El Zen Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Its more a case of going to a good Chinese or Indian and knowing I can't make it The gap between my ability and an Italian restaurant is far smaller so I can't justify the price I can cook a damn good spag bol or my wife can make lasagna for 4 people (which also then has the "traditional" to my house problem that other foods also don't suffer from) for less than a tenner, no way am I going to pay 6 times that to take the family to an Italian restaurant Would even say its not a quality of ingredients or cooking method thing either, I haven't got a tandor for example, Italian food is too easy to replicate to a decent standard Sure, I can see that. But quality Italian cuisine has a fair bit more to offer than the stuff (you and) I can make at home! I’d never go to a «cheap» Italian place and have a mediocre spagbol or lasagna with microwaved garlic bread and a glass of house red, but I’ll gladly go to a finer Italian place and pay the money for an oxtail ravioli with just the right wine to wash it down. Depends on the price range. High end Italian food isn’t any more or less overpriced than high end anything else, imo. Edited August 22, 2022 by El Zen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2022 I've always found pizzas a bit 'meh', take 'em or leave 'em, but I've discovered that one of our many local Italian restaurants does fantastic ones, way the best I've ever had. Still an occasional treat, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 3 hours ago, El Zen said: Sure, I can see that. But quality Italian cuisine has a fair bit more to offer than the stuff (you and) I can make at home! I’d never go to a «cheap» Italian place and have a mediocre spagbol or lasagna with microwaved garlic bread and a glass of house red, but I’ll gladly go to a finer Italian place and pay the money for an oxtail ravioli with just the right wine to wash it down. Depends on the price range. High end Italian food isn’t any more or less overpriced than high end anything else, imo. I am not much of a fan of anchovies but Puttanesca can be fabulous. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 7 hours ago, HKP90 said: Unpopular opinion: I don't see the point of having recent pictures of my family in my house. I'm talking portraits here, rather than pictures of us doing activities. I can just walk downstairs and look at the real thing. I have the pictures stored on a computer, and sure if they are older photos, maybe, but nothing from the last 5 years. I've got no pictures of my family at all in my flat. I know what they look like! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Xela said: I've got no pictures of my family at all in my flat. I know what they look like! Only parents and grandparents do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Xela said: I've got no pictures of my family at all in my flat. I know what they look like! Especially when people put up glamour shots of themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 11 hours ago, HKP90 said: Unpopular opinion: I don't see the point of having recent pictures of my family in my house. I'm talking portraits here, rather than pictures of us doing activities. I can just walk downstairs and look at the real thing. I have the pictures stored on a computer, and sure if they are older photos, maybe, but nothing from the last 5 years. I completely agree. In fact, I have no pictures of anyone I know framed and displayed at all, aside from a couple of pictures of my son on the fridge. Walls are for art and bookshelves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, El Zen said: I completely agree. In fact, I have no pictures of anyone I know framed and displayed at all, aside from a couple of pictures of my son on the fridge. Walls are for art and bookshelves. Going clockwise round our living room: art, art, art, art, art, art, family photos, family photos, bookshelves, bookshelves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2022 11 hours ago, fightoffyour said: Thing is that Italian food is absolutely incredible, but it is almost invariably overpriced (or should I say priced?) and substandard outside of Italy. i'm not massively well travelled, but probably the best food i've eaten in it's native country is italian...the shite you get over here is nothing like the traditional thing (like a lot of cuisines over here i.e. indian, so ive been told) cream has no place in a carbonara, as one example i'd say the food i've eaten over here that most closely resembles the traditional stuff is thai. just need to forget that the green curry that you pay £8.50 for here costs about 40p in bangkok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2022 11 hours ago, Risso said: Outside of London, Leeds is the best UK city. Edinburgh is better than London i'd say...amazing city 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted August 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 23, 2022 9 hours ago, El Zen said: I completely agree. In fact, I have no pictures of anyone I know framed and displayed at all, aside from a couple of pictures of my son on the fridge. Walls are for art and bookshelves. and banging your head against when watching Gerrard's Villa. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I think Peter Kay is actually rather funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 46 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: I think Peter Kay is actually rather funny. It does seem that a lot of people become very solipsistic when they talk in absolutes on the subject of whether certain things are funny or not. What I've noticed is that families seem to be divided between those who like to laugh, and those who don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2022 Phoenix Nights - very, very good. Everything else is patchy to poor. What I saw of Car Share, that was towards the patchy end of the scale. If you want a sitcom set in a car, then Marion & Geoff is still the benchmark. In fact, PN is so much better than everything else he’s graciously slapped his name on, it makes me wonder how much was due to the involvement of Dave Spikey and Neil Fitzmaurice. Not saying that they really wrote all the good bits, but maybe they exerted a sort of quality control. His stand up. Firstly, I’m fairly indifferent to stand up comedy these days. Just don’t engage with it like I used to for whatever reason. Can’t remember the last time I watched any stand up for longer than a 5-10 minute YouTube clip. Anyway, some of it was good, I include some of the “do you remember…” routines in that too. I’m thinking the Bullseye stuff, I remember enjoying that. Other routines I saw years later and, again, patchy to poor. Plus there’s the word of mouth/rumour mill about him being a bit of a word removed. Not that everyone has to be a nice person for their work to have merit, but I guess I’m more likely to give someone the time of day if I think they’re broadly alright. Basically I think his work doesn’t warrant the adulation he receives and the good stuff that does warrant praise is now quite old. In fairness, it’s probably similar to how some on here feel about Oasis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/11/2022 at 17:26, rodders0223 said: I think Peter Kay is actually rather funny. I agree. Not funny enough to spend 10 hours in a queue for tickets, but he does make me chuckle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Rugby League > Rugby Union. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/11/2022 at 17:26, rodders0223 said: I think Peter Kay is actually rather funny. from what I’ve seen of his stand up it’s just a bit dull , you know a comedian is boring and safe when people don't check if the person next to them is laughing before they laugh themself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/11/2022 at 19:05, Mark Albrighton said: Phoenix Nights - very, very good. Everything else is patchy to poor. What I saw of Car Share, that was towards the patchy end of the scale. If you want a sitcom set in a car, then Marion & Geoff is still the benchmark. In fact, PN is so much better than everything else he’s graciously slapped his name on, it makes me wonder how much was due to the involvement of Dave Spikey and Neil Fitzmaurice. Not saying that they really wrote all the good bits, but maybe they exerted a sort of quality control. His stand up. Firstly, I’m fairly indifferent to stand up comedy these days. Just don’t engage with it like I used to for whatever reason. Can’t remember the last time I watched any stand up for longer than a 5-10 minute YouTube clip. Anyway, some of it was good, I include some of the “do you remember…” routines in that too. I’m thinking the Bullseye stuff, I remember enjoying that. Other routines I saw years later and, again, patchy to poor. Plus there’s the word of mouth/rumour mill about him being a bit of a word removed. Not that everyone has to be a nice person for their work to have merit, but I guess I’m more likely to give someone the time of day if I think they’re broadly alright. Basically I think his work doesn’t warrant the adulation he receives and the good stuff that does warrant praise is now quite old. In fairness, it’s probably similar to how some on here feel about Oasis. From what I’m told from mates in the industry, he’s a total bellend 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 20/08/2022 at 13:52, mjmooney said: Drivers of particular makes of car do not have any particular behaviours. OK, owners of fast/powerful/upmarket cars may, on average, drive differently from those with more modest vehicles, but there is no such thing as a "typical [insert brand] driver". You drive a BMW don’t you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 12, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, Spoony said: You drive a BMW don’t you No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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