AUcal Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, BFTD said: I fully expect to have worse said to me at my mother's funeral. Funny that the press have gone with "obscenities". There's no way this isn't getting dropped when nobody's interested anymore. They can always imply that it was at the generous request of Pronce Andrew himself. That's such a strange thing to think back on, but I think it was still happening until I was in my teens. Just the idea of the TV stations shutting down at night seems so odd now. For folk too young to remember, even after the BBC notionally turned 24-hour, they would just show pages of Teletext past a certain time of night. Teletext was...erm...like a shit internet with only one general purpose website, and instead of scrolling through articles, they would display as a series of pages, with each one appearing on screen for a set period of time. So if you clocked in at page three of ten, you had to wait for it to cycle back through to page one again. BBC2 also used to show educational programmes in the early morning hours. University students and teachers would set their video cassette recorder (kind of like a shit Sky box) to record them then watch them as part of their course, or take them in to show the kids at school. Everything was so shit that being urged to pray for the salvation of a divine monarch when the programmes finished didn't stand out as particularly weird. A season ticket holder tweeted that at their football club, after which the club phoned them to say they were never, ever welcome to watch their team or contribute money to it in any way, and they'd be telling all the other clubs to keep an eye out for them in case they tried to sneak in there too. The club were so proud of themselves that they then followed that up with a gloating letter in which they claimed they had contacted the police. Huh. Folk will occasionally post about the generally shocking state of towns in Lancashire, but it's safe to say that Preston is the biggest shithole I've ever visited, full of entire rows of empty terraced housing, piles of rubbish strewn across the pavements, and empty grocery stores with handwritten 'SEX SHOP' signs on A4 paper. I'm not saying that this has confirmed my view of the town as a backwoods post-apocalyptic nightmare populated by Hills Have Eyes-style mutant gammonmonsters, but...well, yeah, it has. Can we class this guy as a refugee? Aye I've been to Preston. I found it truly depressing (and I live in Ayr). Edited September 13, 2022 by AuAl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 ITV calling her "God's representative on Earth". Get me out of this place pronto. Surrounded by utter mentalists.I thought that was the Pope? My source is Father Crilly so I may be wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Autistisches Nilpferd said: Anyone's mental health suffering at the moment with how unimaginably shite everything is at the moment? Weirdly things like this thread have helped me to keep a grip on things Last time round for Diana it was possible to think "Has the world gone mad, or is it me?" When I took the dog for a walk by Middle Meadow walk earlier it was partly just to reassure myself that the "Massive numbers of Scottish mourners" were the exaggeration I thought they were And the dog needed a walk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Just now, 19QOS19 said: 5 minutes ago, Cardle is Magic said: ITV calling her "God's representative on Earth". Get me out of this place pronto. Surrounded by utter mentalists. I thought that was the Pope? Big team found, imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 1 minute ago, 19QOS19 said: I thought that was the Pope? My source is Father Crilly so I may be wrong. That would be an ecumenical matter 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Just now, 19QOS19 said: I thought that was the Pope? My source is Father Crilly so I may be wrong. Pope for papes. Queen for prods. It's easy, really............................... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 17 minutes ago, BFTD said: I fully expect to have worse said to me at my mother's funeral. Funny that the press have gone with "obscenities". There's no way this isn't getting dropped when nobody's interested anymore. They can always imply that it was at the generous request of Pronce Andrew himself. That's such a strange thing to think back on, but I think it was still happening until I was in my teens. Just the idea of the TV stations shutting down at night seems so odd now. For folk too young to remember, even after the BBC notionally turned 24-hour, they would just show pages of Teletext past a certain time of night. Teletext was...erm...like a shit internet with only one general purpose website, and instead of scrolling through articles, they would display as a series of pages, with each one appearing on screen for a set period of time. So if you clocked in at page three of ten, you had to wait for it to cycle back through to page one again. BBC2 also used to show educational programmes in the early morning hours. University students and teachers would set their video cassette recorder (kind of like a shit Sky box) to record them then watch them as part of their course, or take them in to show the kids at school. Everything was so shit that being urged to pray for the salvation of a divine monarch when the programmes finished didn't stand out as particularly weird. A season ticket holder tweeted that at their football club, after which the club phoned them to say they were never, ever welcome to watch their team or contribute money to it in any way, and they'd be telling all the other clubs to keep an eye out for them in case they tried to sneak in there too. The club were so proud of themselves that they then followed that up with a gloating letter in which they claimed they had contacted the police. Huh. Folk will occasionally post about the generally shocking state of towns in Lancashire, but it's safe to say that Preston is the biggest shithole I've ever visited, full of entire rows of empty terraced housing, piles of rubbish strewn across the pavements, and empty grocery stores with handwritten 'SEX SHOP' signs on A4 paper. I'm not saying that this has confirmed my view of the town as a backwoods post-apocalyptic nightmare populated by Hills Have Eyes-style mutant gammonmonsters, but...well, yeah, it has. Can we class this guy as a refugee? Preston is pish? Well that takes the biscuits. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Autistisches Nilpferd said: Anyone's mental health suffering at the moment with how unimaginably shite everything is at the moment? There have been a couple of jaw on the floor moments and I yearn for the news to have some fucking news in it but the forum has provided a very welcome catharsis. 18 minutes ago, BFTD said: You get used to it. But seriously, there are good people on here if you need to talk to someone. Very much this. Edited September 13, 2022 by williemillersmoustache 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Just now, Florentine_Pogen said: Pope for papes. Queen for prods. It's easy, really............................... The pope is the head of the Catholic church, The queen is the head of the church of England but the head of the church of Scotland is a Mister Jesus H Christ a renowned carpenter, raconteur, and conjurer from the eastern Mediterranean 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Unsure if this has been covered already, but I just read a story about how thousands of funerals have been cancelled. Actual funerals, cancelled. My god 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Any Pn'B plane geeks going to be tracking Brenda's crate to Northolt on Flightradar ? Pilot - "Birdstrike, birdstrike......Mayday, mayday, mayday......." AT Controller - "I hope they were swans........." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 26 minutes ago, Autistisches Nilpferd said: Anyone's mental health suffering at the moment with how unimaginably shite everything is at the moment? No, everything went to shite years ago. Get used to it sunshine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Back in the days before 24 hr telly and the BBC shut down at circa. 11pm, they played the Nashnull Anfem. Every fvcking night. I have said it before. I enjoyed that for all the wrong reasons. Americans love their anthem. At sporting events, they stand up, place their hand on their heart and sing it with gusto. By contrast, over here, GSTQ was mainly being played to people who had fallen asleep while watching the telly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazzyStar Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/13/scotlands-fond-farewell-queen-shows-happy-proud-british/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 RIP Flightradar. Checked half an hour ago and the most viewed flights in the world were a Turkish airlines plane sitting at the airport and a helicopter (for TV?). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Fullerene said: I have said it before. I enjoyed that for all the wrong reasons. Americans love their anthem. At sporting events, they stand up, place their hand on their heart and sing it with gusto. By contrast, over here, GSTQ was mainly being played to people who had fallen asleep while watching the telly. After Late Call on STV. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: After Late Call on STV. Epilogue on BBC. A better class of Godbotherer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Fullerene said: I have said it before. I enjoyed that for all the wrong reasons. Americans love their anthem. At sporting events, they stand up, place their hand on their heart and sing it with gusto. By contrast, over here, GSTQ was mainly being played to people who had fallen asleep while watching the telly. Yip. You used to be able to fry an egg on the back of old CRT tellies, so I always believed the blaring rendition of GSTQ at a volume level way over and above that of normal broadcasting was to awaken gin-sozzled Kincardine types from their alcohol-induced slumber and lessen the number of catastrophic small hours housefires. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Just now, Florentine_Pogen said: Epilogue on BBC. A better class of Godbotherer. The inspiration for IM Jolly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Any Pn'B plane geeks going to be tracking Brenda's crate to Northolt on Flightradar ? Pilot - "Birdstrike, birdstrike......Mayday, mayday, mayday......." AT Controller - "I hope they were swans........." ‘Mon the weegies, get those rocket launchers out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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