The Retirement Thread

[Flick of the Elbow]

An enjoyable little Midlothian loop this afternoon, 19°, very pleasant.

 

[BoldonLad]

Our last TV was 4K so we want something just as good if not better to be honest.

The ones we are looking at have Wi fi, and Netflix, Amazon, YouTube etc all built in as well as Alexa.

Don't know if you have selected a potential supplier, but, I have found Richer Sounds to be excellent (I have no connection to them, other as a customer). Their prices are competitive, and, they offer (free) extended warranty, upto six years.

 

[welsh dragon]

Don't know if you have selected a potential supplier, but, I have found Richer Sounds to be excellent (I have no connection to them, other as a customer). Their prices are competitive, and, they offer (free) extended warranty, upto six years.

Not found one yet. Just browsing. Migjt wait for the sales not that I am a tight arse you understand.

 

[ColinJ]

Pardon my language, but... OFFS!!!!

I just paid £29.99 to renew my subscription to Eurosport so I could watch uninterrupted coverage of the cycling events (and selected others) at the Olympics.

I navigate to the men's road race... The full 6+ hour race coverage is there. Great, I'll listen to the intro then wind through to when it starts to hot up. Random mechanics wandering about. The sound of a car passing in the distance... No commentary. The commentators must be off having a coffee... Wind forward an hour nope. 3 hours nope.

Search online - Eurosport commentaries today have been absent, delayed, in the wrong language, several languages at once, crackly or even for the wrong sports!!!

I search for a highlights show, find one covering events so far, and discover that it starts with SPOILER pictures of the gold medal winners in each event!!!

Just great...

 

[ColinJ]

I just picked a random sport's on demand stream to see if it had commentary... Volleyball. The match seems to have finished, and a commentator is speaking... in English! And suddenly it goes to an interview with Lizzie Deignan to talk about her chances of going for gold in the women's RR - Ha ha - what are the chances of me stumbling onto that!

It looks like Eurosport are capable of getting an undistorted English commentary on air, in time with pictures, as long as somebody remembers to press the right buttons at the right times...

 

[ColinJ]

And now... A highlights show dedicated to the men's RR has finally appeared. In English!

Hoo-bloody-ray!

 

[ColinJ]

While I am moaning about Eurosport...

Adverts are back! They had stopped putting ads on during my previous subscription but this highlights show has them. It is annoying having to skip them, but it also means that the 57 minute programme probably only has 40 minutes of coverage.

And after 15 minutes of coverage of a 6+ hour event...

Right, I am actually ANGRY now. The coverage has jumped from a breakaway with 90 kms left in the race, to just 14 kms left, no description whatsoever what happened in between, the eventual winners are clear, and we have gone to another effing adbreak...

 

[ColinJ]

Ok, silver and bronze were a surprise!

Now I have to find a recording somewhere that shows HOW that all actually happened... (Isn't that what a highlights show is supposed to actually do? )

 

[Tenkaykev]

Shame you're so far away. I have a spare 40" Sony LCD smart tv in the bottom of my wardrobe

Is that for the benefit of the residents of Narnia?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I just picked a random sport's on demand stream to see if it had commentary... Volleyball. The match seems to have finished, and a commentator is speaking... in English! And suddenly it goes to an interview with Lizzie Deignan to talk about her chances of going for gold in the women's RR - Ha ha - what are the chances of me stumbling onto that!

It looks like Eurosport are capable of getting an undistorted English commentary on air, in time with pictures, as long as somebody remembers to press the right buttons at the right times...

GCN+ have sporadic commentary issues too. Today as the men’s rr approached the final few k the commentary suddenly switched from English/Scottish to Australian .
It was ok this afternoon though for the Tour de Wallonie. Matt Stephens having a busy day, with Brian Smith for the Olympics and Maggie Backstedt for Wallonie. Both pairings equally agreeable

 

[Mo1959]

GCN+ have sporadic commentary issues too. Today as the men’s rr approached the final few k the commentary suddenly switched from English/Scottish to Australian .
It was ok this afternoon though for the Tour de Wallonie. Matt Stephens having a busy day, with Brian Smith for the Olympics and Maggie Backstedt for Wallonie. Both pairings equally agreeable

I need to stop skim reading. I thought Maggie Smith was commentating.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I need to stop skim reading. I thought Maggie Smith was commentating.

On reflection I don’t know if I should have written his name as Maggy 🇸🇪

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Just reading a Philippa Gregory novel published in 2016, set in the Tudor times of the 16th century. She writes some prophetic words about the English royal family

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,
I lost the battle of the Duvet earlier this morning so I’ve been up and about. Coffee is brewing and all is peaceful outside.
Stay safe folks 👍

 

[Drago]

I have risen!