swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Eh? Other what?
Things I don't 'get' in this modern world
- Thread starter Smithbat
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Profpointy
Legendary Member
Ah but I recall mention of a mathematical proff that a four legged table can always be placed in a position where it doesn't wobble
classic33
Leg End Member
First one you mentioned!Eh? Other what?
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
My neighbour asked me if I was good at programming remotes. I'm entirely useless but I asked him what the problem was.
"It's the remotely controlled lavatory flusher." Yes, he could ask it to flush from the bottom of his garden using his smartphone.
I offered him a big yellow Screwfix bucket if things got critical.
"It's the remotely controlled lavatory flusher." Yes, he could ask it to flush from the bottom of his garden using his smartphone.
I offered him a big yellow Screwfix bucket if things got critical.
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
Instruction booklets appear to be a thing of the past. You're supposed to intuitively know how to work your smartphone without one. It might be intuitive to a teenager but it certainly isn't to me aged 52 and a half.
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
And why does the sound volume vary so much between TV programmes these days, even on the same channel. You used to be able to switch it on, adjust the volume once if at all, and settle back. Now I have to constantly adjust it for the start of each programme and again for each set of trailers. Why oh why oh why.
...and they're all digital so distance from sender won't make any difference.
Salad Dodger
Guru
- Location
- Kent Coast
Oh yes - the delights of keying a 15 digit code printed next to the TV listing in the paper (remember those?) - but at least it was easier than laying on the floor in front of the video programming it by pressing those tiny little buttons....And don't forget to add 5 mins on in case it overruns. And make sure you've put a tape in. And rewound it. And put it in timer mode.
Just spilt coffee over the keyboard, laughing at the so well observed absurdity of VCR's.......
Bimble
Bimbling along ...
Sorry, but there's no way I'm giving up my Wi-Fi, iPhone, Sky+ and streamed music to go back to phone boxes and tape! Viva la Tech Revolucion! 
(Oh, and I'm much nearer the big 50 than you @Smithbat 
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It lived on though as Betacam, developed from Betamax (but not compatible with it), which became a professional broadcasting industry standard and was still around long after VHS has been replaced by the DVD. </geekmode>
(Oh, and I'm much nearer the big 50 than you @Smithbat )famalam - having heard some schoolkids say it repeatedly whilst waiting for a bus, I Googled it and was advised by the Urban Dictionary that is means - family, close friend.
... and was the better quality system of the two, but JVC's VHS format gained a larger market share and Betamax had pretty much died a death by the end of 1981.
It lived on though as Betacam, developed from Betamax (but not compatible with it), which became a professional broadcasting industry standard and was still around long after VHS has been replaced by the DVD. </geekmode>
Starchivore
I don't know much about Cinco de Mayo
- Location
- Halifax, West Yorkshire
Do you good folks also often enter a room and then find yourself unable to remember what you came for?
(I decided the thread needed more Abe Simpson.)
(I decided the thread needed more Abe Simpson.)
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
Ah, I remember that. I saved up and bought my very own "modern" video recorder, then promptly left home to go travelling before I could record anything
