Popular Post tonyh29 Posted August 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Genie said: When you’re reading reviews of a hotel or resort and someone’s starts with “ignore the bad reviews”… errr, sorry love I don’t think you understand how this review business works. Not everybody has the exact same experience otherwise they’d just ask for a single review…. Must admit I hate this whole review type world we live in nowadays , you end up spending far too much time reading reviews and deliberating over a choice based on the opinion of someone you don’t know … it’s a 5 star hotel it will be better than your home , it will have a bar and a concierge who can get you hookers at 5am …you don’t need to take into account the ramblings of some bloke on the internet who couldn’t get a Starbucks and didn’t like the fact the ketchup wasn’t Heinz. it’s not just hotels , I spent 30 mins on Amazon the other month reading reviews on boxer shorts before making up my mind which ones to order … poxy boxer shorts , the only thing worse than people writing reviews on boxer shorts are the idiots that spend 30 minutes reading reviews on them !! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, tonyh29 said: Must admit I hate this whole review type world we live in nowadays , you end up spending far too much time reading reviews and deliberating over a choice based on the opinion of someone you don’t know … it’s a 5 star hotel it will be better than your home , it will have a bar and a concierge who can get you hookers at 5am …you don’t need to take into account the ramblings of some bloke on the internet who couldn’t get a Starbucks and didn’t like the fact the ketchup wasn’t Heinz. it’s not just hotels , I spent 30 mins on Amazon the other month reading reviews on boxer shorts before making up my mind which ones to order … poxy boxer shorts , the only thing worse than people writing reviews on boxer shorts are the idiots that spend 30 minutes reading reviews on them !! Like most things in life it’s about balance and not taking it too seriously. I always read the reviews of hotels before I book them, but you have to take a lot of the complaints with a pinch of salt. The isolated complaint that the staff were rude when everyone else says they’re great, written by a word removed I’m sure. But if everyone says “block 1 is extremely noisy” then I know to ask for one of the others. Edited August 17, 2021 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 22 hours ago, stuart_75 said: For watching Youtube on an Andriod phone, use the Youtube Vanced player. No ads, can play in the background and can still play with the screen turned off. https://vancedapp.com/ the ads don't bother me, the ability to listen to a live recording of a gig and being able to turn the screen off is the box ticker for me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 With a review I will discount 1 out of 5 and 5 out of 5. The middle ground will tell me a lot. Only really use it for electrical goods. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted August 17, 2021 Administrator Share Posted August 17, 2021 8 hours ago, villa4europe said: the ads don't bother me, the ability to listen to a live recording of a gig and being able to turn the screen off is the box ticker for me You can do that if you subscribe. You also get all their content ad free and access to all of YouTube Music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YLN Posted August 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2021 I can talk about a player from when I started following Villa, like Dwight Yorke, and still think myself a pretty young, hip dude. But when someone on here mentions watching someone who played just before I became interested in Villa, like Tommy Johnson, I think they must be a sort of Dumbledore type character. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2021 9 minutes ago, YLN said: I can talk about a player from when I started following Villa, like Dwight Yorke, and still think myself a pretty young, hip dude. But when someone on here mentions watching someone who played just before I became interested in Villa, like Tommy Johnson, I think they must be a sort of Dumbledore type character. Good point. I perceive a huge gulf between the 1960s team that I started with (Hateley, Sleeuwenhoek, Graydon, Aitken, Ross, McMahon, etc.) and the '57 Cup winners - Dixon, McParland, et al). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted August 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, YLN said: Tommy Johnson Only player I saw puke on his debut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 minute ago, bickster said: Only player I saw puke on his debut I was at that game, I'd forgotten about the puking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, YLN said: I can talk about a player from when I started following Villa, like Dwight Yorke, and still think myself a pretty young, hip dude. But when someone on here mentions watching someone who played just before I became interested in Villa, like Tommy Johnson, I think they must be a sort of Dumbledore type character. 3 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Good point. I perceive a huge gulf between the 1960s team that I started with (Hateley, Sleeuwenhoek, Graydon, Aitken, Ross, McMahon, etc.) and the '57 Cup winners - Dixon, McParland, et al). I was hit square in the face by a miss shot by Ray Graydon. I perceived everyone in the crowd sort of flinch or move, so I looked up from collecting match sticks off the floor and BLAM, square in the face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 minute ago, chrisp65 said: I was hit square in the face by a miss shot by Ray Graydon. I perceived everyone in the crowd sort of flinch or move, so I looked up from collecting match sticks off the floor and BLAM, square in the face. What a way to celebrate your 30th. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I was at that game, I'd forgotten about the puking. I was there too, I'm struggling to remember who the other Derby player we signed at same time. TJ is the only player I've ever seen do that but I've seen plenty Villa players that made me feel like puking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, Seat68 said: What a way to celebrate your 30th. I was in a Villa shirt, in the Cardiff City end. They lifted me up, and he came over to ask if I was alright. As you say, hell of a 30th. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted August 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: I'm struggling to remember who the other Derby player we signed at same time Gary Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, bickster said: Gary Charles Cheers, how can I forget, he was decent imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Phil Silvers said: Cheers, how can I forget, he was decent imo. Divided opinion, like so many Villa fullbacks. I'm afraid I was in the 'anti' camp. Not bad going forward, but too soft defensively. I preferred Mark Delaney's no-nonsense approach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2021 On 16/08/2021 at 10:08, Genie said: McDonald’s has turned into a nightmare with JustEat/Mcdelivery/UberEats. They just can’t cope with all of that plus the restaurant and the drive through. It seems like the app and delivery orders get priority. I wonder if local councils will start clamping down on them. Near me it’s traffic chaos at peak times. Yesterday I was nearly run over on Colmore Row by a Just Eat delivery man who was riding his bike they wrong way down the road. I was looking for a gap in the oncoming traffic (it's one way) and as I stepped out there were 2 of them side by side cycling down the wrong way. Did he stop? No he just shouted "Watch out, watch out, watch out" and I had to jump back out of his way. Despite him going the wrong way he had no intention of stopping and expected me to get out of the way. Town is swarming with them and I've noticed many incidents of irresponsible driving. Loads of cycling on pavements and usually far too fast. I see trouble ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted August 17, 2021 21 minutes ago, sidcow said: Yesterday I was nearly run over on Colmore Row by a Just Eat delivery man who was riding his bike they wrong way down the road. I was looking for a gap in the oncoming traffic (it's one way) and as I stepped out there were 2 of them side by side cycling down the wrong way. Did he stop? No he just shouted "Watch out, watch out, watch out" and I had to jump back out of his way. Despite him going the wrong way he had no intention of stopping and expected me to get out of the way. Town is swarming with them and I've noticed many incidents of irresponsible driving. Loads of cycling on pavements and usually far too fast. I see trouble ahead. Have electric scooters arrived yet? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 18, 2021 8 hours ago, bickster said: Have electric scooters arrived yet? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet Yep, abandoned everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 On 16/08/2021 at 13:42, limpid said: People who moan about adverts, expect sites to be free, but don't subscribe. To be fair to those who mentioned it, it wasn't adverts per se. It's the pretty blatant increase of the amount of adverts in the last 18 months/2 years. Youtube 10 years ago, 5 years ago, 3 years ago had an ad banner at the top/bottom and a 5 second, clickable ad at the start or halfway through. Now it tends to be a 15/20 unavoidable ad, followed by a 5 seconds skippable ad, then the video, then another 5 second ad and then another one towards the end of the video (a 10 min video). It's very frustrating trying to watch a 30 second short and having at least 25 seconds worth of advert before it. I don't think anyone minded 5/10 seconds before a vid or a banner - it's the greed that's annoying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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