Room 101

[DCarmi]

Reviews that start in the vein:

• "I have been reviewing xxx for 20 years and here are the 5 best..." or
• "I am an expert in xxx and I recommend..."

I'll be the judge as to whether or not you know your onions! I for one am put off reading articles that start this way.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Reviews that start in the vein:

• "I have been reviewing xxx for 20 years and here are the 5 best..." or
• "I am an expert in xxx and I recommend..."

I'll be the judge as to whether or not you know your onions! I for one am put off reading articles that start this way.

I don't care for the 'I' in such pieces. They aren't an individual offering an opinion, it's company stuff.

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

Reviews that start in the vein:

• "I have been reviewing xxx for 20 years and here are the 5 best..." or
• "I am an expert in xxx and I recommend..."

I'll be the judge as to whether or not you know your onions! I for one am put off reading articles that start this way.

That's the kind of article that makes me think, maybe I am coming to the wrong website.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

People who don't collect their dog's leavings. There's a park in our village used by all and sundry, including kids' football teams at the weekends. Leaving your dog's dump behind is lazy, selfish and the mark of a horrible person. We got through six dog poo bags today, only two of which were for ours...

 

[Dave_]

This forum!

It's bad enough that the website has become a hyperbolic, click-bait generator under Future's ownership.

But the forum (mostly the HiFi section) is slowly going the same way with pretentious, and hyperbolic 🐂💩 posted with increasing regularity

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

This forum!

It's bad enough that the website has become a hyperbolic, click-bait generator under Future's ownership.

But the forum (mostly the HiFi section) is slowly going the same way with pretentious, and hyperbolic 🐂💩 posted with increasing regularity

In any hobbyist forum, especially one like this where the cost of the hobby can be very high, there will always be an element of pretentiousness and hyperbolic twaddle.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Bands that reform and trash their reputation. I adored the Pixies, and thought the first album post-reforming was good, but since then...

Makes it harder to appreciate the old stuff, somehow.

 

[Revolutions]

Bands that reform and trash their reputation. I adored the Pixies, and thought the first album post-reforming was good, but since then...

Makes it harder to appreciate the old stuff, somehow.

Death to the Pixies, indeed.

 

[jjbomber]

Bands that reform and trash their reputation. I adored the Pixies,

You felt Pixie-lated?

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

You felt Pixie-lated?

Pixi-deflated, more like.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Life's capriciousness. Dear old friend (who despite COPD had kept himself fit and active despite nudging 80) fell down the stairs and broke his neck this morning. Not conscious, and relatives have been told that the worst is a distinct possibility. His wife is due to retire in the next few weeks too.

 

[Gray]

Life's capriciousness. Dear old friend (who despite COPD had kept himself fit and active despite nudging 80) fell down the stairs and broke his neck this morning. Not conscious, and relatives have been told that the worst is a distinct possibility. His wife is due to retire in the next few weeks too.

😞
I know of two older people hospitalised by home falls in the last month - one died last week (though she had cancer, it was the fall that hastened the end).

Life is fragile - and statistics confirm that homes (and especially stairs), perhaps understandably, are where most accidents occur.

 

[Cricketbat70]

Life's capriciousness. Dear old friend (who despite COPD had kept himself fit and active despite nudging 80) fell down the stairs and broke his neck this morning. Not conscious, and relatives have been told that the worst is a distinct possibility. His wife is due to retire in the next few weeks too.

😢😢

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

😢😢

Thanks. It's often said of people that they'd do anything for anyone, but this guy is the only person I know of whom that's actually true. Fingers (and everything else) are crossed - he's having an MRI today.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Ventilator being switched off later today. We'll be going over to say goodbye.

 

[Cricketbat70]

Ventilator being switched off later today. We'll be going over to say goodbye.

😭So sorry.

 

[Al ears]

😭So sorry.

Yes, my condolences.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Thanks both. On the brightest note we can muster, our dear friend Tim will continue helping others after his death - there's a recipient lined up for his kidneys already and at the risk of cliché, it's what he would have wanted.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Have amended my film quote signature and we've toasted him tonight.

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

People who come on forums, asking questions like, where can I buy this item? If they can search for a forum, they can search for somewhere to buy, instead of being lazy and expecting someone else to do it for them.

This has annoyed me for many years...

 

[Dave_]

People who come on forums, asking questions like, where can I buy this item? If they can search for a forum, they can search for somewhere to buy, instead of being lazy and expecting someone else to do it for them.

This has annoyed me for many years...

Practically any question asked on a forum could be answered in seconds with a Google search....

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

Practically any question asked on a forum could be answered in seconds with a Google search....

Forums are for asking questions, that's why they are here but, people who can't be bothered to do simple things for themselves, like looking for a shop to buy something, are just plain lazy.

 

[jjbomber]

People who come on forums, asking questions like, where can I buy this item? If they can search for a forum, they can search for somewhere to buy, instead of being lazy and expecting someone else to do it for them.

This has annoyed me for many years...

We are missing Gel. He was the King of Bargains.

 

[Gel Man]

We are missing Gel. He was the King of Bargains.

In the end he got told off though for listing so many bargains by the moderators.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

In the end he got told off though for listing so many bargains by the moderators.

That's not what happened.