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dbd33

Nov 3rd 2011 6:12 am

Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !

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Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 9712951)

I don't own a PVR or whatever they are as i don't really watch too much telly. One thing i don't like when i do watch stuff is the lack of continuity the adverts through the shows cause.

Oh, I bet this is a huge problem. Instead of five minutes of adverts there's a five minute leap forward in the action. It'd only work for the most superficial viewing. Do you mainly watch Cheech and Chong, Steve_?

BristolUK

Nov 3rd 2011 12:58 pm

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Then, of course, when the show does come back from an ad break here, they put a bloody great caption advertising some other show across the bottom of the screen, obscuring something that might have some relevance to the plot - a document, letter, photo of a suspect or something.

Imagine reading a book and at the start of a chapter, some text is covered up with an ad for another book. :blink:

el_richo

Nov 3rd 2011 1:28 pm

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Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 9713646)

The only reason i pay for cable is for MotoGP and World Superbikes. I'm cancelling after this weekend as the coverage is appalling. The commentators are crap and the number of ad breaks is highly annoying. There tends to be at least 6 to 8 add breaks during a one hour showing and many of these are during the exciting parts. Then when it returns after the break you miss a few more seconds of action due to those captions advertising more stuff. :thumbdown:

BristolUK

Nov 3rd 2011 2:19 pm

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Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 9713688)

The only reason i pay for cable is for MotoGP and World Superbikes....and the number of ad breaks is highly annoying.

You should change to football. At least you get a clear 45 minutes x two. :rofl:

macadian

Nov 3rd 2011 10:45 pm

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Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 9713646)

Not to mention the way the volume is increased when they go to a commercial break....:thumbdown:.....the 'Mute' button gets more use than any other......:sneaky:

DandNHill

Nov 3rd 2011 11:49 pm

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Originally Posted by Auld Yin (Post 9691725)

So. you'd rather the 401 wasn't snow ploughed?

Is that why they can't have snow ploughs?

dbd33

Nov 4th 2011 12:01 am

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Originally Posted by DandNHill (Post 9714468)

Is that why they can't have snow ploughs?

Some people, myself included, believe that it is possible to have both snow ploughs and cat's eyes but, yes, perceived incompatibility is the reason that the 401 is not ploughed and, instead, really tall cat's eyes are used to tower above the accumulated snow.

Steve_

Nov 4th 2011 4:31 am

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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 9712942)

Is the key point here that the machine comes from the cable company? The same cable company that supplies the internet? If so, it's not a differentiator, Alan's still watching TV as much as you are.

Only if you consider having a landline from said company the same thing as well. Haven't watched much telly on it lately.

dbd33

Nov 4th 2011 4:34 am

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Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 9714941)

Only if you consider having a landline from said company the same thing as well. Haven't watched much telly on it lately.

We do. In fact, all the television we watch comes that way. No adverts at all.

Steve_

Nov 4th 2011 4:40 am

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What on a digital landline?

I know it's the same coax but it's not the same service. Which is why they're listed separately on the bill.

dbd33

Nov 4th 2011 4:43 am

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Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 9714959)

What on a digital landline?

Dunno. It's a wire, strung from poles, that goes into the house and along the skirting board. It ends at a box and there's the option to plug a telephone into the other side of the box; if you do that voices come out. We don't get voices, we get episodes of True Blood.

Keelif

Nov 20th 2011 4:13 am

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Originally Posted by iaink (Post 9699525)

But you are looking to move to Canada (again) to escape these perceived issues, when there are places a lot closer to home that you could try. Doesnt have to be Beds, my brother in Surrey, 30 mins from the city, also wouldnt recognise your description. Of course, thats not a cheap place to live, but then neither is Vancouver either.

FWIW many of my old mans neighbours commute the 1hr to London daily;)

There are places that are nice in the UK but unfortunately you would need to be earning a fortune to live there! Trust me they are getting fewer and farther between.

I am still in the UK and have lived in Lancashire, Kent and Hampshire and have travelled around. There are some gorgeous areas, but they are well out of your average persons price range....

Crime is not the only problem here, the UK is now massively over crowded.

Some of those who have left the UK do seem to look back on it with a nostalgia of sort and perhaps remember the UK of old...

Im sure most experience no crime or trouble when visiting, but im sure you are aware, visiting somewhere is not quite the same as living there....just my 2 pence worth ;)

el_richo

Nov 20th 2011 5:14 am

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Originally Posted by Keelif (Post 9744146)

I am still in the UK

...but im sure you are aware, visiting somewhere is not quite the same as living there....

Hope you enjoyed your visits to Canada :sunglasses:

Keelif

Nov 20th 2011 6:37 am

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Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 9744228)

Hope you enjoyed your visits to Canada :sunglasses:

Thank you El_Richo, but I have not actually visited Canada yet. :(

I am not trying to say that Canada is better than the UK, how could I possible know I haven't even visited let alone lived there, but I wouldn't mind finding out. :D

All I know is that the UK to me just doesn't feel like a very safe place right and seems to be getting worse.

But hey ho one mans heaven another mans hell and all that. Suppose it all depends on what you want out of life. :)

DandNHill

Nov 20th 2011 7:38 am

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Originally Posted by Keelif (Post 9744332)

It depends where you end up living here too.
I live in a small town hundreds of kilometers from a city so it's like going back in time. We only lock the back door at night because it's logical rather than because we feel we need to.
Our 6 year old plays on the street without me worrying about him and his school had even suggested he could walk home on his own!!! Only a block or so...
Whereas in the large cities there is bound to be more to worry about, even from the point of view of the traffic for example.
I feel safer walking around town after dark here than I did in the UK but that could quite simply be because I live in the back of beyond now!!! :starsmile:

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