Random musings and general banter.

[Dr Quincy MkII]

I see this morning we have more Amazon returns. One of those ceramic heaters that is available in a number of made up Chinese brands. Often a collection of random letters that can't be pronounced. This one CUQUOO (Cuckoo?) is a bit more TV friendly but the font it is printed in is very amateurish. And now he's just yelling 'Buy it!' Imagine going into B and Q or TESCO and having the shop assistant run round after every item you are browsing and he shouts 'Buy it! Just buy it!'

 

[Dr Quincy MkII]

Eastenders Mike Reid, not the DJ. Postmanpat68 heard Peter say he worked with him at the Lakeside Country Club.

he worked with Mike Read as well. Mike Reid is the comedian and Mike Read is the DJ/ Saturday Superstore presenter

 

[Keep Going]

This is getting strange, Pedro says "I'd go and work for Gammon all day long! they are so good"

Literally just saying words now, I dont know where he gets his energy from.

 

[Muttley]

he worked with Mike Read as well. Mike Reid is the comedian and Mike Read is the DJ/ Saturday Superstore presenter

I was on a training course a couple of years ago in a hotel in Weybridge and DJ Mike Read came in to join friends for lunch. I recognised him but only a couple of my colleagues (over 50) knew who he was! He's got suspiciously black hair, I think he's been using Just For Men hair dye

 

[Muttley]

perhaps he was a child star

I have it on good authority that he played Tiny Tim in the 1938 film version of A Christmas Carol. Of I could have made that up

 

[Kit10]

Didn’t Mike Reid do some kids programme called Runaround? And Mike Read can be seen regularly on Talking Pictures on the Footage Detectives.

 

[Muttley]

Didn’t Mike Reid do some kids programme called Runaround? And Mike Read can be seen regularly on Talking Pictures on the Footage Detectives.

Runaround was brilliant, he was totally unsuitable to do a kids TV show! He used to be brilliantly mouthy to the kids that tried to cheat. Happy memories.

I've seen bits of the Footage Detectives, love the old clips they show.

 

[Jazzydrury]

I see they are flogging Light Bulbs

 

[Dr Quincy MkII]

Didn’t Mike Reid do some kids programme called Runaround? And Mike Read can be seen regularly on Talking Pictures on the Footage Detectives.

yes Peter Simon, yesterday, was trying to remember Mike Reid's name, he was asking viewers to text in if they remembered his name. I didn't know the context of why he was bringing that up

 

[Hammy60]

Hmm, nae sure health and safety would be happy with someone changing a bulb without turning off the power at the socket, while we do such stupid things in the home at our own risk, in a work environment, especially when the public is observing and could follow such bad practices, strict safety practices should be adhered too.

 

[Hammy60]

Batteries are back.

Emma whittering on about the batteries, best value paxcks she's seen etc, but nobody wants to put up the graphics with the price, so back to flogging the bulbs.

 

[Jazzydrury]

Batteries are back.

According to Simona last night they had all sold out

A couple of weeks ago, bought a cheaper charger for normal Batteries from Amazon soo good

 

[Hammy60]

Massager now, but again doesn't look like anyone wants to change the graphics which are stuck on the bulbs.

 

[Hammy60]

According to Simona last night they had all sold out

A couple of weeks ago, bought a cheaper charger for normal Batteries from Amazon soo good

I think, could be wrong, but it looks like they are allocating so much of their stock to each show so as far as Simona was told/knew her allocation was sold out, she probably wasn't told there was actually more in the store for more shows.

 

[Jazzydrury]

Felt for Simona last night, was probably the last place she wanted to be on NYE

She is young but I think she is one of the best from all the channels

She generally seems a good person, she’s said a few times she had a brain tumour years ago, And helps out with Make a Wish Foundation

 

[Herring]

I see this morning we have more Amazon returns. One of those ceramic heaters that is available in a number of made up Chinese brands. Often a collection of random letters that can't be pronounced. This one CUQUOO (Cuckoo?) is a bit more TV friendly but the font it is printed in is very amateurish. And now he's just yelling 'Buy it!' Imagine going into B and Q or TESCO and having the shop assistant run round after every item you are browsing and he shouts 'Buy it! Just buy it!'

Ahh, so glad I'm not the only one who's noticed that.

Shopping for anything on Amazon is …so useless. It's just crammed with Wish/Temu/AliExpress type items from China, sold by companies with names (usually all in capitals) like ASAKUKI, GZVXUNY, OFUCA (and yes: those are actual ones).

Anything I search for, half the page will be bizarro-brand items, all with 5* reviews from 'verified purchasers' (a scam that Which? has been hot on the trail of but that Amazon does nothing about), a listing with badly photoshopped imagery inserting their product into stock photos, and a listing full of peculiar phrasing…

…And ofc the item will be identical to 50 others items Amazon has from other "WTFLOL brands"…

And then I turn on Freeview 51 and… lo, it's the same items (but at twice the price)! Heck, some of the wording on the IW website for those items copy/paste the same weird phrasing, use the same imagery, etc.

 

[Dr Quincy MkII]

Ahh, so glad I'm not the only one who's noticed that.

Shopping for anything on Amazon is …so useless. It's just crammed with Wish/Temu/AliExpress type items from China, sold by companies with names (usually all in capitals) like ASAKUKI, GZVXUNY, OFUCA (and yes: those are actual ones). Anything I search for, half the page will be these bizarro-brand dupes with 5* reviews from 'verified purchasers' (a scam, as Which? has been on hot on the trail of), a listing with badly photoshopped imagery inserting their product into stock photos, and a listing full of peculiar phrasing…

…And ofc the item will be identical to 50 others items Amazon has from other "WTFLOL brands"…

And then I turn on Freeview 51 and… lo, it's the same items!

On a separate note, I was watching Dave Bradford on Hobbymaker a few days ago and one of the product item numbers began with FU. So every few minutes he said 'If you want to pick up one of these, FU...' and then whatever the no.s were. I let out a few juvenile chuckles

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Wishes for IW in 2024? Make more use of Rob, Heather and Simona. Less use of Simona Peters and that awful Jess. A new studio, some better products and bury the ‘Not a Direct Comparison’ garbage. It drags them into the gutter in my view.

 

[Dr Quincy MkII]

Wishes for IW in 2024? Make more use of Rob, Heather and Simona. Less use of Simona Peters and that awful Jess. A new studio, some better products and bury the ‘Not a Direct Comparison’ garbage. It drags them into the gutter in my view.

Ironically the channel itself is not a direct comparison to the previous versions

 

[Dr Quincy MkII]

I can't remember if this has been posted already, it came up in my feed yesterday, but someone has made a tribute to Ideal World with some amusing bloopers from the more recent incarnation, before TJC came along (I think):