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I’m not that knowledgeable on either, but if I remember rightly you also have the choice of watching the TV Show as it was broadcast in the USA or as it was broadcast in the UK (and maybe elsewhere) - the main difference being that the USA one has a laugh track added.
I may have some of the details wrong, but just FYI.
JUMP JUMP!
The Daddy Mac’ll make ya…
Holy shit. Remind me never to drive in the US if we are an example of courtesy and self-awareness.
Ooh, I must remember that, that’s a good one. Some of my clients could do with learning it.
I’ve seen people use till, when they mean 'til, but never seen tell. That’s just weird.
You might already know this, but they made a second video using more footage from the shoot. I can’t remember what song it was used for, but it was on a DVD they released.
Black and white stripes to match my football ⚽ team.
Oh god, yes, Jam. So dark. So, so dark.
I really like the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge. I first encountered it as a result of reading Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently novels, but one day I saw the original in the library and just read it from start to finish. It’s fantastic, so weird, so compelling.
I also like his Kubla Khan, the imagery of the “caverns measureless to man” and the “sunless sea” have always stuck with me.
If you like Mitchell and Webb, you might also enjoy Big Train, British sitcom sketch show from the 90s with Simon Pegg among others.
Was offered Gemini for the first time this morning after saying Hey Google. Turned it down, as not sure if I can try it but then still go back when Gemini turns out to be crap.
EDIT - answering my own question…
https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/14554984?sjid=8086039825660807195-EU
Switch back to Google Assistant
You can switch back to using Google Assistant as your primary assistant on your phone in your settings. To do this:
Open your Gemini mobile app.
At the top right, tap your Profile picture or initial and then Settings and then Digital assistants from Google.
Tap Google Assistant.
Bear in mind, if you’re switching back to Google Assistant as your primary assistant:
When you say, ‘Hey Google’, or activate your mobile assistant by touch (like when you press and hold the power button), Google Assistant will respond.
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A lot of this thread is hugely familiar and a nice memory.
I’ll just add one little thing I remember from 96/97ish, the “… ate my balls” phenomenon. I guess nowadays you’d call it a meme format.
The gist of it was that you would take some cultural icon/celebrity/whatever and add their name to the phrase “…ate my balls”.
For some reason I remember this as being hilarious at the time. Not so much when recounted in the here and now though :-)
Or take off and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
😁
Yes, that’s true. I don’t know why I said “originally”. I guess I meant that its recent popularity can likely be ascribed to TITC. But you’re right, it was a thing before that.
Just for info, in case you don’t know… the phrase “Have you tried turning it off and back on again” is (or at least originally was) a reference to British sitcom, The IT Crowd.
The show follows the IT department of a largish company and whenever anyone has any kind of computer problem of any sort, the advice given is to turn it off and on. Surprisingly this actually works most of the time.
So, I don’t think the OP was trying to annoy you, just make a pop-culture reference that they assumed you would get :-)
Shudder…
Ages ago to save space, I got rid of all my CD cases, but kept the disks and the booklets and back cover inserts. Still got them all, but I do kind of wish I hadn’t dumped the cases.
I gave them to a charity shop though so they would have them as spares, so at least they weren’t totally wasted.
Now my vinyl on the other hand… You can take my sleeves from my cold dead hand!
It’s a work thing for me, I wouldn’t use it otherwise.
I find it useful for what it’s actually meant for, but they keep trying to force other functionality into it, it’s so frustrating.
Yep. I have on several occasions had dreams about my phone having been taken over by malware or similar, the homescreen being changed to be full of junk apps, and being unable to uninstall them or take back control of the phone. Not pleasant at all.