy were over here, you got a free battery when you spent over a certain amount. But that was back in the day when if you left batteries in any unused equipment for more than a few weeks they leaked and wrecked the equipment. No it wasn't. There were leak proof batterys even then. Doesn't mean they didn;t leak. I have a number of leaking duracells here, well maybe it's not classed as leaking but an incrustation of white powerder isn't for sprinking on chips or snorting at parties. |
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On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:06:47 +0000, Theo Markettos wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote: Hmm, well, I liked Tandy I have to say, Unlike Maplin they had people who know their stuff and they also sold hi fi that was pretty good, if a little flambouyant at times. all made to a high standard and by companies you had heard of, though rebadged as realistic. Tandy were rather too keen on selling a single diode in an A6 blisterpack and asking a quid for it. I used to go in for the purpose of laughing at the prices. Which isn't too far different from the way Maplin is today, in fact. +1 -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org My posts (including this one) are my copyright and if @diy_forums on Twitter wish to tweet them they can pay me £30 a post *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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In article , geoff wrote:
The truth of the matter is that we have a country that is so dumbed down that he has to aim at the lowest common denominator and people seem embarrassed at any display of scientific knowledge or intelligence. Dara seems to be someone who is bucking the trend - good luck to him Yeah, he seems geniune enough. I didn't mind his show - would have like more science but most of it was ok. My 11 year old son loved the show however... and was very interested. Guess that's a success then. Dara always comes across as friendly and appears to have a real wish to share his enthusiasm. How true that really is I don't know, but he was very good at responding to a question sent to him from my sons friend via twitter (and I'm sure he gets millions of tweets!)... could have been a lucky hit I guess, but that's two 11 year olds who spent several hours listening to science instead of playing minecraft. That's a win in my books. Darren |
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writes "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... When did you go to school though. My education was in the fifties and 60s. We did science properly when you really could burn yourself and blow up the labs.. I remember Ned Templeman (Chemistry[1]) turning from the fume cupboard, eyebrows smoking, and asking us with a grin "Alright boys, what did I do wrong *that* time?" He expected an educated guess, at the least. A *proper* inspiring teacher, and inspiring lessons! Dave H. (the other one) [1] making nitrates of certain organic alcohols, if I remember right... A gentleman named Croaker (you guessed it, Froggy) taught me a little chemistry. One day, after condensing and collecting the result of burning hydrogen in air, he asked the class how we should know it was water. After a pause, a gravelly voice from the back said, suck it and see sir! -- Tim Lamb |
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