Room 101

[Al ears]

Better too long than too short 😉
They make them around 3metres for home use, where the length can be lost if necessary. Not so good for portable of course - and the reason they supply shorter cables with outdoor headphones.

(I've got 1.2m and 3m lengths for mine).

3m is about right for an average headphone cable run in my opinion, for home use anyway....

 

[plastic penguin]

Another nominee:

Claudia Winkleman.

I find her and the hideous pony-style haircut nauseating.

 

[Gray]

Another nominee:

Claudia Winkleman.

I find her and the hideous pony-style haircut nauseating.

As nauseating as Rylan?....thought not 😉

As far as I know, she's still the highest paid BBC female presenter - which should please you 😐

 

[Friesiansam]

Another nominee:

Claudia Winkleman.

I find her and the hideous pony-style haircut nauseating.

I don't find her nauseating but, I do find her irritating, as I do Rylan Plastic-Face. As for Michael McIntyre, on the other hand, nauseating is just not good enough to describe how irritating he is.

 

[plastic penguin]

I don't find her nauseating but, I do find her irritating, as I do Rylan Plastic-Face. As for Michael McIntyre, on the other hand, nauseating is just not good enough to describe how irritating he is.

Oh yeah, forgot about it. Apparently, when it dies it will donate his 'boat' to Tupperware.😁😋

 

[MrReaper182]

The cable on my Focals was too short...

Where they headphones of earphones? Because it's always earphones that have that problem.

 

[WayneKerr]

Mmm... never played golf, only tried pitch and putt about 35 years ago. Not my thing.

Used to like playing snooker but I was rubbish. Think my top break was no more than 3 balls of various colours.

Not keen on walking except across our large common - wild deer, rabbits, horses and a few cows - it's literally a few yards from our doorstep.

Golf is a bug, if it bites you then it's a good sport. There are some beautiful courses out there and it doesn't have to be expensive, I won't pay over £30 for a round, don't consider this to be too bad for 4+ hours of enjoyment... better courses are wasted on me. Fortunately all my nephews play too so I'm seldom short of a playing partner plus you meet lots of new friends. It's more of a giggle and some serious ribbing, never too serious.

That common near you looks wonderful

 

[plastic penguin]

Golf is a bug, if it bites you then it's a good sport. There are some beautiful courses out there and it doesn't have to be expensive, I won't pay over £30 for a round, don't consider this to be too bad for 4+ hours of enjoyment... better courses are wasted on me. Fortunately all my nephews play too so I'm seldom short of a playing partner plus you meet lots of new friends. It's more of a giggle and some serious ribbing, never too serious.

That common near you looks wonderful

TBH, Doug, I don't even know how to hold a golf bat properly. Think one swing it came flying out of my hand. It probably went closer to the hole than the ball.

 

[Al ears]

TBH, Doug, I don't even know how to hold a golf bat properly. Think one swing it came flying out of my hand. It probably went closer to the hole than the ball.

You're meant to use two hands.....

 

[plastic penguin]

You're meant to use two hands.....

Think the handle of the bat was polished 😋

 

[WayneKerr]

You're meant to use two hands.....

I seem to putt better when I only use one, same as hi-fi, keep it simple

 

[Friesiansam]

The following quote, often attributed to Mark Twain, sums-up my view of golf: "Golf is a good walk spoiled."

 

[plastic penguin]

The following quote, often attributed to Mark Twain, sums-up my view of golf: "Golf is a good walk spoiled."

Sounds about right.

Don't even like VW Golf 😁

 

[WayneKerr]

People who write posts on tablets and don't bother to insert paragraphs. One just dropped in on the TT&LP section... it's like a ruddy text dump! I refuse to read the damned things

 

[Al ears]

People who write posts on tablets and don't bother to insert paragraphs. One just dropped in on the TT&LP section... it's like a ruddy text dump! I refuse to read the damned things

Unfortunately mods have to in case there is a spam hyperlink or whatever included somewhere. I have better things to do with my day....
However, he has been asked before to keep it simple as his language conversion software cannot punctuate sentences or add paragraphs.
He must realise that even in Spanish or whatever punctuation is important.
The problem is he dies tend to ramble and includes stuff that is irrelevant to the question being answered.

 

[WayneKerr]

Unfortunately mods have to in case there is a spam hyperlink or whatever included somewhere. I have better things to do with my day....
However, he has been asked before to keep it simple as his language conversion software cannot punctuate sentences or add paragraphs.
He must realise that even in Spanish or whatever punctuation is important.
The problem is he dies tend to ramble and includes stuff that is irrelevant to the question being answered.

He needs to get better conversion software

 

[Al ears]

He needs to get better conversion software

Roger that.... Or learn not to waffle

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

The combination of Sainsbury's and Tyrrell's crisps - asking £2.75 for a larger bag of the latter's chili crisps. They were an essential item as far as I was concerned (bought whenever possible in periodic half price deals), but if that sticks I'm going to reluctantly have to seek an inferior alternative.

 

[plastic penguin]

The combination of Sainsbury's and Tyrrell's crisps - asking £2.75 for a larger bag of the latter's chili crisps. They were an essential item as far as I was concerned (bought whenever possible in periodic half price deals), but if that sticks I'm going to reluctantly have to seek an inferior alternative.

Hate it when my daughter buys crisps, most brands, and the bag is only half full.

 

[Gray]

I'm going to reluctantly have to seek an inferior alternative.

I think that's the story of now, with many people down grading (and it usually is a downgrade).
I'm now on inferior versions of rice crispies, cornflakes, Cheerios and have always been on the Tesco cheapy 'Weetabix' - and even some of those are coming in smaller boxes!

The only quality breakfast I've stuck with is Quaker oats porridge - and overnight that went from 2 for £3 to 2 for £4 (quite a percentage increase).

 

[Friesiansam]

Where they headphones of earphones? Because it's always earphones that have that problem.

Sorry, I missed this post last week. Focal Elegias are big over-ear jobbies.

 

[davidf]

The combination of Sainsbury's and Tyrrell's crisps - asking £2.75 for a larger bag of the latter's chili crisps. They were an essential item as far as I was concerned (bought whenever possible in periodic half price deals), but if that sticks I'm going to reluctantly have to seek an inferior alternative.

All crisps. Up until last year, I would never pay more than a quid for a big bag of crisps as I always bought when reduced. But over the last 6 months, the normal reduced prices seem to have jumped 50% to £1.50. If they start jumping to £2, it looks like I’ll be losing some weight…

 

[davidf]

Hate it when my daughter buys crisps, most brands, and the bag is only half full.

Saw a documentary on crisps, which followed the manufacture of Walker’s crisps. Very interesting, and they stated a technical reason for a certain amount of air in the bag. Something to do with keeping them fresh - too much or too little and they don’t last as long or something.

 

[davidf]

The combination of Sainsbury's and Tyrrell's crisps - asking £2.75 for a larger bag of the latter's chili crisps. They were an essential item as far as I was concerned (bought whenever possible in periodic half price deals), but if that sticks I'm going to reluctantly have to seek an inferior alternative.

Just come back from my local Tesco and Co-op - not a lot of reduced crisps (those that were were £1.50-2.00), but the average full priced ones were £2-2.60. Nope.

I highly recommend the Manomasa Serrano Chilli and Yucatan Honey crisps - gorgeous. I still don’t pay the £2 asking price for those either, but I’d pay £1.50 becaise they’re so nice.

 

[Friesiansam]

With this weeks shopping my wife ordered for me, Burt's Cheddar Cheese and Onion crisps. They were rather nice.