Random musings and general banter.

[Muttley]

One of the leading machines in the world, I can see why you lot take the mick

Welcome to our world, it's totally addictive viewing

 

[Muttley]

When I was in the clubs, when I was in Vegas.

Yes, but that was when he was the warm up man in the Vegas night club in Clacton-on-Sea in 1980. Not the classiest of venues. It made Wetherspoons look like a Mayfair cocktail bar...

 

[Battiola73]

If you Google Peter Simon you will get he was born November 1962 pretty much the same as me. Where I lived at the time we didn't have any TV because it was all broadcast in a foreign (to us) language. But I don't think many six? year old children would have been allowed to stay up that late to watch something like that. However I don't know what the transmission time of that actual event was?

I thought he was born in 1953 so I thought he was 70 or 71.

 

[Battiola73]

Apparently critical phase of moon landing was 20:05 to 20:17 GMT.

BECAUSE THEY DON'T PAY PROPER TAX ON THEIR UK OPERATIONS!!!

I avoid buying/using Amazon services or products until they pay their fair Corporate tax on their UK and .co.uk operations.

Rather than farming it out to Dublin, Eire or doing the Belgian/Luxembourg switcheroo debt offset, typical avoidance scheme for use of the Amazon brand from their HQ.

It would only take a couple of weeks of a public boycott for them to reconsider their UK tax position...

I understand your stance n this and agree it’s not right. From my perspective Amazon is a godsend . Being disabled and mostly housebound going to the shops is difficult for me. It would cost me around £80- £90 round trip in taxi fares to get to a city shopping centre, plus mobility scooter hire cost. Even then they may not have what I want.

 

[galesgal57]

"Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, never let it fade away".

A 45 on my parent's Dansette "portable record player in a folding box case with handle".

"Magic, .... Moments...

Magic moments, when two hearts are carin'
Magic moments, memories we've been sharing...

(Am I getting old?! )

No. Those songs bring back such happy memories for me.

 

[Emiily J]

Even though Amazon has a lot of Pros and also Cons

I’m currently on my break from 6th Form to Uni, and Amazon don’t give you a accurate time of when they will deliver, so at times it’s easier to just go to the shop, otherwise you are stuck indoors.

 

[cheeky chappie]

BECAUSE THEY DON'T PAY PROPER TAX ON THEIR UK OPERATIONS!!!

I avoid buying/using Amazon services or products until they pay their fair Corporate tax on their UK and .co.uk operations.

Rather than farming it out to Dublin, Eire or doing the Belgian/Luxembourg switcheroo debt offset, typical avoidance scheme for use of the Amazon brand from their HQ.

It would only take a couple of weeks of a public boycott for them to reconsider their UK tax position...

Whilst I see your point re the tax aspect, for me that's something government need to address. In the meantime, I'll continue to buy from them if they have something I need.

 

[cheeky chappie]

Even though Amazon has a lot of Pros and also Cons

I’m currently on my break from 6th Form to Uni, and Amazon don’t give you a accurate time of when they will deliver, so at times it’s easier to just go to the shop, otherwise you are stuck indoors.

Although this obviously means you have to go out, I sometimes use the Amazon locker facility. Although it can't be used for all products, it's a useful way of not needing to stay in waiting for the delivery.

 

[galesgal57]

Foghorn has posted the first holiday video, flying with Jet2! That's a bit of a come down isn't it, how will she cope with the 22kg baggage allowance?

 

[Emiily J]

Although this obviously means you have to go out, I sometimes use the Amazon locker facility. Although it can't be used for all products, it's a useful way of not needing to stay in waiting for the delivery.

Never thought of that

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Junior Showtime, Ronald McDonald, a couple of kids’ quiz shows, a long TV gap, some local pantomimes, then about 20 years of shopping television. Have I missed anything from his career to date?

 

[galesgal57]

Junior Showtime, Ronald McDonald, a couple of kids’ quiz shows, a long TV gap, some local pantomimes, then about 20 years of shopping television. Have I missed anything from his career to date?

His stints in Vegas and the clubs, according to him yesterday.

 

[PhædrusR]

Wouldn't read too much into the limited edition, brands like Swan & Edgar, nubeo, Rgmt, Shield etc all are mostly limited edition, and it's not because they want to create some rare time pieces, it because they aren't watchmakers themselves and need to buy in their watches from suppliers in China, and it's - the purchasing system, how much they can physically stock/buy (afford) and how many they can sell, which is the big factors in having limited editions. Limited/Special editions is really just marketing. The watches themselves ain't nothing special quality wise, they're just big and chunky with a storyline attached to them (not like any of the astronauts actually wears a Nubeo watch or the watches were even in space), so let's make them limited/special editions instead.

I know Mason and Bordell, were flogging a Nubeo that claimed to be up in space, but it was in a weather balloon, high altitude yes, but many miles from where Space actually begins.

If you're ranking watches on IW, IMO from worst to best, although wouldn't buy any of them even from another retailer.

Genoa
Majestic (or whatever they're called), Laura Ashley.
Ben Sherman
Aviator/Gant/Versus
Henry London (not expensive but like their style)/Maserati
William Hunt/Swan & Edgar/Gamages/Mann Egerton
Jowissa
Resultco brands (Shield, Heritor etc),
Solar Time Brands (Nubeo, RGMT etc)
Duchump (I know , shockingly the chumps are the best quality, but shame they're also a bunch of shysters which makes them an absolute no, no when it comes to considering buying, go for the original instead at better prices, ******, look i didn't mention them. )

Thanks.
But how much do you think one of those Nubeo Apollo watches is actually worth paying? £30? £50? £100? More?
Forget quality, just how much would they be reasonably priced at instead of £500?

P.S. depends on your ranking system, quality vs. value, but I think the Genoa range is good value, have paid £10-20 on TJC/auction for sports digital/analogue and automatic cheap watches that keep time and are functional and look ok.

 

[PhædrusR]

According to Peter Collagen stopped him from having a knee replacement what a load of bullocks.

I see he has Karaoke on at 7pm, a Slient Karaoke hopefully

Who is Peter Collagen?
Is he Peter Voldemort's (Vollebreght) cousin?

Just kidding with you... Good to have some new, young(!), input on the forum.

 

[Emiily J]

I don’t know much about Watches. I just own a Apple Watch.

But those watches last night, almost seemed a con misleading. With those names on there, and not truthful info.

I only now about the Moon Landings from School but I know more than him

 

[PhædrusR]

I understand your stance n this and agree it’s not right. From my perspective Amazon is a godsend . Being disabled and mostly housebound going to the shops is difficult for me. It would cost me around £80- £90 round trip in taxi fares to get to a city shopping centre, plus mobility scooter hire cost. Even then they may not have what I want.

There are other online / home delivery shops, sites & services!
You don't have to use Amazon!
Etsy, Very, ao.com, ASOS, Robert Dyas, RinkIT, Appliances direct, Asda.com, George, TkMaxx Argos, AliExpress now, Temu, B&Q, etc., etc.!!!

P.S. have you heard of Stuart.com (steward). They pickup your order and home delivery for sites/shops, e.g. from Boots. The shops integrate Stuart into their order systems, saves having to do their own delivery infrastructure. Like a general deliveroo, but for shop purchases, not just groceries or food. Co-op use them in addition to deliveroo/Uber too. They are growing.

And I do use eBay. While they do also avoid some tax via Luxembourg/Eire similar arrangements, they do have UK registered for tax offices, along with PayPal, in SW London. And at least you are buying from people and shops/companies, not from the Amazon warehouse, where much of the stuff is their own stock, not reselling.

Ok, Amzn may be cheaper for some things, but I also boycott Starbucks similarly. The CEO from Innocent succinctly accused Amzn of the brand loan debt offset against UK profits. Starbucks do the same, so make zero UK profit, if you believe that. So no tax.

People power would sort this out within 2 weeks I reckon..

 

[PhædrusR]

Deeeeeeeeewooo

Day who now?

 

[Niwa]

I thought he was born in 1953 so I thought he was 70 or 71.

All sources that I've been able to find seem to agree on his birthday as 28 November.
Wikipedia say 1953, Google and CBBC Fandom say 1962.
I wouldn't say he has a great look but I don't think he looks old enough to be somebody in their early seventies.
(Unless of course, all the suppliments he claims to have taken over the years really have done such a wonderful job)

 

[Herring]

Junior Showtime, Ronald McDonald, a couple of kids’ quiz shows, a long TV gap, some local pantomimes, then about 20 years of shopping television. Have I missed anything from his career to date?

His stints in Vegas and the clubs, according to him yesterday.

Being a Blue Peter presenter (he wasn't), being the face of multi-coloured swap shop (he wasn't; he had a small role in the final series of its successor, Saturday Superstore), winning a BAFTA® (which no-one can find proof of), and being a dear, dear friend to the stars ( he only name-drops the dead - but recently claimed to have been a friend of Cher when working in Las Vegas. Someone might want to tell him she's still alive and able to refute ).

 

[Kit10]

It was 1969, wasn’t it? I was six or seven. I remember it reasonably clearly as it was such a big thing in what media we had at the time. I assuming Simon was a similar age to me?

Nobody is ever going to convince me the technology ever really existed to put a rocket into space, land men on another planet, and maintain communications back in the late ‘60s and ‘70s. For me, I fall into the school of thought that those landings were filmed in the Nevada Desert. The acid test for me is that there has never been another landing of people on the Moon attempted since the early 1970s. Perhaps we have the infrastructure and technological abilities to do it now? That said, I also believe Diana was murdered, JFK was assassinated by several gunman near railway lines in Dallas and Ideal World will one day become a moral entity. A firm believer therefore in ludicrous hysterical conspiracy theories.

Capricorn One. Loved that film.