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Post by The Captain on Dec 17, 2022 8:04:33 GMT -5
On the roundabout discussion, I absolutely LOVED driving them when I was in Wales in 2019, even though I was learning to drive on the "other" side of the road for the first time. We had a Nissan hybrid small SUV (akin to a Subaru Outback), and that thing got 77 mpg because we NEVER stopped moving; my hybrid here in the states, at its best, was only getting 61 mpg because there is a stop sign or stop light at every intersection. Once a person figures out the flow and how to maneuver through them, roundabouts are a breeze.
On the "bendy bus" discussion, Pittsburgh has loads of them. Used to ride them all the time from the suburbs into our downtown area when I worked down there.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2022 9:16:03 GMT -5
I’m really bored with UK TV adverts right now - and the ads they show are reflective of the real world. In the 80s, ads were for cereals, chocolate bars, the Yellow Pages, supermarkets, cars, watches, cigars, etc. Some utilised comedians, e.g. the ad for chocolate bar Wispa utilised a comedy duo. Ads now are depressing. There are ads for gold shops, pawn shops, loans, credit cards, life insurance, medical products, etc. Ads can’t even be fun now. I guess it’s a sign of the times that pawn shops and credit cards are so ubiquitous in our ads. Yes, such things have existed for a long time, but there seems to be no balance in TV ads now. It’s almost like TV channels buy a package of ads consisting almost entirely of depressing things like life insurance, pawn shops and credit cards. Let’s have some balance. Let’s have some fun characters in our ads. Let’s remember that life isn’t just about pawn shops, credit cards, life insurance and pawning your gold.
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 17, 2022 13:36:41 GMT -5
Just got a call from my brother to tell me our Aunt Liz, the widow of our mother's only brother, passed away yesterday. That leaves only my Aunt Donna and her husband John from the generation preceding us on either side. Liz was in an advanced state of dementia so it was probably a mercy that she went peacefully in her sleep.
Cei-U! I know time marches on but, damn, does it have to march so fast?
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 17, 2022 18:57:00 GMT -5
Just got a call from my brother to tell me our Aunt Liz, the widow of our mother's only brother, passed away yesterday. That leaves only my Aunt Donna and her husband John from the generation preceding us on either side. Liz was in an advanced state of dementia so it was probably a mercy that she went peacefully in her sleep. Cei-U! I know time marches on but, damn, does it have to march so fast? I know what you mean. On my Dad's side, all of his siblings (and he) are gone and now all of my aunts, except my Uncle Delbert's second wife, Patsy. So, it is pretty much just my generation and their kids, on that side. On my Mom's side, I have lost two uncles, but all three of her sisters are still around, with the youngest and her husband both alive. The next oldest aunt is living; but, a while back she passed out on a golf course, from sun stroke and suffered some brain damage as a result of being unconscious for a prolonged period, and has issues with her memory. My cousin cares for her, since my uncle passed away (not long after my mother did). The next oldest just lost her husband earlier this year. In fact, she is the one I called after Barb passed away, to get a recommendation for a funeral home. My Uncle Randy (the one who passed away earlier this year,) was big on Christmas and had an elaborate Christmas village, from the Department 56 collection. He had the New York Times Building (with the New Year's ball on top) and a bunch of the pieces; plus, he'd set up his vintage toy train set (we are talking old school, with the big metal tracks, from the 40s). This is my Aunt Janet's first Christmas without him; so, she went to stay at my cousin's house for most of December, through Christmas. We are going to get together for dinner, after she gets back home. I lost three work colleagues, from the Barnes & Noble days, to various cancers, which sucks. I am of the age I am resolved to it; but, a few years back, the son of one of Barb's friends died, of a drug overdose (after a relapse) and we went to the funeral. He was relatively young (20 something) and the group was pretty young and really having a hard time processing it. I don't think most of them had experienced many deaths in their families. When my grandmother passed away, all of us cousins got together, on our own, at a bar and just kind of had our own little wake. She lived well into her 80s, so we were all adults. The irony of it was that she didn't drink; so, she wouldn't have approved.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 18, 2022 9:09:04 GMT -5
Happy Hanukkah, folks!
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Post by DE Sinclair on Dec 18, 2022 12:46:33 GMT -5
The holiday season has officially started! Happy Hanukkah, Christmas, & Kwanzaa to all!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2022 13:36:05 GMT -5
Well done to Argentina for a thrilling climax to the World Cup 2022 in Qatar...
And yes, I wagered on the winning team and was screaming at the telly when I was *this close* to losing it....but that's what makes these games so exciting.
The 2026 tournament will be held in the US, Canada and Mexico with the majority of the games being in the US....that will be a first, 3 countries as hosts.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2022 16:49:56 GMT -5
No World Cup should ever end in a penalty shoot-out. Really pisses me off.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 18, 2022 17:50:06 GMT -5
No World Cup should ever end in a penalty shoot-out. Really pisses me off. For my money, I thought it was a pretty stunning finish to a pretty back and forth game. Probably one of the best World Cup Finals I've ever watched.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2022 18:09:38 GMT -5
Can’t deny that. Just don’t like penalty shoot-outs in finals. I know you couldn’t really expect teams to play indefinitely, we could end up with five hours of extra time.
But when I’m World President, penalty shoot-outs in finals will be abolished…
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Post by Confessor on Dec 18, 2022 18:52:33 GMT -5
I’m really bored with UK TV adverts right now - and the ads they show are reflective of the real world. In the 80s, ads were for cereals, chocolate bars, the Yellow Pages, supermarkets, cars, watches, cigars, etc. Some utilised comedians, e.g. the ad for chocolate bar Wispa utilised a comedy duo. Ads now are depressing. There are ads for gold shops, pawn shops, loans, credit cards, life insurance, medical products, etc. Ads can’t even be fun now. I guess it’s a sign of the times that pawn shops and credit cards are so ubiquitous in our ads. Yes, such things have existed for a long time, but there seems to be no balance in TV ads now. It’s almost like TV channels buy a package of ads consisting almost entirely of depressing things like life insurance, pawn shops and credit cards. Let’s have some balance. Let’s have some fun characters in our ads. Let’s remember that life isn’t just about pawn shops, credit cards, life insurance and pawning your gold. You watch a lot of daytime TV, don't you?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2022 19:13:14 GMT -5
Can’t deny that. Just don’t like penalty shoot-outs in finals. I know you couldn’t really expect teams to play indefinitely, we could end up with five hours of extra time. But when I’m World President, penalty shoot-outs in finals will be abolished…
I don't mind penalty shootouts but I wouldn't want to be one of those who completely miss the goal....it will haunt you forever.....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2022 19:44:06 GMT -5
I’m really bored with UK TV adverts right now - and the ads they show are reflective of the real world. In the 80s, ads were for cereals, chocolate bars, the Yellow Pages, supermarkets, cars, watches, cigars, etc. Some utilised comedians, e.g. the ad for chocolate bar Wispa utilised a comedy duo. Ads now are depressing. There are ads for gold shops, pawn shops, loans, credit cards, life insurance, medical products, etc. Ads can’t even be fun now. I guess it’s a sign of the times that pawn shops and credit cards are so ubiquitous in our ads. Yes, such things have existed for a long time, but there seems to be no balance in TV ads now. It’s almost like TV channels buy a package of ads consisting almost entirely of depressing things like life insurance, pawn shops and credit cards. Let’s have some balance. Let’s have some fun characters in our ads. Let’s remember that life isn’t just about pawn shops, credit cards, life insurance and pawning your gold. You watch a lot of daytime TV, don't you? No, it’s the news channels after around 8pm. That gold advert was on about two hours ago. But if working at night, yes, I have watched daytime TV, but usually only JAG or NCIS.
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Post by Confessor on Dec 19, 2022 2:16:36 GMT -5
You watch a lot of daytime TV, don't you? No, it’s the news channels after around 8pm. That gold advert was on about two hours ago. But if working at night, yes, I have watched daytime TV, but usually only JAG or NCIS. It's just when you mentioned adverts about "gold shops, pawn shops, loans, credit cards, life insurance, medical products", that's exactly the sort of adverts they have on weekday afternoons, along with personal injury claims and animal charities. Basically targeting the unemployed, the infirm, or the retired.
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Post by shaxper on Dec 19, 2022 9:16:22 GMT -5
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