Open Rant Thread

[BigT]

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[Dillwhacker]

Killed by retards at the BBC who should have sacked the producer, given him another punch in the face, and carried on regardless.
:-*

[electrotor]

Killed by retards at the BBC who should have sacked the producer, given him another punch in the face, and carried on regardless.
:-*

So it would be OK at your place of work if someone punched you over not having a hot meal ready for him late at night, then you got sacked for it too?
Much as I liked Clarkson and much as I dislike Evans, no-one at work is above getting away with that sort of thing just because they are famous. Assaulting a coworker is a sackable offence in workplaces.

[FPVSteve]

Well, he did apologise and held his hands up for his actions and has admitted he didn't want Top Gear to end that way. I dunno, people react strangely in stressful situations.

That's dead and buried though - it's eye-opening that the BBC didn't realise how strong the camaraderie between C, H + M was and that Top Gear was just a side show to their shenanigans. Top Gear was no longer a car show, it was a "hanging out with the lads" show which featured nice cars and dubious challenges, none of which were to be taken seriously. If The Grand Tour is the same, it'll be a hit simply because it is the TV equivalent of larking around with some mates.

Who doesn't enjoy that?

[iPeel]

If The Grand Tour is the same, it'll be a hit simply because it is the TV equivalent of larking around with some mates.

With £160m in their back pockets too, many times the BBC TG budget.

[FPVSteve]

Surely enough to afford a mobile burger van to keep Clarkson from going World Star again :D

[BigT]

14 days a go notices went up in my road plus leaflets in the door, saying that on the 5th of June the road would be closed for 5 days to allow for resurfacing and all cars had to be moved by 07:30.  Everyone up this road has done that and guess what? Absolutely no sign of any road works at all!!!

EDIT
The bonus is the street now looks like it did when I was 11 years old 53 years ago! Not all bad then

[wgt40w]

Electrical Equipment Remote controllers:

Why do we now have to have houses full of remote controllers for lights, Tv, Tv boxes, DVD players, games consoles, hi fi etc.

My missus is forever complaining that the Tv won't switch on - as she furiously points and stabs at it with the DVD remote!

[FPVSteve]

14 days a go notices went up in my road plus leaflets in the door, saying that on the 5th of June the road would be closed for 5 days to allow for resurfacing and all cars had to be moved by 07:30.  Everyone up this road has done that and guess what? Absolutely no sign of any road works at all!!!

EDIT
The bonus is the street now looks like it did when I was 11 years old 53 years ago! Not all bad then

Wait til they leave the young apprentice to clean up - hope you don't live on a hill, have seen them brushing water uphill only for it to run down undoing all of their work without them realising :laugh:

[krikey]

When I was a lad, there were three channels on TV and a license fee that my mum and dad paid for (we had a Black and White TV so it was cheaper). I think the TV stopped at 11pm and childrens TV was on for a couple of hours per afternoon. Now there are too many channels to count and I pay a much bigger license fee.

If I pay for Sky, why do they fill it with adverts? After all its all repeats of what was on TV anyway AND I'm paying for it. If its not repeats but sport for instance which has huge amounts of sponsors all over the place, why should I pay???

[iPeel]

We cancelled our Sky last month, we were paying as near as damn a hundred quid a month and out of the hundreds of channels available still only ended up watching repeats of Grand Designs.

I miss the F1 coverage but that's about it.

[electrotor]

Try Freeview - still mostly crap and lots of ads but at least you don't have to pay a subscription.

Dave (featuring Top Gear as it should be) and Quest (lots of stuff about vehicles of all types) keep me happy.

[FPVSteve]

We have an Amazon Prime subscription but mostly I just watch Youtube stuff. There are a few good motoring shows - Roadkill from MotorTrend is one of them.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL12C0C916CECEA3BC

[FPVSteve]

Josh Bixler saying "often times".

GAH.

[Western]

When I was a lad, there were three channels on TV and a license fee that my mum and dad paid for (we had a Black and White TV so it was cheaper). I think the TV stopped at 11pm and childrens TV was on for a couple of hours per afternoon. Now there are too many channels to count and I pay a much bigger license fee.

If I pay for Sky, why do they fill it with adverts? After all its all repeats of what was on TV anyway AND I'm paying for it. If its not repeats but sport for instance which has huge amounts of sponsors all over the place, why should I pay???

What he said! Kids TV stated about 4pm and ended at at 5.35 PM with Magic Roundabout before the early evening news.
Watched Blue Peter, Scooby Doo, Wacky Races, Stop the pigeon, Vision On, Marine Boy, Newsround with John Craven etc. Remember some kids TV in the mornings during summer hols. Usually some foreign programming dubbed into English. White Horses, Aeronauts, Flashing Blade and Banana Splits come to mind. Didn't watch much though as I was usually out playing building rafts, dens and climbing trees.
Happy days!