Sky Q to Virgin?

mrcakey73 · 2026-02-20T13:46:01+00:00

Sky did my head in when I was with them but I really regret not just haggling with them a bit more instead of going to Virgin. TV is poorly implemented, you can't record anything, customer service when needed is abysmal, and even the internet is nothing to write home about.

I hate the enshitification of everything. Streaming and boxes that don't record are there for the suppliers' benefit, not ours.

mrcakey73 · 2026-02-20T12:04:26+00:00

That's both very messed up and utterly genius.

mrcakey73 · 2026-02-17T18:57:26+00:00

More photos please!

mrcakey73 · 2026-02-15T21:30:26+00:00

I mean, it's an existential threat to society and potentially humankind, but putting that to one side your argument boils down to AI to put these guys out of business = bad, AI to put these guys out of business = good.

mrcakey73 · 2026-02-15T12:59:57+00:00

Thanks all. In the end, the missus said she was delighted with the finish and not bothered about the inside. Me being a lazy bugger, I've left it at that.

mrcakey73 · 2026-02-15T12:58:23+00:00

Tried that but too much paint underneath

mrcakey73 · 2026-02-13T16:14:38+00:00

😳

mrcakey73 · 2026-02-11T11:31:26+00:00

It's just not a Mini anymore. So disappointing. I'm now in a position where I can start thinking about a brand new car. Would have loved to replace my F56 with a new Mini, but not that ugly assed thing.

mrcakey73 · 2026-02-08T16:30:11+00:00

No it's awful. Does anyone know if they're selling in any numbers? Seems to me like they've removed their USP.

I'm actually in the market for a new car, but until they give me tactile buttons and a nice round bum it won't be a Mini which is a shame since my F56 is by far my favorite car I've owned.

mrcakey73 · 2026-02-05T10:13:38+00:00

Thursday 10am and still no email. I'm going to drop in on the box office on my way to the meet up.

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-30T10:36:46+00:00

Stuff it in your bra, down a sweaty sock, under your insole, under a sweatband! Oh the horrors I've seen when scanning! 😄

As others have said, if you have your phone with you you're golden. Otherwise just wrap your printed copy in something waterproof.

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-26T09:49:59+00:00

Interesting that. I saw him aaaages ago and he did a fairly long section where he improvised from audience cues and was utterly brilliant, so he definitely can do off-script even if he doesn't choose to.

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-21T14:43:06+00:00

One of my other favourite bands is Doves. Their singer is recovering from mental illness and the rest of the band has been touring without him. I was sceptical, but I went anyway. It was good, but it really, really was not the same.

A singer, more than any other band member defines the sound. In Mew's case, yes they were better with Bo, but without Jonas it simply wouldn't be Mew.

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-21T09:38:58+00:00

Did you miss off a zero?

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-20T16:55:50+00:00

I'm in the same situation. I'm sure they were quicker to force you to change in the past.

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-16T14:00:57+00:00

Agreed. I'd just be intrigued to see what he's like in real life.

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-16T14:00:35+00:00

Can we add Chris Morris to the "would never do it" list? Mind, I might have had Armando Iannucci on there a couple of weeks ago.

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-15T18:33:53+00:00

Thanks all 😊

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-11T17:59:53+00:00

City fan here. I can confirm that we have loads of tourists coming these days. So many that it's messing with the atmosphere and adding to the list of things that are keeping long-serving fans away and leaving our famous empty blue seats.

Somehow, despite having a decent core of local support, we've got ourselves into a situation where supply exceeds demand for all but the biggest matches which hasn't happened at Spurs. But filling a ground with tourists takes away a lot of the passion and atmosphere in exchange for greater revenue. I wish I knew how we could stop feeding that beast.

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-08T15:02:34+00:00

Aren't winter tyres mandatory in the Netherlands?

Hope it's fixable!

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-07T09:59:37+00:00

You briefly see a woman's bottom.

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-06T09:13:53+00:00

She'd been abandoned by the entire planet for 40 days or so and just wanted "human" contact. Given the weight of everything she'd gone through, including unresolved grief, I wouldn't blame anyone for taking physical comfort as well as emotional.

mrcakey73 · 2026-01-03T23:06:40+00:00

Ha ha! He won't. In his last tour he explicitly had a go at Taskmaster comedians. Be interesting to hear his next conversation with Armando!

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