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  1. Posted

    16-6-24

     

    49 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 

    44 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down +4

    42 The Jam - The Eton Rifles

    37 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 

    36 Earth, Wind & Fire - September

    35 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind

    35 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl

    32 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3  

    31 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 

    19 Frankie Valli - Grease 

    07 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous -6

  2. Posted

    17 minutes ago, time said:

    and why it's so different from my own. Maybe its an age thing

     

    I'd hazard in this instance not age related. I'd be willing to bet there's not that much in it.

    You've both put enough on here for me to have a reasonable idea.

    I think I'm somewhere similar in age, and I also seem to differ from a lot of other people.

    Including you guys sometimes. Just different strokes for different folks probably.

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  5. Posted

    14th June

     

    48 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 

    47 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 

    44 The Jam — The Eton Rifles

    42 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind

    39 The Rolling Stones - Miss You +4

    37 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl

    32 Earth, Wind & Fire - September -6

    28 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 

    28 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 

    28 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 

    28  Frankie Valli - Grease

    13 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous

  9. Posted

    1 hour ago, RoverAndOut said:

     

    My mum has mused about voting Liberal. She's engaged but passive. Pretty sure she voted for Boris in 2019. Almost certainly voted for Brexit. But she's easily led. Anyway, she's not enamoured with Starmer, doesn't like Sunak and the other night said, unprompted, "I might vote Lib Dem". I don't mind too much, our seat is as safe Labour as they come, been Labour since at least 1945. Might be a Gaza protest vote, but can't see it letting the Tories, or anybody else, in. Davey has had a very good campaign. Safe pair of hands in the Paddy Ashdown style. Wonder if Daisy Cooper will be able to build on his progress in the future.

     

    To be honest, since I'm interested in policies rather than rhetoric I'd happily vote for Lib Dems where I am or in fact it appears according to that quiz - binface.

    However locally is a swing seat between Labour / Tories so my hands are tied if I want shot of the Tories.

     

    I'm not as hopeful as many here that labour will deliver nirvana or even what we want in basic terms (see post above about paying for it), but under first past the post I can't vote any other way.

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  10. Posted

    5 minutes ago, TQR said:

    IIRC Clorox comprehensively proved you wrong on this point in the What Are You Listening To thread.

     

    Not exactly "comprehensively", but in fairness despite my promises to the contrary I've still not done the work to listen to the stuff he took the time to point out. My bad.

    I've got a fair few 'younger generation' friends with cars that I get lifts to drinking holes in - and the stuff I'm subjected to, ugh....Though that's not scientific either since maybe I just have friends with terrible (to my ear) tastes.

     

    Are you denying 'there's a lot of rap' about though? Because I hear a lot.

    Anyway, whatever, I downvoted it. Deal with it. :P

     

     

  11. Posted

    42 minutes ago, TQR said:

    Come off it. The Sugarhill Gang are one of rap's founding fathers. Poor choice to kill them off while cheesy shit like the current bottom three stay on.

     

    I will not come off it, mostly because rightly or wrongly, I bloody hate rap. with a passion.

    And don't blame me alone, it's not like I'm the only one downvoted it.

     

    26 minutes ago, time said:

    This may or may not be true but Lene Lovich was better.

    Yes, yes indeed it was. And I don't much like that track either :P

     

    Edit. Oh and you'll notice I'm not voting at all on 2010 stuff. It wouldn't be right (at least until I did the work to listen to them all).

    So much today is rap, or covers that 'rap things up' that I genuinely cant be arsed.

    The John whatsisface track is pretty much the only one of those i know, and that because of the video.

     

    Further edit: I detest cheesy stuff as well, so there's that. So there.

  12. Posted

    13/6/2024

     

    52 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind +4

    49 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 

    48 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 

    44 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 

    37 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 

    36 The Jam — The Eton Rifles

    35 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl 

    32 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 

    28 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 

    27 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 

    26 Frankie Valli - Grease 

    25 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous 

    10 Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) 

     

    00 The Saltyhill Gang - Rapper’s Fright -6

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  13. Posted

    18 hours ago, En Passant said:

    The idea of 5 years of governance by whoever has the better sound bite on any given day is scary.

     

    Shouting matches don't interest me any more than vox-pops do, so I don't watch them.

     

    I do watch things such as this.

     

     

     

     

     

    There should be somebody asking both of these parties - as forcefully as  "But did you threaten to overrule him?" - but replaced with "Where is the money coming from?"

  15. Posted

    3 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

    doners

     

    kebabs?*

     

    5 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

    Apologies for mentioning this again, but it's a way of measuring who the Tories traditionally think themselves to be against what they are currently.

     

    Interesting times, eh?

     

    No need to apologise that I can see. The revolving door isn't mentioned nearly enough by most politicians of any flavour.

     

    *sorry yes, a spieling lame.

  16. Posted

    49 minutes ago, TQR said:

    Failing that, one big long episode of the Weakest Link.

     

    I'd vote for that.

     

    My problem with the whole debate thing is it probably favours those with a knack for public speaking and quick responses whether those are due to masses of pre-prepared answers or merely being quick-witted on the fly.

    It doesn't tell us who has the better policies we are seeking.

    Those are mostly known beforehand anyway and are in my opinion better delievered in a format we can pore over and come to our own conclusions.

    The idea of 5 years of governance by whoever has the better sound bite on any given day is scary.

     

    Shouting matches don't interest me any more than vox-pops do, so I don't watch them.

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  18. Posted

    12/6/24

     

    48 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind +4

    43 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

    41 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 

    40 The Jam - The Eton Rifles

    38 The Rolling Stones - Miss You  

    38 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down

    31 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 

    30 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 

    28 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl 

    28 Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) 

    27 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

    25 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous 

    18 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight

    18 Frankie Valli - Grease 

    16 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 

    13 Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City 

    13 Sad Café - Every Day Hurts 

     

    00 On Vi-agra These Days - C’mon Everybody -6

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  19. Posted

    11/06/2024

     

    42 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

    42 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down

    40 Earth, Wind & Fire - September

    40 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind +4

    37 The Jam - The Eton Rifles

    32 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 

    29 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

    27 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

    27 Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) 

    27 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl 

    26 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 

    25 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous 

    23 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight 

    22 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 

    19 Frankie Valli - Grease 

    15 Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City 

    15 Sad Café - Every Day Hurts 

    11 Lene Lovich - Lucky Number

    10 The Sex Pistols - C’mon Everybody 

    02 Racey to the bottom - Lay Your Love on Me -6

  20. Posted

    15 hours ago, TQR said:

    He's a cunt. That's why he's on ignore. WHICH YOU ARE RUINING BY QUOTING HIM.

     

    I don't often. Wasn't letting this one go though. You're just collatera da, sorry,  COLLATERAL DAMAGE.

     

    1 hour ago, TQR said:

     

    They are. That's why people keep throwing things at them.

     

    And that's a reply to him that has fk all to do with me!

     

    Am I just about to mute him as you unmute? I was going to unite us, by finally blocking the berk. Oh well.

  21. Posted

    Just now, The Old Crem said:

    To be fair the Tories have had quite a recent history of expecting teachers to fill in the gaps in various policies. Adding a bit more to their workload is part of their philosophy. 

     

    If only there were any teachers in this place who fancied weighing in on that (heh, I'm not namechecking you, though it was close but ultmately decided "no-fair" :lol:)

     

    2 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    Also the Tories have recent history of being terrible with it policies - the Porn age ID stuff for example.

     

    Not going to matter what they think in a month is it?

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  22. Posted

    1 minute ago, The Old Crem said:

    They will be a demand by parents for phone boxes to come back if school kids are ordered to walk to school without phones

     

    Says who? You? Are these parents going to pay for them?

     

    2 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    Barijg in mind technically schools appear to have the power to enforce rules outside shcool premises if in uniofrm.  

     

    Yeah right dump it on the teachers, they don't have anything better to do.

     

    I knew it was a mistake engaging in a discussion with you, you're now typing so fast your spell checker can't keep up.

    Mea Culpa.

    @TQR Close, so close :evil2:.

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  23. Posted

    1 minute ago, The Old Crem said:

    It sounds like the Goverment wants phones without the ability to unlock anything.

     

    Can you point me to a definitive source that that is the case? You know, a bit beyond 'it sounds like', I know I'm being nit-picky here but well, you have previous for not differentiating between, 'this is the case' and 'I think'.
     

    5 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    A widespread production of phones with the ability of the 1990’s.

     

    The above aside, and if indeed it is the case, where's the problem? There's enough of a market if all the kids currently with phones have to have them replaced - for companies to make them if legislated.

     

    6 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    And school kids walking to school without a phone

     

    I did, and there were no phone boxes on the route. (yes yes I know, 'back when I were a lad' and all that).

     

    7 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    but without the phone box availability of the 1990’s.

     

    Whatever else happens that's not coming back.

  24. Posted

    6 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    Not if enough parents decide to break the law so it’s not financially viable. (I’m not sure how it could be properly enforced in terms of parents not buying ones for their kids and registering it as their phone.)

     

    The companies don't have to as such, just make such facilities as the law denies unavailable via software locks then the legal onus is on the parent.

    The makers won't care as they will cost the same and they make the same profit. The parents will pay the same as they do currently.

    I'm no smartphone guru, but the cheap ones probably cost about the same to manufacture as a non-smart one anyway today.

    If a non-smart one is still cheaper to make and the numbers were sufficient, they'd make them.

     

    Whether all that is enforcible in practice is another matter. Over-stretched police hunting down teens with 'unlocked' phones and taking the time to prosecute the parents over them seems to me to just add to an existing problem of expending the limited resources in the wrong place.

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