Genie Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 From my research beavers have been introduced across most of the western world over the past 5-10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 7, 2020 17 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Wolves? Bears? No chance, their supporters have been insufferable since their resurgence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 24 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Wolves? Bears? Yes (in certain numbers, places and within certain parameters). Especially wolves, bears are perhaps more of a challenge. But actually if we reintroduce beavers (as we should), we will either need a culling programme or to introduce a predator (or else their numbers may explode). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 7, 2020 36 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: After reading this post the next few have not gone in the direction I was hoping Fine, if you absolutely insist... Spoiler 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted December 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Yes (in certain numbers, places and within certain parameters). Especially wolves, bears are perhaps more of a challenge. But actually if we reintroduce beavers (as we should), we will either need a culling programme or to introduce a predator (or else their numbers may explode). One of the great things about our green and pleasant lands is the lack of anything small that can poison you to death or large that Is three times as quick as Linford Christie and can rip you apart in seconds, for that reason i out on the repopulation of bears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 The idris elba sky movies Christmas advert - I know he was great as stringer bell but how the hell is this guy paid to be an actor!?!? it’s almost as bad as the surf advert with the offspring of Danny Dyer destroying the English language.. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted December 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, theboyangel said: The idris elba sky movies Christmas advert - I know he was great as stringer bell but how the hell is this guy paid to be an actor!?!? it’s almost as bad as the surf advert with the offspring of Danny Dyer destroying the English language.. Sad part is most British people won't even know him as Stringer Bell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, theboyangel said: The idris elba sky movies Christmas advert - I know he was great as stringer bell but how the hell is this guy paid to be an actor!?!? it’s almost as bad as the surf advert with the offspring of Danny Dyer destroying the English language.. His singing in it is nails down the chalkboard stuff. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) Since we’re talking adverts, ALL adverts piss me off. I can’t stand them, it would have to be an amazingly good programme for me to watch anything on ITV Hub and the like. They don’t even seem to make any funny ones like they used to. It’s just the same repetitive crap on an endless repeating cycle until you either mute it, switch it off, or tear your own eyes and ears out with a rusty claw hammer. Edited December 7, 2020 by It's Your Round 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 7, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: Since we’re talking adverts, ALL adverts piss me off. I can’t stand them, it would have to be an amazingly good programme for me to watch anything on ITV Hub and the like. They don’t even seem to make any funny ones like they used to. It’s just the same repetitive crap on an endless repeating cycle until you either mute it, switch it off, or tear your own eyes and ears out with a rusty claw hammer. This, with an extra helping of this. My utopian fantasy is a world with NO unsolicited advertising - and that includes TV, radio, internet, newspapers, magazines and billboards. I'd allow print adverts in separate supplements that could be taken or discarded at the customer's discretion. TV, radio and internet advertising would all be on dedicated channels, to be watched or ignored as desired. No posters defacing streets and buildings. Bliss. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 7, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: Since we’re talking adverts, ALL adverts piss me off. I can’t stand them, it would have to be an amazingly good programme for me to watch anything on ITV Hub and the like. They don’t even seem to make any funny ones like they used to. It’s just the same repetitive crap on an endless repeating cycle until you either mute it, switch it off, or tear your own eyes and ears out with a rusty claw hammer. I really don't inhabit a world where TV adverts exist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, mjmooney said: This, with an extra helping of this. My utopian fantasy is a world with NO unsolicited advertising - and that includes TV, radio, internet, newspapers, magazines and billboards. I'd allow print adverts in separate supplements that could be taken or discarded at the customer's discretion. TV, radio and internet advertising would all be on dedicated channels, to be watched or ignored as desired. No posters defacing streets and buildings. Bliss. Sounds like heaven! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, bickster said: I really don't inhabit a world where TV adverts exist I never watch live TV, but I watch a lot of YouTube videos which are now littered with them, unless you sign up to premium, which I’m not. Netflix and Prime are okay but then there’s the odd thing on catch up that we’ll watch, then you really pay the price for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 7, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: but then there’s the odd thing on catch up that we’ll watch, then you really pay the price for it. If it's not BBC iPlayer, I don't bother with catch up either If its something the missus has recorded off cable, then the FFwd gets used for every Ad Break. We also have Netflix and Amazon. Plus I have one of those not so legal Android boxes in the man cave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, theboyangel said: The idris elba sky movies Christmas advert - I know he was great as stringer bell but how the hell is this guy paid to be an actor!?!? it’s almost as bad as the surf advert with the offspring of Danny Dyer destroying the English language.. Anthony Joshua revealing his identity and shouting VIPeeeeee really pisses me off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 30 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: Since we’re talking adverts, ALL adverts piss me off. I can’t stand them, it would have to be an amazingly good programme for me to watch anything on ITV Hub and the like. They don’t even seem to make any funny ones like they used to. It’s just the same repetitive crap on an endless repeating cycle until you either mute it, switch it off, or tear your own eyes and ears out with a rusty claw hammer. This is definitely true IMO. There were always a vast majority of garbage ones, but if you went back 20 years, you would find some funny and some slightly rude or risque, which were at least a talking point. Now they're all so incredibly *bland*. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 12 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: This is definitely true IMO. There were always a vast majority of garbage ones, but if you went back 20 years, you would find some funny and some slightly rude or risque, which were at least a talking point. Now they're all so incredibly *bland*. It’s true. You don’t see adverts like the old Carling Black Label ones, anymore. The squirrel one comes to mind as does the German tourist one... though that one is a brexiteers dream, it was still funny at the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Wolves? Bears? Red Squirrels after the cull of the invading grey shits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, It's Your Round said: I never watch live TV, but I watch a lot of YouTube videos which are now littered with them, unless you sign up to premium, which I’m not. Netflix and Prime are okay but then there’s the odd thing on catch up that we’ll watch, then you really pay the price for it. Ad blocker. I just have it for YouTube. Thing is, I didn't mind the odd 1 or 2 adverts at the start of the video. Then they starting adding them at various points throughout the video. GTFO. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) Facebook is really shit for ads in videos now, really intrusive. Edited December 7, 2020 by Genie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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