tamthebam Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 13 hours ago, scottsdad said: New mermaid statue in Italy. A mermaid statue and, to paraphrase Billy Connolly, a bike rack as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 18 hours ago, BTFD said: Aye, that's an even broader issue than computer games - people/companies having the ability to hit the kill switch on digital property. There have been so many games already that "sold" digital items and no longer exist because it stopped being profitable. You're always, always just buying the right to access things for as long as the providers decide you can. Years ago, there was a Steam-style storefront that mainly sold games from smaller, independent creators (I forget the name of it now). It wasn't hugely popular and the company behind it eventually folded, with everybody losing the games they'd bought through it. It'll inevitably happen to a bigger service someday, and it's not just an issue about losing our own "property". I'm not a massive fan of Netflix's own content, for example, but when their credit dries up and it has to close, we could end up back in a similar situation to the pre-home video era: hundreds of film/shows that become unavailable, with third parties left to create archives for future use. It actually happened here in the Philippines, at least in part. Discovery + ceased transmitting here from May 1 with no prior warning - just knew about it when I got an error message on the screen and went online to find out why and saw they had discontinued the service. Apparently I will get a pro-rata refund for my year's subscription. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 8 hours ago, tamthebam said: A mermaid statue and, to paraphrase Billy Connolly, a bike rack as well. Looks like it could be 2 bike racks, to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 NGL. Loved seeing Michael Keaton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 As a parallel to the Taxidermy thread maybe someone should start a ‘Tattooing is Dead Easy’ thread? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 59 minutes ago, scottsdad said: @throbber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Just seen a South African investment fund manager interviewed on Sky. Poor bugger's called Fani Titi. Life, and parents can be so cruel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, Thane of Cawdor said: Just seen a South African investment fund manager interviewed on Sky. Poor bugger's called Fani Titi. Life, and parents can be so cruel. This the lad? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledo Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 18 minutes ago, Swarley said: This the lad? Nah different Fani Titi I Think. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 19 minutes ago, Swarley said: This the lad? It is, indeed. Seems to be coping well with his unsympathetic misnomers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 To add to the is it a chipper or chippy debate passed this place earlier today. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 34 minutes ago, Eednud said: To add to the is it a chipper or chippy debate passed this place earlier today. That is a fence-sitter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Eednud said: To add to the is it a chipper or chippy debate passed this place earlier today. So close. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: So close. It is if you live in Port Adelaide. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSJ.84 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 4 hours ago, Thane of Cawdor said: Just seen a South African investment fund manager interviewed on Sky. Poor bugger's called Fani Titi. Life, and parents can be so cruel. Used to know somebody called Michael Robert Brian Johnson. He was never best pleased that his parents never gave his initials much thought… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 On 17/05/2023 at 11:18, Boghead ranter said: 40 mins, no wid. Wid. No, I think it's a different material mate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledo Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 19 minutes ago, PSJ.84 said: Used to know somebody called Michael Robert Brian Johnson. He was never best pleased that his parents never gave his initials much thought… Other than being Mr BJ. That's the almost the most dull 4 names you could get as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSJ.84 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, thistledo said: Other than being Mr BJ. That's the almost the most dull 4 names you could get as well. Hadn’t even thought of that - suits him perfectly! Edited May 18, 2023 by PSJ.84 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Regarding boring names - I used to know a lad called David who had two brothers. Stephen and John. Stephen, John & David. Why even bother giving them names at all if that's all the effort you're going to put into it. With apologies to all the Stephens, Johns and Davids of P&B. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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