Random musings and general banter.

[Wanderer]

£129.99 for a USB powered soundbar with 3 watt speakers...... are they having a giraffe?

30 watt - £29.99 - https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/goodmans-compact-bluetooth-soundbar-30w-396542

 

[galesgal57]

He doesn't have central heating, just Economy 7, and he only has it on for a few hours in two rooms. Pull the other one, you lying tw*t.

 

[PhædrusR]

If it's of help I can refer you to post #47782.

Ahhh yes, thanks, Frigidaire.

They're still mainly all made in Japan, I think. (Dunno if China has yet muscled in?)

Many of the components (front door, insides, inner box metal cube, lining) it seems are all from same one or two factories (compare Panasonic, Sharp, Russell Hobbs, inner doors/glass grills), with the proprietary parts being the electronic panels, touchpads, buttons/knobs and outer case designs.

Have become a fan of the flatbed version (ceramic base) no turntable/rotor. Easier to clean, can fit large square dishes in if needed as no rotation, still cooks well evenly and far easier to clean out and dry.

Asda, Sharp, Russell Hobbs and others do them. Common in the catering restaurant trade at bigger/more powerful levels too.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

If you love Deep Frat Flied Froo-Froo-Flooed…Fer-Fer-Fer… Best air fryer I’ve sold since BBC Shopping World in 1984…

 

[PhædrusR]

£129.99 for a USB powered soundbar with 3 watt speakers...... are they having a giraffe?

30 watt - £29.99 - https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/goodmans-compact-bluetooth-soundbar-30w-396542

Wtf? They were selling it on IW TV last week for £39.99. Now listed at £129.99 on IW site.

It's RCA phono jacks (only), and Bluetooth, not usb, btw. With a mains adapter power lead.

I think their site details description (usb/3W) is wrong, for another product maybe.
The 1 review is interesting, their new TV probably doesn't have RCA phono jack sockets, and soundbar doesn't do a/pdif, hdmi or scary. Buyer could get a smart/hdmi to RCA converter, but why bother?!

Xenta Monitor 2.0ch Soundbar Speaker - 7951949 - Ideal World

Xenta Monitor 2.0ch Soundbar Speaker - 7951949 at Ideal World. 30 Days money back guarantee.

www.idealworld.tv

 

[PhædrusR]

If you love Deep Frat Flied Froo-Froo-Flooed…Fer-Fer-Fer… Best air fryer I’ve sold since BBC Shopping World in 1984…

I just saw that. I laughed.
Have said before I think he has top set dentures, which don't help.
He was fiddling or moving them with teeth slightly last week, but not certain, couldn't see definitively.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Lying in Ill-Fitting Dentures. Sounds like the intended 'B' side of All I Want for Christmas Is a Dukla Prague Away Kit by Half Man Half Biscuit... Oh that awful lamp…How ghastly…Like chewing on a tur….

 

[galesgal57]

The tartan blanket, with the waft and the weave. I'm sure he means warp and weft. He hasn't a flaming clue what he's on about.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

He looks like the old gormless cu…in a John Collier suit, you hoped wouldn’t serve you in Tandy’s in 1985.

 

[Dr Quincy MkII]

There was a local burger bar that used to specialise in pink burgers. They got closed down by Food Standards. They fought the case but lost as the judge ruled they were selling uncooked meat.

I’m a real philistine when it comes to meat. Slightest bit of pink it goes back in the oven
Never order steak in a restaurant as if you ask it for well done it’s either burnt or brown on the outside and raw in the centre. And don’t get me started on Beef Wellington!


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In Joe's defence he was probably cooking how he personally likes it. As much as I like him as a presenter, the same with anyone on TV, I do my research before buying the gear and will all the shopping telly hours these people clock up they are bound to cover items that are not kitchen essentials. It's like when I wander around home bargains, there are so many things I think to myself, oh there's a doohickey do I need this? My mum when she is with me says that Dunelm is like Smyth's toys for grannies because she loves to look around at all the crap, even in Lakeland there are so many items that cook food my head melts. I personally wouldn't trust those grills that go in the microwave no matter what anyone says, yet they seem to flog them, regularly. I also use a meat thermometer which is a godsend

 

[PhædrusR]

He looks like the old gormless cu…in a John Collier suit, you hoped wouldn’t serve you in Tandy’s in 1985.

Your memory detail for things past is excellent.

Half man half biscuit, John Collier, Tandy, Dukla Prague, etc. Ad infinitum.

Have you thought of writing a memoir, or "Remember when...?" anecdotes type book?

Just what I'd want for Xmas...

Must be many reminiscences books out there I guess.

 

[Dr Quincy MkII]

OK, let's talk about Yannis for a moment. I like to think I can be critical of people but not in an unreasonable way. I criticise all the presenters in a fair way. BS is BS no matter whose mouth it comes out of. And when people do or say something positive I always like to mention it. Remember when they first started and were cooking defrosted fish fingers that were inedible because they had been out of the freezer all day? Now we have proper demonstrations. But this man gives series creep vibes and I don't want to sound unreasonable. But having said his gym body is good genes is laughable. His patronising tone. From what I saw of him on Create and Craft, he was obviously hiding the real person. I have gotten to the point now, when he comes on, I switch off or go and do something else.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Your memory detail for things past is excellent.

Half man half biscuit, John Collier, Tandy, Dukla Prague, etc. Ad infinitum.

Have you thought of writing a memoir, or "Remember when...?" anecdotes type book?

Just what I'd want for Xmas...

Must be many reminiscences books out there I guess.

Reminds me of when Dennis Price (Louis Mazzini) left his incriminating memoirs on the condemned prisoner table in Kind Hearts and Coronets after a last minute Pardon..

 

[PhædrusR]

Your memory detail for things past is excellent.

Half man half biscuit, John Collier, Tandy, Dukla Prague, etc. Ad infinitum.

Have you thought of writing a memoir, or "Remember when...?" anecdotes type book?

Just what I'd want for Xmas...

Must be many reminiscences books out there I guess.

Anyone fancy starting a list up to Xmas. I'll try a few to start off:

Tandy... so...

Maplin
Woolworth's
Dolcis
Freeman Hardy & Willis
C&A (remember my joke last year?? Gone from uk)
Burton's
Bejam's (ok, now Iceland)
BHS (British Home Stores)
Littlewoods (online now, Very, etc.)
Damart shops (online now, French owned)
Multiyork (furniture/sofas)
Beatties (model maker kit, train sets, airfix)
Broomfield's/Baker's Oven bakers (now Gregg's)
Golden Egg (before my time)
ABC cafés (just before)
Lyon's corner houses (very before).
Clas Ohlson (gone from UK)

You could name 'heritage' watch brands after these!

Doesn't just have to be shops.
Over to you all...

 

[Scraping the barrel]

Anyone fancy starting a list up to Xmas. I'll try a few to start off:

Tandy... so...

Maplin
Woolworth's
Dolcis
Freeman Hardy & Willis
C&A (remember my joke last year?? Gone from uk)
Burton's
Bejam's (ok, now Iceland)
BHS (British Home Stores)
Littlewoods (online now, Very, etc.)
Damart shops (online now, French owned)
Multiyork (furniture/sofas)
Beatties (model maker kit, train sets, airfix)
Broomfield's/Baker's Oven bakers (now Gregg's)
Golden Egg (before my time)
ABC cafés (just before)
Lyon's corner houses (very before).
Clas Ohlson (gone from UK)

You could name 'heritage' watch brands after these!

Doesn't just have to be shops.
Over to you all...

Ideal World 3…oops! …but you did say up to Xmas .

I would have no problems if the lot of them were made redundant especially Mason. His ego needs a realty check

 

[Scraping the barrel]

See y’all later. Going now to lie down in a dark room

 

[galesgal57]

Give the air fryer as a christening present! He's lost the plot.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Anyone fancy starting a list up to Xmas. I'll try a few to start off:

Tandy... so...

Maplin
Woolworth's
Dolcis
Freeman Hardy & Willis
C&A (remember my joke last year?? Gone from uk)
Burton's
Bejam's (ok, now Iceland)
BHS (British Home Stores)
Littlewoods (online now, Very, etc.)
Damart shops (online now, French owned)
Multiyork (furniture/sofas)
Beatties (model maker kit, train sets, airfix)
Broomfield's/Baker's Oven bakers (now Gregg's)
Golden Egg (before my time)
ABC cafés (just before)
Lyon's corner houses (very before).
Clas Ohlson (gone from UK)

You could name 'heritage' watch brands after these!

Doesn't just have to be shops.
Over to you all...

Hepworths
DER
Granada
Radio Rentals
Brentford Nylons
Goldrange (The Big Red Building in Petticoat Lane)
Dewhurst’s
Times Furnishings
John Collier (The Window to Watch)
Wimpy
Beefeater
Pizzaland
Rumbelows
Multi-Broadcast
Tandy
David Greig
Fine Fare
Safeway
Our Price
Richard Shops
Dorothy Perkins
Austin Ree
Timothy Whites
Unwins
Victoria Wine
Midland Bank
UDT Keyloan
Horizon Holidays
Clarksons Holidays
Laker Airlines
Timpo Toys
ABC Cinemas
Courts
Bejam
OMO
Ross Frozen Food
Lyons Maid
Talbot
British Leyland….
Brittania Music
Geocities
Friends Reunited
Tie Rack

 

[Muttley]

He likes to snuggle under a blanket and listen to the shipping forecast! Dreaming of all the rugged sailors, no doubt.

Whatever he chooses to do in the privacy of his damp ridden hovel is his personal business

 

[Muttley]

He doesn't have central heating, just Economy 7, and he only has it on for a few hours in two rooms. Pull the other one, you lying tw*t.

Strange how he hasn't purchased all these wonderful heating solutions that IW sell regularly. It's almost like he's talking a load of cobblers. But I could be wrong