Info and forum posts by 'Shaun P'

RE: Valentine poem help

Couldn`t resist un-lurking myself to post a reply to this one...

Quote:
Emma, Emma, please don`t leave
you`ll be very sadly missed
Every night I`ll have to grieve
if you`re not there to get me p***ed

Long hair, pretty, lots of fun!
round and round that bar you dash
I`ll get mint sauce by the ton
if I get chance to see your gash?

They say I`m a poet, although I don`t know it.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 11th February 2004, 13:36

RE: Neighbours scriptwriters - comedy Geniuses!! (long one)

Excellent - they seem funnier written down than when they`re delivered on screen. I`ve heard at least 5 of those quotes, and didn`t spot the humour first time around...

They missed my favourite, though, either by or to Toady:

Tell me, when your world was destroyed, did any more of your people survive?

RE: Is it rude to stick your middle finger up at a mobile speed camera? (I wasnt speeding)

Surprised no-one has posted this website - the Association of British Drivers (if the link doesn`t work, just google it). Contains lods of info about types of speed cameras, locations etc.

I have a theory... put every speed limit up by 10 miles an hour, except built-up areas and near schools, which should be dropped by 10 mph. Abandon the speed limit on motorways as in Germany. Then make the penalty for your first speeding offence a 1 year ban and a £500 fine. Second offence = 5 year ban and £1000 fine, third offence life ban. Hands up who would speed then - I wouldn`t.

Or, as Jeremy Clarkson said, ban seatbelts, and attach a foot-long metal spike to the steering wheel of ever car...

RE: What is the best player for under 50 quid...?

The Richer Sounds machine is the SD230E, and according to another thread (looking for a DVD player around the £60 mark), the Pioneer DV360, also from Richer Sounds at £60, is a better machine.

Funnily enough, that`s what I`m buying for my in-laws...

RE: Looking for a DVD player for around £60

Thanks, guys - I`ll probably go for the Pioneer - although knowing Richer Sounds, they probably won`t have any in stock...

Cheers,

Shaun

Looking for a DVD player for around £60

I`m looking for a DVD player around the £60 mark for an Xmas present. It`s for someone who`s not had a player before, so I don`t want a really cheap, unkown, flaky machine (like the Himage I bought a couple of years ago...).

Richer Sounds have got the Toshiba SD230, the Pioneer DV360 and the Mitsubishi BD48, all at £60. I`m leaning towards the Tosh - it got some great reviews when it came out. It`s not multi-region, but I don`t think that will matter so much.

Any ideas, comments or alternatives glady accepted!

Cheers,

Shaun

RE: wooden flooring

Laying click floring is a piece of p155. Underlay is definately the way to go - as well as being insulating, it`s more forgiving than hardboard. Make sure the floor is perfectly flat, though, and make sure there are no nailheads sticking up etc.

Buy a fitting kit from wherever you get your floring from. You`ll get some spacers, a block to hammer against so you don`t damage the edge of the floring, and a funny half-swastika-shaped tool for knocking the last few boards together. The spacers are essential for around the edge of the room - you need to leave a gap (1-2cm) all the way around the edge to allow the floor to expand; if you don`t, the floor will buckle when the weather gets hot.

Have fun!

RE: Spooks

Match of the Day. What a complete waste of taxpayers (i.e. my) money. Yaawwwnnnnn

RE: Hotmail deactivation!!!!!

Not got one of those - just checked - but yes, it sounds as suspicious as you can get...

RE: Spooks

Hmmm... mistral - I guess as you know about the swim, you watched it... have you nothing better to do than watch a program that you think is rubbish...

Spooks is excellent, IMO - the best thing on TV at the moment (or it was, until it finished!). Roll on next year!

RE: Photography

I bought a Minolta Dynax 404si a year or so ago for around £180. It has a 28-80mm lens, and is an excellent SLR. There are various automatic modes, but then you can also set it to either partial manual or full manual mode. It`s ideal if you want to start learning particular aspects slowly - I usually use it in auto mode, but then occasionally use the manual mode if I want to experiment with a particular shot. The best of both worlds, really.

Any of the other `main` SLRs have similar features - I was originally after a Canon around the same price point, but they discontinued it just before I bought the Minolta...

I`d avoid digital for now. I reckon that to get a digital camera that gives you the same quality as a film camera, you need to multiply the price of the film camera anywhere between 3 and 5 times.

RE: Help and Advice Needed Please

neal73 is right - they`re required by law to repair items if they fail within `an acceptable period of time`. You can quite legally take them to the small claims court for compensation if they refuse to come good.

The TV story is a good one - I wonder how much they would have stuck to their guns if you had told them you would take out a large advert in the local press announcing that the TVs they sell are only expected to last one session...

RE: English...very strange language !!!

Oh, there are so many of these...

`Cheap at half the price`. Yes, well, it bloody should be. `Cheap at twice the price` - now that would be a bargain.

`A fine tooth comb`. What`s all that about? How many people comb their teeth? Try `Fine-toothed comb`. Duh!

And then if we`re really getting on to how ridiculous our fine language is, how do you pronounce though, bough, tough and trough. Aaargh!

Shaun

This item was edited on Wednesday, 30th July 2003, 15:20

RE: BTTF III - Replacement Discs

This is probably a silly question... how do you know which version of the disks you have? Is it on the box? If I go down to HMV, or order from Play etc, how do I know I`ve got the V3 disks as opposed to either of the previous two cockups?

RE: Travel Insurance - Any Recommendations?

Try www.atlasdirect.net - they won a Which? Magazine Best Buy award a couple of months ago (they check the level of cover etc. and took that into account with the price). We got insurance for a 10-day trip to Spain for £11.77 each.

Gosure are also supposed to be pretty good.

Shaun

RE: What are the best episodes from `The Simpsons`?

The best ones have to be:

Sherry Bobbins - classic Mary Poppins rip!

El Mysterioso Viaje de Homer - where homer goes to the chilli cook-off and eats the Guatemalan Insanity Peppers in Chief Wiggum`s chilli

The one where Mr Burns tries to by Santa`s Little Helper`s puppies to make a dog-skin coat to had to his clothes collection (with a classic rendition of `See My Vest` to the tune of `Be My Guest`).

And finally, my all time favourite clip - in the episode where Bart gets a sugar rush after drinking an all-syrup squishy. He joins the adventure scouts... cut to later, where Bart comments that the knots Itchy uses to tie Scratchy up wouldn`t have been the best knots to use... Lisa comments that cartoons don`t have to be realistic, just as Homer, who`s sitting on the settee, also walks past the window... blink and you miss it, but it is *soooo* clever... :)

Shaun

RE: Spooks draws record complaints

Mike

Interesting point... but the problem is that people who complain aren`t just expressing a `causally inert` opinion - they tend to be self-appointed moral guardians who think they can tell Joe Public what to watch, and that`s what hacks me off. I have a strong dislike of any kind of religious programme, but I don`t complain about them trying to convert me to Christianity - I just don`t watch them. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I dont` see why anyone has the right to try and impose their opinion about anything - be it sex, religion, violence or bunny rabbits - on the rest of us.

The episode in question was screened at 9pm, but the scene in question was around 10 minutes from the end, so it was well after the watershed.

Shaun

Spooks draws record complaints

From the BBC website, 17/7/03

Quote:
An episode of BBC drama Spooks drew the most complaints from viewers during the last year, the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has said in its annual report.
A scene where a woman was tortured by having her head plunged into a vat of boiling oil drew 154 complaints for Spooks, a series based around a trio of MI5 agents fighting terrorism in the UK.

For God`s sake, why don`t people GET A F***ING LIFE! If people don`t want to watch stuff like that, then they shouldn`t bloody turn it on in the first place. They often warn about `violence and disturbing scenes` etc. before the program starts, so why don`t these namby pamby do-gooders take their own advice and TURN IT OFF!!!

Spooks is one of the best programmes to come from the BBC in a lot of years...

Sorry.. rant off... and to say I normally only lurk... :)


Shaun P

RE: looking for cheap camera extras

7dayshop.com are good for accessories, but mainly small stuff - flashes, films, tripods etc.

I got a good lens for my Minolta SLR on eBay - be careful, though! Jessops are good for lenses, too, and they have a decent secondhand selection.

RE: LEON on telly tonight...No spoilers

I`ll second that! The R1 directors cut makes an excellent film even better!

This film is excellent on so many levels... action sequences, plot, acting, direction, music... the directors cut develops the characters of Leon and Mathilda and the interaction between them much more than the butchered... erm, I mean original version.

RE: Yahoo Scam

It sounds like a version of the eBay scam that`s reared it`s head a few times over the last year or two. Ignore it!

RE: Tonights` Spooks. How good was that?!!!!

Excellent prog! I was really p***ed off last night when I realised the program I`d looked forward too all night I`d actually seen the week before on BBC3. Oh well...

Thought this series started a bit weak compared to the first, but it`s getting better and better, now. But why oh why is there only 6 episodes???

Shaun

RE: Door 2 Door salesmen.. ESPECIALLY ELECTRICITY / GAS companies

The best way to get rid of the JWs is to tell them that you give blood. Bye...

I don`t mind the charity callers quite so much, as they`re doing it for a good cause, but I usually just tell them we concentrate on raising money for one particular charity (which is true, actually, but if you have no morals, feel free to use this as a lie :)

As for the rest of them... I think I`m just far too polite. But if you think about it, it`s only some poor scrote trying to earna living - it`s their bosses that are the real parasites, so I tend to keep it fairly polite.

Oh, and what do you called a Jehovah`s Witness with no eyes.... Jehovah.

RE: Barcelona - where to stay, what to do???

Look at www.holidaytruths.co.uk - you`ll find some good, impartial advice in the Costa Brava forum.

Montserrat is a must-see place. It`s a Monestary half way up a mountain a short drive or train ride from Barcelona (there`s a train station within walking distance). There`s also Port Aventura (at Salou) an hour or so South - this is the Universal Studios theme park. Looks excellent, but when we stayed on this coast we were a couple of hours North of Barca, so we didn`t make it that far down.

Have a good trip... :)

Shaun

This item was edited on Thursday, 3rd July 2003, 12:12

RE: New PC reccomendations please!

Yeah, don`t use Time - I`d agree wholeheartedly with that. Apart from their machines being only average (not crap, but not exactly top of the range for the money), they usually get slated for service and support whenever any of the trade rags do a survey.

Mesh are pretty good at the moment, as are Carrera. Have a look at PC-Pro`s website (www.pcpro.co.uk) - they have an `A-list of best reccommended machines, peripherals etc. One of the categories is `PC for under £800`.

RE: Redundancy Pay

That`s minimum redundancy pay... I was made redundant a few years ago, and I got 1 months pay for every year of service on top of the government minimum amount. I suppose it depends who you work for.

RE: It`s just wrong

The one with the ones works for any number of ones - 111 * 111, 111111111 * 111111111 etc.

Try this:

142857 * 1 = 142857
142857 * 2 = 285714 (the same numbers in the same order, if you start with the 5th digit and wrap around)
142857 * 3 = 428571 (ditto from the 6th digit)
etc
until:
142857 * 7 = 999999

And the winter nights just fly past :)

RE: Mobile blues :-(

Check your terms and conditions, and the opriginal bumph you signed. Some operator impose a £100 (or whatever) credit limit, but they don`t always stick to it. If that`s the case, you can at least claim you should only pay the £100.

RE: Oblivion - Alton Towers

I think the first (OK, only) drop on Oblivion is probably the best single drop I`ve been on. The wierdest thing about it is looking down and not seeing where the track goes... The first drop on The Big One is also pretty good. The reason the US coasters beat it is length, mainly (yeah, while on the subject of sex.. .:-)

The Hulk at Universal in Florida is the Biz. You get half way up the slope at the start, and the f****r accelerates you up so you`re upside down at the top of the very first drop. Wicked! I didn`t rate Kraken particularly - no better than Nemesis IMO. Rockin Rollercoaster was exactly that - rockin! I`m an Aerosmith fan, though, so that helped :).

Where the US really wins is the water rides - UK-style rollercoatser drops in a boat. In 90 degree heat. Oh yes!

RE: Whats your favourite movie quote?

Forgot these...

T2 - "Anyone not wearing factor 2 million sunblock is going to have a really bad day" - Sarah Connor explaining how to survive the forthcoming holocaust :)

T2 / Waynes World - "Have you seen this boy" - Robert Patrick

T2 - "Cool, a real live terminator" - John Connor

T2 - "Who`s the dips*** now, you god-damn jock douche-bag" - John Connor

The Abyss - "God, I hate that bitch." (Brigman about Lyndsay)
"Probably shouldn`t have married her, then, huh?" (Rat boy - OK, so I can`t remember the charcater`s name...)

... and any James Bond comment after hearing the suggestive name of any Bond woman ("I`m Pussy Galore." "But of course you are" etc.)