Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 On pets, although I'm not really a "doggy" or "horsey" person, I DO understand why people like dogs and horses. And I ALMOST understand why some people don't like cats (even though I think they're ace). What I really DON'T get is people who keep non-mammal pets - reptiles, fish, spiders, etc. Pets should at least be a BIT cuddly and emotionally interactive! They are perverts! Ha ha, brilliant. Proper made me laugh that did. No, because they are ....or anything like that. Just "They are perverts!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 6, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 6, 2012 I agree on the kids thing, as I've said before now. On the non-cuddly pets, I dunno. I like dogs, dislike cats (a feeling that is mutual it appears), hate horses. I'd like to keep more exotic animals, I love reptiles and amphibians (I aim to own one of some type eventually). I find them interesting, and I suppose because they're a bit more high maintenance than a dog they become more of a hobby than a pet per se. I never got spiders however. My cousin kept tarantulas until he had kids, and went through other odd animals too - he once swapped some of his spiders for some scorpions, which in turn got swapped for (rather more likable) geckos. One of his tarantulas escaped once, never did find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 One of his tarantulas escaped once, never did find it.I know it's utterly absurd, but the second I finished reading that I checked under my desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 yeah id like some poison dart frogs, they look amazing but serve absolute no purpose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 6, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 6, 2012 yeah id like some poison dart frogs, they look amazing but serve absolute no purposeAnd yet Alex McLeish is still manager of AVFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted January 7, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2012 Asberger's, and I Claim My Five Pounds. I think you'll find it's Asperger's, Mike Is it? Never realised. Thank you. And to think, you're in the top 2%... what the hell is Chindie?! :shock: The 99% will take care of Chindie (sorry Neil, the role of reasonably-prolific poster with Asperger's from outside the UK has already been cast, though you're welcome to be the understudy) ((note the space)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Never understood the fascination, obsession and fawning over Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. Talentless noise. There, I've said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 ^A million times this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 7, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2012 Make that a trillion. Talentless noise is a bit harsh, more yer bog standard pub band I'd say. I was mildly impressed by "Smells Like..." when it came out, so I bought the album - to discover it was the only half decent track on it. I've heard their other albums, same reaction. Very average stodge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted January 7, 2012 Moderator Share Posted January 7, 2012 The Nirvana unplugged album is fantastic. I kind of understand the comment on their other albums - for me they're a mix of excellent and very ordinary filler, like you get from a lot of bands starting out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted January 7, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2012 What about the other grunge-bands? The Pearl Jam/Soundgarden/Alice in chains - type? For the record, I find those bands far superior in every way to Nirvana, but Nirvana where the ones who broke down the mainstream wall so to speak. And in the days pre internet it was an important factor in getting out to the masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 7, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2012 What about the other grunge-bands? The Pearl Jam/Soundgarden/Alice in chains - type? For the record, I find those bands far superior in every way to Nirvana, but Nirvana where the ones who broke down the mainstream wall so to speak. And in the days pre internet it was an important factor in getting out to the masses.My reaction to Pearl Jam was identical to Nirvana - heard one pretty good track, bought the album, was massively disappointed. Pretty much ignored grunge after that. A genre deeply lacking in ideas and imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted January 7, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2012 My reaction to Pearl Jam was identical to Nirvana - heard one pretty good track, bought the album, was massively disappointed. I take it the album was Ten? And I'd say it's one of my favourite albums. Taste is a mystery thing indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 7, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2012 My reaction to Pearl Jam was identical to Nirvana - heard one pretty good track, bought the album, was massively disappointed. I take it the album was Ten? And I'd say it's one of my favourite albums. Taste is a mystery thing indeed.It was Ten, yes. And this wasn't like - say - hip-hop, i.e. a genre I was always going to hate from the start. It was guitar-based rock, very much the sort of thing I would have expected to enjoy. But it just sounded to me as if they had listened to bands like The Who and the Stones, but simply couldn't do it as well. Unfortunately, by that period, The Who and the Stones couldn't do it any more either, so my interest in rock slowly began to wane. Nowadays, I'd say that 75% of my listening pleasure comes from classical or jazz, the other 25% being old pop/rock/soul/blues/country/folk, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Top Gear. People moan about day time TV and soaps, but that is the worst TV show on the planet. People interested in cars trying to be funny. IMO of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 The thing is, Top Gear used to be great. It just happens to have turned into a parody of itself nowdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 7, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2012 The thing is, Top Gear used to be great. It just happens to have turned into a parody of itself nowdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted January 8, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 8, 2012 What about the other grunge-bands? The Pearl Jam/Soundgarden/Alice in chains - type? For the record, I find those bands far superior in every way to Nirvana, but Nirvana where the ones who broke down the mainstream wall so to speak. And in the days pre internet it was an important factor in getting out to the masses.My reaction to Pearl Jam was identical to Nirvana - heard one pretty good track, bought the album, was massively disappointed. Pretty much ignored grunge after that. A genre deeply lacking in ideas and imagination. AIC can be hard to get into, though Mike might find the Jar of Flies acoustic-dominated EP to be more up his alley: (Unplugged: the "Friends don't let friends get haircuts" scrawled on Jerry Cantrell's guitar is a dig at Metallica (the members of whom were in the audience), who had recently cut their hair for the Load album) I Stay Away Don't Follow Of another album: Heaven Beside You Some non-acoustic tracks Again Singer Layne Staley would join members of Pearl Jam and fellow Seattle band Screaming Trees to form Mad Season, known for River of Deceit and I Don't Know Anything Soundgarden is what Black Sabbath would sound like if they were fronted by Robert Plant (that's a compliment, btw). Outshined Rusty Cage (Johnny Cash's cover) The Day I Tried to Live Superunknown Tbf, I still consider Stone Temple Pilots to be the best of the 90s bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Hm, I'd say Nirvana being a grunge band is like The Clash being a punk band. If that makes any sense at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted January 8, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 8, 2012 Nirvana kind of got lumped in there by being from Seattle at the same time as the others. They don't really fit the Seattle Sound, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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