BBC humor, how I love it.

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Gob wrote:Kristina,

Let me know if your DVD player can play either Mpegs or AVI.

If it can, I'll burn you as much Posh Nosh as I can get off "youtube" and mail them.

I could probably do them as DVD, but the quality would be less good, and I'm not sure if I can do NSTC format.

Gob, I'm afraid I have absolutely no idea. All I know for sure is that it plays DVDs and music CDs. (I'm not the most tech-savvy person you'll ever meet...) I'll see if I can figure it out.

And thank you very much for the offer!

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if you still have the instruction manual it should tell you.
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Crackpot wrote:if you still have the instruction manual it should tell you.
That, my friend, is the problem!!! I'm sure I DO have the manual. I just have absolutely no idea where I put it...

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I'd have to add The Peep Show to the previous lists - once you get into it I find it great ... Though you can't beat Black Adder (Le Adder Noir)
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kristina wrote:
Crackpot wrote:if you still have the instruction manual it should tell you.
That, my friend, is the problem!!! I'm sure I DO have the manual. I just have absolutely no idea where I put it...
You might find it online at the manufs site.

A household tip, get yourself a binder with sleeves and whenever you buy an appliance or electronic gizmo, put the manuals and any other paperwork in a sleeve in the binder. They'll all be in one place and easy to find. I have a bunch of binders for all the stuff around the house. One for electronics, one for appliances, one for any window and door paperwork when I replaced the windows and doors, another for all my gas tools (weedwacker, chainsaw, lawnmower, ect) another for my electric tools (circular saw, table say, sabre saw, drill, etc). I always know where my manuals are.

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Good idea, oldr. I used to have one of those plastic bins made for hanging files that had all my instruction manuals, warranties, etc, but it got packed away into a box when i moved four years ago, and my house has since swallowed up the bin.

On-line search it is!

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another thing I used to do before I started the binder system was to put the manual in a ziplock bag and tape the ziplock bag to the bottom of the VCR or the back of the TV (or wherever you can conceal it on the appliance). Manual stays with the appliance.
Just be sure not to tape the opening of the ziplock bag. ;)

Now if someone has a good idea about how not to lose the remote, I'm all ears.

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Naturally, I assume you have a 'man chair' (recliner)? I seen some arm rest covers that come with pockets; some just small enough for a remote, some big enough to hold magazines and .357's.

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loCAtek wrote:Naturally, I assume you have a 'man chair' (recliner)? I seen some arm rest covers that come with pockets; some just small enough for a remote, some big enough to hold magazines and .357's.
Actually the love seat has two recliners and the couch (sofa?) also has two recliners and the middle portion folds down and becomes a tray with cup holders. No pouches though. I was thinking of puting a string on it and tieing the string to the end table.

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http://video.adultswim.com/childrens-ho ... r-you.html

Part 2 will remind you of someone(s)

apropos of one of our current discussions as well.
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Video not available in Aus I'm afraid. :(
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that sucks
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http://www.episodeswatch.com/childrens’ ... h-for-you/

this might work I don't know I have no experience with it
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Just found these on Wiki, which may be of interest to Anglophiles.


Britains best sit-com

100 Greatest British TV programs

I'll now go cut up my credit card to prevent me going on a DVD buying rampage at Amazon UK.

(But, honestly with the exchange rate the way it is at the moment they are paying me to take them!)
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It's always Only Fools & Horses... I mean, it's funny but IMO it's not even John Sullivan's best work (that would be Citizen Smith BTW...) let alone best British sitcom.

One sitcom that always rates highly is Keeping up Appearances. This is a show that I find at best tedious and at worst cringeworthy.

Each to their own I suppose... Mind you, once The Vicar of Dibley finished ahead of Fawlty Towers thay should have realised that the poll was ridiculous and cancelled the whole thing!
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?

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