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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Warhead |
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 16:12
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| Trump's Heist: The President Who Wouldn't Lose. A two part documentary on Channel 4. "The astonishing inside story of how, in the wake of his 2020 election defeat, Donald Trump and his loyalists set out to engineer victory." He claimed that there was ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| Blucey |
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Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 19:10
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| ... It's sort of engaging but it's let down by bad production and even worse acting. It's a UK film so it doesn't feel like some trashy Sci-Fi Channel nonsense but it's just not all that good. 2/5 (but is probably a bit more enjoyable than that score suggests). 62 - Hell Hole. A fracking crew ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: How does my freezer work? |
| KovacsC |
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Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2024 10:31
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| ... It is a fridge freezer. Where the fridge takes the cold from the freezer. I have left the door open (yes my fault) and it cause the cold transfer channel to frost over and the frdge stops working. There doe snot seem to be a way to fix it without taking panels of and attacking with a steamer. ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: OOO OOO OOO OOO The Olympics |
| Warhead |
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Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 15:09
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Replies: 2653
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| ... any of it. If I need my arse boring off, I can think of other ways that don't use any electricity. I did accidentally see a tiny bit of it when channel hopping and it was some bloke in a boat, holding the torch with a look of bewilderment, like he hadn't been properly briefed on what to do with ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Non-Genre Specific Music Thread |
| Zardoz |
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2024 12:27
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Replies: 1093
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Another tune finished for another month. Rattled out in double time as I’m away for next two weeks. Getting jiggy-er with After Effects (mind your eyes). Its featured on Ballacids channel here:
I’m glad I’m out of the habit of buying new stuff each time, for now. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Election 2024 |
| Malc |
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2024 21:46
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| So, what channel is everyone watching? I'm going to start on Channel 4, with half an eye on BBC for sir John Curtis exit poll. And I'll probably dip in/out of some of the others to see what they are saying |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Non-Genre Specific Music Thread |
| Findus Fop |
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:33
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| Managed to finish another tune on the last day of May, that’s five for five now. Also got it featured on the Ballacid channel (Thanks Zoltan!) :luv: o9nCB1aGPNc Digitakt II should be arriving today, hope I can get to grips with it quickly and it gels nicely with my current setup, ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Non-Genre Specific Music Thread |
| Zardoz |
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 9:25
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| Managed to finish another tune on the last day of May, that’s five for five now. Also got it featured on the Ballacid channel (Thanks Zoltan!) :luv: o9nCB1aGPNc Digitakt II should be arriving today, hope I can get to grips with it quickly and it gels nicely with my current setup, ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Dr Zoidberg |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 11:07
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Blucey wrote: Finished s2 of Extraordinary. It's a lot of fun. Feels like an old school Channel 4 comedy.
I thought it was quite weak for the first half, but picked up nicely towards the end of S2.
Jizzlord feeding his family was excellent. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Blucey |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 10:40
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| Finished s2 of Extraordinary. It's a lot of fun. Feels like an old school Channel 4 comedy. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Non-Genre Specific Music Thread |
| Zardoz |
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 23:03
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Malc |
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 18:36
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| ... was hoping it was episode 1 of a series. Disappointed it's not I also watched Bettany Hughes' Treasures of the world, (season 3, episode 1 on Channel 4)which covered Albania this episode |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: YouTube - Highlights |
| Malc |
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:57
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| Time Team is on youtube now, and has a new set of presenters (with lots of old faces from channel 4, thrown in as well) Over the weekend they put out a 3 parter, where they looked at some UK civil war stuff in Modbury ( a village about 10k away from where I live) which ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Malc |
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 13:25
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| Slightly off-topic as it was on stage rather than the box (but downloadable on whatever Channel 4 call their streaming service this week), but I went to Milton Keynes yesterday to see the Drop the Dead Donkey revival, starring the majority of the original cast. All ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:15
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Replies: 2397
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| Slightly off-topic as it was on stage rather than the box (but downloadable on whatever Channel 4 call their streaming service this week), but I went to Milton Keynes yesterday to see the Drop the Dead Donkey revival, starring the majority of the original cast. All ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Non-Genre Specific Music Thread |
| Zardoz |
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:38
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Not quite been a day but already getting over 4% likes to view ratio on Ballacid’s channel. 223 views so far! Compared to 26 on mine over 5 days…
Which is nice. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose US TV thread |
| markg |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 17:57
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| We never finished it either, watched a few seasons back when it was on channel 5 I think. In fact wasn't Breaking Bad first shown on there over here too? Don't think I even know what they show on there now. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| Sir Taxalot |
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 23:42
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| We watched the new Eddy Murphy Christmas film 'Candy Cane Lane' on a streaming channel (I think it was Amazon Prime). It was solid but not terribly engaging film, but the last few scenes were kinda exciting. The kids enjoyed the couple of 'cutaway swear' gags as ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Celebrity Death List 2023 |
| NervousPete |
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 15:01
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| ... It was my favourite show in the 90s and was one of the few things I felt cool being in on as it was bounced about its various graveyard slots on Channel 4. His character of Frank Pembleton had this buttoned-down ice-cold intelligence with a sharp quiet wit, split apart completely by one of his ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:45
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| @maliA Mrs Grim... is addicted to Christmas movies in this "period" (which began on November 1st when the Christmas 24 channel returned) so I've probably seen about 20 Christmas movies so far. The best three so far this year have been Love Hard (Netflix), Holidate (which has ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:19
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| @maliA Mrs Grim... is addicted to Christmas movies in this "period" (which began on November 1st when the Christmas 24 channel returned) so I've probably seen about 20 Christmas movies so far. The best three so far this year have been Love Hard (Netflix), Holidate (which has ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Non-Genre Specific Music Thread |
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2023 18:36
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| Thanks very much! I’ve been a big fan of Ballacid’s YouTube channel for some time and discovered loads of current new fave artists of mine (MOY, Cignol, James Shinra, Fasme…) and thought I’d message him about that last tune I’d made. He got back in touch ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Hollywood Assaults |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 11:27
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Replies: 437
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| Watched the Channel 4 Dispatches about this a few days ago. Though it is *horrible*, and shocking, it’s just so unsurprising. Like Saville, he spent most of his career telling everyone what he was doing, and that era of brash, taking ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Hollywood Assaults |
| Dimrill |
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 0:02
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Replies: 437
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| ... that if people started saying ‘hey, this person did some BAD stuff’ that I’d overlook it for their work or because I really thought their YouTube channel was great Ain't that the truth. I can't watch cake show anymore. The sole programme I've watched with the fucker on it was Taskmaster. And I ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Hollywood Assaults |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 17:04
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| ... that if people started saying ‘hey, this person did some BAD stuff’ that I’d overlook it for their work or because I really thought their YouTube channel was great :s I mean, sure I’d be disappointed as heck if Attenborough was an awful person or Toksvig did some awful stuff, but I’d not rally ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:25
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Replies: 3153
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| ... person much younger than him but of legal age. The younger person was consenting and paid for their connection. There was a complaint made to the channel, which wasn’t properly investigated. No crime has been committed. The presenter is in a precarious mental state. As far as I have seen, loads ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2023 0:30
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Replies: 3153
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| ... person much younger than him but of legal age. The younger person was consenting and paid for their connection. There was a complaint made to the channel, which wasn’t properly investigated. No crime has been committed. The presenter is in a precarious mental state. As far as I have seen, loads ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:49
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Replies: 2397
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The pointless emulation thread - fruit machines |
| Hearthly |
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:38
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Replies: 1157
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| What happened to the old channel? It started to get a bit too close for comfort in the IRL/online crossover stakes, especially with some of the comments that were being left. The online slots content was the worst for it in honesty, I ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The pointless emulation thread - fruit machines |
| DavPaz |
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:28
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Replies: 1157
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| What happened to the old channel? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2023 21:13
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Replies: 170
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| ... to spread the word of God. It soon branches in to what we'd now call magical realism, I think, though it probably pre-dates the term. There's a Channel 4 series which I'll probably take in at some point, just to see what they do with this very odd story. Sidesplitter - Phil Wang. Funny man writes ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2023 14:29
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Replies: 14493
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| Looks like Channel 4 privatisation is off the cards again. At least until another administration starts sniffing around for things to flog. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2022 |
| Kern |
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Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 9:04
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Replies: 227
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| ... time. I liked how Dominic hates being reminded about that documentary he did, but unfortunately "Dominic Diamond failed to get crucified on Channel 5" is just such a wonderful sentence I doubt he'll ever shake it off. 28. US Grant: American Hero, American Myth by Joan Waugh An overview ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 11:11
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| Channel 4: David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count TV version of his recent book discussing attitudes to antisemitism, especially among those on the left. It's a well-constructed documentary with Baddiel's monologue sections anticipating ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Call of Duty 16 : Modern Warfare |
| Curiosity |
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 19:36
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Replies: 511
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| ... to become 'Activision friends' or whatever their silly system (that doesn't work) is. We're still friends from the last cod! Hah! I did see your channel invite a second ago but the social tab went weird and I have to make dinner now anyway. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Kern |
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 11:55
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 17:13
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Replies: 4153
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| ... up Now all I have to do is see these poles through that ripstop nylon. I don't even know if that is possible Did you sort this already? A long channel for each pole is likely the most best solutiong if those hoops aren’t welded on at the bottom. Glue will likely fail at some point and attaching ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 17:07
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Replies: 4153
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| ... up Now all I have to do is see these poles through that ripstop nylon. I don't even know if that is possible Did you sort this already? A long channel for each pole is likely the most best solutiong if those hoops aren’t welded on at the bottom. Glue will likely fail at some point and attaching ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2022 |
| Hearthly |
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 11:50
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Replies: 195
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| ... and recognised that the IOM exists so I was able to buy it direct from Steam and I had to do an 'approve this purchase' type thing in my IOM/Channel Islands exclusive version of the HSBC app. (We can't use the regular HSBC app here.) |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Warhead |
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:15
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Replies: 2397
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| ... has been in. You'll have to get her an IMDb entry now! In this case you'll absolutely want to watch "The Undeclared War', coming soon to Channel 4, where she plays the vital part of "office worker". Oh, I watched the whole series over the weekend. It didn't quite live up to ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:36
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Replies: 2397
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| ... has been in. You'll have to get her an IMDb entry now! In this case you'll absolutely want to watch "The Undeclared War', coming soon to Channel 4, where she plays the vital part of "office worker". |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: YouTube - Highlights |
| Sir Taxalot |
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 23:58
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| Speaking of religious experiences, the same channel also put out a recent one on the Granada Studios Tour , which I was dragged to as a kid because my mum wanted to walk on the holy cobbles (I was more interested in the mock House of Commons and ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: YouTube - Highlights |
| Kern |
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 19:39
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| ... Jesus himself wound up playing five a day in Florida. Unexpected laugh-out-loud moment: Entry fee $69 Speaking of religious experiences, the same channel also put out a recent one on the Granada Studios Tour , which I was dragged to as a kid because my mum wanted to walk on the holy cobbles (I ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Sir Taxalot |
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2022 0:14
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Replies: 2397
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| ... put out of its misery. A real shame, but after multiple budget cuts its glory days past years ago. Torn about closing CBBC as a linear broadcast channel. I understand the majority of their audience might be online now, but as a public service children's programming should be easily available ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 20:44
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Replies: 2397
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| ... put out of its misery. A real shame, but after multiple budget cuts its glory days past years ago. Torn about closing CBBC as a linear broadcast channel. I understand the majority of their audience might be online now, but as a public service children's programming should be easily available ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 20:08
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Replies: 2397
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| ... put out of its misery. A real shame, but after multiple budget cuts its glory days past years ago. Torn about closing CBBC as a linear broadcast channel. I understand the majority of their audience might be online now, but as a public service children's programming should be easily available ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| GazChap |
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 13:11
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Replies: 2397
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| Channel 5 - The Chernobyl Disaster (Pt1). If the story told here is to be believed, it wasn't an accident, it was an avoidable fuck-up caused by incompetence and poor management. I nearly had to give up on it as narrator ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Warhead |
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 9:40
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| Channel 5 - The Chernobyl Disaster (Pt1). If the story told here is to be believed, it wasn't an accident, it was an avoidable fuck-up caused by incompetence and poor management. I nearly had to give up on it as narrator Ben ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:00
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Replies: 14493
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| Nadine Dorries wants to press ahead with privatising Channel 4. I can't see how any private company would want take it on without a massive reduction in its remit, and she clearly doesn't get that C4 supports a massive ecosystem of independent production ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: GPOYW thread |
| DavPaz |
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 16:08
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Replies: 3081
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TheVision wrote: It's amazing in there! Everything you could ever want... As long as all you want is retro video games!
But yeah, it's great and he's a really nice guy too. I'll be on his channel soon all being well, so look out for me.
No way. You'll have to wear a name badge though, because you look very similar. |
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