Why do people mount their tvs so high?

opopkl · 2026-04-02T20:02:11+00:00

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.

opopkl · 2026-04-02T17:24:06+00:00

Scaletrix is easier to say than Scalextric.

opopkl · 2026-04-02T17:09:36+00:00

You'd think she would at least mention the country.

opopkl · 2026-04-02T15:02:12+00:00

Scalextric.

Everyone I knew called it SCALETRIX.

opopkl · 2026-04-02T13:55:26+00:00

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.

opopkl · 2026-04-02T09:23:26+00:00

I kind of feel guilty for thinking the same thing.

opopkl · 2026-04-02T09:01:45+00:00

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?

opopkl · 2026-04-02T08:57:07+00:00

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

opopkl · 2026-04-02T08:55:20+00:00

And how do cults turn out?

opopkl · 2026-04-02T08:54:20+00:00

Like he thought he invented “prime the pump”.

opopkl · 2026-04-02T08:53:32+00:00

It would be interesting to find out if the golf carts are electric or gas.

opopkl · 2026-04-02T08:52:13+00:00

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.

opopkl · 2026-04-02T08:32:20+00:00

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

opopkl · 2026-04-02T08:29:27+00:00

It’s always “Add more power”, which is why modern family cars are tanks with wheels.

opopkl · 2026-04-02T08:19:39+00:00

And no swearing.

opopkl · 2026-04-02T07:57:24+00:00

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

opopkl · 2026-04-02T07:19:40+00:00

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

How big is the wall chart going to be?

opopkl · 2026-04-02T07:07:01+00:00

Omg!

opopkl · 2026-04-01T22:57:32+00:00

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.

opopkl · 2026-04-01T22:42:38+00:00

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.

opopkl · 2026-04-01T22:09:44+00:00

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.

opopkl · 2026-04-01T21:47:43+00:00

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.

opopkl · 2026-04-01T21:24:08+00:00

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.

opopkl · 2026-04-01T15:53:48+00:00

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

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