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Re: Come and give us your Unpopular Opinion....

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Postby bungeejumper » May 22nd, 2021, 4:06 pm

It's lovely to see the Eurovision Song Contest back on our screens again. Good honest family entertainment that harks back to an era of simplicity, when we had all those nice bouncy tunes and everybody smiled all the time, and the world was happy.

BJ

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Postby AleisterCrowley » May 22nd, 2021, 7:51 pm

UncleEbenezer wrote:
AleisterCrowley wrote:Well, I did say 'most white wine' :)
I actually have a bottle of NZ Sauv. Blanc here ("The Ned") which can be OK
I've found that I prefer the German whites (Riesling etc) - and the best white wine I ever had was actually brought back from Germany, rather than being bought in the UK. I suspect they hang on to the good stuff...

Whereas many dry white wines are great, Sauvignon Blanc is disgusting sickly stuff. The Liebfraumilch of our times.


There are some good SBs - Cloudy Bay (apparently) and The Ned. There are also plenty of awful ones.
The Ned is the only one I'll ever buy and I don't find it sickly.
Waitrose sell it !
https://www.waitrosecellar.com/marlboro ... gnon-blanc

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Postby csearle » May 22nd, 2021, 8:16 pm

jfgw wrote:It was indeed Sunny Chelmsford. I hope to be back there in the summer of 2022.
One my friends runs it. She is the one strolling around with a kind of headset on. :)

She told me last time that the ciders available were growing year on year at a remarkable pace.

I almost always find a way to attend at some point. Although it is important not to leave it to the weekend as only the local breweries are able to restock. :)

Chris

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Postby AleisterCrowley » May 22nd, 2021, 8:42 pm

bungeejumper wrote:It's lovely to see the Eurovision Song Contest back on our screens again. Good honest family entertainment that harks back to an era of simplicity, when we had all those nice bouncy tunes and everybody smiled all the time, and the world was happy.

BJ



Schlager. That's what it is

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Postby AleisterCrowley » May 22nd, 2021, 8:53 pm

(Greek?) I was just watching a clip accidentally. Hmmmmm

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Postby AleisterCrowley » May 22nd, 2021, 8:59 pm

"I like the Greek entry"
Can I say that? Ooh Matron

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Postby UncleEbenezer » May 22nd, 2021, 9:00 pm

Snorvey wrote:The wife can tell when I'm ogling. My head lifts up from the phone screen and the specs come down off the top of head.

Women can always tell ...
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Postby Redmires » May 22nd, 2021, 10:24 pm

UncleEbenezer wrote:
Snorvey wrote:The wife can tell when I'm ogling. My head lifts up from the phone screen and the specs come down off the top of head.

Women can always tell ...

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Postby bungeejumper » May 23rd, 2021, 9:27 am

I don't think I've survived a Eurovision evening since 1971, when Britain's entry was something called Jack in the Box. I was in Berlin at the time, and it was clear that the Germans thought it was kind of catchy. Their cover version, "Der schwarze Mann auf dem Dach" ("the black man on the roof") was an instant smash hit, but for some reason it seems to have been erased from musical history. ;)

AleisterCrowley wrote:Schlager. That's what it is

Indeed so. Might be Schtella Artoisch, might be Foschtersch. Not my taschte anyway.

BJ

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Postby jfgw » July 26th, 2021, 9:44 pm

2001: A Space Odyssey could be cut to about 10 minutes without losing any meaning.


Julian F. G. W.

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Postby doolally » July 26th, 2021, 9:48 pm

jfgw wrote:2001: A Space Odyssey could be cut to about 10 minutes without losing any meaning.


Julian F. G. W.

Life could be cut to 10 minutes without losing any meaning :shock:

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Postby Mike4 » July 26th, 2021, 10:03 pm

jfgw wrote:2001: A Space Odyssey could be cut to about 10 minutes without losing any meaning.


Julian F. G. W.


Same applies to most films I've ever seen....

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Postby tjh290633 » July 26th, 2021, 11:09 pm

I think it was "Does the Team Think" when they had to summarise a play briefly, when the subject was "Waiting for Godot".

"Has he come yet?"

"No".

TJH

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Postby kiloran » July 26th, 2021, 11:37 pm

tjh290633 wrote:I think it was "Does the Team Think" when they had to summarise a play briefly, when the subject was "Waiting for Godot".

"Has he come yet?"

"No".

TJH

Sounds more like Sound Charades from I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue

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Postby Watis » July 27th, 2021, 8:53 am

Mike4 wrote:
jfgw wrote:2001: A Space Odyssey could be cut to about 10 minutes without losing any meaning.


Julian F. G. W.


Same applies to most films I've ever seen....


And the TV show 'Deal Or No Deal' could be reduced from 45 minutes to 45 seconds. Just choose a box, open it, and see what you've won.

Watis

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Postby Leothebear » July 27th, 2021, 9:39 am

Watis wrote:
Mike4 wrote:
jfgw wrote:2001: A Space Odyssey could be cut to about 10 minutes without losing any meaning.


Julian F. G. W.


Same applies to most films I've ever seen....


And the TV show 'Deal Or No Deal' could be reduced from 45 minutes to 45 seconds. Just choose a box, open it, and see what you've won.

Watis


Why not improve the thing exponentially by reducing those 45 seconds to zero seconds?

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Postby monabri » July 27th, 2021, 9:59 am

tjh290633 wrote:I think it was "Does the Team Think" when they had to summarise a play briefly, when the subject was "Waiting for Godot".

"Has he come yet?"

"No".

TJH


Bloke writes boring play in a foreign language....he was much better in "Quantum Leap"!

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Postby 88V8 » June 20th, 2022, 4:24 pm

Snorvey wrote:Buses are horrible inside and out.

Bring back the Routemaster with the open rear platform. And have them not stop at stops but driver past very slowly so fat people can't manage to get on.

There's a vintage bus rally on the Isle of Wight... https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/20129867.isle-wight-vintage-bus-event-rydabus-back-2022/ we used to go on a Routemaster from a bus museum in Surrey. The heating didn't work, a bit parky.

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Postby CliffEdge » June 20th, 2022, 6:10 pm

I hate the RMT

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Postby stewamax » June 20th, 2022, 9:29 pm

CliffEdge wrote:I hate the RMT

Is that an UNpopular opinion?
The average tube driver's base salary is £55K, plus overtime and benefits worth another £20K or so.

I would force them to de-train and retrain to take nurses' pay and jobs - and in hospitals these are typically 12 hour shifts - particularly those in A&E who have to handle the drunks, knifings, sh*t, vomit and death. And, after five or more years experience, have the privilege of being paid between £31K and £39K.

RMT's Mick Lynch well knows that the slope is getting progressively slippery: that driving itself can be automated - vide the Docklands Light Railway.
Nursing cannot.


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