I don't have Netflix as I watch a lot of terrestrial tv and obviously sport on Sky. I have noticed recently that the BBC have been repeating films that they only showed 3 or 4 months ago. And these aren't your classics like Alien, Die Hard etc that seem to be shown a lot too. Just regular films that werent big box office hits.
The reason I mention it today is that tonight there are 2......one on BBC 1 & one on BBC 2. Both have been shown this year already...and probably both less than 6 months ago. The one on BBC 1 was only shown a couple of months ago and was shown a year or so before that.
Both decent films but as there are so many other films that can be shown why keeping showing the same ones ? This is not an isolated incident either. The one on the other night with Raff Spall in it was shown earlier this year & then a similar one where a couple meet on a blind date only to find they meet the wrong person.
All these films were made within the last 10 years and seem to be British made with a mainly British cast.
My cat doesn't have a shred of emotional intelligence. If you shout at him, he just thinks you're calling him. It's no use getting angry at any of his bad behaviours, 'cos he just thinks you're just inviting more of the same.
Bet the little shit does know... He just takes pleasure in annoying you.
One of my cats used to love meowing at me when I'd work at my desk, pleading to be let out, so I'd walk to the back door... Open it for them and they'd scarper - I'd go and sit back down at my desk, and they'd be sitting at the window, meowing to be let back in, only I'd open the window and they'd just sit there for a few minutes, letting the cold air into the house!!
I had a cat who did a similar thing.
She'd turn up at the back (patio) door and start to mew and claw at the door. If you ignored her she'd bury her claws in the rubber seal holding the window in. Once inside she'd go to the front door and repeat her routine.
I wouldn't have minded so much, but there was a side entrance where she could have simply walked round.
I have had cats all my married life,as many as 5 at one time.
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People nicking your personal photos without asking 😠😜😘
My cat doesn't have a shred of emotional intelligence. If you shout at him, he just thinks you're calling him. It's no use getting angry at any of his bad behaviours, 'cos he just thinks you're just inviting more of the same.
Bet the little shit does know... He just takes pleasure in annoying you.
One of my cats used to love meowing at me when I'd work at my desk, pleading to be let out, so I'd walk to the back door... Open it for them and they'd scarper - I'd go and sit back down at my desk, and they'd be sitting at the window, meowing to be let back in, only I'd open the window and they'd just sit there for a few minutes, letting the cold air into the house!!
I had a cat who did a similar thing.
She'd turn up at the back (patio) door and start to mew and claw at the door. If you ignored her she'd bury her claws in the rubber seal holding the window in. Once inside she'd go to the front door and repeat her routine.
I wouldn't have minded so much, but there was a side entrance where she could have simply walked round.
I have had cats all my married life,as many as 5 at one time.
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Actual pictorial evidence of thickandthin63/Spinster63!
People nicking your personal photos without asking 😠😜😘
personally dont think the picture does you justice
The One Show; more vanilla than Vanilla Ice eating vanilla sponge wearing a George ASDA vanilla tracksuit.
They have great guests, but the style and production are A+++++ dishwater. I'd rather spend 30 minutes listening to paint dry.
Its the same for so much stuff made by ITV and the BBC l, trying so hard not to offend the permanently offended so end up making someone that offends nobody but is utterly shite and forgettable
I disagree, I think it's because the vast majority of people are exactly as PopIcon says - vanilla. It's not the apparently offended complaining, it's the terminally dull switching off if anything at all ouside their tiny sphere of interest pops up. If it's not "reality" TV, top ten music, premier league football, uggs, sliders, crocs, shit lager, grey jogging bottoms and hoodies or fucking Greggs, they are not interested...
Maybe and there is something to be said for an overiding dullness of the nation and I use our disgracefully bland crisp stock choices as a data sample
Plain!, Salt and vinegar, cheese and onion
The Europeans laugh at our dull selection of savoury snacks and I don't blame them
And I make you right given the success of the X factor, anything with ant & dec on, I'm a celebrity get me out of here. Dull, dull, dull
And they've been voted top TV personalities for the last 20 years or so.
My cat doesn't have a shred of emotional intelligence. If you shout at him, he just thinks you're calling him. It's no use getting angry at any of his bad behaviours, 'cos he just thinks you're just inviting more of the same.
Bet the little shit does know... He just takes pleasure in annoying you.
One of my cats used to love meowing at me when I'd work at my desk, pleading to be let out, so I'd walk to the back door... Open it for them and they'd scarper - I'd go and sit back down at my desk, and they'd be sitting at the window, meowing to be let back in, only I'd open the window and they'd just sit there for a few minutes, letting the cold air into the house!!
I had a cat who did a similar thing.
She'd turn up at the back (patio) door and start to mew and claw at the door. If you ignored her she'd bury her claws in the rubber seal holding the window in. Once inside she'd go to the front door and repeat her routine.
I wouldn't have minded so much, but there was a side entrance where she could have simply walked round.
I have had cats all my married life,as many as 5 at one time.
My cat doesn't have a shred of emotional intelligence. If you shout at him, he just thinks you're calling him. It's no use getting angry at any of his bad behaviours, 'cos he just thinks you're just inviting more of the same.
Bet the little shit does know... He just takes pleasure in annoying you.
One of my cats used to love meowing at me when I'd work at my desk, pleading to be let out, so I'd walk to the back door... Open it for them and they'd scarper - I'd go and sit back down at my desk, and they'd be sitting at the window, meowing to be let back in, only I'd open the window and they'd just sit there for a few minutes, letting the cold air into the house!!
I had a cat who did a similar thing.
She'd turn up at the back (patio) door and start to mew and claw at the door. If you ignored her she'd bury her claws in the rubber seal holding the window in. Once inside she'd go to the front door and repeat her routine.
I wouldn't have minded so much, but there was a side entrance where she could have simply walked round.
I have had cats all my married life,as many as 5 at one time.
*changes user name to Spinster63
Actual pictorial evidence of thickandthin63/Spinster63!
My cat doesn't have a shred of emotional intelligence. If you shout at him, he just thinks you're calling him. It's no use getting angry at any of his bad behaviours, 'cos he just thinks you're just inviting more of the same.
Bet the little shit does know... He just takes pleasure in annoying you.
One of my cats used to love meowing at me when I'd work at my desk, pleading to be let out, so I'd walk to the back door... Open it for them and they'd scarper - I'd go and sit back down at my desk, and they'd be sitting at the window, meowing to be let back in, only I'd open the window and they'd just sit there for a few minutes, letting the cold air into the house!!
I had a cat who did a similar thing.
She'd turn up at the back (patio) door and start to mew and claw at the door. If you ignored her she'd bury her claws in the rubber seal holding the window in. Once inside she'd go to the front door and repeat her routine.
I wouldn't have minded so much, but there was a side entrance where she could have simply walked round.
I have had cats all my married life,as many as 5 at one time.
*changes user name to Spinster63
Actual pictorial evidence of thickandthin63/Spinster63!
Parking ticket machines……all seem to be different, requiring a university degree to operate. Often stuck behind folk who don’t have a clue….which are promptly followed by yours truly who in turn will hold up other poor sods.😤
Winter fuel cut to put 50,000 into poverty next year
Not a good thing - apparently 10k children have been affected similarly by the child benefit cuts. 700,000 kids were plunged into poverty by the tories and people still voted for them. Let's hope Starmer does not see that as a challenge.
The One Show; more vanilla than Vanilla Ice eating vanilla sponge wearing a George ASDA vanilla tracksuit.
They have great guests, but the style and production are A+++++ dishwater. I'd rather spend 30 minutes listening to paint dry.
Its the same for so much stuff made by ITV and the BBC l, trying so hard not to offend the permanently offended so end up making someone that offends nobody but is utterly shite and forgettable
I disagree, I think it's because the vast majority of people are exactly as PopIcon says - vanilla. It's not the apparently offended complaining, it's the terminally dull switching off if anything at all ouside their tiny sphere of interest pops up. If it's not "reality" TV, top ten music, premier league football, uggs, sliders, crocs, shit lager, grey jogging bottoms and hoodies or fucking Greggs, they are not interested...
Maybe and there is something to be said for an overiding dullness of the nation and I use our disgracefully bland crisp stock choices as a data sample
Plain!, Salt and vinegar, cheese and onion
The Europeans laugh at our dull selection of savoury snacks and I don't blame them
And I make you right given the success of the X factor, anything with ant & dec on, I'm a celebrity get me out of here. Dull, dull, dull
They seem bland, until you go into a shop and find a packet of salted cucumber and minced eyeball lays.
The One Show; more vanilla than Vanilla Ice eating vanilla sponge wearing a George ASDA vanilla tracksuit.
They have great guests, but the style and production are A+++++ dishwater. I'd rather spend 30 minutes listening to paint dry.
Its the same for so much stuff made by ITV and the BBC l, trying so hard not to offend the permanently offended so end up making someone that offends nobody but is utterly shite and forgettable
I disagree, I think it's because the vast majority of people are exactly as PopIcon says - vanilla. It's not the apparently offended complaining, it's the terminally dull switching off if anything at all ouside their tiny sphere of interest pops up. If it's not "reality" TV, top ten music, premier league football, uggs, sliders, crocs, shit lager, grey jogging bottoms and hoodies or fucking Greggs, they are not interested...
Maybe and there is something to be said for an overiding dullness of the nation and I use our disgracefully bland crisp stock choices as a data sample
Plain!, Salt and vinegar, cheese and onion
The Europeans laugh at our dull selection of savoury snacks and I don't blame them
And I make you right given the success of the X factor, anything with ant & dec on, I'm a celebrity get me out of here. Dull, dull, dull
They seem bland, until you go into a shop and find a packet of salted cucumber and minced eyeball lays.
I can imagine eating anything in your adopted homeland is like doing a bushtucker trial!
The One Show; more vanilla than Vanilla Ice eating vanilla sponge wearing a George ASDA vanilla tracksuit.
They have great guests, but the style and production are A+++++ dishwater. I'd rather spend 30 minutes listening to paint dry.
Its the same for so much stuff made by ITV and the BBC l, trying so hard not to offend the permanently offended so end up making someone that offends nobody but is utterly shite and forgettable
I disagree, I think it's because the vast majority of people are exactly as PopIcon says - vanilla. It's not the apparently offended complaining, it's the terminally dull switching off if anything at all ouside their tiny sphere of interest pops up. If it's not "reality" TV, top ten music, premier league football, uggs, sliders, crocs, shit lager, grey jogging bottoms and hoodies or fucking Greggs, they are not interested...
Maybe and there is something to be said for an overiding dullness of the nation and I use our disgracefully bland crisp stock choices as a data sample
Plain!, Salt and vinegar, cheese and onion
The Europeans laugh at our dull selection of savoury snacks and I don't blame them
And I make you right given the success of the X factor, anything with ant & dec on, I'm a celebrity get me out of here. Dull, dull, dull
They seem bland, until you go into a shop and find a packet of salted cucumber and minced eyeball lays.
Film and TV makers obsession with characters drinking whisky like water. I cant say i've ever met or really seen anyone drink whisky like they do.
Home, office, pub...doesn't matter. Having a casual conversation? sure lets whack out the whisky and pour a big one and drink it without wincing like you've just swallowed paint stripper.
Its not even dramatic effect anymore, cos literally every character of importance seems to do it.
Film and TV makers obsession with characters drinking whisky like water. I cant say i've ever met or really seen anyone drink whisky like they do.
Home, office, pub...doesn't matter. Having a casual conversation? sure lets whack out the whisky and pour a big one and drink it without wincing like you've just swallowed paint stripper.
Its not even dramatic effect anymore, cos literally every character of importance seems to do it.
Can't really say I've noticed. Perhaps all those whiskies are having an effect on my perception.
Film and TV makers obsession with characters drinking whisky like water. I cant say i've ever met or really seen anyone drink whisky like they do.
Home, office, pub...doesn't matter. Having a casual conversation? sure lets whack out the whisky and pour a big one and drink it without wincing like you've just swallowed paint stripper.
Its not even dramatic effect anymore, cos literally every character of importance seems to do it.
I've noticed that. Especially in American TV shows like Yellowstone. I absolutely hate whisky
Film and TV makers obsession with characters drinking whisky like water. I cant say i've ever met or really seen anyone drink whisky like they do.
Home, office, pub...doesn't matter. Having a casual conversation? sure lets whack out the whisky and pour a big one and drink it without wincing like you've just swallowed paint stripper.
Its not even dramatic effect anymore, cos literally every character of importance seems to do it.
I've noticed that. Especially in American TV shows like Yellowstone. I absolutely hate whisky
Parking ticket machines……all seem to be different, requiring a university degree to operate. Often stuck behind folk who don’t have a clue….which are promptly followed by yours truly who in turn will hold up other poor sods.😤
It’s not so much this for me but it should be legal to not have to pay if the cheap fuckers install an ABCD…. keyboard or any other keyboard instead of QWERTY as fucked if I’m trying to find my number plate with that shit
Parking ticket machines……all seem to be different, requiring a university degree to operate. Often stuck behind folk who don’t have a clue….which are promptly followed by yours truly who in turn will hold up other poor sods.😤
It’s not so much this for me but it should be legal to not have to pay if the cheap fuckers install an ABCD…. keyboard or any other keyboard instead of QWERTY as fucked if I’m trying to find my number plate with that shit
I absolutely hate that money grabbing shit where tickets are not transferrable. I've paid for a parking space, it's none of their concern which car is on it. Their grasping behaviour robs us of two great pleasures in life, being given someone else's ticket and playing the good samaritan by giving one away. Also, the ones that I use are always so slow to register, that I start typing the number in again and then it all gets rejected. I expect there are more important things for government to be getting on with, but I really wish there was a big shake up of car parking in this country.
On the subject of robbing bastard car parks, had a thing on ringgo today which I've never seen before. I parked up and went onto the app, it said it would put a hold on my card, petrol pump style, for the maximum charge (£4.20 for 24 hours) and I could go on the app to tell it when I had left to get the actual charge. Left after 3 hours thinking I'd get a couple of quid back but got the reduced fee of just £4.10
Film and TV makers obsession with characters drinking whisky like water. I cant say i've ever met or really seen anyone drink whisky like they do.
Home, office, pub...doesn't matter. Having a casual conversation? sure lets whack out the whisky and pour a big one and drink it without wincing like you've just swallowed paint stripper.
Its not even dramatic effect anymore, cos literally every character of importance seems to do it.
Thats made me chuckle, can I add. When an important bit of dialogue is about to happen. Oen character will turn their back to the other, pour the whiskey always from a decanter unless a big fat fuck off product placement fee has been agreed, then turns to begin the conversation
Its as if workplaces all have minibars in the bosses office. I worked for a guy once who eventually got pensioned off and he always had a bottle of Bushmills in his desk drawer but that was down to chronic alcoholism rather than his need for a drink after a frustrating day fighting crime
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I don't have Netflix as I watch a lot of terrestrial tv and obviously sport on Sky. I have noticed recently that the BBC have been repeating films that they only showed 3 or 4 months ago. And these aren't your classics like Alien, Die Hard etc that seem to be shown a lot too. Just regular films that werent big box office hits.
The reason I mention it today is that tonight there are 2......one on BBC 1 & one on BBC 2. Both have been shown this year already...and probably both less than 6 months ago. The one on BBC 1 was only shown a couple of months ago and was shown a year or so before that.
Both decent films but as there are so many other films that can be shown why keeping showing the same ones ? This is not an isolated incident either. The one on the other night with Raff Spall in it was shown earlier this year & then a similar one where a couple meet on a blind date only to find they meet the wrong person.
All these films were made within the last 10 years and seem to be British made with a mainly British cast.
Is this a cost cutting exercise ???
Often stuck behind folk who don’t have a clue….which are promptly followed by yours truly who in turn will hold up other poor sods.😤
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/child-poverty-tories-uk-dwp/
Home, office, pub...doesn't matter. Having a casual conversation? sure lets whack out the whisky and pour a big one and drink it without wincing like you've just swallowed paint stripper.
Its not even dramatic effect anymore, cos literally every character of importance seems to do it.
Its as if workplaces all have minibars in the bosses office. I worked for a guy once who eventually got pensioned off and he always had a bottle of Bushmills in his desk drawer but that was down to chronic alcoholism rather than his need for a drink after a frustrating day fighting crime