Posts by MJI

Re: I miss ASTRA

I remember dodgy plug in decoders.

The OnCAM.

Enabled your digital TV to decode OnDigital stuff

Rude domains

Similar happened with Alta Vista.

One was altvista other was alta-vista

One was search engine, other was porn site.

Which was which?

Re: Old as the hills

Playing video games can have same effect.

I once thought I saw some game enemies and took a couple of seconds to realise they were an optical illusion.

No it was not cosplayers.

Re: Professional hoarding

Just get one then.

But they are not a normal car, they are a utility vehicle and very good at that. They are not crap.

Howver if you want comfort buy the same age Discovery.

Re: Municipal Tip/Recycling Centre

I had to do this with some electronics.

Removed hard disk

Put on ground

Parked on it

Chucked in electronics skip.

Served me right for not getting a Humax then, as the manufacturers refused to update the Freeview box firmware, even though hardware was OK.

Learnt my lession, only buy Humax PVRs now.

"Sprouts today"

Sorry cannot see the point in fake meats.

Cows are not an endangered species and I would rather eat that than formed mould.

I like sprouts but everyone is trying to ruin them

Work Christmas meal, a small puddle of slop with cream, bacon, some other shit and a bit of sprout.

Ughh.

Please note

Not everyone hates sprouts.

Not everyone likes bacon.

Not everyone wants cream in their roast.

Oh also insufficient potatos and the turkey was not great.

Food fads drive me mad, there are a lot of foods i do not like and they keep infecting things I do like.

Bacon, thin strips of fatty pork (I can't eat lumps of fat) fills with preservatives turned into hard chewy things.

Ham, a piece of pork ruined. We have freezers, stick pork in there and roast it don't fill it full of chemicals.

Peas with everything, I hate them, if a meal comes with them I ask for an alternative (usually sweetcorn) but why not steak chips and sprouts?

Why does a chicken need to be wrapped in salted smoked very fatty pork strips?

Why do nice juicy butchers sausages need the same?

They don't.

It would be easier to be a veggie than a bacon hater.

Re: VIFing?

Also the had to get into the Harriers domain and not theirs.

Re: It's too Black and White

I find a way of dealing with motorway boredom but comes with licence risks.

It is see how fast I can go.

Re: They will never work in an urban environment.

Audi twat mobile

Proper 4x4s (from Solihull) are happy to get on verges, the muddier the better.

Highway Man

I remember that, one of the first series I watched in stereo (NICAM).

There is no way that a Helicopter Lorry cross is not cool.

Re: almost

Farscape = upvote

Excellent series

Re: The Thing...

If the original is good, high quality copies are possible.

There are good transfers of 1960s stuff.

Re: No

For you may be, but for many of us we are happy with consoles.

My work PC is on 7 and staying that way, but if I end up getting 10 I see something XBox the PC support people will be getting it in the neck.

Already prepared the comments.

But all revolves around

"But I have a Playstation!"

At least he admits it.

Don't knock all Tory/Conservatives.

They are not all barking. Only some.

Some are very good politicians, well Ken Clarke is. Pity that most of the cabinet and shadow cabinet are not.

Re: What else is blocked?

Good.

I don't trust any of the party sites

I don't want Theresa May spouting off a cliche ridden speech. Nor Jeremy Corbyn trying to be a superstar, nor Farage trying to emulate a war time leader.

I find that for politcal information I now HAVE to rely on the TV broadcasters as the printed press is mainly unusable now.

What else is blocked?

I hope all the other party ones are as well?

Re: Leading by example?

Am I alone in wanting to punch Farage repeatetly, in the face?

Re: RE Gearbox

Italian tuning

I thrashed the nuts of a Sunbeam hatch for years. Well maintained, regularly saw 7000rpm, kept it to around 140,000 miles, took it off the speedo.

Not bad for an old push rod lump.

Took off road due to spares taking too long, in end it was the long wait for a clutch cable. Time for a newer car.

Re: RE Gearbox

I do remember the Novas

1.0 shit

1.2 fun

1.3 not much different to 1.2

Not sure if I have been in a Corsa

Re: RE Gearbox

Many years ago I had a job where the pool vehicle was a shitty Ford of some variety and the gear lever gate was lopsided.

.1.3.5

2.4

It used to keep going 1 to 4 and the clutch was an on off switch. Handled like a turd and the controls were terrible.

I destroyed either the clutch or gearbox. As the car I had at the time had a gear lever directly connected to the box, rather than connected by elastic, and a clutch which was progressive, I treated any inferior transmissions with the distain they deserved.

I managed to break a few Fords until they got an Astra van, so much better!

Last time I had to drive a bad car it was motorway in 4th because the gearlever stuck in my leg in 5th.

Except they will probably employ a junior Turdoch for a while

Re: Pay TV

Aghhh I said pay TV

As I said the average pay TV channel is no better than many of the free ones on the Freeview and Freesat systems.

I did not say to replace Freeview and Freesat, just pay TV.

Amazon or Netflix can very happily replace Sky or Virgin.

Doesn't stop me watching BBC 1 2 4 News 24