Grumpy Old Man
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So we have had the Olympics going non-stop in our house the last fortnight. Great stuff. But every time I come into the lounge, one of my family is watching a sport in SD (channel 7 have all their sports channels available in SD or HD if you pay for the access).
Why the fuck does my family do this??? It's offensive to me that they don't care enough to press 3 buttons to actually see what the fuck is going on!!!
I pay for HD and these bastards don't care enough to even use it??? It's an outrage to me and the world of sports viewing.
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@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
I can’t believe no one has been grumpy for about a month.
I've just taken to punching people and inanimate objects when they piss me off. Turns out I am better at punching than typing.
It is more therapeutic as well.
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@victor-meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
Thanks for reviving the thread @Bones, I can’t believe no one has been grumpy for about a month. Is everyone getting lots of action on the home front ?
Been tempted to post, but my Sony Android TV has been behaving itself these last few weeks.
Not since yesterday. The bloody thing keeps re-booting itself half-way thru a film which is coming a serious pain. Factory resets. judicious kicks and intensive swearing and the problem never quite goes away.
What's so hard about designing a TV which (a) is easy to operate and (b) works properly?
My PS4 has similar issues, one day it just started ejecting the game disc. And if I don't turn it off at the wall sometimes it will just restart itself. Bloody Sony.
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@victor-meldrew replace tb with WiFi router and I'm right there with you.
Our house is fucking tiny! It can't be that hard.
One think I can't grumble about is our internet or WiFi. Rock-solid, FTTP & 300Mbps.
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@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
@victor-meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
Thanks for reviving the thread @Bones, I can’t believe no one has been grumpy for about a month. Is everyone getting lots of action on the home front ?
Been tempted to post, but my Sony Android TV has been behaving itself these last few weeks.
Not since yesterday. The bloody thing keeps re-booting itself half-way thru a film which is coming a serious pain. Factory resets. judicious kicks and intensive swearing and the problem never quite goes away.
What's so hard about designing a TV which (a) is easy to operate and (b) works properly?
My PS4 has similar issues, one day it just started ejecting the game disc. And if I don't turn it off at the wall sometimes it will just restart itself. Bloody Sony.
The picture is great when it's working - it's just the (Android) software. Six button presses to adjust the brightness FFS
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I'd just like to thank whoever still held a grudge about Frank and hotlips in Mash. Peak grumpy old man material.
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@victor-meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@victor-meldrew replace tb with WiFi router and I'm right there with you.
Our house is fucking tiny! It can't be that hard.
One think I can't grumble about is our internet or WiFi. Rock-solid, FTTP & 300Mbps.
Please transfer this to the Satisfied Old Man thread if you can find it. This has no business being here.
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@victor-meldrew recently changed to virgin as they're the only ones who do fibre here and the BT broadband line would have been a great speed 20 years ago. In the first 4 weeks we had 4 multi day area outages, combined with a shit router that can't even cover the house, it seems the asus router we bought, even combined with a range extender still can't, yet the stock standard sky one could. Go figure.
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"Easy Reseal" packets of ham which bloody well aren't.
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@victor-meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
"Easy Reseal" packets of ham which bloody well aren't.
I find this a dilemma, part of me agrees that s frustrating however I can easily rationalise in my own head that I would now have a genuine excuse to eat the whole lot in one sitting to my wifes disgust
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@bayimports said in Grumpy Old Man:
@victor-meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
"Easy Reseal" packets of ham which bloody well aren't.
I find this a dilemma, part of me agrees that s frustrating however I can easily rationalise in my own head that I would now have a genuine excuse to eat the whole lot in one sitting to my wifes disgust
When life gives you lemons…
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@catogrande throw them at your wife?
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@catogrande throw them at your wife?
Why not? She seems to have been eating vinegar off a fork for the last week 😟
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@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
eating vinegar off a fork
Love the visuals, haven't heard that one before.
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@victor-meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
"Easy Reseal" packets of ham which bloody well aren't.
Tesco’s? I didn’t pick you for a masochist.
Should’ve gone to Waitrose of course.
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😊 Get such pleasure reading the grumpiness here.
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@jc said in Grumpy Old Man:
Should’ve gone to Waitrose of course.
Nah. Too full of botoxed vegetarians buying dry-aged fillet steak for their Cockapoodles or complaining their fondue party will be ruined if they can't find the oak-aged marinated artichokes.
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@victor-meldrew I knew @MajorRage had a dog, but didn't know it was a cockapoodle
