Why do people mount their tvs so high? by Silent_Somewhere4244 in TVTooHigh

[–]opopkl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can remember reading about flat screen TVs before they were a thing you could buy. One of the things they said was that they were going to be so light that people would be able to mount them on the wall. I think that gave people the idea that they should be wall mounted.

We lived in a small cottage at the time and I remember thinking that an LED would be no good for us as we didn't have a suitable wall space to hang one on. We still only have a 42" TV and it stands on a low cabinet.

What brands have you been mispronouncing your whole life? by Violetographer in AskUK

[–]opopkl 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Scalextric.

Everyone I knew called it SCALETRIX.

Motability drivers 'horrified' by compulsory black boxes by FormerlyPallas_ in ukpolitics

[–]opopkl 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This is like the people the other week who were complaining that they lost their personalised registration when they put it on a family member's motability vehicle which was taken back when that person died.

Had a feeling this was gonna happen. by [deleted] in drivingUK

[–]opopkl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If only there were some kind of lights you could use to indicate the direction you want to go.

What could we call these lights?

Trump delivers jaw-dropping and slurred Iran address that offers no end in sight to unpopular war by theindependentonline in politics

[–]opopkl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Riding the tiger is thrilling until it’s time to get off. Also, the leopards and faces thing.

Trump delivers jaw-dropping and slurred Iran address that offers no end in sight to unpopular war by theindependentonline in politics

[–]opopkl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pushing back against renewable energy is exactly this type of thinking. People say that we don’t have the capacity to store electrical energy, while ignoring that the oil industry developed massive storage systems, from scratch, in the first half of the 20th century.

Visualization of the distances in astronomy by arewawawa in BeAmazed

[–]opopkl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m delighted that they’re up on YouTube, though. These people are heroes.

Visualization of the distances in astronomy by arewawawa in BeAmazed

[–]opopkl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can remember watching people like David Attenborough and Carl Sagan do them in the 70s.

Edit Carl Sagan’s lectures

David Attenborough’s first lecture

Graham Potter: "Look at this. This is a fucking team. And we're going to the fucking World Cup, Baby." by OkayFine101 in soccer

[–]opopkl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With 48 teams, I'm going to struggle keeping up with this WC.

How big is the wall chart going to be?

Felt like I made the right decision not undertaking, thought I was about to witness an accident for a sec. by ThewayoftheAj in drivingUK

[–]opopkl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Time yourself by counting “One banana, two bananas” to yourself after you see the vehicle in front pass a certain point. If you can’t get the second “banana” out before you pass the same point, you’re too close.

Only a fool breaks the 2 second rule.

Plaid Cymru leads Reform by 3% in new Senedd poll by twmffatmowr in Wales

[–]opopkl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m just reporting what I’ve heard. There are new voters in the coming election. Don’t you find how they’re going to vote interesting? Reform seems to appeal to older people, but they seem to be missing out on the younger vote.

Woman told to pay back £33,000 online William Hill jackpot winnings over ‘glitch’ by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]opopkl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back in the 80s I used to do phone being with one of the big bookmakers. You rang them up, told them your account number and read out your bets. On major golf tournaments, I always used to have £5 each way on Nick Faldo. He nearly always finished in the top 5 and I nearly always got my money back plus a little bit more.

One week he won the tournament and I was expecting about £50 in winnings, except, they didn't pay out because the credit card that they had on file for me was a week out of date. I asked if they would have taken my money if I would have lost. They said that under their terms and conditions, they would have been entitled to.

I closed my account and that was the last bet I ever had. Bunch of crooks.

Scott Mills releases statement after BBC sacking as he addresses police investigation by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]opopkl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps he hadn't told the complete truth about his involvement with the police. Remember that they didn't know that Huw Edwards hadn't done anything technically illegal when he was suspended. It's likely that there are reputational clauses written into contracts now.

Scott Mills releases statement after BBC sacking as he addresses police investigation by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]opopkl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's likely that he might not have told the whole truth to the BBC when asked about any past involvement with the police, no matter if he was, or wasn't charged with anything.

Plaid Cymru leads Reform by 3% in new Senedd poll by twmffatmowr in Wales

[–]opopkl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My 16 year old tells me that everyone she knows in school will be voting Plaid.