sidcow Posted March 25, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 25, 2023 Who is watching The Apprentice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 So... what is the basis for people thinking that me and Baselayers were the same person? That we apparently left VT around the same time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 12 hours ago, villaajax said: I'm enjoying catching up on these rumours 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 25, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 25, 2023 On Absolute radio the other day the presenters were tickled when a listener described Absolute Radio as a channel. So why is a TV a Channel and a Radio a Station? Before some smart arse comments thinking they're oh so funny, yes, people do still listen to the radio (in the millions). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted March 25, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 25, 2023 17 minutes ago, sidcow said: On Absolute radio the other day the presenters were tickled when a listener described Absolute Radio as a channel. So why is a TV a Channel and a Radio a Station? Before some smart arse comments thinking they're oh so funny, yes, people do still listen to the radio (in the millions). You mean the wireless 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 25, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 25, 2023 25 minutes ago, sidcow said: On Absolute radio the other day the presenters were tickled when a listener described Absolute Radio as a channel. So why is a TV a Channel and a Radio a Station? Before some smart arse comments thinking they're oh so funny, yes, people do still listen to the radio (in the millions). Historical context in the US I guess. Radio was traditionally more local broadcasting one live feed from one station TV would have multiple channels broadcasring from one TV station Just that I think 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 25, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 25, 2023 24 minutes ago, bickster said: Historical context in the US I guess. Radio was traditionally more local broadcasting one live feed from one station TV would have multiple channels broadcasring from one TV station Just that I think That sounds about right. A radio station was literally a shack with a massive aerial on the roof. And you listened to that station, or switched to a different one. Therefore there is a case for saying that (say) Radio One is not a station, but one of several different 'radio channels' broadcast by the BBC, just as BBC1, BBC2, etc. are TV channels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted March 25, 2023 Author VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2023 1 hour ago, villaajax said: So... what is the basis for people thinking that me and Baselayers were the same person? That we apparently left VT around the same time? This is going to make the Boris Johnson enquiry look like small potatoes. Worth its own thread. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 25, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 25, 2023 27 minutes ago, mjmooney said: This is going to make the Boris Johnson enquiry look like small potatoes. Worth its own thread. gets ready with a D Notice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted March 25, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 25, 2023 2 hours ago, bickster said: Historical context in the US I guess. Radio was traditionally more local broadcasting one live feed from one station TV would have multiple channels broadcasring from one TV station Just that I think Unless you mean content from one station being rebroadcast by a repeater on a different frequency to a city too far away to get a strong signal, I’ve never seen this. And I’ve only seen that in one place in Nebraska. In large metropolitan areas, it was always one station, one channel My theory: TV spectrum was divided into chunks (channels) of standard size and center frequency that are the same across the US and assigned universal channel numbers. Radio stations can broadcast anywhere along the spectrum that the FCC hasn’t licensed to another station in the area. I assume this is because TV requires much greater bandwidth and they had ensure local stations were broadcasting far enough apart to avoid bleed over. It made it much easier for manufacturers to make tuners that would work everywhere and kept users from having to spin a tuning knob dozens of turns to change channels. They functioned kind of like the old mechanical presets for radio stations in cars except they were all pre-set to the same stations and couldn’t be changed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 7 hours ago, villaajax said: So... what is the basis for people thinking that me and Baselayers were the same person? That we apparently left VT around the same time? I think it was something to do with, Jenny Jones was on Sunday Brunch once and had her phone in front of her but was not using it AND YET posts were being made by @Baselayers on here at the same time. Therefore...it was you. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 22 minutes ago, hogso said: I think it was something to do with, Jenny Jones was on Sunday Brunch once and had her phone in front of her but was not using it AND YET posts were being made by @Baselayers on here at the same time. Therefore...it was you. It's the smoking gun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 2 hours ago, villaajax said: It's the smoking gun... It's your bronze medal mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 3 hours ago, hogso said: I think it was something to do with, Jenny Jones was on Sunday Brunch once and had her phone in front of her but was not using it AND YET posts were being made by @Baselayers on here at the same time. Therefore...it was you. I believe she was also online here whilst also competing in the Winter Olympics final Can someone like @limpidsee peoples IP addresses? He could settle it if baselayers had the same IP address as another member. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villaajax Posted March 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2023 If you can get hold of Baselayers' private email server, you will have all the answers. The truth is, back in early 2015, probably around this time of year actually, I decided to take some time away as I had some personal stuff going on and realised I pretty much lived on VT. Then I guess I just got into the habit of not checking VT and that was kind of that. I think later in the year I had a look in, maybe posted a couple of times but was still out of the habit. Then my dad passed away suddenly and I just kind of lost interest in most things for some time, including football. It didn't help that Villa were becoming a joke, in fact it ended up being the relegation season. Ajax didn't have a lot going on and Holland couldn't qualify for anything. As time went on, I got back into football but didn't feel any urge to get back onto any forum and just assumed that other posters who I enjoyed interacting with might have moved on too and maybe the feeling just wouldn't be the same on VT. So 8 years passed and last night I was checking some old hard disks for a digital copy of a workshop manual I'm looking for and came across an old bookmarks file so I had a look and saw VT at the top and thought I'd have a look for old times' sake. Did a vanity search of my username and saw all the wild rumours and theories about me and Baselayers I can honestly say I have no idea who was behind the Baselayers gimmick, whoever they were, I did speak to them over DM a couple of times about nothing particularly interesting, just a "hey, how are you doing?" kind of thing. To begin with, I did think it was a possibility that it was JJ but in the end I just knew it wasn't but I enjoyed playing along with them anyway. So there you have it. Baselayers is someone else, I don't know who. I have not gone to Lego heaven, I'm into Subbuteo these days and am working on a Villa women's team when I have some free time not restoring my car. I still have a head full of luxurious long hair and an even thicker beard and you may even spot me at VP tomorrow if you're there. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 26, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 26, 2023 Well, welcome home. The plot thickens... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted March 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 26, 2023 38 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Well, welcome home. The plot thickens... Who can solve the riddle. Was it really VillaAjax? or someone different? This is going to end up as a Netflix documentary isn't it? 12 parter incoming in a few years. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 6 hours ago, villaajax said: I did speak to them over DM a couple of times 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 26, 2023 20 hours ago, villaajax said: So... what is the basis for people thinking that me and Baselayers were the same person? That we apparently left VT around the same time? Basically yeah. You disappeared around the same time then both came back on the same day and disappeared again. Plus I think you both interacted with each other quite a lot. Basically baselayers wasn’t Jenny Jones, so the assumption is it was another VTer. And you were suspect number 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 26, 2023 22 hours ago, sidcow said: Who is watching The Apprentice? Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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