"Car booty" for vette accessories.
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Just watching a programme on BBC1 called "Car Booty" where house owners have a clear out under the supervision of specialists to raise money for slected things,today programme centres on a woman in Essex that wants to raise some £££££'s for.............accessories for her silver C3 vette....
Gixer said:
yeah, I caught the end of one last week. Sold 3 family medals earnt in the 1st world war amongst other thing I would never have considered selling at any price....and for what a trip to the Eden project and a meal afterwards - what a waste of time
Bet the guy who fought for those medals would like that if he knew his medals were sold off for a meal to some poxy project and a dinner that ultimately got flushed down the sewer.
Remind me to fight in a war sometime so my efforts can be turned into t*rds...!
malc350 said:
Funny those programs - often someone has to sell a few items to raise £500 for a weekend away or something as they're short of cash. And guess what they're living in a £500,000+ house...
Yea ive noticed that,maybe its all done for the fame,the lady on todays programme used the money,£500 for a rack on the back,an ariel and a polish.
The 3 medals got around 60 quid from memory - what a.........
Same woman was also going to put in her mothers or Grans (or both I guess) engagement and wedding rings but pulled them out at the last minute. Left other similar bits in though.
Crap 'fly on the wall' TV at its best. Trouble is this daytime garbage has now taken over peak viewing time - thats why I tend not to watch TV.
.....and to go to the Eden project
A day out picking litter at the side of a motorway would be more interesting
Same woman was also going to put in her mothers or Grans (or both I guess) engagement and wedding rings but pulled them out at the last minute. Left other similar bits in though.
Crap 'fly on the wall' TV at its best. Trouble is this daytime garbage has now taken over peak viewing time - thats why I tend not to watch TV.
.....and to go to the Eden project
A day out picking litter at the side of a motorway would be more interestingOoh err. Of to Badger cottage in Devon on Friday and planning to go to Eden next week. No backing out, wifee bough the tickets on the internet yesterday. Guess I had better look out for some litter on the way. Still the good news is I only had to sell a couple of my early Jefferson Airplane LPs to get the dosh
Gixer said:
Crap 'fly on the wall' TV at its best. Trouble is this daytime garbage has now taken over peak viewing time - thats why I tend not to watch TV.
It gets worse...with total PAP like "only fools on horses" which though I haven't watched it I guess it's something like "celebs attempt to ride a horse and look stupid" (?)
What a total insult TV is becoming and what a moneyspinner for SKY and others, recycling the same programs night after night.
Next month my SKY subscription runs out and I'm gonna tell 'em to POKE IT!
malc350 said:
Gixer said:
Crap 'fly on the wall' TV at its best. Trouble is this daytime garbage has now taken over peak viewing time - thats why I tend not to watch TV.
It gets worse...with total PAP like "only fools on horses" which though I haven't watched it I guess it's something like "celebs attempt to ride a horse and look stupid" (?)
What a total insult TV is becoming and what a moneyspinner for SKY and others, recycling the same programs night after night.
Next month my SKY subscription runs out and I'm gonna tell 'em to POKE IT!
Its just as bad on terrestrial TV,i do find cash in the attic programmes and the like OK as at best it gives ideas and can be interesting and atleast people that take part seem calm and real.
Its these bloody Big Brother shows that irritate me where people seem to put 'the act' on and are totaly hyper and unreal,but then look at it from the TV's point of view,its less actors to pay for the old type shows.
Soaps arent my thing and i accept they entertain other people but its amazing how many people view them as real,bit like sitting at home and believing day after day what the sun reports on
I would like to see more on,history,Geography,renovation(not just of homes),imformative programmes and the like of "Sharp" etc.
Porn channel wouldnt go amiss either
Yeah we have thought of getting rid of Sky - we never watch it. All we want is the discovery channels, National geographic and the like but you can't get them on their own you have to get a package with all the crap that goes with it.
Whatever happened to comedy? When I was growing up thats all that was on. Loads of stand up stuff as well. Suppose these days comedy would be near on imposible to write as every gag would upset some minority somewhere and just think about the cost, they would have to pay script writers, set builders, actors.........and no premium phone numbers to cast votes durring the program either.
Whatever happened to comedy? When I was growing up thats all that was on. Loads of stand up stuff as well. Suppose these days comedy would be near on imposible to write as every gag would upset some minority somewhere and just think about the cost, they would have to pay script writers, set builders, actors.........and no premium phone numbers to cast votes durring the program either.
Gixer said:
Whatever happened to comedy? When I was growing up thats all that was on. Loads of stand up stuff as well. Suppose these days comedy would be near on imposible to write as every gag would upset some minority somewhere
I never really noticed that till you mentioned it brett,your right though when you consider that most comedians of the time used to have their own shows.
Another casualty of the PC and claim brigade.
ZR1cliff said:
Soaps arent my thing and i accept they entertain other people but its amazing how many people view them as real,bit like sitting at home and believing day after day what the sun reports on
I would like to see more on,history,Geography,renovation(not just of homes),imformative programmes and the like of "Sharp" etc.
Porn channel wouldnt go amiss either
I would like to see more on,history,Geography,renovation(not just of homes),imformative programmes and the like of "Sharp" etc.
Porn channel wouldnt go amiss either
Agree about the soaps, endemic of a tabloid culture, loved Sharp, interesting take on the Napolionic wars and the lifestyle of the soldiers of the day. Not to mention the introduction of the Baker rifle which changed the way battles were fought, from massed ranks with muskets facing each other across a field to a skirmishing style of fighting much of which remains with armies today.
In Moscow I have Cosmos cable TV which gives me BBC World, BBC Prime, Sky News, discovery channels, Motors and a couple of movie channels. I have to watch the F1 GP's in Russian though, which is a bit of a pain as its a constant monologue at high speed (and thats just the cars!
). I even have a porn channel, from midnight to 6am or thereabouts, I dont often see it though since I'm usually in the land of nod by that time!Digital freeview is the way forward, especially for some of the comedy on BBC3 and BBC4 - some more minority stuff of which some is quite good.
Only reason I'd recommend it though is that it is cheap, and hence value for money is acceptable. In absolute terms, I'd say 'it ain't as good as the good old days'
Only reason I'd recommend it though is that it is cheap, and hence value for money is acceptable. In absolute terms, I'd say 'it ain't as good as the good old days'
I'll never take a day off again!!!
Just switched on the TV and there's a program with Fern Britton where they've got nothing better to do than go on about Reflexolgy, Diets, "change the person you are from within"
Fock me, what torture could be worse than being forced to watch this S H I T E ???????????
Just switched on the TV and there's a program with Fern Britton where they've got nothing better to do than go on about Reflexolgy, Diets, "change the person you are from within"
Fock me, what torture could be worse than being forced to watch this S H I T E ???????????
malc350 said:
I'll never take a day off again!!!
Just switched on the TV and there's a program with Fern Britton where they've got nothing better to do than go on about Reflexolgy, Diets, "change the person you are from within"
Fock me, what torture could be worse than being forced to watch this S H I T E ???????????
Just switched on the TV and there's a program with Fern Britton where they've got nothing better to do than go on about Reflexolgy, Diets, "change the person you are from within"
Fock me, what torture could be worse than being forced to watch this S H I T E ???????????
Because each and everyone of us is special
By jove its good to have a good moan.
Edited by ZR1cliff on Wednesday 12th July 14:23
Think about it though. When I was a lad, there were big chunks of the day when there was NO telly. Nothing in the morning, not much during the day bar Watch with Mother and maybe horse racing (there he goes, the grey jockey wearing the grey shirt with grey hoops on the grey horse). Other than that, it was the test card. TV companies had money to fill a few prime-time hours so spent it on quality entertainment (in the days before big salaries for showbiz types too). Now they have less money and 24 hours of papp to fill. The result is very few quality programmes at all and a disease of Z-list celebrities who are as thick as curdled milk with nothing interesting to say.
Then again, it's all or nothing. Last night we had "Medium" on which is quality US drama but E4 have decided to get in on the act with "The Ghost Whisperer" which is pretty much the same concept. So they put them both on, on the same day at the same time. Meantime I have to tape Lost because it's on at 11:00 because of that Big Brother excremental vomit appealing to the unibrain-celled morass of chavs who think watching nothing happen is really good. It's for people who want to be part of a group of losers on the TV because they haven't got any friends.
Now tonight through to Friday there'll be fack all on and I'll end up watching The Clangers on Nick Jr again. Even when there is something good on, I guarantee I'll miss it as I haven't got time to search through all the Sky listings frame by frame and hour by hour and the TV guides are rubbish and don't have half of them. So what happens? You end up trying to catch or accidentally catching epeats which you catch in the wrong order. Worse still, they have the previous series playing at the same time so in ine, Malcolm In The Middle is broaching manhood and in the next, he's about 8. Home Improvement is another abc1 example where the kids grow and shrink with random alacrity.
The Sky listings are also crap at helping you workl out which series they're actually showing so I understand there's a new series of Scrubs on somewhere but I have no idea when or where because the listing will say something general applicable to every episode ever made.
No wonder I went out and fitted my shift light last night.
Then again, it's all or nothing. Last night we had "Medium" on which is quality US drama but E4 have decided to get in on the act with "The Ghost Whisperer" which is pretty much the same concept. So they put them both on, on the same day at the same time. Meantime I have to tape Lost because it's on at 11:00 because of that Big Brother excremental vomit appealing to the unibrain-celled morass of chavs who think watching nothing happen is really good. It's for people who want to be part of a group of losers on the TV because they haven't got any friends.
Now tonight through to Friday there'll be fack all on and I'll end up watching The Clangers on Nick Jr again. Even when there is something good on, I guarantee I'll miss it as I haven't got time to search through all the Sky listings frame by frame and hour by hour and the TV guides are rubbish and don't have half of them. So what happens? You end up trying to catch or accidentally catching epeats which you catch in the wrong order. Worse still, they have the previous series playing at the same time so in ine, Malcolm In The Middle is broaching manhood and in the next, he's about 8. Home Improvement is another abc1 example where the kids grow and shrink with random alacrity.
The Sky listings are also crap at helping you workl out which series they're actually showing so I understand there's a new series of Scrubs on somewhere but I have no idea when or where because the listing will say something general applicable to every episode ever made.
No wonder I went out and fitted my shift light last night.
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