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That's pretty cool! Yeah, 2008 was a good year from what I can recall.Actually the game game out in 2008 too - must've been a high time for that.
That's pretty cool! Yeah, 2008 was a good year from what I can recall.Actually the game game out in 2008 too - must've been a high time for that.
Oddly I heard similar mentioned by a youtuber having a general rant about a few things and he also mentioned a check out charge, I've never heard of such a thing. Guessing this must be highlighted somewhere on the menu.I think this can be classified as a first world problem / pet peeve. The cheek of charging for an improvement brought by modern technology that actually saves the restaurant money in time and labour costs!
It reminds me of the sharp practice when buying games on Steam, where buying the physical copy off Amazon, ie a DVD in a plastic box, is cheaper than directly from Steam. It's not green and it's inconvenient. The biggest joke of all, is that the copy on the disc can never be played, since upon installation, it will immediately update to the latest version via download, without the option of playing the version on the disc, so all it's good for is the activation code and then the whole package can be thrown away. If this isn't a racket, I don't know what is and I'm surprised that it's allowed to continue tbh.
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Fury as restaurant encourages diners to pay via app – then charges £2.99 extra
An Italian restaurant in east London is encouraging customers to pay via an app on their mobile phone – and charging them £2.99 to do so.uk.style.yahoo.com
Healthcare - when I visit US I find it incredible the amount of pharma ads on TV, I've seen the complete commercial break taken up with medicines. What I find amusing is, even if you are fit and healthy there is a PILL to keep you fit and healthyCouldn't agree more with you, @Crims with apps and their extra fees. Healthcare is totally out of control here in the states too.
Some entertainment, like Pay Per View sports events, we won't get anymore, just out of principle, because they are so over charged now.
omg what a racket!What I find amusing is, even if you are fit and healthy there is a PILL to keep you fit and healthy![]()
Sounds like a dream. We had cable back in the mid 90s when I lived at home and that had ads just like now, so I've never experienced that bliss. My current Sky subscription feels more like ads with a bit of content lol. It really helps to record everything and skip the ads.Remember when cable didn't have commercials back in the 1970s?
Yeah, dreamy not to get commercials! We do record a lot too for that reason, so we can skip commercials, however, we've noticed that our service has cleverly programmed the speed of "fast forwarding" through commercials so it's almost impossible to skip at least one commercial.Sounds like a dream. We had cable back in the mid 90s when I lived at home and that had ads just like now, so I've never experienced that bliss. My current Sky subscription feels more like ads with a bit of content lol. It really helps to record everything and skip the ads.
Ha, so now you've confirmed the pattern I've noticed in skipping commercials on my service. That is sneaky programming!!lol, they're sneaky that way. My Sky Q box only allows ad skip in 1 minute increments rather than a user defined one. You can press the skip button on the remote multiple times though.
Is Manifest good? My dd and I are watching the Witcher on Netflix. We don't get too much time to watch it but we fit it in when we can.This reminds me, I must continue watching Manifest on Netflix, ad free. Gonna do my duty now.
If you maybe like British TV programs for a change there is Britbox and Acorn, they are subscription services but carry a lot of UK TV series from our BBC and ITV services, plus movies.Is Manifest good? My dd and I are watching the Witcher on Netflix. We don't get too much time to watch it but we fit it in when we can.
Ah, Acorn Computers, I remember them fondly with rose tinted glasses, tint set to max.and Acorn
Don't think there is any connection between Acorn Computers and Acorn TV.Ah, Acorn Computers, I remember them fondly with rose tinted glasses, tint set to max.![]()
I still have their best PC, the StrongARM Risc PC from 1996, I believe. They invented the ARM CPU which is now in billions of devices worldwide. Now there's a piece of history.
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Acorn Computers - Wikipedia
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My family loves British TV programs, so much so, that years ago, we actually bought a few shows on DVD. I'll see if we can get Britbox. At some point we want to change our current service as we are paying over $200.00 a month for it and it's just not worth it when you can get other programming like Britbox, Netflix etc. and watch the programs you really want to watch without commercials.If you maybe like British TV programs for a change there is Britbox and Acorn, they are subscription services but carry a lot of UK TV series from our BBC and ITV services, plus movies.
Don't think monthly cost too pricey. Pretty sure no adverts either.
Geffers
Shetland I used to really enjoy but the later series became quite miserable (in my opinion), all the actors were morose, never seeped to smile, only watched in the end for the scenery. The early series were good. Happy Valley with Sarah Lancashire is pretty good, as is Vera with Brenda Blethyn. Wow, $200 per month is a lot. There is a very watchable nice series on Britbox called The Detectorists, they are only half hour episodes, three series I think. Amusing, nothing nasty, just very watchable. Not about Detectives, it is about a group of metal detectorists.My family loves British TV programs, so much so, that years ago, we actually bought a few shows on DVD. I'll see if we can get Britbox. At some point we want to change our current service as we are paying over $200.00 a month for it and it's just not worth it when you can get other programming like Britbox, Netflix etc. and watch the programs you really want to watch without commercials.
My mom just switched her cable and has Britbox now. She loves British shows too and now she's getting into Shetland. She's enjoying Britbox and says it's tickety-boo.![]()
Shetland I used to really enjoy but the later series became quite miserable (in my opinion), all the actors were morose, never seeped to smile, only watched in the end for the scenery. The early series were good. Happy Valley with Sarah Lancashire is pretty good, as is Vera with Brenda Blethyn. Wow, $200 per month is a lot. There is a very watchable nice series on Britbox called The Detectorists, they are only half hour episodes, three series I think. Amusing, nothing nasty, just very watchable. Not about Detectives, it is about a group of metal detectorists.
Think you'd like BritBox
Geffers
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