Grumpy old men - So what's pissed you off today?

[PilotMan]

I have family who live in the countryside and they have Apps on their phones to monitor bird song, sometimes if a bird is singing but they're not sure what it is they stop and let the App identify it.
Also on a walk for a couple of miles it tells them what birds have been recorded and sometimes it can be dozens of different ones, often i've never even heard of half of them

The app is called BirdNet - it's nothing to do with women in fishnets 

I find the app the easiest way to identify something new. It's very good, sometimes you can hear a bird singing, but not see it, so the app is perfect for that. However there are two birds it doesn't seem to recognise, Little Owl and Grey Partridge.

[PilotMan]

Each to their own I guess but i'll stick to catching sight of a Thai spinners arse bouncing on my cock 

That's my favourite kind of bird   

[Charliehutton]

They're a good food resource Charlie. You just need an air rifle and you've got a fresh source of meat

I know, Scutty, but you know how modern parents featherbed their kids. Just because occasional salvoes of lead shot ricocheted around their gardens they reported me to the Residents Association.

[Blackpool Rock]

I know, Scutty, but you know how modern parents featherbed their kids. Just because occasional salvoes of lead shot ricocheted around their gardens they reported me to the Residents Association.

Perhaps use an air rifle next time not a 12bore 

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Yes, very sad.

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[Jumping Jack Flash]

The app is called BirdNet - it's nothing to do with women in fishnets 

I find the app the easiest way to identify something new. It's very good, sometimes you can hear a bird singing, but not see it, so the app is perfect for that. However there are two birds it doesn't seem to recognise, Little Owl and Grey Partridge.

My wife has that app on her phone. When she first downloaded it, we were sat in our garden enjoying a cold drink listening to the birdsong - for an urban area we do get a lot of different birds - so she opened the app, and was excited to discover the wide variety of exotic birds in the sky and in the trees around us, along with the usual Robins, Starlings and Rooks. What she didn’t realise was that I was playing a Spotify birdsong playlist through our garden speakers. She still doesn’t know and whilst she’s incredibly intelligent, she has a Masters degree, she has the common sense of a paperclip….she has not worked out why various native South American birds were in the West Midlands and haven’t returned to these skies since!

[Jumping Jack Flash]

Yes, very sad.

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I’ve got very happy memories of listening to TMS on long wave radio with my grandfather in the 1970’s.

[Blackpool Rock]

My wife has that app on her phone. When she first downloaded it, we were sat in our garden enjoying a cold drink listening to the birdsong - for an urban area we do get a lot of different birds - so she opened the app, and was excited to discover the wide variety of exotic birds in the sky and in the trees around us, along with the usual Robins, Starlings and Rooks. What she didn’t realise was that I was playing a Spotify birdsong playlist through our garden speakers. She still doesn’t know and whilst she’s incredibly intelligent, she has a Masters degree, she has the common sense of a paperclip….she has not worked out why various native South American birds were in the West Midlands and haven’t returned to these skies since!

PMSL, that's fucking class   

[Watts.E.Dunn]

Yes, very sad.

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I do wish they'd stop this bollix there are modern solid state transistor ones made that will ourput 400 Kilowatts or more and consume less power.

"Droitwich uses two metre-high ceramic and metal valves, which are no longer made."

Its just that the BBC do not want tro pay what the private compnay Arquiva charge them simple as that!..

[scutty brown]

I do wish they'd stop this bollix there are modern solid state transistor ones made that will ourput 400 Kilowatts or more and consume less power.

"Droitwich uses two metre-high ceramic and metal valves, which are no longer made."

Its just that the BBC do not want tro pay what the private compnay Arquiva charge them simple as that!..

The valves were EMP resistant which is why the Droitwich transformer was so important in the event of nuclear war.
Presumably your suggested transistor replacements aren't EMP hardened, which would render them useless in a war. If the transmitter had no chance of working after an EMP pulse it was pointless keeping it open

[Watts.E.Dunn]

The valves were EMP resistant which is why the Droitwich transformer was so important in the event of nuclear war.
Presumably your suggested transistor replacements aren't EMP hardened, which would render them useless in a war. If the transmitter had no chance of working after an EMP pulse it was pointless keeping it open

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Nope Scutty they don't spec that in particular but i very much expect the config setup will make that pretty immune and do bear in mind they have ot cope with direct lightning strikes!.

Mind you we'd have bigger worrys, the power going out, water and sewage going very much off line let alone radiation etc..

[JRWK]

Just after 3 rather hot days when when the sun came out, days when we were told not to to travel, to stay home if possible.
Not long after we were complaining because of long damp, freezing and windy days.  Days when we were depressed and lacking vitamin D

Trains were stopping because apparently metal rails started to buckle - in a country that has had railways for around 200 years, plus built a rail system in hot nations such as India

Roads starting to melt..

When I look at this country, I see a nation when everything seems to have been built on the cheap - such as public buildings built with cheap RAAC
Railways built with cheap / inferior metal rails

Rant over 

[mr.bluesky]

Just after 3 rather hot days when when the sun came out, days when we were told not to to travel, to stay home if possible.
Not long after we were complaining because of long damp, freezing and windy days.  Days when we were depressed and lacking vitamin D

Trains were stopping because apparently metal rails started to buckle - in a country that has had railways for around 200 years, plus built a rail system in hot nations such as India

Roads starting to melt..

When I look at this country, I see a nation when everything seems to have been built on the cheap - such as public buildings built with cheap RAAC
Railways built with cheap / inferior metal rails

Rant over 

A very good point JRWK but just like leaves on the track or snow on the lines they'd probably say it's a different sort of heat to what they get in India 

[Blackpool Rock]

Wasn't totally sure which thread to post this on and no point starting another but -

An 11 year old Canadian boy has died from rabies after waking up to find a bat on his face 

Poor lad but I have to say if i'd been the parent then i'd have taken him to a doctor / for assessment straight away as bats carry a lot of nasty shit 

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[Blackpool Rock]

Taylor fucking Swift again 

Non stop news when she got engaged and now it's started about the (possible) wedding this weekend, BBC news said there were so many questions and rumours that they were going to spend "the next 10 minutes" going through everything like where; when; how much etc etc etc

Remote; turned over   

[Harry Monk]

I don’t commute for work anymore and thank fuck.
Whenever I do go on a motorway the amount of drivers that don’t pull into the left lane is staggering imo.

I has such a negative effect on traffic flow but they seem oblivious or are they focused on the vehicle 3 miles away they hope to overtake in the next 5 minutes…..cunts

[mr.bluesky]

I don’t commute for work anymore and thank fuck.
Whenever I do go on a motorway the amount of drivers that don’t pull into the left lane is staggering imo.

I has such a negative effect on traffic flow but they seem oblivious or are they focused on the vehicle 3 miles away they hope to overtake in the next 5 minutes…..cunts

Just as bad are lorry drivers who pull out in front of you when you are going round a roundabout. They now they are not going to get clear of you and they know you are going to have to slow right down to avoid running into them - cunts 

[Blackpool Rock]

I don’t commute for work anymore and thank fuck.
Whenever I do go on a motorway the amount of drivers that don’t pull into the left lane is staggering imo.

I has such a negative effect on traffic flow but they seem oblivious or are they focused on the vehicle 3 miles away they hope to overtake in the next 5 minutes…..cunts

I do wonder it it's become worse in the last 5 or so years since more and more cars have these new features that monitor the space between you and the car in front then slow down / speed up accordingly to maintain the same gap 

It basically means it's easier and easier for drivers to set the settings then just sit back and let the car do most of the thinking

[stampjones]

I don’t commute for work anymore and thank fuck.
Whenever I do go on a motorway the amount of drivers that don’t pull into the left lane is staggering imo.

I has such a negative effect on traffic flow but they seem oblivious or are they focused on the vehicle 3 miles away they hope to overtake in the next 5 minutes…..cunts

Well it works the other way too. I used to always pull in, but then I'd get stuck behind some slow fucker and no-one would let me out to overtake so now I don't bother unless it's light traffic. Generally everyone on UK roads is a cunt so you may as well just drive in whatever way suits you and not give a shit about other road users. It's what everyone else does

[mr.bluesky]

Well it works the other way too. I used to always pull in, but then I'd get stuck behind some slow fucker and no-one would let me out to overtake so now I don't bother unless it's light traffic. Generally everyone on UK roads is a cunt so you may as well just drive in whatever way suits you and not give a shit about other road users. It's what everyone else does

The standard of driving in this country is getting worse , nobobody is a perfect driver including myself but I know how to use my idicators, I don't hog the middle lane on motorways, I don't tailgate the car in front but these are the three things that really piss me off by other drivers.

[Blackpool Rock]

The standard of driving in this country is getting worse , nobobody is a perfect driver including myself but I know how to use my idicators, I don't hog the middle lane on motorways, I don't tailgate the car in front but these are the three things that really piss me off by other drivers.

Yeah, hogging the middle lane was made illegal about 10 or 15 years ago yet i've only ever heard of a few anecdotal instances of people being nicked for it.

I've seen people on 4 lane motorways hogging the 4th lane FFS with virtually no other traffic around, not only that they were only doing 60MPH   

Good job i've got machine guns fitted   

[JRWK]

Well it works the other way too. I used to always pull in, but then I'd get stuck behind some slow fucker and no-one would let me out to overtake so now I don't bother unless it's light traffic. Generally everyone on UK roads is a cunt so you may as well just drive in whatever way suits you and not give a shit about other road users. It's what everyone else does

When I was learning to drive in the early 1970's, the best advice my dad gave me was to assume that every other driver on the road as an idiot

That advice never gets old

[timsussex]

First hosepipe ban comes in Kent today
Southern water will follow next week for Hampshire & IOW claiming extreme weather conditions

funnily enough although I pay Southern water to remove my waste water I pay Portsmouth water to deliver it and they havent announced a ban (and didnt in previous years when Southern did)

So I conclude that the ban isnt due to extreme conditions which clearly affect both Southern and PW it is due to Southern Water failures

Do you think that an automatic refund of 50% for households hit by a hosepipe would magically reduce the need for them?

[Charliehutton]

The standard of driving in this country is getting worse , nobobody is a perfect driver including myself but I know how to use my indicators,

I wonder if it's just a general decline in courtesy. Among the most irritating are those who turn left at a roundabout without indicating, leaving you waiting there like a lemon expecting them to go straight on.

[mr.bluesky]

I wonder if it's just a general decline in courtesy. Among the most irritating are those who turn left at a roundabout without indicating, leaving you waiting there like a lemon expecting them to go straight on.

I don't think it's a decline in courtesy it's just lazy, sloppy driving. If you fail to use (or improper use of indicators) it's a driving test failure and although it is often joked about BMW drivers being the main culprits it does appear to be true about them.

[mr.bluesky]

Angry to discover that the Tour de France which starts today is no longer being covered by ITV or ITV4. Discovery have the exclusive tv rights to it now so it's now behind the paywall of TNT sports and HBO max. Always loved to watch the highlights show on ITV 4 . Bloody annoying 

[Jumping Jack Flash]

Angry to discover that the Tour de France which starts today is no longer being covered by ITV or ITV4. Discovery have the exclusive tv rights to it now so it's now behind the paywall of TNT sports and HBO max. Always loved to watch the highlights show on ITV 4 . Bloody annoying 

Who is your TV provider? HBO Max is now included in many Sky or Now TV packages, it’s not listed as a channel though you have to access it via an app.

Amazon occasionally offer a free trial of HBO Max to existing Prime members, if it’s available it will be listed in the offers section.

Failing that could you watch overseas streaming via a VPN?

[mr.bluesky]

Who is your TV provider? HBO Max is now included in many Sky or Now TV packages, it’s not listed as a channel though you have to access it via an app.

Amazon occasionally offer a free trial of HBO Max to existing Prime members, if it’s available it will be listed in the offers section.

Failing that could you watch overseas streaming via a VPN?

Yes thats true but you still have to upgrade to watch certain sports like football, Rugby, and the tour De France 

[timsussex]

Angry to discover that the Tour de France which starts today is no longer being covered by ITV or ITV4. Discovery have the exclusive tv rights to it now so it's now behind the paywall of TNT sports and HBO max. Always loved to watch the highlights show on ITV 4 . Bloody annoying 

No free live coverage but there are an hours highlights on 5  at 7 pm

[mr.bluesky]

No free live coverage but there are an hours highlights on 5  at 7 pm

  thats good to know, todays start in Barcelona is a team time trial. I was going to start a new thread for it but I wasn't sure they'd be much interest in it 

[ShadowProclamation]

I decided not to watch the England v Mexico match live. Instead, I watched the unspoilt repeat on BBC2, at 7.10am. Of course, I missed watching a brilliant match live in the pub!  Having said that I saw a couple of blokes in town, about 10am, looking rather worse for wear. Double wrecked by lack of sleep and alcohol. 

[webpunter]

I decided not to watch the England v Mexico match live. Instead, I watched the unspoilt repeat on BBC2, at 7.10am. Of course, I missed watching a brilliant match live in the pub!  Having said that I saw a couple of blokes in town, about 10am, looking rather worse for wear. Double wrecked by lack of sleep and alcohol. 

You only missed arguably the best England performance since 1966
It was all about stuff like the KO delay
Nearly an hour with 10 players
Defensive switches [which Southgate would have never made or delayed these "oooh what about xtra time"  ]
I didn't do the pub either
As for watching it in the morning, sorry its not the same [unspoilt whatevva]
Such behaviour is metrosexual at best
IMO more like batting 
& PTS

[webpunter]

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No contact from UK about murder suspect, say Zimbabwe police

You can't make it up
The 1st 24 hour period even starting when the suspect lands in Zimbabwe is the most important

Likely "oh yes we did" blah blah
Then let the dust settle & admin some bollox admin error
Until people [Rozzers / Home Office] singular / multiple get fired for their incompetence nothing will change
Then there'll be the usual "this has fallen below the standards expected we apologise & take steps to ensure that this doesn't happen again ..."

[Jonestown]

Amazon Prime are to bring back The Grand Tour with the three old dinosaurs being replaced by three wet behind the ears internet influencers. Surely the format was done to death last time around.

[PilotMan]

Amazon Prime are to bring back The Grand Tour with the three old dinosaurs being replaced by three wet behind the ears internet influencers. Surely the format was done to death last time around.

Yeah, things have moved on.