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I'm Martin.
yes, but when they're on I just get some work done.Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Well that's going to be better, still have the adverts tho
BBC substitute inane chatter for adverts anyway, it's not like it's just uninterrupted music on their channels.
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Oh they give you work to see you through the adverts? They really do look after you
And radio ads, bad though they are, don't hold a candle to TV's daytime slop. In amongst all the funeral plans and cover for folk who may or may not survive going past customs when going to Benidorm, is a sweet little nugget called 'Smart Insurance'.
Some gormless looking woman with a gob that could eat a banana sideways gives them a call to ask about their insurance:
"There are no medicals, I just need to know your age and smoking status"
"Well, I'm 32 and I don't smoke". (They never admit to having a crafty fag).
"Ok, so for just £6 a month you could be entitled to £100,000 of life cover!"
"That's great! We could pay off the mortgage!" It's not great, because you have to be dead, you daft bint!
And after the first 12 months the daft bint in question qualifies for 10% of her premiums back. So next Christmas she can expect a cheque for £7.20. "Well whoopy-fookin-doo! That'll buy me a tin of Celebrations! Where do I sign?"
Martin, you're better off at work with your Heart 70s
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And the funeral plan ads aren't much better. Delightfully vague, they're clearly not confident that the finer details will keep us interested: "Tes, we stick you in a cardboard box with 'Beko fridge freezer' printed up the side, and ferry you in our battered Mk 7 Transit to the local incinerator, all for a paltry £1400". And it the Transit breaks down, your final journey will be on the bus.
I know this thread is about how bad music has become, and believe me the jingles will earworm into your head if you let them.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
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Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
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When i'm traveling for work, it's a mix of Heart 70's or 80's for me, i used to like radio 2 but the only DJ i can tolerate on there now is Ken Bruce and that's really only for pop master
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And the 'equity release plan' ads that don't point out that this is a way of diddling the government out of the money that would have paid for your care when you finally lose your marbles. Not to mention any kids will get sod all.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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That always makes me laugh. Plus these days £100K won't clear much off a typical mortgage anyway when the average is £350K
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yeah but if you dont die you get zitch, as you will if you miss a payment...
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The average outstanding mortgage for 10.97 million households with mortgage debt was £146,427 in July 2022.
The average house price in England for the same period was £311,583. Much much lower in the rest of the UK.
Source: https://www.finder.com/uk/mortgage-statistics
Analysis conducted by finder.com
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up here the average is £188k.. not in street i live tho lol
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
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I only paid £17,500 for mine, but that was in 1978.
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