Has anyone noticed he's (sadly) died?
You may not have, if you've been on a desert island for the last day or so...
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Prince Philip
Has anyone noticed he's (sadly) died?
You may not have, if you've been on a desert island for the last day or so...
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He is dead?
It is shame he did not make 100, as he missed out on the telegram from the queen.
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Indeed, but what I'm getting at is the *hugely OTT* TV coverage of his death (and also his life up until that point), as if it's automatically presumed that everyone in the UK is a Royalist, and therefore happy at having their usual programmes unceremoniously cancelled, in order to 'enjoy' endless coverage of this stuff.
You'll be missing it in France, but we've had virtually nothing else on the main TV channels here since the poor chap popped his clogs yesterday.
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Oh trust me, I am not missing it.
I remember when Princess Di died. The day of her funeral, I went out for the day in my car. It was awesome.
Hardly a soul on the road. I set off from Bristol, and headed up through Wales to play on the Evomtriangle.
I don’t really watch much TV though. The TV I do watch, I record, and watch when I want to, or when I have time.
It is a shame he has died, but 99 is a bloody good innings. He did some good things in his life, but also çame out with some hilariously non PC comments.
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my mate and i went to a pub without a tv... got pissedOriginally Posted by CageyH
as for having all channel on same program; well its a form of communism, and should be banned... not that it bothers me now as i dont have tv.
Phillip was a decent bloke imo, and would probably be appauled by it all
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Indeed, it's ridiculous, although it bothers me greatly for many different reasons!
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Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
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CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
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Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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[QUOTE=Cagey
I remember when Princess Di died.
So do I. I was working at a music venue in Berkshire. Cashed up, locked up, 5am. I was going back to my Old Fella's as we were heading for Anfield to watch Liverpool v Newcastle,4pm kick off. The cab driver told me what had happened, so I stayed awake till my Dad got up and explained why I thought the match would be called off.
No chance , he said. It's on TV. Not worth arguing, so I get in the back of the car for the 200 mile trip and went straight to sleep.
Woke up some time later to see us heading in the wrong direction on the M6. Game cancelled at 11am.
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Hopefully you had some nice tunes for the journey, not just Jerry and the Pacemakers
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I'm no royalist but I do think there is a lot to admire about Philip.
However the BBC coverage was just totally OTT; the same programme broadcast on all BBC TV channels (BBC1, BBC2 and BBC News 24, with BBC4 off air) at the same time and the same programme broadcast on all BBC Radio channels (R1, R2, R3, R4 on FM at least) at the same time. Fine changing the schedule to respect his death, and running special programmes on one of the main TV and Radio channels, but ALL of them?
God help us when the Queen dies; we'd better stock up with toilet rolls again.
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