Villan_of_oz Posted January 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2018 15 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: Ask them what it's like to be agnatically descended from Henry IV Nice one. I had to Google it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 3 hours ago, VILLAMARV said: Ask them what it's like to be agnatically descended from Henry IV Ancestry.com has recently confirmed that my grandfather's 29th-great-grandfather, Sir Robert Skinner, fought alongside William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, losing a hand in the process. For his efforts, he was awarded Bolingbroke castle as a reward, where subsequently, 301 years later, Henry IV of Bolingbroke was born. I have since been annoying my wife all week by threatening to drive us to 'our castle' this weekend. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2018 22 hours ago, mjmooney said: Apologies for not keeping you all up to date on my jaffa cake research. I do hope you are not cross with me for the delay. You may recall that the current league leaders are Morrisons jaffa cakes, due to their competitive price, and correct use of twelve-cake tubes, rather than the frankly unacceptable switch to tens perpetrated by McVities. Well, I have even better news. I have now sampled the even cheaper (currently 89p for 12) Morrisons Savers version, and I am delighted to announce that, despite the utilitarian packaging, they are exactly the same. I will be stocking up. Thank you for your attention. I may have said this before, but there is a high chance they are literally exactly the same. As in made in the same factory, by the same people, with the same ingredients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I may have said this before, but there is a high chance they are literally exactly the same. As in made in the same factory, by the same people, with the same ingredients. In this case, I'm 100% sure they are. The only differences are the box and the price. I'm never buying the regular ones again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Occasionally, I accidently select a non-HD channel on sky and its like watching an old 1980's VHS tape. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, wazzap24 said: Occasionally, I accidently select a non-HD channel on sky and its like watching an old 1980's VHS tape. I can't see any significant difference. Same with Blu-Ray and DVD. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: I can't see any significant difference. Same with Blu-Ray and DVD. My Dad says the same, he's got all the HD channels and I often walk in and he's watching football in normal def. It's a massive difference for me. Standard picture offends my eyes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2018 Yeah I don’t really understand people who can’t see a difference between SD and HD. My mom is the same. It must be an eyesight thing, because the difference is huge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2018 Just now, wazzap24 said: My Dad says the same, he's got all the HD channels and I often walk in and he's watching football in normal def. It's a massive difference for me. Standard picture offends my eyes. A mate of mine tried to demonstrate this while we were watching a football match - kept flicking between the HD and normal channels, and saying "See how much better it is?" Well, I could see a - very marginal - difference, but even then I didn't think the HD was better, particularly. I never put the HD channels on, simply because they're further down the channel list. Then again, I'm the same with audio - don't give a shit about hi-fi, I just want to hear the song, I'm not into listening to sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 4k football is incredible to watch. The difference is amazing. Having said that, I could watch football filmed on a toaster, understand what is happening, and still enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I can't really tell, and I've always got it on normal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I wanted to see how many of the current Premier League managers I could name. I thought that I'd be lucky to get 10, but I managed 15. I couldn't name the managers of Leicester, Watford, Swansea, Southampton or Stoke. I kicked myself when I saw who was Stoke's manager, I should have got that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted February 15, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2018 12 minutes ago, Paddywhack said: I wanted to see how many of the current Premier League managers I could name. I thought that I'd be lucky to get 10, but I managed 15. I couldn't name the managers of Leicester, Watford, Swansea, Southampton or Stoke. I kicked myself when I saw who was Stoke's manager, I should have got that. 19 for me, I also don’t know who watford’s manager is (and I don’t see the point in learning his name as I dare say they’ll have another new manager in place in the near future). I only know Southampton’s manager because his name is similar to the former Man City manager. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 17 hours ago, Paddywhack said: I wanted to see how many of the current Premier League managers I could name. I thought that I'd be lucky to get 10, but I managed 15. I couldn't name the managers of Leicester, Watford, Swansea, Southampton or Stoke. I kicked myself when I saw who was Stoke's manager, I should have got that. Erm.. Leicester - Claude Puel Watford - Dunno Swansea - Yer man from Sheffield Wednesday Saints - Pellegrino, but not the one who used to manage Man City Stoke - "We go again" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 1 minute ago, dAVe80 said: Erm.. Leicester - Claude Puel Watford - Dunno Swansea - Yer man from Sheffield Wednesday Saints - Pellegrino, but not the one who used to manage Man City Stoke - "We go again" And now I've checked, yer man from Man City is actually called Pellegrini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Quote One of the oldest trees in Wales which was probably planted 1,000 years ago as a boundary marker along Offa's Dyke has fallen down. The Buttington Oak was spotted collapsed in its field two miles from Welshpool in Powys by a man nicknamed the "tree hunter". Rob McBride said he was sad to see such a significant tree grounded. The tree's girth measured 11m, which made it about 1,000 years old, he added. Mr McBride, who records ancient trees in Wales, said the oak had enormous cultural significance as it was a pollard - it had not grown in the field naturally. Instead, he said it would have been planted by local people to mark the site of the Battle of Buttington and also as part of Offa's Dyke - the border earthwork built by King Offa in the 8th Century. "It's such a pity as this was the largest tree on Offa's Dyke and the second largest in Wales," he added. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-43084088 Lost an Ent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 59 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-43084088 Lost an Ent I absolutely love people who spend time finding things like this out. They make the world so much more interesting. R.I.P Mr. Tree. Boy.. says something that my eulogy about a tree is more emotional than a school shooting.. Emotionally drained of gun news items now. My estimation of human life must have degraded. Sad times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 On 1/26/2018 at 22:39, Rugeley Villa said: I can't really tell, and I've always got it on normal. Well, too much of it does send you blind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Albrighton Posted May 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted May 5, 2018 Night off from parenting, staying in on a Saturday night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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