grapau27 Posted April 7, 2023 #44601 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Happy Easter to all my P&O cruise friends. VID-20230407-WA0000.mp4 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckett Posted April 7, 2023 #44602 Share Posted April 7, 2023 21 minutes ago, grapau27 said: Happy Easter to all my P&O cruise friends. VID-20230407-WA0000.mp4 That's so lovely Graham. If only life could be that enchanting. Jane xxx 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted April 7, 2023 #44603 Share Posted April 7, 2023 11 hours ago, terrierjohn said: As I get more deaf with age, I long to hear a crisp clean BBC accent from the actors on TV programmes. The mutterings, whisperings, background music and the unintelligible accents on some TV programmes is very tiresome, and trying to keep up with the action, and read subtitles at the same time rather takes the enjoyment out of many programmes. I have to agree John. We watch very little TV now for that reason, well that and the fact that most of it is rubbish now anyway. The thing I find most infuriating is having to turn the sound up to hear what they're saying, and down again when the 'music' starts. I was sat constantly with the remote in my hand, adjusting the sound. We watch Amazon Prime and I watch the news on my laptop. Avril 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Hill Posted April 7, 2023 #44604 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Clear blue skies although a chilly 4C. A trip to recycling centre this morning, wash the car, sow last of vegetable seeds, drop by my sons to deliver Easter Eggs for 2 of my grandchildren and to see what his latest DIY project is. So all in all a busy day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Peterson Posted April 7, 2023 #44605 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Just now, Adawn47 said: I have to agree John. We watch very little TV now for that reason, well that and the fact that most of it is rubbish now anyway. The thing I find most infuriating is having to turn the sound up to hear what they're saying, and down again when the 'music' starts. I was sat constantly with the remote in my hand, adjusting the sound. We watch Amazon Prime and I watch the news on my laptop. Avril Still more than happy with what’s on Freeview, carefully selected and recorded via a Humax PVR (hours and hours backed up), but with you entirely on the sound. Using the subtitles now when that happens, and it’s a big help. What does amaze me though is that using subtitles on British programmes is now incredibly common with young people. Why? Apparently it enables them to multitask, but I just don’t get that! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted April 7, 2023 #44606 Share Posted April 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Harry Peterson said: Jim Broadbent comes from just north of Lincoln and he can do one, but I’d struggle to find a clip! It’s now dying out fast, but here’s an example: As you get nearer the Norfolk border though, it merges with the very different Norfolk accent. Still prefer the Suffolk accent - but that’s dying out too. Essex once had a similar accent (my grandparents had it) but it’s mostly been swamped by a London mix now. That blokes on a wind up,he keeps laughing.Vittles,that's from the Beverley Hillbillies.But I'll take your word for it Harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted April 7, 2023 #44607 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Got our vittles for tomorrow.Argentine king prawns 7.90 euro from Lidl .We got a pair of Coquille st jacques for 3.50 euro. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted April 7, 2023 #44608 Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Harry Peterson said: Still more than happy with what’s on Freeview, carefully selected and recorded via a Humax PVR (hours and hours backed up), but with you entirely on the sound. Using the subtitles now when that happens, and it’s a big help. What does amaze me though is that using subtitles on British programmes is now incredibly common with young people. Why? Apparently it enables them to multitask, but I just don’t get that! That's exactly what we do Harry.Got 20 pages of films and programmes we haven't seen yet.Some of the films turn out to be second rate B movies from c4,lol,they soon get deleted.Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Man Posted April 7, 2023 #44609 Share Posted April 7, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Adawn47 said: The thing I find most infuriating is having to turn the sound up to hear what they're saying, and down again when the 'music' starts. I was sat constantly with the remote in my hand, adjusting the sound. Thank God it's not just me. I've nearly worn the remote out! Last night I watched a recording of Unforgotten. One of the actors was talking to another actor in French with english subtitles then part way through the conversation they both reverted to english and the subtitles went. Later that same actor spoke to another actor in Polish with english subtitles and, again, part way through, they both reverted to english and the subtitles went.............why??? Edited April 7, 2023 by Pine Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted April 7, 2023 #44610 Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Harry Peterson said: Still more than happy with what’s on Freeview, carefully selected and recorded via a Humax PVR (hours and hours backed up), but with you entirely on the sound. Using the subtitles now when that happens, and it’s a big help. What does amaze me though is that using subtitles on British programmes is now incredibly common with young people. Why? Apparently it enables them to multitask, but I just don’t get that! I only recently discovered this fact, my son tells me our youngest granddaughter always uses subtitles. I must admit that on a smart phone it is probably the best way to view most video data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted April 7, 2023 #44611 Share Posted April 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Adawn47 said: I have to agree John. We watch very little TV now for that reason, well that and the fact that most of it is rubbish now anyway. The thing I find most infuriating is having to turn the sound up to hear what they're saying, and down again when the 'music' starts. I was sat constantly with the remote in my hand, adjusting the sound. I'm with you all on this one , quiz shows and the music gets louder as the contestants time runs out ,drowning out the quiz masters voice , or the adverts come on at what seems twice the level you had set your TV volume to. I had a TV that used to stop this with the Ads but our new TV doesn't do that option . There is no end to it ,the TV announcers are just as bad and do not get me started on the You Tubers who put films together in various volume levels with a good blast of very loud music ,do they never check these before posting them ? So no your not alone far from it. I'm sure they could sort this out but as yet ,I've not heard owt 😉 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Peterson Posted April 7, 2023 #44612 Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 hour ago, brian1 said: That blokes on a wind up,he keeps laughing.Vittles,that's from the Beverley Hillbillies.But I'll take your word for it Harry. Still in use in some rural areas, Brian - maybe even in Italy! I thought victuals died out in Dickensian times, and maybe the Licensed Victuallers’ Association, but apparently not! Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French vitaile, -aille (Old French also vitale , -alle , vittalle , victaille ) feminine < late Latin victuālia , neuter plural of post-classical Latin victuālis , < victus food, sustenance: compare Provençal vit(o)alha , Spanish vitualla , Portuguese vitualha , Italian vettovaglia . The variant Old French and modern French form victuaille has been assimilated to the Latin original, and a similar change in spelling has been made in English, while the pronunciation still represents the forms vittel , vittle . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted April 7, 2023 #44613 Share Posted April 7, 2023 34 minutes ago, kalos said: I'm with you all on this one , quiz shows and the music gets louder as the contestants time runs out ,drowning out the quiz masters voice , or the adverts come on at what seems twice the level you had set your TV volume to. I had a TV that used to stop this with the Ads but our new TV doesn't do that option . There is no end to it ,the TV announcers are just as bad and do not get me started on the You Tubers who put films together in various volume levels with a good blast of very loud music ,do they never check these before posting them ? So no your not alone far from it. I'm sure they could sort this out but as yet ,I've not heard owt 😉 Everyone is so loud now. No-one talks anymore, they shout at each other. We will soon have a society full of deaf people with extra large texting thumbs. Avril 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted April 7, 2023 #44614 Share Posted April 7, 2023 59 minutes ago, Harry Peterson said: Still in use in some rural areas, Brian - maybe even in Italy! I thought victuals died out in Dickensian times, and maybe the Licensed Victuallers’ Association, but apparently not! Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French vitaile, -aille (Old French also vitale , -alle , vittalle , victaille ) feminine < late Latin victuālia , neuter plural of post-classical Latin victuālis , < victus food, sustenance: compare Provençal vit(o)alha , Spanish vitualla , Portuguese vitualha , Italian vettovaglia . The variant Old French and modern French form victuaille has been assimilated to the Latin original, and a similar change in spelling has been made in English, while the pronunciation still represents the forms vittel , vittle . Well I said didn't speak English proper.It must have arrived in the Southern states via the French maybe.Amazing the origins of words.Brian. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Peterson Posted April 7, 2023 #44615 Share Posted April 7, 2023 9 minutes ago, brian1 said: Well I said didn't speak English proper.It must have arrived in the Southern states via the French maybe.Amazing the origins of words.Brian. Probably, just as you say. I love words and where they come from, and I love dialects and local accents. Mine's totally anonymous, but I can do a passable Cornish from having lived there a while, and a very good Suffolk for the same reason. One of the funny things is that people go on (me too!) about importing Americanisms. Gotten is a word that gets a lot of objections - yet it originated here and went there with the Pilgrim Fathers. Still in use in some parts of the UK, not that long ago. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twotravellersLondon Posted April 7, 2023 #44616 Share Posted April 7, 2023 2 hours ago, brian1 said: Coquille st jacques Bless my Dover Sole! Is that the plaice in France near to Calais where the Channel tunnel ends? Once a prawn a time we used to like going there... only cost a few squid.... used to crab a few bottles of wine and lobster them into the boot for the return ferry. Now with all of these delays and suchlike... we just hake it. Haddock been for ages. Can't believe I'm whiting this. Cod have been doing the garden. if I had been able to winkle the mower out of the shed. Getting a bit hard of herring these days and sometime flounder a bit to understand the wife... got to get my skates on though... if I don't cut the grass, she'll make me dory it or I'll be in turbot! So it's limpet off to the shed for me. All done without the use of alcohol! 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohnonotmeagain Posted April 7, 2023 #44617 Share Posted April 7, 2023 More fish based puns anyone? 😆 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Peterson Posted April 7, 2023 #44618 Share Posted April 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, twotravellersLondon said: Bless my Dover Sole! Is that the plaice in France near to Calais where the Channel tunnel ends? Once a prawn a time we used to like going there... only cost a few squid.... used to crab a few bottles of wine and lobster them into the boot for the return ferry. Now with all of these delays and suchlike... we just hake it. Haddock been for ages. Can't believe I'm whiting this. Cod have been doing the garden. if I had been able to winkle the mower out of the shed. Getting a bit hard of herring these days and sometime flounder a bit to understand the wife... got to get my skates on though... if I don't cut the grass, she'll make me dory it or I'll be in turbot! So it's limpet off to the shed for me. All done without the use of alcohol! And they say that hardly anyone in Britain can name more than 5 fish! 😉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted April 7, 2023 #44619 Share Posted April 7, 2023 17 minutes ago, twotravellersLondon said: All done without the use of alcohol! Well done old trout! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecttr Posted April 7, 2023 #44620 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Easy, name 5 fish Cod, Haddock, Mackerel, Salmon, Kilmarnock Kilmarnock is a plaice in Scotland 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted April 7, 2023 #44621 Share Posted April 7, 2023 45 minutes ago, ohnonotmeagain said: More fish based puns anyone? 😆 🤣 I've trawled around and can't think of any.Unless they've slipped the net. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted April 7, 2023 #44622 Share Posted April 7, 2023 49 minutes ago, twotravellersLondon said: Bless my Dover Sole! Is that the plaice in France near to Calais where the Channel tunnel ends? Once a prawn a time we used to like going there... only cost a few squid.... used to crab a few bottles of wine and lobster them into the boot for the return ferry. Now with all of these delays and suchlike... we just hake it. Haddock been for ages. Can't believe I'm whiting this. Cod have been doing the garden. if I had been able to winkle the mower out of the shed. Getting a bit hard of herring these days and sometime flounder a bit to understand the wife... got to get my skates on though... if I don't cut the grass, she'll make me dory it or I'll be in turbot! So it's limpet off to the shed for me. All done without the use of alcohol! Done me like a kipper geeze.Hook line and sinker. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha whiskey Posted April 7, 2023 #44623 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Just now, brian1 said: I've trawled around and can't think of any.Unless they've slipped the net. Stop floundering about you lot! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Peterson Posted April 7, 2023 #44624 Share Posted April 7, 2023 This afternoon I replaced a smoke alarm because it had reached the end of its 10 year life. No big deal, maybe, but for me replacing or repairing anything without a major disaster or getting a professional like Brian in (well, maybe not Brian for a smoke alarm, apart from the water powered variety) is a very big deal! Took just a few minutes, the new one fitted perfectly without any rewiring, and incredibly direct replacements for the originals fitted when the house was built 20 years ago are still easily obtainable. So no rewiring work at all. One down, eight to go! They last ten years, which may well be longer than I will - a bit like buying your last car! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted April 7, 2023 #44625 Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 hour ago, ohnonotmeagain said: More fish based puns anyone? 😆 🤣 Nope I can't think of any but my Mrs once asked me "Have you seen the fish bowl anywhere?" I didn't realise that they could .😉 I once was taking a truck load of Omega 3 capsules, down the M1 but I crashed it . Luckily I was okay, I only sustained super fish oil injuries 🤣 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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