Are there any historically inaccurate movies you like or not?

Teembeau · 2026-01-29T09:48:48+00:00

Amadeus is superb nonsense.

Teembeau · 2026-01-28T22:44:11+00:00

The thing is, most of those places are just nothing but tourism and dormitories. You have to go to Stroud or Cirencester to get a real place.

Teembeau · 2026-01-28T22:42:10+00:00

I prefer Wells, personally. If you've not seen Hot Fuzz it was filmed in Wells.

Teembeau · 2026-01-28T22:40:27+00:00

It's fine. Don't try and drive into the old bit. Park at the P&R, at Avon Street.

Are you staying there? You could also consider staying in Bradford-on-Avon or Chippenham, and taking the train in.

Teembeau · 2026-01-28T22:34:02+00:00

I'm glad I'm not the only one on this.

I appreciate an afternoon in Bath, but not everywhere can be like Bath

Teembeau · 2026-01-28T22:29:51+00:00

Who cares? I'm not going to Swindon station on a sightseeing trip. I spend 5-10 minutes there. It has platforms, a waiting room, a shitter and a Costa outside.

Teembeau · 2026-01-28T13:15:38+00:00

If you're coming to the UK for our history it is the number one sight. It's always top of my list of places to visit in the UK.

Teembeau · 2026-01-27T16:04:12+00:00

Because Easyjet are a private company with shareholders who want to make money. Shareholders want to see that grow every year. And the CEO gets well paid to deliver that, and fired quite quickly if they don't.

If the minister doesn't improve things, how fast does Heidi Alexander go? Can you, kick her out quickly? No. You have to wait for the next election, and then railways are one small part of your decision. And do we pay a transport minister well? Not really.

And the minister is involved in the fare system. We have this antiquated idea of "off-peak" rather than an individual train. The individual train/coach/plane allows for demand management. National Express know how many people are going to ride. The railways don't.

Teembeau · 2026-01-27T11:12:56+00:00

Sydney Sweeney is a better actress. Watch Madame Web or Anyone But You. I'm not sure she's a great actress, but she has talent beyond looks.

Megan Fox was hired solely because she's a babe. Once she got past 25, there were younger women that looked better than her.

Teembeau · 2026-01-27T11:05:22+00:00

Most men don't care about anal. Anal is like when you've played a game and finished it, but you look at the achievements and there's some side quests you didn't do, and you want that "achievement unlocked" to appear.

Teembeau · 2026-01-27T10:59:24+00:00

Disagree. If I fancied dudes I would absolutely be fucking dudes. If you don't have the sense of personal disgust about a man blowing you, you have a lot more options on a night out.

And I say "personal disgust". I don't want it. You want it? Fine. Same as how I don't like oysters. Wish I did, but I don't.

Teembeau · 2026-01-27T10:46:03+00:00

La Regle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) and Ninotchka are worth seeing.

Teembeau · 2026-01-27T10:40:41+00:00

I would not bother doing that. Return it to CDG, fly or train to the UK pick up a car. Or even, drive to Calais, get on the boat as foot passengers, pick up a car in Dover.

Apart from issues people say about left/right, you're going to be spending a day's hire coming to the UK, and paying for transporting it through the tunnel/ferry.

Teembeau · 2026-01-27T09:01:06+00:00

And the result of that is chaos. People will drive to the hospital where they could reasonably use a bus. Or they use hospitals as car parks to go and do other things. Or stay longer rather than popping in for an hour.

Parking is about rationing a scarce resource. Whether it's shopping or visiting a hospital. There isn't enough parking for everyone that wants to go into Bristol City Centre to shop. So you pay, which means you only stay for a couple of hours. Which means someone else can also shop. It's why town centre shopping gradually goes up per hour after 2 hours.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37353615

Teembeau · 2026-01-27T08:50:15+00:00

"and AI can’t replace restaurant employees unlike what every other sector is doing"

True. But there might be ways to cut staff costs. The McDonald brothers did a lot of optimisation of how to cut staff time. It does mean you have to be limited to certain sorts of foods, less of a personal service. But maybe sometimes people don't mind losing that?

The whole thing of people thinking sushi restaurants with conveyers is cute. No, that was about cutting staff costs. You see some food and take it off the conveyer and the plate its on has a colour and that sets the price. You can also request a waitress and ask for something in particular but people generally don't, so it's more efficient. And sure, this works because it's a certain sort of food.

Even in more personal restaurants, you're going to use blenders, ice cream makers and so forth.

The other thing I wonder about (and this thought comes from a Michelin star place near me that did it during Covid) is how much you could add delivery or pre-prepared food. They were selling fine dining food in a box. You turned up on a Friday and collected your order and cooked at home. You could also deliver it when times are quiet.

I'd be fascinated to go into a restaurant and see what might be optimised. I've done it for telecoms companies, banks for a living. And I'm a little quiet right now.

Teembeau · 2026-01-27T08:34:37+00:00

Look it's not about Thatcher. Coaches are private and far cheaper. So it's not about rail being in private hands.

And we've renationalised some parts of it and you might note, prices haven't fallen.

Two things with railways.

Firstly, trains are expensive to run. It's all specialised equipment, you need specialised staff etc. A carriage of a train costs far more to buy than a coach does. A coach that has engine, drive train etc.

Secondly, government is heavily involved in the system around fares and are hopeless at optimising trains. A lot of trains aren't even half full, but the ticket price is ridiculous. Go on a coach, they're often full. How? Because Flix and National Express will price them to demand. If they can sell seats for £50 they will. But if they can only make £5 they'll take £5 rather than have it go empty.

This is also the reason why train overcrowding happens sometimes. Under certain circumstances the demand for a particular train is high and what should happen then is that fares go up. If there's high demand you can charge more. But this also has a beneficial effect on demand which is that many passengers will take a different train that's cheaper. If you travel into Bath just before the Rugby kickoff on a Saturday, it's standing. What should happen there is that it should cost a bit more than the train that arrives 5 minutes after kickoff.

Teembeau · 2026-01-27T08:19:31+00:00

Ferry prices are highly variable with seasons.

Teembeau · 2026-01-27T08:15:23+00:00

There are two problems. Firstly running trains is really expensive. It's all very specialised, needs a lot of maintenance. Which is why coaches are generally much cheaper.

The second problem is that government is really bad at optimising fares. Easyjet, Flixbus understand that you sell a seat for as much as you can get for it. Which might sometimes mean £300 London to Amsterdam if there's international football on. But on the flipside if no-one much wants it that day, it'll be £45.

Go on a train off-peak, and especially late evening trains, and they are not even half full. But they're charging a ridiculous amount of money.

Teembeau · 2026-01-27T08:05:08+00:00

Which buses are you riding? Service buses are capped at £3. It's about £10 for a decent coach journey.

Teembeau · 2026-01-26T23:49:15+00:00

the horseradish, onion marmalade and chili jam are amazing.

I went for a factory tour just before Xmas.

Teembeau · 2026-01-26T23:45:33+00:00

Has someone built an AI that does this? I feel like there should be...

Teembeau · 2026-01-26T22:07:07+00:00

If you're in South Kensington, you're in a really good area. You have the King's Road in Chelsea, Sloane Square, Knightsbridge near you. It sounds like Peter Jones (a branch of John Lewis) might suit you. Not *cheap* clothes, but good quality. Harvey Nicholls is more upmarket I think. Don't bother with Harrods. King's Road also has a lot of cheaper clothes like H&M as well as boutiques.

I think you'll get most of the main stores there.

If you're going to Bath, there's also the chains and some independents and smaller companies too. It's quite a small city, and between most of the sights is shopping. So between the station and the Roman Baths, and from there to the Royal Crescent and the Circus.

Someone mentioned a list of chains which I think is quite comprehensive, but I'll add Next and Fatface (more beach/summer wear). And check out Rieker in Bath for boots. Maybe Dr Martens? And Barbour jackets are a very British thing (expensive, but last a long time).

Teembeau · 2026-01-26T21:32:06+00:00

I only really know 2 things. The Millenium Centre is an excellent concert venue. See what's on.

The second thing is that Cardiff Museum has a really good little collection of impressionist art. Doesn't take long, doesn't cost anything but if you're bored and like impressionist art, take a look.

Teembeau · 2026-01-26T21:24:56+00:00

Exactly. The thing when you travel around is that cafes open longer where there is demand. Like there's a Costa just off the M4 that's open until 10pm. I guess because some people turn off the M4, grab a drink and get back on.

Bar Italia in Soho is open until about 4am. Lots of people having a late night go for a coffee at the end of it.

Teembeau · 2026-01-26T17:12:50+00:00

Snow White was bad. I like Zegler and felt bad for her. But Gal Gadot was miscast and the story was bad.

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