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The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end.
What happened? -- Champ ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle To email me, neal at my domain should work. |
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In article <nr6qa3t05j8edfk3jod7fuke9bdfl0eqik@4ax.com>, Champ says...
> The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. > > What happened? No idea, but thanks for mentioning it, coz it's on UKNova now. PS: Does your PVR not bracket recordings by 5 mins or so? -- Bear |
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Champ wrote:
> The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. > > What happened? heh, same here. I got to the point where the car made it, and then it cut out. Apparently it wasn't the real north pole. -- Kiran D.Bot (Celeritas) GSXR1000 K3 BOTAFOT#19; IBW#14; BOTAFOF#20; MRO#18 |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:01:44 +0100, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com>
wrote: >In article <nr6qa3t05j8edfk3jod7fuke9bdfl0eqik@4ax.com>, Champ says... >> The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. >> >> What happened? > >No idea, but thanks for mentioning it, coz it's on UKNova now. > >PS: Does your PVR not bracket recordings by 5 mins or so? yes, so normally it's not a problem. But, TG finished at 10pm, and I had another recording due to start at 10pm, so it switched over early. -- Champ ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle To email me, neal at my domain should work. |
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On 29 Jul, 23:58, Champ <n...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
> The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. > > What happened? Clarkson and May win. Hammond goes into a coma after falling off the sledge at 3mph when one of the dogs gets a bit of a poorly paw. Wakes up with a headache and a craving for twiglets. -- Mr. Fantastic R1 |
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Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote in message
<1s7qa3lvc7ooe8lvj4liagjhujrs3upbr0@4ax.com>: >On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:01:44 +0100, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> >wrote: > >>In article <nr6qa3t05j8edfk3jod7fuke9bdfl0eqik@4ax.com>, Champ says... >>> The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. >>> >>> What happened? >> >>No idea, but thanks for mentioning it, coz it's on UKNova now. >> >>PS: Does your PVR not bracket recordings by 5 mins or so? > >yes, so normally it's not a problem. > >But, TG finished at 10pm, and I had another recording due to start at >10pm, so it switched over early. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=435230 -- K75RT, K1100LT, ZXR750H1, 5TA. I know I aint doing much, doing nothing means a lot to me. |
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:58:31 +0100 Champ wrote:
>The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. > >What happened? Clarkson eulogized on how climate change is a myth, on the basis that there's still lots of snow and ice around the North Pole. -- vulgarandmischevious |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:21:37 +0100, deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote:
> Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote in message ><1s7qa3lvc7ooe8lvj4liagjhujrs3upbr0@4ax.com>: > >>On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:01:44 +0100, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> >>wrote: >> >>>In article <nr6qa3t05j8edfk3jod7fuke9bdfl0eqik@4ax.com>, Champ says... >>>> The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. >>>> >>>> What happened? >>> >>>No idea, but thanks for mentioning it, coz it's on UKNova now. >>> >>>PS: Does your PVR not bracket recordings by 5 mins or so? >> >>yes, so normally it's not a problem. >> >>But, TG finished at 10pm, and I had another recording due to start at >>10pm, so it switched over early. > >http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=435230 It switched channel on my Sky box. Which only outputs one channel -- Champ ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle To email me, neal at my domain should work. |
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:18:12 -0700, "Mr. Fantastic"
<james_kay@yahoo.com> wrote: >On 29 Jul, 23:58, Champ <n...@champ.org.uk> wrote: >> The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. >> >> What happened? > >Clarkson and May win. > >Hammond goes into a coma after falling off the sledge at 3mph when one >of the dogs gets a bit of a poorly paw. Wakes up with a headache and a >craving for twiglets. Ta. How did they all get home? -- Champ ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle To email me, neal at my domain should work. |
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vulgarandmischevious wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:58:31 +0100 Champ wrote: > >> The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. >> >> What happened? > > Clarkson eulogized on how climate change is a myth, on the basis that > there's still lots of snow and ice around the North Pole. > > bought as much proof as i've seen anywher else |
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:51:55 -0500 Bruce H wrote:
>vulgarandmischevious wrote: >> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:58:31 +0100 Champ wrote: >> >>> The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. >>> >>> What happened? >> >> Clarkson eulogized on how climate change is a myth, on the basis that >> there's still lots of snow and ice around the North Pole. >> >> >bought as much proof as i've seen anywher else Yeah, thanks for that contribution, Bruce H. Easy to see why you align yourself with Clarkson's faulty reasoning. -- vulgarandmischevious |
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:58:31 +0100, Champ wrote
(in article <nr6qa3t05j8edfk3jod7fuke9bdfl0eqik@4ax.com>): > The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. > > What happened? Sign up for iPlayer, and download the show for free ... -- simonk |
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Champ wrote:
> The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. > > What happened? It was running late. -- -- ZX10R in the correct colour. Triumph Sprint ST for long two up touring. http://sportstourer.org |
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That was what I was wondering - I can't remember the c-ordinates they were
aiming for, but didn't have 90 as either - which I assume to be what is needed as latitude to be the Pole - or am I wrong? Tom (Top posted as this was reagrding the North pole) "Kiran" <spam@soar.me.uk> wrote in message news:5h4km9F3ihmuoU1@mid.individual.net... > Champ wrote: >> The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. >> >> What happened? > > heh, same here. I got to the point where the car made it, and then it cut > out. Apparently it wasn't the real north pole. > > > -- > Kiran D.Bot (Celeritas) > GSXR1000 K3 > BOTAFOT#19; IBW#14; BOTAFOF#20; MRO#18 > |
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Champ wrote:
> How did they all get home? It was on last Wednesday and I also missed the last few minutes (BBC always runs late - it must be the way it's funded). I wondered how they got back and Hammond get there in the end - I saw it up to the point they phoned him and the Clarkson going on about it not being as easy as he thought. I'm not going to download it just for the last minute or so. -- Simon |
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Pip wrote:
> > 3. A genuine (mung3ed) email address in your headers is a Good Thing. d00d, your l33t-sp33k is b0rk3n! -- Eddie eddie@deguello.org http://www.last.fm/group/ukrm |
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"Champ" <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote in message news:nr6qa3t05j8edfk3jod7fuke9bdfl0eqik@4ax.com... > The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. > > What happened? > Im grabbing the torrent now, if anyone wants me to snip the last 5 minutes and then post it somewhere I can do. I dont have a UKRM torrent account, but I can lob it onto Demonoid or something. -- Gavin. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:37:04 +0100, Eddie <eddie@deguello.org> wrote:
>Pip wrote: >> >> 3. A genuine (mung3ed) email address in your headers is a Good Thing. > >d00d, your l33t-sp33k is b0rk3n! Heh. I saw it as I typed it, but thought it was a fine example of self-munging typing, and in the middle of the word itself. Doesn't come along every day, that sort of thing. -- Pip: B12 |
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:15:53 GMT, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> allegedly
wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:01:44 +0100, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>In article <nr6qa3t05j8edfk3jod7fuke9bdfl0eqik@4ax.com>, Champ says... >>> The time on my PVR was 2 minutes fast, so I missed the bloody end. >>> >>> What happened? I've not watched it all yet. >>PS: Does your PVR not bracket recordings by 5 mins or so? > > yes, so normally it's not a problem. > > But, TG finished at 10pm, and I had another recording due to start at > 10pm, so it switched over early. Actually, twas the Beeb running 2 minutes late. I recorded Heroes afterwards as well, so got the ending, but each program started with the ending of the previous one. |
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In message <46ADBD7F.39E670AC@pre.org>, ogden <ogden@pre.org> writes
>sweller wrote: >> >> Champ wrote: >> >> > How did they all get home? >> >> It was on last Wednesday and I also missed the last few minutes (BBC >> always runs late - it must be the way it's funded). >> >> I wondered how they got back and Hammond get there in the end - I saw it >> up to the point they phoned him and the Clarkson going on about it not >> being as easy as he thought. > >It's all rubbish, obviously. Clarkson and May's vehicle may have been >knackered and running on vapours, but they were in a convoy of three >vehicles and had a full camera crew along for the ride. There were >several shots where Clarkson and May were being thrown around but >clearly weren't even driving at the time. > >As for Hammond and his "there's nobody else here" comment to his >companion, who on earth was operating the camera as they went scooting >by time after time? > I would be very surprised if they even did the journey. I used to find TG mildly amusing but lately it's a pile of piss. -- Tim http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/ |
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Tim <tim@nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I would be very surprised if they even did the journey. I used to find > TG mildly amusing but lately it's a pile of piss. The episode when they had to run from the Arkansas rednecks was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on the idiotbox. -- K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 SL125 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 The bells, the bells..... |
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Tim wrote:
> I would be very surprised if they even did the journey. Check the location of that crashed C47 they found. They may not have done the entire journey (through the magic of TV), but they were certainly on location. > I used to find > TG mildly amusing but lately it's a pile of piss. One of the few things worth watching, IMHO. |
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On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:35:16 -0700, AW <andrew_wegg@hotmail.com> said
>Tim wrote: > >> I would be very surprised if they even did the journey. > >Check the location of that crashed C47 they found. They may not have >done the entire journey (through the magic of TV), but they were >certainly on location. Did we actually see *them* near the plane though? Not that it's really important. >> I used to find >> TG mildly amusing but lately it's a pile of piss. > >One of the few things worth watching, IMHO. Indeed. It's possibly the best comedy the BBC produce. If people wanted a serious car review prog the original Top Gear wouldn't have sunk. -- Snowleopard The cat >^..^< has no lair "The natural world's holy grail" |
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Snowleopard wrote:
> Did we actually see *them* near the plane though? Not that it's really > important. Fair point - faces weren't shown, just long shots of figures in red parkas near the wreck. No, not really important. > comedy Absolutely. It makes me roar with laughter. Nothing in the "proper" comedy stakes touches it. > serious car review prog William Woollard, doing his bit to camera, and putting his foot on the bumper halfway through to demonstrate honesty or something. Shudder. |
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In message <1186238116.702805.217780@57g2000hsv.googlegroups. com>, AW
<andrew_wegg@hotmail.com> writes >Tim wrote: > >> I would be very surprised if they even did the journey. > >Check the location of that crashed C47 they found. They may not have >done the entire journey (through the magic of TV), but they were >certainly on location. Maybe, but let's not forget that there are others up there. There's one wreck of the end of Churchill main runway for example. -- Tim http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/ |
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Tim wrote:
> Maybe, but let's not forget that there are others up there. There's one > wreck of the end of Churchill main runway for example. They showed the S/N so it was certainly the one on Ellef Ringnes Island, not far from the Mag North Pole: http://www.oldwings.nl/content/c47_yic/c47.htm |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember AW <andrew_wegg@hotmail.com> saying something like: >> serious car review prog > >William Woollard, doing his bit to camera, and putting his foot on the >bumper halfway through to demonstrate honesty or something. Shudder. The glove-box on a Metro... -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the river cleaned out in a day. |