The most "honest" one of those was when one of the jazz-mags sponsored (IIRC) a BSB team.
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I have a memory of Durex sponsoring an F1 car team and there being discussions about whether the car should be shown prewatershed.
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But some of the awful photos can make us laugh - like the one of the person selling an oven!!Sadlonelygit wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2024 12:16 pm People who take photos of stuff with their massive shadow all over it.
It's pretty petty I know, but just shows a lack of attention to detail. If I'm thinking of buying something from you, and you claim it's self maintained, then it casts doubt on your abilities!
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Threads called "Guess what?!", "New bike day!!!", "Am I mad for wanting this?!" or something click batey on forums. Don't be tragically needy, put what the thread is about in the title.
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OMG!!! Streaming BBC on safari through a VPN - almost wish I'd never actually got the VPN!! It's so damned laggy (is that the right word?!).
Some programmes in a series will start halfway through with no option to start at the beginning.
And sometimes it will stop partway through with the twirly thing. Sometimes I can kick start it other times I have to close the whole tablet and restart.
FFS!!! It's taken over an hour to not watch a whole episode of Doctor Who!!!
Some programmes in a series will start halfway through with no option to start at the beginning.
And sometimes it will stop partway through with the twirly thing. Sometimes I can kick start it other times I have to close the whole tablet and restart.
FFS!!! It's taken over an hour to not watch a whole episode of Doctor Who!!!
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Which VPN are you using? I use expressVPN and there no difference in speed with it on or off. The speed is slow either way, about 4mbps last time I measured it.
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I'm using Ghost. When I tried (I think) Express, it couldn't get me to watch BBC at all.
I turned off and cleared cookies and have watched the last episode in normal time (so far) - so, it's either a glitch on BBC, VPN or my iPad!! Just very frustrating!! LOL
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I've noticed a few sites either make if difficult when using a VPN, the BBC being one of them, or some just won't load at all, one of the competition sites that gets posted on here for example.
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At least I've found out today that if I turn of and turn on the iPad, then I can sort it for a little while. So I suspect it's more to do with BBC than to do with the VPN. Am planning to try it on ITV tomorrow (to catch up on a different series!) so I'll see if they are any more difficult!!
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IPVanish here and i get the BBC just fine. It obviously does not remember my cookies so not logged in.
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As I recommended cyberghost, on my android devices I have very little issue with it, occasionally might have to restart the vpn, but not that often.
Perhaps a change of browser/os might be the answer!
Perhaps a change of browser/os might be the answer!
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I use Google Maps whilst on the bike, through habit mainly.
Looking for nearby petrol stations earlier today in the Peaks the nearest it found was a Morrisons 8 or so miles away. My brother was convinced there was one closer so tried with Apple Maps - yep, there was a Co-Op one less than 4 miles away.
Looked on Google again and all of the suggestions were Morrisons - made me wonder if their results are filtered/paid for?
Looking for nearby petrol stations earlier today in the Peaks the nearest it found was a Morrisons 8 or so miles away. My brother was convinced there was one closer so tried with Apple Maps - yep, there was a Co-Op one less than 4 miles away.
Looked on Google again and all of the suggestions were Morrisons - made me wonder if their results are filtered/paid for?
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I had that sort of thing with Googlemaps the other weekend. Left my mates place and then thought that maybe I should fill up sooner than later as I'd passed a couple of stations that were closed. Google said 6 kms - didn't see one. By the time I found one I'd done about 50kms and was getting a smidge worried! LOL Everytime I stopped and checked google said there was a station within a few kms!! LOLChrisW wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 6:54 pm I use Google Maps whilst on the bike, through habit mainly.
Looking for nearby petrol stations earlier today in the Peaks the nearest it found was a Morrisons 8 or so miles away. My brother was convinced there was one closer so tried with Apple Maps - yep, there was a Co-Op one less than 4 miles away.
Looked on Google again and all of the suggestions were Morrisons - made me wonder if their results are filtered/paid for?
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I'll maybe have a go with it on chrome and see. I'm kinda resigned for now but don't want to mess about with it all as there's a good possibility I might move in the next 6 months and maybe find a different solution.Sadlonelygit wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 6:26 pm As I recommended cyberghost, on my android devices I have very little issue with it, occasionally might have to restart the vpn, but not that often.
Perhaps a change of browser/os might be the answer!
Just got annoying this morning!! LOL
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Neighbour backing onto us and doing up their house has left a bird scaring device on in there back garden after reseeding the lawn, every few minutes its like a dying seagull crying out. It's doing my head in and started early this morning, I've been round too have a polite word but no one is in and the place is a building site so I'm not sure anyone will be back before the weekend when they seem to do most of the work.
If no-one is in tonight do I unplug the bloody thing or knock it into a million bits with a golf club?
If no-one is in tonight do I unplug the bloody thing or knock it into a million bits with a golf club?
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I think you have finally found a good use for a golf clubMingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2024 3:04 pm Neighbour backing onto us and doing up their house has left a bird scaring device on in there back garden after reseeding the lawn, every few minutes its like a dying seagull crying out. It's doing my head in and started early this morning, I've been round too have a polite word but no one is in and the place is a building site so I'm not sure anyone will be back before the weekend when they seem to do most of the work.
If no-one is in tonight do I unplug the bloody thing or knock it into a million bits with a golf club?
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Popping into the supermarket cos I needed a couple of things, but as it was only a couple of things, I didn't take a bag. Having bought yoghurt and a dozen eggs, I then proceeded to drop the eggs
I've broken/cracked all of them FFS
So, looks like I need to do a lot of baking/cooking tomorrow to use them up
I've broken/cracked all of them FFS
So, looks like I need to do a lot of baking/cooking tomorrow to use them up
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And, I was thinking about cars again today. And based on the Dacia basic models being a bit budget, I thought I'd have a look at new prices to see how far they are away from what I kind of plan/want to spend (hopefully in October).
Yup I thought, new price is about 4 or 5k more than the original budget, but it'll last longer and in theory less issues than a second hand model with 100-150k kms on it.
Nope - the auto is actually 8+k more
Yup I thought, new price is about 4 or 5k more than the original budget, but it'll last longer and in theory less issues than a second hand model with 100-150k kms on it.
Nope - the auto is actually 8+k more
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The Dacia Spring is only £15k in the UK and an auto... What with it being electric.