tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post1126346235255838810..comments2024-03-28T10:14:23.792+00:00Comments on call me ishmael: WOTSONTELLY. RICHARD HAMMOND'S VOYAGE UP HIS OWN ARSE. BBCcall me ishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-62649591734701930352011-08-01T11:09:48.742+01:002011-08-01T11:09:48.742+01:00I was delighted and astonished at Hammond's re...I was delighted and astonished at Hammond's revelation that in the abyss there dwells a metal snail. This information is not, however, worth my license fee.richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-59175233444619094152011-07-30T19:23:28.405+01:002011-07-30T19:23:28.405+01:00Most of the people spending time for watching ente...Most of the people spending time for watching entertainment shows few of them are watching this kind of information.Used carshttp://themotoring.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-37141859480618166522011-07-30T03:15:08.210+01:002011-07-30T03:15:08.210+01:00Cox, although over-exposed, is infinitely preferab...Cox, although over-exposed, is infinitely preferable to Hammond, all of whose programmes should go straight to Channel Dave.<br /><br />They can't touch you, about the teevee license, mr ptb, tell them to go and fuck themselves, you'll be in good company. Just don't, should they arrive, let them in the door, they have no rights of entry, they are a private company.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-2539326397029989592011-07-29T23:20:06.407+01:002011-07-29T23:20:06.407+01:00PT Barnum...
Yes the digital switchover is a mess...PT Barnum...<br /><br />Yes the digital switchover is a mess.<br />Your telly has probably tuned in to the wrong digital transmitter on occasions and only gets the signal intermittently. It needs an expert to determine the transmitter you should be tuned in to . Doing an 'automatic installation' or 'setup' via the remote control set up procedure is often a waste of time as the telly gets confused and locks onto a rogue signal sometimes. Our area has two transmitters at equal distance from the house. One has 24 channels and one has over a hundred. The 24 channel transmitter is the stronger signal but people lock their tv onto the other transmitter to get more channels. Unfortunately if the signal drops power they get the 'no signal' message and have to retune.<br />The digital switchover team are really for OAP's and did a £40 deal that covered the decoder and a years follow up help ( inc free aerial). It was quite a good scheme.throbbernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-4736545082666345292011-07-29T23:02:47.303+01:002011-07-29T23:02:47.303+01:00I have an O-level in geology if that helps, Mr I. ...I have an O-level in geology if that helps, Mr I. Christ alone knows how that happened but I think that that makes me more qualified than that wee lad. (Alas, all I can remember is "argillaceous shale" and I don't remember what it is so I may as well forget that too.)<br /><br />A similar yawn happened midweek with "The Code" (how numbers are a part of nature). As you can imagine, a nerd like me was salivating for an epic numbers-fest but, jeez, it was tedious. I thought it was just me - educated in numbers beyond me wits, it was aimed at other folk but even the lad looked at it blearily and popped off to bed before it finished. The beeb is going downhill fast.mongoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173341928744479143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-88200439361252778692011-07-29T22:45:20.364+01:002011-07-29T22:45:20.364+01:00As throbber says Prof Cox did exactly the same thi...As throbber says Prof Cox did exactly the same thing and whilst it was a piss take then at least the guy had quaffillicashuns and explained highly complex knowledge so that 8-80 year olds would understand it. There was 1 point, I think on entropy, when he said 'and that's as far as science has got' whereupon viewers (or me, rather) thought, 'oh, well then, bit of a puzzle'. <br /><br /> And now Newsnight treats us to another tabloid (competition) bashing - own agenda? Gadzooks no!Dick the Pricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-73715531593982464562011-07-29T22:20:21.793+01:002011-07-29T22:20:21.793+01:00I am, for the first time, genuinely aggrieved at t...I am, for the first time, genuinely aggrieved at the BBC and the licence fee. What is it I'm paying for?<br /><br />I have had two lengthy conversations with very polite Scottish young people at the Digital Switchover helpline. You see, when it rains, we have no digital channels. And when the rain stops, we may have anywhere between 3 and 15 channels of a wholly random nature. At some point, a retune will return the rest, until it rains again.<br /><br />So, the solutions I was offered by said helpline are:<br />1. a new freeview box (£20+)<br />2. a new aerial (£65+)<br />3. a freesat dish (£235+installation)<br />with the caveat that none of these will necessarily solve the problem.<br /><br />So from the 17th August, since I have not the means to do any of the above, I may or may not have any telly on which to avoid Hamster Hammond squeaking his peculiar brand of pitiful wonder. And they want me to prove why I don't need a TV licence anymore. I asked for a pro rata rebate for the days when it had rained. They haven't replied yet.<br /><br />Why do I have to have 101 channels of codswallop when 5 was sufficient? And pay extra for the privilege?PT Barnumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-39332062266295291812011-07-29T22:04:35.143+01:002011-07-29T22:04:35.143+01:00They could save millions of tv taxes by by telling...They could save millions of tv taxes by by telling us to google 'how was the earth formed ' and other such shit.<br />That mad prof Bryan Ferry Cox did the same prog last month. Attenborough has done the earth prog a few dozen times. <br />Good for their air miles I suppose.throbbernoreply@blogger.com