Originally Posted by Anian (Post 11124760)

Why can't radio stations tell you the name of the songs they are playing? I can't Shazam while I am driving. I hear the same song about 10 times before anyone says who it is by, and if I'm very lucky they will give the song title too.

Originally Posted by Uncle_Bob (Post 11124649)

tail on shrimp (or prawns/popcorn shrimp) I'm 50/50.

Prawns or popcorn shrimp should always be served completely shelled no matter what.

Larger shrimp may be served tail on if not in a sauce that makes the tails hard to find.

Under no circumstances do you ever sever a shrimp with the head and legs on FFS. I don't want to feel like my food is waving and staring at me.

British style prawn cocktails should always be served with popcorn shrimp. Even the BBC has this wrong :sneaky:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4...prawn-cocktail

I think i had paella with tail on shrimp at Hola Paella in covent garden last summer

Originally Posted by jibsymalone (Post 11124050)

Ok, on another note, one thing that really irks me when eating out is the incessant need to keep the shell on the tail of the shrimp in everything (well in 95.23452% of places i have eaten out at - FACT!). Now don't get me wrong, if they are grilled or done on a skewer or something i can understand it, but why do it when they in a sauce? I was eating out at a little italian place this past weekend, i ordered the shrimp alfredo, sure enough the shrimp have the shell still on the tails, i really don't get it?? WHY????? I don't really care for alfredo sauce all over my fingers!

Originally Posted by jibsymalone (Post 11125077)

most "modern" radios can do this, its not a new feature, RDS (Radio Data System. 1992 I think it was introduced in the USA), if you still have your stock factory radio then this could be the reason, getting a new headunit will give you this option (even the bargain basement walmart specials all pretty much have this now?)

Originally Posted by Anian (Post 11126879)

I guess that might be why the DJs don't bother then. The stock radio doesn't support RDS of any description, I'd always figured it was rare here anyway. Either the US were much slower in getting it, or everyone I know in the UK upgraded their radios but no one I knew in the US did.

Originally Posted by Anian (Post 11126879)

Either the US were much slower in getting it, or everyone I know in the UK upgraded their radios but no one I knew in the US did.

Originally Posted by Uncle_Bob (Post 11126974)

I don't like RDS, to me its almost as dangerous as texting while driving.
I find myself having to look down several times at a tiny 8 character display that always needs to cycle at least 4 times to display the track name and artist name. So i very rarely look at it.

Originally Posted by hungryhorace (Post 11124832)

My car radio tells me the titles of the song playing. Further, I can even save up to 50 tags with the song name to download onto a memory card for later purchase.

Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11127064)

Mine displays the name of the track playing, the album it came from, the date it was released, the artist name, amount of time the track has been playing, amount left to play, name of next track and name of previous track. All on one screen. It also displays the album cover artwork and will play an accompanying mp4 if there is one.

Oh, and it talks to me. and has ambient noise volume adjustment.

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11127070)

Does it also serve an appropriate corresponding snack food for each song? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11127071)

It allows me to add a tag to my MP3s that will allow it to pick tracks for me based on my current driving style (based on current braking/acceleration etc). I can have it play angry music... you know, for those times when I'm already angry. :D