Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

I wish I understood how to use radios (and had one), they're covering news on Five Live/BBC News apparently. But I've no radio... nor any clue how I'd find that station. I never could work out radio stations

its the one that you can't help but find on medium wave. I hate radio 5. It might be on the net though? Do you have speakers again yet? oh...or digital tv....probably 705 I think on tv.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

I could never understand why Bridgwater doesn't have an 'e' - anyone know?

It's now known as Water .....

michaels wrote: »

The other wierd thing about that stretch of motorway is that every junction is for the A38.

That always amuses me when I drive along the M5.

michaels wrote: »

Also whilst strait is no doubt a word the only derivation for 'home straight' I could find was that it came from the US home stretch - no mention of navigable passages...

The Strait of Gibraltar is a strait... I know there are others I'd remember if somebody else came up with them.

michaels

Obviously Madonna Papa Don't Preach

sss555s wrote: »

What's the tune?

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

I could never understand why Bridgwater doesn't have an 'e' - anyone know?

Wiki says:

It is thought that the town was originally called Brigg, meaning Quay. It has been argued that the name may instead come from the Old English brycg (gang plank) or Old Norse bryggja (quay), though this idea has been opposed on etymological grounds.[2] In the Domesday Book the town is listed as Brugie, while Brugia was also used. After the Norman invasion the land was given to Walter of Douai,[3] hence becoming known variously as Burgh-Walter, Brugg-Walter and Brigg-Walter, eventually corrupted to Bridgwater. An alternative version is that it derives from "Bridge of Walter" (i.e. Walter's Bridge).[4][5]

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Try the bbc website (assuming you have speakers or a headphone)

Nope, no speakers etc... unless I fire up the laptop, which is packed away in a bag in another room. It'd also, probably, suck up vital bandwidth.... and I haven't got round to asking for the wi-fi key yet to be able to not worry about that sort of thing too much.

vivatifosi

michaels wrote: »

Obviously Madonna Papa Don't Preach

I think he was being sarcastic. Or should I say dazzlingly witty...

lostinrates

I very rarely stay on m5 further south that Bristol...or Cribbs causeway. The a38 I have done from north of bristol to south oin somerset. Once and never again. I always pick routes to avoid it now. Also hate the journey over to Taunton from my old patch, despise it. Made me avoid ever going west to be honest. though I love places like Chard. Back in the days when I used to try and make a journey I did a lot more interesting and increasing my knowledge of the country is when I did a long long stint on the a 38. When petrol was cheap...filling up cost me £12 and my car ran on that for ages. There are some nice places there I know, I just find the road terminally depressing for some reason. It takes a lot for the m5 to beat something as a route I think.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's now known as Water .....

As in, Bridge over troubled water.

The Strait of Gibraltar is a strait... I know there are others I'd remember if somebody else came up with them.

menai

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

The Strait of Gibraltar is a strait... I know there are others I'd remember if somebody else came up with them.

The Malacca Strait is my favourite. Mostly because it translates as a very naughty word in Greek (w*nker). I think it was named by a greek with a sense of humour.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

its the one that you can't help but find on medium wave. I hate radio 5. It might be on the net though? Do you have speakers again yet? oh...or digital tv....probably 705 I think on tv.

I do have freeview... but the channels seem to be very limited. The numbers go from 309 to 795 with nothing in between. So there's a lot missing. I don't understand TVs.... I come from the generation that were amazed when [a] it went colour we got a 4th channel [c] TV stopped shutting down at 11pm.

I just pressed the button lots of times and counted the channels, there are 68.... most of which are closed or not available, but it goes through 68 different numbers.