Popular Post sidcow Posted July 21, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Davkaus said: I endured a few minutes of radio, then turned it off and enjoyed the silence instead. Depeche Mode on your headphones? Edited July 21, 2022 by sidcow 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 10 minutes ago, sidcow said: Depeche Mode on your headphones? I appreciated that joke once I researched it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 21, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2022 Why do we always talk about our car keys, when there is invariably only one key? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted July 21, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Why do we always talk about our car keys, when there is invariably only one key? Now you've started something. I hope we don't have to lock the thread. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Don’t people have Bluetooth with their radio’s? Why would you listen to the radio when you can just put your own tunes on? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 31 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Why do we always talk about our car keys, when there is invariably only one key? Does it stem from the days of yore when there was one key for the door and another for the ignition? My motorhome has 7 keys. Which is a mare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 I have the radio on about 8-10 hours a day. Background noise for when i'm working from home. Absolute 80's today. Lovely jubbly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted July 21, 2022 Administrator Share Posted July 21, 2022 I had the Gallup (I think) person around a couple of weeks ago doing the "radio listening survey". He didn't seem particularly surprised when I said he could fill in the entire listening diary with "0 hours". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted July 21, 2022 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Ingram85 said: Don’t people have Bluetooth with their radio’s? Why would you listen to the radio when you can just put your own tunes on? Because the radio station I listen to 6Music is my tool for both discovery of new music and a reminder of music I've forgotten If you constantly listen to your own tunes, you never discover new ones There are certain shows on 6 (Lamaq, Riley, Gid Coe, Cerys, Iggy and The Freak Zone) that I listen to all the time for this purpose when I'm in the car, in the bath or the kitchen. Friday and Saturday nights I listen to my own music because I don't really like those even shows but untimately I listen to 6 a lot 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Why do we always talk about our car keys, when there is invariably only one key? A lot of American cars in the 70s and 80s had two keys. One opened and started everything, the other was to give to the valet when parking it. It could open the doors and start the engine, but couldn't open the locked glovebox or boot (or trunk!), so you could store your belongings safely. One for the boring thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 4 hours ago, villa4europe said: Last time i was home and driving from kiddy to Bristol every day I thought I'd listen to radio x just to try and hear if there was anything new out and about*, Chris moyles is still a complete waste of time for anyone who likes music, would rather stick a podcast on I tried to listen to his breakfast show on X when I started WFH regularly. Lasted a couple of weeks. I find him insufferable. Mind you, most breakfast shows are like that. I like it when it gets more sedate at about 10am. I used to quite like the Jonny Vaughan drive time show though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted July 21, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Xela said: A lot of American cars in the 70s and 80s had two keys. One opened and started everything, the other was to give to the valet when parking it. It could open the doors and start the engine, but couldn't open the locked glovebox or boot (or trunk!), so you could store your belongings safely. One for the boring thread! Actually, I think the valet key was a later development and not an American car feature, as the first time I saw it was my 1991 Acura (Honda's high-end brand over here). Earlier American cars, at least GM ones, had a different key for ignition and trunk (boot). I don't recall our 1971 Chrysler having separate keys, but I know GM cars all did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Xela said: I tried to listen to his breakfast show on X when I started WFH regularly. Lasted a couple of weeks. I find him insufferable. Mind you, most breakfast shows are like that. I like it when it gets more sedate at about 10am. I used to quite like the Jonny Vaughan drive time show though. I listen to a norn Ireland country music station and specifically their breakfast show as it's a more sedate affair. That and having updates on the traffic on the M2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted July 21, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2022 1 hour ago, limpid said: I had the Gallup (I think) person around a couple of weeks ago doing the "radio listening survey". He didn't seem particularly surprised when I said he could fill in the entire listening diary with "0 hours". It was a few years ago, now, but I had the same, they left forms for me to fill in for each day, for a week. I did so, diligently. The chap was totally delighted with my info - lots of 6Music, bit of TMS, bit of football coverage, the odd newsy or comedy thing. All BBC. Radio on every day of the week for hours. He was so chuffed I felt quite guilty turning down the opportunity to do more of their surveys. I’d pay the license fee for the BBC radio alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted July 21, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2022 31 minutes ago, Xela said: insufferable. Mind you, most breakfast shows are like that Amen. I don’t want some chirpy, happy, bushy tailed character yapping about whatever. It’s iPod on shuffle in the radio alarm dock thing, which is perfect. Dunno what’s gonna play, but I know I won’t hate it and won’t have to listen to inane chat, or more news about the imminent implosion of LTUAE caused by the words removed who run the planet. Mind you, I’m not a morning person. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 I'm not joking when I say the radio at work was probably the final straw when it came to me quitting. It was utter torture for me. I've no doubt my taste in music would have been torture for the absolute cretins I had to work with too. I now drive a Jamaican lad to work and he really isn't into indie so I don't force my playlists on him, I just pick one of a few radio stations and have a chat, otherwise it's Spotify all the way. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 21, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2022 **** me how sad. It appears video DIDN'T kill the radio star but iTunes and Spotify did. 1) Doing nothing all day but listening to your own playlist is like preaching to the converted. 2) If you think the DJ is innane and boring you need to find a new radio show. A DJ can and should enhance your listening enjoyment. 3) they introduce you to new tunes you've not heard before. 4) they will remind you about tunes you've forgotten about. 5) you will hear tunes you somehow missed. 6) you will hear tunes from before your time that you will grow to love. 7) you will grow to love the odd tune you had previously written off and would ordinarily never listen to again. Eight) variety is the spice of life, how utterly boring to listen to the same stuff over and over. 9) you will hear snippets of random stuff, current affairs, interesting facts, background information. Essentially you will learn and grow. 10) there is probably more that others can add. I don't understand why you would just sit all day in your own echo chamber. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 It's funny you say that on new music Friday! For me it's Jamie t and the kooks downloaded, a new podcast call star calls, a Bob marley album performed with an orchestra, new Beyonce song That'll see me through And most of those points you can still do with Spotify, you can actually do better with Spotify The radio is dead to me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2022 Why, in 2022, with all the technology we have regarding cameras and mirrors, do we still have lorries with massive blindspots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 12 hours ago, sidcow said: **** me how sad. It appears video DIDN'T kill the radio star but iTunes and Spotify did. 1) Doing nothing all day but listening to your own playlist is like preaching to the converted. 2) If you think the DJ is innane and boring you need to find a new radio show. A DJ can and should enhance your listening enjoyment. 3) they introduce you to new tunes you've not heard before. 4) they will remind you about tunes you've forgotten about. 5) you will hear tunes you somehow missed. 6) you will hear tunes from before your time that you will grow to love. 7) you will grow to love the odd tune you had previously written off and would ordinarily never listen to again. Eight) variety is the spice of life, how utterly boring to listen to the same stuff over and over. 9) you will hear snippets of random stuff, current affairs, interesting facts, background information. Essentially you will learn and grow. 10) there is probably more that others can add. I don't understand why you would just sit all day in your own echo chamber. From now on, I will often wonder why you listed all of the numbers numerically but decided to type out "eight". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts