Three Litre
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Post by Three Litre on Jul 11, 2021 8:02:31 GMT
I've just had to sit through Kong v Godzilla, courtesy of my son. All these type of films are is just noise and effects. Also, why do the giant creatures always have to end up in somewhere like Hong Kong or New York, when they could just as easily turn up on some waste ground just off the East Lancs road? It'd be cheaper to devastate anyway. Not sure you'd notice though.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jul 11, 2021 20:14:45 GMT
Also, why do the giant creatures always have to end up in somewhere like Hong Kong or New York, when they could just as easily turn up on some waste ground just off the East Lancs road? They appeared there first but were scared off by the local populace. Sam.
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Post by Cartman on Jul 29, 2021 13:32:38 GMT
Occasionally there is a bit of good news, a fixture of my Room 101 has gone - The X Factor has been axed! Yesss! Result!!!!!
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jul 29, 2021 13:52:49 GMT
Simon Cowell claims he doesn't want the show to 'become a joke' It's long been a joke to most people Simon!
Let's hope 'Britain's Got Talent' goes the same way.
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Post by Cartman on Jul 29, 2021 14:34:02 GMT
Britains Got Talent is occasionally funny, in the early stages, the X Factor is just irredeemably awful.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Aug 1, 2021 22:57:40 GMT
Sadly I'm now going back to the phone scammers that try their luck.
Just recently I've had a spate of text messages stating that I've received a voicemail message and then including some totally obscure hyperlink in the text to follow up with. The hyperlink is so obscure and is best described as a random jumble of crap, how do these twats expect anyone to fall for it? Sadly I suppose some do but I wish there was a way to stop them, they are different mobile numbers each time so to block each one will make no difference.
Sam.
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Post by Three Litre on Aug 2, 2021 7:40:30 GMT
Sadly I'm now going back to the phone scammers that try their luck. Just recently I've had a spate of text messages stating that I've received a voicemail message and then including some totally obscure hyperlink in the text to follow up with. The hyperlink is so obscure and is best described as a random jumble of crap, how do these twats expect anyone to fall for it? Sadly I suppose some do but I wish there was a way to stop them, they are different mobile numbers each time so to block each one will make no difference. Sam. Yes, it never ends Sam and probably never will. I wish I could just meet them, for 5 mins or so .............................
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Post by Nightfly on Aug 2, 2021 9:20:24 GMT
Sadly I suppose some do but I wish there was a way to stop them, they are different mobile numbers each time so to block each one will make no difference. They are getting clever now and using random phone number generating software which hides their real number. Most of them originate outside the UK so the Telephone Preference Service doesn't apply to them. If you get spam callers as opposed to text, you could always try what this guy in the States does to wind up cold callers.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Aug 2, 2021 13:13:15 GMT
If you get spam callers as opposed to text, you could always try what this guy in the States does to wind up cold callers. Yes that is a good one, I've seen/heard that before and is a great way to deal with them if you've already scripted something up front. However, I have my own way of dealing with them as posted previously in this very thread: I've just come off of the phone from one of these calls as I decided to play along with their crap to see how far they'd go. Sixteen minutes later I gave the bloke a piece of my mind and despite his initial protestations he eventually rang off. Once again in broken English and with an Indian accent he started: "My name is James Morris and I'm calling from Virgin Media" so as a Virgin Media customer I thought I'd string him along to see what he'd attempt to get me to do. First off to confirm that my "connection speeds were fluctuating" he asked me to perform a speed test. I didn't use the one he suggested but instead a site I've used regularly. The site I used confirmed that both my download and upload speeds were actually better than spec'd by Virgin. Next was to tell him the speeds I was getting so I lied and said 48 mbps download and 6 mbps upload. He said this was wrong as I should be getting 65 mbps and 17 mbps respectively. That was mistake number one as what he quoted are nowhere near the actual speeds Virgin provide on fibre. He then guided me to the PC's event log that details the PC's warnings and errors and claimed that it was the error log for the modem/router - mistake number two. He then asked me to go to a website URL {www-virginmediahelp1-weebly-com} (dashes inserted in place of dots) in order for him to be able to log in to my router to clear the warnings and errors. It was at this point where I thought enough was enough, told him that I'd have enough of his lies and misinformation, told him to get himself an honest job and to stop trying to con people. He started to protest but I spoke over him to tell him that I'd given him duff info that he never picked up on, told him that the information that he had was wrong, told him that I know my way through the PC and how the ISP setup operates and that he was going to get nowhere with the crap he was coming out with. It was at that point that the line went dead. I'll probably get inundated with such calls now out of spite. Sam.
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Post by Sparky on Aug 2, 2021 14:35:05 GMT
Had a spate of cold calls this last week or so. I used to ask them to "hold" - and played a Test-Card tone down the phone to them - they soon hung up.
Thing is - if you pick up - your number goes on an (they call it) "Idiots list" - which they sell to other scammers.
As Nightfly said - they use software to hide their numbers and make them look like a legit UK Number. So you are forced to pick up.
Last year - one caught me on a bad day; so I (literally) told them to F.Off and slammed the phone down. The cheeky git even phoned back and hurled a few insults my way too. Result!
I have also suddenly started getting these fake missed calls, which appear on my mobile - other people have rung me and I have heard it ring. With these, they just appear without any sound. Luckily, I wasn't foolish enough to call one back - as I saw a case on Watchdog where some chap returned a call and was connected to a premium line.
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