Random musings and general banter.

[PeterSnaggletooth]

Been backreading some threads from 2017 and stumbled upon Paz, absolutely astounding stuff. Couldn’t have been more sus if they tried. How many other IW forum infiltrators have I missed out on?

 

[Muttley]

Been backreading some threads from 2017 and stumbled upon Paz, absolutely astounding stuff. Couldn’t have been more sus if they tried. How many other IW forum infiltrators have I missed out on?

We sometimes get newbies who immediately challenge every comment. I wouldn't join a forum that had a particular leaning and argue the opposite view aggressively.

 

[PeterSnaggletooth]

We sometimes get newbies who immediately challenge every comment. I wouldn't join a forum that had a particular leaning and argue the opposite view aggressively.

Yeah, seems a bit pointless to me. Gave me a good laugh though, the way they jumped to Pete’s defence like his personal knight in shining tat.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Been backreading some threads from 2017 and stumbled upon Paz, absolutely astounding stuff. Couldn’t have been more sus if they tried. How many other IW forum infiltrators have I missed out on?

Terry Hopping - Charley or some other ludicrous, defensive juvenile from the Gallery.. The aforementioned Paz, who sounded incredibly Mason esque and was extraordinarily defensive. And probably some not even spotted yet, The one obsessed with hating Rob Locke (Norman, was it? Or Kenneth?….Oh..Nigel, it was) on the Shop on TV thread could also have been, I guess. Nonetheless, very few of the known ones seemed to last very long.

 

[Muttley]

Terry Hopping - Charley or some other ludicrous, defensive juvenile from the Gallery.. The aforementioned Paz, who sounded incredibly Mason esque and was extraordinarily defensive. And probably some not even spotted yet, The one obsessed with hating Rob Locke (Norman, was it? Or Kenneth?….Oh..Nigel, it was) on the Shop on TV thread could also have been, I guess. Nonetheless, very few of the known ones seemed to last very long.

Yes, Nigel created a thread that was just personal abuse. I thought it must have been a former colleague who hadn't done as well for himself. I suspect there was a story behind it and not just mindless trolling.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

What you want is somebody with some balls like Alex Knowles to come on here as themselves, listen, and respectfully reply. Now he’s on that awful Ideal World, probably difficult for him to reply any longer. Or somebody working there to actually come on and defend the way they sell? Don’t hold your breath on that one. Obviously, it isn’t easy to defend the indefensible.

 

[Professor Branestawm]

Btw, there's a video on YouTube showing just how much of modern watches are actually made in China of varying standards, supplied to high end brands. The "made in" on the faces of watches bears little credence to where the parts are actually from. Being Chinese made is no longer something to avoid

It’s like everything Ronzy.
The Chinese make (or at least assemble) iPhones for Apple.
But they equally turn out power bank sets that are dangerously wired and potentially lethal (as Big Clive often shows on YouTube).
If I could generalise for a second, they are a nation of unfettered entrepreneurialism - capable of quality and tat.
It all depends on the ‘clout’ of those signing contracts with them, I think, as well as the letter of that contract.
But when it collides with IW’s ‘buy anything that would sell in a car boot sale’ approach, it tends to lead only one way….

 

[HughTwo]

Old "jelly fingers" 'Chef' Mark trying to use the microwave pan to do steak.
I know people like it rare but the bl.oo.dy meat inside a sandwich didn't look great - and Herself isn't trying it.

Then great product knowledge - is it dishwasher safe? "I don't know" says 'Chef', "I don't have a dishwasher at home."

 

[Jazzydrury]

Nobody at that channel knows anything about any product

 

[Niwa]

Old "jelly fingers" 'Chef' Mark trying to use the microwave pan to do steak.
I know people like it rare but the bl.oo.dy meat inside a sandwich didn't look great - and Herself isn't trying it.

Then great product knowledge - is it dishwasher safe? "I don't know" says 'Chef', "I don't have a dishwasher at home."

The Rangemate thingy ideal if you want burnt and undercooked simultaneously!
And the price, £60 quid? Looks like it weighs f all.
I don't see the need for all this stuff, why not just cook it in a conventional way?

 

[Herring]

It’s like everything Ronzy.
The Chinese make (or at least assemble) iPhones for Apple.
But they equally turn out power bank sets that are dangerously wired and potentially lethal (as Big Clive often shows on YouTube).
If I could generalise for a second, they are a nation of unfettered entrepreneurialism - capable of quality and tat.
It all depends on the ‘clout’ of those signing contracts with them, I think, as well as the letter of that contract.
But when it collides with IW’s ‘buy anything that would sell in a car boot sale’ approach, it tends to lead only one way….

Indeed. I've seen many folks hand wave away any notion that dirt-cheap electrical goods from Temu, AliExpress etc (which tend to make their way to the tables of IW ) are in any convenable way not great quality because "Apple makes its stuff in China".

False equivalence.

Muriel must assume it works like this:

"Sorry trillion-dollar Apple, we can't accept your multi-billion dollar order to manufacture phone speakers in our state-of-the-art factory set up specifically to manufacture said parts for leading brands as GROMTEK placed an order for as many 2p earphones as we can churn out. They reckon they can flog them to a TV channel in the UK who has a guy that "feels sound" and will sell them at £24.99."

 

[Niwa]

Old "jelly fingers" 'Chef' Mark trying to use the microwave pan to do steak.
I know people like it rare but the bl.oo.dy meat inside a sandwich didn't look great - and Herself isn't trying it.

Then great product knowledge - is it dishwasher safe? "I don't know" says 'Chef', "I don't have a dishwasher at home."

Personally I hate undercooked food. Steak with blood still coming out.
Yuk, Yuk, Yuk (as Emma would say)

 

[Herring]

Indeed. I've seen many folks hand wave away any notion that dirt-cheap electrical goods from Temu, AliExpress etc (which tend to make their way to the tables of IW ) are in any convenable way not great quality because "Apple makes its stuff in China".

False equivalence.

Muriel must assume it works like this:

"Sorry trillion-dollar Apple, we can't accept your multi-billion dollar order to manufacture phone speakers in our state-of-the-art factory set up specifically to manufacture said parts for leading brands as GROMTEK placed an order for as many 2p earphones as we can churn out. They reckon they can flog them to a TV channel in the UK who has a guy that "feels sound" and will sell them at £24.99."

Ran out of time to add that the reality on IW is more like:

"Okay, we've located the factory making the 50p earphones on Temu. They're willing to cut us a deal if we buy at least 10,000. Quality? No idea; but they look like Apple ones so the plebs watching will multi-buy for the grandkids. And the latest batch doesn't have toxins in the plastic, which is a selling point. Shall we place an order? And let's schedule Mike to sell them - after all, he knows sound…"

 

[Scraping the barrel]

Nobody at that channel knows anything about any product

Aha!
But but the punters do know something as can be witnessed by ‘the webs gone mad,the lines are in meltdown,here they come routine,you’ve gone crazy for these , they’re flying out’type reactions to their wonderful items.

In fact I saw Our Pete last night (think it was) who was almost orgasmic because we were flooding the lines even before the price had been shown.

Of course we were Pete. Blimey,I’ve just paid £999 for those batteries! If only I had waited for the price to show and only then make an informed decision!
Oh well once bitten etc. At least my beloved IW let me pay £333 on 3 flexis.(plus £29.99 p&p which ‘ain’t too bad I suppose).

Just need to work out now what I’ve got that uses AA’s…

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Old "jelly fingers" 'Chef' Mark trying to use the microwave pan to do steak.
I know people like it rare but the bl.oo.dy meat inside a sandwich didn't look great - and Herself isn't trying it.

Then great product knowledge - is it dishwasher safe? "I don't know" says 'Chef', "I don't have a dishwasher at home."

He definitely used to have one….

 

[Samki]

He definitely used to have one….View attachment 30360

To this day - I still cannot work out why he put water on that grill plate

 

[Duke of Cheese]

I think he is in such a state of inner turmoil on those shows, he literally loses the power of sentient thought.

 

[Scraping the barrel]

Been backreading some threads from 2017 and stumbled upon Paz, absolutely astounding stuff. Couldn’t have been more sus if they tried. How many other IW forum infiltrators have I missed out on?

Got to be said 2017?? What a saddo!

Credit where it’s due though! What masterpieces have I missed?

You must now be our resident IW expert

 

[Bernie100]

Nobody at that channel knows anything about any product

To be fair Sally Jacks is a 'Collagen Expert' (wtf is that ?!?!), a Fashion Expert, a beauty Expert, a perfume Expert, a make-up expert, etc.

 

[Scraping the barrel]

To be fair Sally Jacks is a 'Collagen Expert' (wtf is that ?!?!), a Fashion Expert, a beauty Expert, a perfume Expert, a make-up expert, etc.

Ok yeh, but they are all make-up experts… now the punchline..because they ‘make everything up’
I’ll see myself out..