Just finished Better Call Saul and Ozark. I enjoyed them both and will watch any future series. ( Ozark Season 2 is scheduled for mid 2018).
I'm undecided what to start next. It's between Stranger Things, Black Mirror and Peaky Blinders.
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- Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 774
- Views: 685764
- Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 774
- Views: 685764
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
I can recommend Mindhunter on NetFlix. It's about how the FBI set uo their serial killer profiling programme in the 1970s. There's only one series (10 episodes), but there's bound to be more to come. Narcos... The first two series are about the rise and fall of Colombian drug lord and head of the Me...
- Sat Nov 04, 2017 3:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Songs that make you switch off the radio
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17319
Re: Songs that make you switch off the radio
Good call on the Pina Colada song. 1) Man seeks fuck buddy. 2) Meets up and it's his wife. 3) They laugh it off.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:08 pm Bit harsh on Adele there.
You reminded me of a song that I turn off, the Pina Colada song
Lucky Stars by Dean Friedman is another song that is better substituted by silence.
- Thu Sep 14, 2017 3:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Songs that make you switch off the radio
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17319
Re: Songs that make you switch off the radio
I also want to recognise the annual abomination that is Christmas FM, a special wall to wall station of Christmas tunes that pollutes Irish airwaves for a quarter of the year. I forgot about Christmas songs. I doubt that there are enough good Christmas songs to make an hour long programme, let alon...
- Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Songs that make you switch off the radio
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17319
Songs that make you switch off the radio
The only time I ever listen to the radio is when I'm driving. My usual choice of stations is Magic FM, Planet Rock and occasionally Classic FM. Every now and then I am forced to switch the radio off because they're playing a track/song I just can't listen to. Off the top of my head these include &qu...
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 3:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things you can't do that it always seems like everyone else can
- Replies: 91
- Views: 126517
Re: Things you can't do that it always seems like everyone else can
Makes no difference. It's not that I can't dance, it's just that I derive no pleasure from it and avoid it if at all possible.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:59 pmDoes this include when you know for sure that no one is watching?
- Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:56 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things you can't do that it always seems like everyone else can
- Replies: 91
- Views: 126517
Re: Things you can't do that it always seems like everyone else can
Dance like there's no-one watching.
- Fri Apr 28, 2017 10:52 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: (I Think I'm Going To) Snap General Election Poll
- Replies: 81
- Views: 86991
Re: (I Think I'm Going To) Snap General Election Poll
It's an Alison Krauss song. Ronan Keating hasn't got any songs.Anthony Endsor wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:02 pm . I'm sure we've all heard of the Ronan Keating song - you say it best 'when you say nothing at all'
- Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:19 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 271931
Re: Deathwatch 2017
May he rust in piss.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:37 pm Gorden Kaye died the other day as well. But presumably no-one picked him.
- Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:12 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Strange Celebrity Occurences
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4439
Re: Strange Celebrity Occurences
I sold John Altman some Nurofen on the day of Princess Diana's funeral.
- Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:16 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: New fivers not meat-free
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4727
Re: New fivers not meat-free
I used to get asked about animal products in prescribed medication. Capsules are made from gelatin, so vegans would ask if they were available in tablet form. Then someone found out that gelatin can also be used in the film coating of some tablets. The information was not freely available and usuall...
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 8:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Organised Religion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 7866
Re: Organised Religion
Most of the ten commandments are ok too. The first four are just god protecting his monopoly ( No other god's, no talking back to god etc) The rest are either common sense (Thou shall not kill) or irrelevant (coveting neighbour's ass etc) As Jim Jeffries pointed out, the ten commandments could be s...
- Thu Nov 03, 2016 3:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Organised Religion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 7866
Re: Organised Religion
I thank you.Matt Morrison wrote:a hot bowl of religious pie for tea
- Thu Nov 03, 2016 3:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Organised Religion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 7866
Re: Organised Religion
On a more serious note , my favourite comedy is the Life of Brian a pisstake of Christianity/Judaism. Hardly banned in the Western world apart from Ireland for a while. There were plenty of calls for The Life of Brian to be banned though. The film was finally given a certificate, but even then many...
- Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1646
- Views: 1817010
Re: Politics in General
The trouble is you might encourage hypocrites to stand for Parliament. Where would that lead us?
- Wed Oct 26, 2016 7:26 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1646
- Views: 1817010
Re: Politics in General
I would take the polar opposite view. I think that MPs who resign from their party are being more honourable by triggering a by-election and standing again.
- Fri Oct 07, 2016 9:12 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1646
- Views: 1817010
Re: Politics in General
The fact is that the actual votes were 37.6% leave, 34.6% stay, 27.8% didn't/couldn't decide, so it is by no means true that over half the population wanted out. 37.6% is still more than the TOTAL vote in the last European election in the UK. In fact it's more than the total turn out in 7 of the la...
- Sat Sep 24, 2016 1:06 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Weird News Headlines
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2314
Re: Weird News Headlines
Sheep Attacks Rocket.
- Wed Sep 14, 2016 1:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 647
- Views: 337394
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
That pork scratchings were a side product of beef production.Charlie Reams wrote:Leather doesn't come from the same cows that beef does. (I always assumed it was a side product, like pork scratchings.)
- Wed Jul 06, 2016 12:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
I would argue that there was no option for "no change" on the ballot paper. Other than Cameron's "reforms", what changes would we have expected from a "remain" vote? I was thinking specifically further political union, which I believe to be inevitable. Also the likelih...
- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
I would argue that there was no option for "no change" on the ballot paper.
- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
A few people have made similar points and I think it's worth repeating. People voted out for all sorts of reasons (whether valid or not) - e.g. the perceived bureaucracy or lack of democracy of the EU, immigration levels, sovereignty, lack of jobs, low wages, the shape of bananas, and even good old...
- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:00 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
I've wondered this. Yesterday, Liam Fox said that MPs who now vote against any legislation to leave the EU, going against the referendum result, "had no place in the House of Commons". But I don't think that's true. For example, my MP (Rob Wilson, Conservative, Reading East) was on the Re...
- Tue Jul 05, 2016 3:45 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
On the basis that it's true. The lawyers are challenging it, but the PM could trigger article 50 tonight if he wanted.
- Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
The PM does not need parliamentary approval to trigger aricle 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. That will start, most likely, in October 2016. There won't be a general election until 2020, by which time we're out anyway.
- Tue Jul 05, 2016 11:38 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
It was a referendum. A single question with a binary outcome. So, no, your MP does not have a mandate to vote against leaving.
- Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:59 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
Of course, had the Scots voted for independence in 2014 the government might have had the chutzpah to say "This was never a mandatory referendum, only advisory".
When you realise why they wouldn't have, you'll realise why they can't do that now.
When you realise why they wouldn't have, you'll realise why they can't do that now.
- Sun Jun 12, 2016 2:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
The current Betfair odds suggest a probability of staying of between 72% and 73% and leaving between 27% and 28%. It's more like 68/32 now. It's going in the "out" direction at the moment. If you're interested, here is an article suggesting that while more money has been bet in staying, m...
- Sat May 28, 2016 9:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: IMDB top 250
- Replies: 57
- Views: 19828
Re: IMDB top 250
102 Favourites The Godfather Part I and II (I think of them as one film), Shawshank Redemption. Most disappointed: Citizen Kane. Most obscure seen: Spirited Away Most disliked/overrated: The Matrix or anything with Superheroes Most obvious not seen: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Recommended if you...
- Tue May 24, 2016 11:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Where did you go to on your last holiday, and where are you going next?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3465
Re: Where did you go to on your last holiday, and where are you going next?
Lanzarote. Ibiza.Jennifer Steadman wrote:You can elaborate with stories if you want.
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 4:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
Odds Comparison gave 10/1 for a 2016 Cameron exit at William Hill in February, but when I tried to put a bet on their website it didn't allow it. How much did you try to have on? The market for politics bets on William Hill is probably quite small so very low limits! A fiver, I think, possibly £10.
- Fri Apr 08, 2016 5:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
Odds Comparison gave 10/1 for a 2016 Cameron exit at William Hill in February, but when I tried to put a bet on their website it didn't allow it.
- Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
- Replies: 236
- Views: 54887
Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Not just TV but also music. All the stars of the 1960s are 70+ now. How so many of the Rolling Stones are still alive is a mystery. Chuck Berry turns 90 this year, and his death would be on a par with Bowie, at least.
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
Thank you. I wasn't aware of that and, yes, it counts. Easily circumnavigated by the banks though.
Bankers' pay set to rocket next year as Chancellor concedes defeat to Brussels over caps on bonuses
This is what I meant by everyone "seeking to serve it's own national interest".
Bankers' pay set to rocket next year as Chancellor concedes defeat to Brussels over caps on bonuses
This is what I meant by everyone "seeking to serve it's own national interest".
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:15 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
Could you provide us with an example of when this has happened?JimBentley wrote: people forget that Britain's membership of the EU means that whatever fucknut government we've managed to vote in, they would be quickly censured for any really unpleasant decisions they made.
- Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
If Mr Cameron has achieved anything in the latest EU "deal", it is to demonstrate to the UK how little influence we have in Europe.JimBentley wrote:I wouldn't argue with any of that, but surely it's better to try to resolve these issues by being in the EU, rather than having no influence at all?
- Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
I'd happily vote for the abolition of the House of Lords too. The trouble is that very few of the voters have the slightest idea how the EU operates. Decisions are often made behind closed doors and almost never ratified by anything remotely resembling a democratic process. What proportion of the UK...
- Sat Feb 20, 2016 7:00 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: EU Referendum
- Replies: 182
- Views: 56256
Re: EU Referendum
Although I think the EU is hardly perfect, it does provide checks and balances that stop the current Conservative government basically just doing what the fuck they want. In a parliamentary democracy the party with a mandated majority have the right to do "what the fuck they want", surely...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 1:19 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many countries have you been to?
- Replies: 172
- Views: 99549
Re: How many countries have you been to?
UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Denmark, Monaco, Sweden, Netherlands, Andorra, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Greece, Barbados, Switzerland, Canada, USA, Turkey, Finland, Norway, Russia, Latvia, Dominican Republic, Estonia, St Marteen, Gran Turk(?) The Bahamas, Cyprus.
- Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:18 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 774
- Views: 685764
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Currently on Season 5 of Sons of Anarchy. I can't do the binge watching, so it takes me a few months to get through a box set. I've watched The Walking Dead from the beginning, so I'm looking forward to the new series in a couple of weeks, even though it stopped being great a while ago. The spin-off...
- Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Matt Le Tissier to appear on Countdown
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6022
Re: Matt Le Tissier to appear on Countdown
It's being filmed today and James is in the audience, so confirmed by the CD team, presumably.
- Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 125200
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
Good luck for today, Rhys. Will you be wearing a blue rosette?
- Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:46 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COREA15 - Saturday 11th April 2015
- Replies: 38
- Views: 65466
Re: COREA15 - Saturday 11th April 2015
Jack and I will probably be going to The George sometime on the Friday evening, if anyone would like to join us.
- Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:26 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Patricia Pay RIP
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6343
Re: Patricia Pay RIP
I just wanted to reiterate what has been said above. She was a lovely lady and a great player. RIP.
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 5:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COREA15 - Saturday 11th April 2015
- Replies: 38
- Views: 65466
Re: COREA15 - Saturday 11th April 2015
Make that two definites!Jack Worsley wrote:I'll probably be there, while Worsley Snr is a maybe.
- Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday January 7th 2015 (S72 P3)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3605
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday January 7th 2015 (S72 P3)
TUTORIAL R13
- Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday January 6th 2015 (S72 P2)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2374
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday January 6th 2015 (S72 P2)
RITUAL + T = TITULAR
- Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday January 6th 2015 (S72 P2)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2374
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday January 6th 2015 (S72 P2)
Another 7, WEBSITE, in the BUSTIER round
- Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Lookalikes?
- Replies: 390
- Views: 262797
Re: Countdown Lookalikes?
Callum Pickering's Movember look and the Addams family's youngest member, Pubert Addams.
Pubert
Callum
Pubert
Callum
- Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:18 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Lookalikes?
- Replies: 390
- Views: 262797
Re: Countdown Lookalikes?
Countdown Superstar, Dan McColm and Big Bang Theory comic shop owner, Stuart Bloom. (Suggested by my daughter, Sophie.)
- Wed Oct 01, 2014 3:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday October 1st (S71 P56)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2635
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday October 1st (S71 P56)
LIATRIS R13
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 4:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday September 24th 2014 (S71 P52)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5457
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday September 24th 2014 (S71 P52)
Thanks for all the messages of support everyone. I don't think it was fatigue, so I'm not going to blame that. I think I always knew that I had at least one bad game in me. I enjoyed the run, and there's still a chance I'll make the finals, I suppose. I was really disappointed with my numbers games....
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday September 23rd 2014 (S71 P51)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3948
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday September 23rd 2014 (S71 P51)
R10 I wrote down
STEAMED and
M E D U S A E to ensure I had spelt it correctly.
It was a longer word on my paper!
STEAMED and
M E D U S A E to ensure I had spelt it correctly.
It was a longer word on my paper!
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday September 23rd 2014 (S71 P51)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3948
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday September 23rd 2014 (S71 P51)
I felt sorry for Natalie here. She says she wrote ODONATES down, but didn't risk it.
- Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday September 18th 2014 (S71 P45)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3668
Re: Spoilers for Thursday September 18th 2014 (S71 P45)
I'm sure she'd be happy to, so long as she can have Jack tell her the answers again!Tony Atkins wrote:Can you convince her to come to CO events now she is a Countdown star?Paul Worsley wrote:The conundrum solver was my daughter, Sophie.
- Thu Sep 18, 2014 2:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday September 18th 2014 (S71 P45)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3668
Re: Spoilers for Thursday September 18th 2014 (S71 P45)
The conundrum solver was my daughter, Sophie.
- Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CoEdi 3 is go - Saturday 1st November
- Replies: 82
- Views: 33567
Re: CoEdi 3 is go - Saturday 1st November
Jack and I are probables.
Could this be the first Co event to be held abroad?
Could this be the first Co event to be held abroad?
- Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday September 17th 2014 (S71 P47)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4272
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday September 17th 2014 (S71 P47)
Another great comeback. If I was playing Paul Worsley I could be 11 points ahead going into the conundrum and still wouldn't feel confident of winning. Probably not the best tactic to let good players get 10pts+ ahead though! Interestingly, Susie took her time before allowing GARPIKES, on the groun...
- Tue Sep 16, 2014 10:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday September 16th 2014 (S71 P46)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5104
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday September 16th 2014 (S71 P46)
Thanks to everyone for the kind comments.
I hadn't considered that TZARDOMS was controversial at all, so Susie's deliberations had me worried.
I got BAGPIPE early into the round, but never thought to put the R on the end. Durr!!
It's tougher in the studio, guys!
I hadn't considered that TZARDOMS was controversial at all, so Susie's deliberations had me worried.
I got BAGPIPE early into the round, but never thought to put the R on the end. Durr!!
It's tougher in the studio, guys!
- Tue Sep 16, 2014 2:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday September 16th 2014 (S71 P46)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5104
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday September 16th 2014 (S71 P46)
FEEDLOT R2......(Jack)