SKILL_SHOT
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Would a stuffed cat make a good topper for BAD CATS
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Jutter
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Dude the list of cool stuff you could do with a dead cat are endless. Well... a 101 entries long at least.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101_Uses_for_a_Dead_Cat
SKILL_SHOT
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I dont think pinball machine topper is one of those so make that 102 uses! 
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Nik Barbour
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...
Sledging again tomorrow!
Sledging again tomorrow!
Kolchak357
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Snowing here right now too. Best to stay in and play some pinball.
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Nik Barbour
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Bugger that - snowball fight!!!
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Over at my friends house to watch some movies. In the past, I could tell something was off with his setup 'cause movies were looking squeezed, so tonight I checked it out. Here's what I found...
1080p TV, hooked up to a PS3, Blu Ray movie ready to go. Cables connecting the two? Composite!! Not component, not HDMI, but the crappiest cable possible. To make matters worse, his PS3 was switched for output to a 4:3 TV, not 16:9.
Sad thing is, he didn't really notice a difference between that and watching HD Dish which IS connected with component at least.
Things like that make me twitch something fierce!
1080p TV, hooked up to a PS3, Blu Ray movie ready to go. Cables connecting the two? Composite!! Not component, not HDMI, but the crappiest cable possible. To make matters worse, his PS3 was switched for output to a 4:3 TV, not 16:9.
Sad thing is, he didn't really notice a difference between that and watching HD Dish which IS connected with component at least.
Things like that make me twitch something fierce!
Chris Dunman
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Know what you mean Chris. Budget hotels we have in the UK I have to stay in for work, have widescreen TV's but a 4:3 picture stretched to fit!!!! Aaaaarrrrggggghhhhh
No matter what you say to reception, they just don't get it!!! Is it that hard????
I reckon that trumps your cable guy mate
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Nik Barbour
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I'm no stranger to UK travel lodges myself.
The answer to the cra@ppy TV issue - stay in the bar!
Chris Dunman
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I'm no stranger to UK travel lodges myself.
The answer to the cra@ppy TV issue - stay in the bar!
If only matey! I always end up miles away from anywhere much less a bar!
That said, the most recent in Northwich is slap bang opposite a new huge pub with cracking grub. My luck is changing at last...
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Nik Barbour
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You can always spot the people staying on business, in the adjacent pub to the hotel, because they either have a tablet or a book, and can make 1 drink last 2 hours.
Chris Dunman
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You can always spot the people staying on business, in the adjacent pub to the hotel, because they either have a tablet or a book, and can make 1 drink last 2 hours.
Laughing!! You've been spying Nik.... I always want to call that pub the Waterhouse.. Don't ask me why.
Chris Dunman
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Laughing, cos I'm thick Jutts
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I find that surprisingly many people literally cannot tell the difference between a 16:9 HD picture, and 4:3 standard-def video stretched to fill a wide screen. They might get it if you carefully explain to them what to look for, but generally it just goes unnoticed.
I think that's why the default settings on widescreen TV monitors usually stretch a standard-def video picture instead of pillarboxing it: people are bothered by the black bars on the sides, but an image that's stretched out like it's printed on Silly Putty does not concern them.
I think that's why the default settings on widescreen TV monitors usually stretch a standard-def video picture instead of pillarboxing it: people are bothered by the black bars on the sides, but an image that's stretched out like it's printed on Silly Putty does not concern them.
Kolchak357
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I pay for hi def channels, but my wife is always watching the standard channels. It drives me nuts.