Well, what a day that was - yesterday.
09.00 - 14.00 MotoGP
14.00 - 17.00 Tour de France
17.00 - 18.00 Cricket (T20 recorded from day before)
18.00 - 18.30 Grab a bite to eat
18.30 - 21.00 F1 on Channel 4
It's no wonder I get nothing done ::) :-[
Just as well I'm not interested in footie and tennis, and have only a passing interest in the Olympics! Of course, the TdF is on for the next 3 weeks or so but I'll be trying to limit myself to the highlight show (which is a shame as I'll miss most of the glorious scenery)
As my old mum used to say, "You'll get square eyes" ;)
You have no idea how much I miss not being able to watch the Aussies beat those "other guys" at Cricket or the F1 - two things I don't get here - I am extremely envious of you :(
Quote from: wombat457 on June 28, 2021, 09:59:53 AM
You have no idea how much I miss not being able to watch the Aussies beat those "other guys" at Cricket or the F1 - two things I don't get here - I am extremely envious of you :(
Forgive me, I'm confused.
Your profile pic/emoji suggests Antipodean. Your 'location' suggests somewhere in the US, but in the 'flag' bit for country you're back in the Antipodes.
Where exactly ARE you on the planet?
I'm an Australian living in the US; however,t no matter where I reside I am still, and always will be, an Aussie - hence the Aussie Flag :)
Quote from: wombat457 on June 28, 2021, 10:25:17 AM
I'm an Australian living in the US; however,t no matter where I reside I am still, and always will be, an Aussie - hence the Aussie Flag :)
Fair 'nuff.
You might consider changing the 'country' flag so other members understand where you are currently, temporarily, begrudgingly or otherwise, residing until such time as you can reunite with your homeland.
Well, Ah - I think the description under "Location" states where I am located ;)
Quote from: wombat457 on June 28, 2021, 10:33:15 AM
Well, Ah - I think the description under "Location" states where I am located ;)
To be fair, it's entirely your decision, but I suspect most people look at your side profile and think you live in Aus.
Quote from: Newportnobby on June 28, 2021, 09:46:40 AM
Well, what a day that was - yesterday.
09.00 - 14.00 MotoGP
14.00 - 17.00 Tour de France
17.00 - 18.00 Cricket (T20 recorded from day before)
18.00 - 18.30 Grab a bite to eat
18.30 - 21.00 F1 on Channel 4
To me, it sounds like a day in hell.
Quote from: NinOz on June 28, 2021, 11:09:34 AM
To me, it sounds like a day in hell.
Agreed - apart from the F1! :). I can only watch it on Channel 4 now and generally, they do a good job. Just occasionally, I'll think "how did that happen? and then realise we have jumped six laps.
Quote from: dannyboy on June 28, 2021, 12:04:55 PM
Quote from: NinOz on June 28, 2021, 11:09:34 AM
To me, it sounds like a day in hell.
Agreed - apart from the F1! :). I can only watch it on Channel 4 now and generally, they do a good job. Just occasionally, I'll think "how did that happen? and then realise we have jumped six laps.
Admit it you fell asleep ;)
Quote from: Newportnobby on June 28, 2021, 09:46:40 AMand have only a passing interest in the Olympics!
Only 80 or 90 more sleeps and I'll hopefully never have to hear about the :censored: cluster festival ever again :thumbsup:
Quote from: Newportnobby on June 28, 2021, 09:46:40 AM
18.00 - 18.30 Grab a bite to eat
What channel is that one on?
Quote from: Nbodger on June 28, 2021, 12:27:12 PM
Admit it you fell asleep ;)
I didn't fall asleep, but I have to admit it was not the most exciting of races.
Quote from: railsquid on June 28, 2021, 12:56:44 PM
Quote from: Newportnobby on June 28, 2021, 09:46:40 AM
18.00 - 18.30 Grab a bite to eat
What channel is that one on?
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The Food Network :D
We had wall-to-wall sport to watch yesterday over here in LA. It's a good job the Project Manager is as much, if not more into it all than I am.
TdF
Euro Soccer - two elimination matches from the round of 16,
Traveler's Championship Golf
All recorded on the lovely DVR. I cooked lunch somewhere in the middle of that lot. I'll record it next time for airing on the NGF Food Network thread. Mapu Tofu yesterday. Quick prep, fire up the wok and sichuan peppercorn deliciousness follows.
Not a lot of progress made on the ballast though!
Not everyone likes Tennis,Football or Horse racing so why do the B B C and other channels stop all the regular programes and just have them on sometimes the same thing on two channels at once .
I love F1 and motor racing and I am lucky my son pays for Sky Tv and they have a dedicated F1 channel so I can record and watch whenever I want .
Channel Four dont cancel all their programes for F1 but only show the Highlights of Qualifying and the race . That is better for those DONT like F1 and those that do like it get the best of the race .
Bob Tidbury
The reason C4 show highlights is that they don't have the rights to the live races - other than the British GP - when they did have the rights they showed it live and in place of whatever would normally be on at that time. I tend to only watch the highlights if I see it was an interesting race (from checking live text commentary).
I don't follow football league other than checking a couple of teams for sentimental reasons, but I do like my Euro and World Cup fix every couple of years. I will dip in and out of the Wimbledon Tennis - if you go on BBC iPlayer you can pretty much watch any one of the 18 courts now on their on demand channels.
Cricket Tests and Rugby are my main pleasures but have to watch them without resorting to Sky as they won't be getting my money... ;)
Each to their own and I can imagine it is frustrating... but think back to when there were ONLY three channels and they did the same!!!!!!
What brassed me off yesterday was I checked the TV guide at 16.15hrs to see if Holby was on Beeb1 and set the recorder for it. The Beeb, in their wisdom, then switched it to BBC2 at short notice so my recording is useless.
I'm just hoping for a crash free day at the Tour today :worried:
Just saw some cyclist end up with a broken collar bone on our news.
So what did you end up recording? :hmmm:
The hard drive just sulked and recorded nothing at all :thumbsdown:
Fortunately I have a hobby so I don't have to rely on the whims of the telly people to keep me amused, which is just as well because Repair Shop has been the only thing I 've wanted to watch for a while now.
Quote from: Newportnobby on June 29, 2021, 09:58:27 AM
The hard drive just sulked and recorded nothing at all :thumbsdown:
down her in't south, Holby is on tonight !
not sure if there should have been Holby on last night [monday] or if the 'presenters' got it wrong.
might account for the box not doing anything ?
info supplied by SWMBO / MNBAW :-[
Holby usually on Tues but BBC1 has 2 footie games and BBC2 has :censored: Wimbledon.
I think it's repeated late Sunday evenings so will catch it then.
In the meantime, I'll not spoil things for any TdF fans but ensure you catch the highlights of today's stage.
Hugely emotional!!!
Quote from: Newportnobby on June 29, 2021, 05:24:33 PM
Holby usually on Tues but BBC1 has 2 footie games and BBC2 has :censored: Wimbledon.
I think it's repeated late Sunday evenings so will catch it then.
In the meantime, I'll not spoil things for any TdF fans but ensure you catch the highlights of today's stage.
Hugely emotional!!!
:thumbsup: @NPN
There is an advantage in having about a billion channels and subscription services here in the US in that the sports scheduling is kept pretty separate from regular programming for the most part, especially with the main broadcast networks. Some overruns do happen, most often with the final day of a big golf tournament when there's a weather delay or it goes to a playoff and is being carried on CBS or NBC.
Currently, NBC Sports is carrying the TdF live every day (it starts at 3:00am Pacific so little chance of stepping on any regular programming of value on my coast) and then immediately repeats. The Euros are on ESPN, ESPN2 and the biggest game of the day is carried on ABC, but again the timing means that middle-of-day network programming takes the hit, and it'll all be soaps anyway that can easily be pushed to the next day.
I think ESPN has Wimbledon also, but I don't watch the tennis. Again, ESPN have many stripes on the satellite, so stuff can be moved around between ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Whatever if there are conflicts.
I used to watch Moto gp and F1 but I have no intention of paying for over priced coverage so just watch Highlites, to be honest I have got fed up with F1 anyway. Football I tend to watch the World cup and the Euros, yesterdays two matches were brilliant with 14 goals for the two matches and of course today England beat the old enemy Germany 2-0. The first time in a knockout competition since 1966. The wife even watch England play so I can watch that in the front room, I felt sorry for her though BBC cocked up again messing the viewers by changing channels for Eastenders. The wifes watches eastenders like a religion, they do not seem to care about their viewers, time it was privatised.
I can not understand why the BBC have to muck about with the schedules so much. I would guess that 99.9% of people who receive the BBC1 signal will also receive BBC2. So, if there is something 'special' showing on BBC1 or something over runs, the BBC1 schedule is shifted to BBC2 and the BBC2 schedule is scrapped or postponed. Why do they not leave BBC1 as scheduled and just put the 'special' or over run on to BBC2? ???
Fardap ,
I am old enough to remember only having one channel on our first black and white Tv a ten inch screen in a cabinet the size of a fridge ,I was only 5 at the time and dont rememer what sports were on but I do remember when Mum said right its time for bed the childrens programe has ended and she would turn the Tv off but me and my sister used to say no its not ended yet because there is still a little white dot in the middle of the screen .
It then cost Mum and Dad 7 shillings and 6d to have something fitted to the Tv when the commercial channel came on air so we had a choice of two channels .
Bob Tidbury
Dannyboy I fully agree with you,
my wife is a Holby fan like Newport Nobby and so she wasnt happy because of all the changes I still think with all the licence fee we pay that the B B C should have at least one channel dedicated to sports , they could record Tennis and football or cricket or whatever sports are on at the same time and put them on later so all sports fans can watch their sport without forcing other non sports fans to turn their TVs off ,
Bob Tidbury
Well Holby is ending soon .. permanently...
I just wish they get rid of those overpaid prima donnas on TV.. The ones that kick a round thing and the ones that hit a round thing. It wouldn't be so bad it there weren't an hours pre programme and an hour post programme discussing rubbish..
Quote from: The Q on June 30, 2021, 09:52:32 AM
The ones that kick a round thing and the ones that hit a round thing.
Yup, there are a lot of round things on TV these days! ;)
Quote from: Bob Tidbury on June 30, 2021, 08:53:14 AM
Dannyboy I fully agree with you,
my wife is a Holby fan like Newport Nobby and so she wasnt happy because of all the changes I still think with all the licence fee we pay that the B B C should have at least one channel dedicated to sports , they could record Tennis and football or cricket or whatever sports are on at the same time and put them on later so all sports fans can watch their sport without forcing other non sports fans to turn their TVs off ,
Bob Tidbury
Bob, I couldn't agree with you more - I would love to see a free-to-air (ideally BBC) channel dedicated to sports with good amounts of live (or even recorded) cricket, rugby, football, F1 etc but the reason the BBC or any of the others don't is that they simply don't have enough content. And without a significant change in government policy that's not going to change any time soon.
Total BBC Income for 2019/20 was £4.9billion (about 70% comes from the licence fee). The last round of Premier League football TV rights for 2019-22 was around £5billion. The sums for terrestrial broadcasters don't even begin to add up. Unless a government ring fences more sporting events (eg Premier League and Champions League Football, Test Cricket, Premiership Rugby etc) thus forcing those sports' governing bodies to only sell rights to free to air broadcasters, then we're always going to be left with little more than scraps on BBC, ITV, C4 & C5. Sporting bodies understandably want to maximise their income potential (or are greedy low-life money grabbing bandits with no interest whatsoever in their broader fan base, depending on your point of view) and no government has shown any inclination whatsoever to challenge this in the last two or three decades.
BBC, ITV, C4 all do a pretty good job with the relatively very limited resources they all have.
Mark
I'm purely guessing here but, obviously, at the commencement of Wimbledon there are just so many games to cover that BBC1 and BBC2 are used conjointly. I'm sure as the tournament goes on this will not be the case. I ask this out of ignorance but "Doesn't everyone have the BBC 'Red Button'?" so why is that not used as much as it could be?
Of course, what's the betting come the finals of the Euros it gets shown on BBC and ITV at the same time. The only choice is your pick of the overpaid punters. ::)
Quote from: The Q on June 30, 2021, 09:52:32 AM
Well Holby is ending soon .. permanently...
I just wish they get rid of those overpaid prima donnas on TV.. The ones that kick a round thing and the ones that hit a round thing.
Holby doesn't end until March 2022 so I wouldn't call it soon (it could be a Dapol 'soon' though ;))
Much though I enjoy the cricket I do think maybe the players should concentrate more on the game than their damned designer shades 8)
On a far more upbeat subject, I was reduced to tears yesterday as I watched Mark Cavendish win the 4th stage of the Tour de France. That guy has been through so much adversity, been written off by so many and was only selected at very short notice so it's no wonder he broke down after his win and could hardly speak in the post race interview. I'm not saying the Manx Missile is back but it does show that, given the chance, he can put two fingers up at the nay sayers.
What a ride :beers:
I watched the first half of the Sweden-Ukraine football match on TV yesterday.
Nice to see sunshine in Glasgow :)
Quote from: joe cassidy on June 30, 2021, 01:27:30 PM
Nice to see sunshine in Glasgow :)
The Scots missed a trick though. The city of the venue displayed on the half-way line scrolls between the local spelling and English - hence we've seen Kovnhagen/Copenhagen, Roma/Rome, München/Munich etc. I was waiting for Glaschu/Glasgow, but no such luck.
:no: It's København.
I used to change planes there almost every week. ;)
John P
Great to see Cav win the very next sprint in the Tour de France. With all the extra sprint stages this year there is a chance he could beat the record of 34 sprint stage wins (held by Eddie Mercxx).
However, he'll need to be able to survive any of the mountain stages to be in a position to do so :uneasy:
Congrats Ash Barty!
First Aussie woman to win Wimbledon since 1980!
Yeah! :thumbsup:
Exactly 50 years since Evonne Goolagong Warley won it in 1971. (She was the 1980 winner too)
I think I'm going to be in trouble today :uneasy:
BBC are showing the second T20 live from 13.50 but have no highlight show later on
Ch4 are showing the British GP live but they do have a highlights prog later on, and ITV4 are showing the Tour de France final stage from 16.00 today and also have a highlights prog later.
Ergo, I'll have to watch the cricket and record the 2 highlights progs later on after ensuring I don't watch any news or read anywhere what any results were. This will also mean the forum, sadly, so I won't be about tonight or tomorrow until I've watched the highlight shows.
Quote from: Newportnobby on July 18, 2021, 09:17:35 AM
I think I'm going to be in trouble today :uneasy:
BBC are showing the second T20 live from 13.50 but have no highlight show later on
ITV are showing the British GP live but they do have a highlights prog later on, and Ch4 are showing the Tour de France final stage from 16.00 today and also have a highlights prog later.
Ergo, I'll have to watch the cricket and record the 2 highlights progs later on after ensuring I don't watch any news or read anywhere what any results were. This will also mean the forum, sadly, so I won't be about tonight or tomorrow until I've watched the highlight shows.
Mick,
I could video the cricket for you, from my seat in the Emerald Stand at Headingley. It may be a bit shaky though however, complete with voice over of Sweet Caroline by a dodgy singer. :no:
Hopefully today, we'll see good use made of...
[spoiler]the Sp button![/spoiler]
Quote from: Nbodger on July 18, 2021, 09:43:00 AM
complete with voice over of Sweet Caroline by a dodgy singer. :no:
What is this thing with 'Sweet Caroline'? I could bloody murder that Neil Diamond >:D >:(
Quote from: Newportnobby on July 18, 2021, 10:32:29 AM
Quote from: Nbodger on July 18, 2021, 09:43:00 AM
complete with voice over of Sweet Caroline by a dodgy singer. :no:
What is this thing with 'Sweet Caroline'? I could bloody murder that Neil Diamond >:D >:(
Didn't it start on West Brom's terraces?
Quote from: Newportnobby on July 18, 2021, 09:17:35 AM
BBC are showing the second T20 live from 13.50 but have no highlight show later on
ITV are showing the British GP live but they do have a highlights prog later on, and Ch4 are showing the Tour de France final stage from 16.00 today and also have a highlights prog later.
Ergo, I'll have to watch the cricket and record the 2 highlights progs later on after ensuring I don't watch any news or read anywhere what any results were. This will also mean the forum, sadly, so I won't be about tonight or tomorrow until I've watched the highlight shows.
That's odd, I would have thought I was receiving from the same transmitter as you (Winter Hill) and my EPG says;
British GP live - Channel 4 13:30-18:00
Highlights - Channel 4 23:00-00:05
Tour de France live - ITV4, 16:00-19:00
Highlights - ITV4 21:00-22:00 and also Monday 10:00-11:00
I think Mick @Newportnobby (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=264) might have been having a 'senior moment', I can not remember the last time ITV showed Formula 1. However, just to check, I looked on my EPG, (Freesat), and the F1 is on Ch4 as stated by Chris. :thumbsup: (What's this Tour de France thingy? ??? :-X).
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Quote from: chrism on July 18, 2021, 11:05:20 AM
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That's odd, I would have thought I was receiving from the same transmitter as you (Winter Hill) and my EPG says;
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Climbed Winter Hill once, as a kid, from the Westhoughton side to the Bolton side and back again. On the way back a storm closed in so we headed to the transmitter buildings, which are an official shelter. Absolutely massive inside, with a great wood panelled boardroom with a lovely portrait of HMtQ. Turns out it doubles as the seat of local government in the apocalypse.
:beers:
Not having a TV I'm no longer bored by endless drivel which for me included sport; I consider TV coverage has ruined most sports which are now just media events, no longer games.
Just as well we're not all the same, then.
Quote from: dannyboy on July 18, 2021, 11:09:01 AM
What's this Tour de France thingy? ??? :-X).
A pale foreign imitation of the "Tour de Yorkshire"....
;) :P
Could Collin Morikawa have made a better acceptance speech at Royal St. Georges? His appreciation of the winner of the Silver Medal as low amateur, his appreciation for his family, his birthday wishes to his caddie which got the crowd spontaneously singing "Happy Birthday To You", his thanks to the tournament, it was all quite wonderfui.
Compare and contrast to the sulky, surly, entitled "I hate Golf", "My driver sucks", I hate this course", "I fired my caddie" misery which is Bryson deChambeau and I'd like to invite Mr. Surly to find another job if this one makes him so miserable and remove him from our eyesight. If you hate golf, hate your equipment, hate your caddie, hate your courses and, by extention, hate your life, maybe it's time to get some therapy help and find something you enjoy.
It was also quite lovely to watch a tournament without having to listen to the incessant "Get In The Hole", "Yo Da Man", "Mashed Potato", "Baba Booey" and sundry other noise pollutants.
After the gross embarrasment of the England football supporters last weekend, it was rather nice to be able to put my head over the parapet of criticism and say that the English sometimes do know how to eat, drink (early) and be merry on a hot summer Sunday and not disgrace us all.
Well done, Collin, the Open and the fans.
No commiserations to DeChambeau, and I hope he is one (minor) major and done.
Just sayin'! :)
Quote from: Dorsetmike on July 18, 2021, 01:44:31 PM
Not having a TV I'm no longer bored by endless drivel which for me included sport; I consider TV coverage has ruined most sports which are now just media events, no longer games.
What a weird comment. If you don't enjoy sports, nor TV, maybe you shouldn't waste your time posting on a TV sports thread that you don't like sports nor TV? Not a lot to be gained from that.
Soooo....the 34 stage victory tie between Merckx and Cav wasn't beaten this year because another Belgian won the sprint over the cobbles in Paris. :(
Great interview between Cav and BBCs Sally Nugent ( :heart2: :heart2: :heart2:) this morning.
Excellent performance by England in the 2nd T20 at Headingley. I think I saw Mike @Nbodger (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=8543) on the TV but the cameras cut away while the stewards chased him down. Naughty man ;)
IMHO Lewis Hamilton ('m certainly no fan) was unjustly penalised 10 seconds as it appeared to me Max turned across him to an extent. As for Christian Horner stating "everyone knows you don't put a wheel in front at Copse Corner" I find that a bit crass coming from an ex racer himself. They are there to race not pussyfoot around.
Quote from: Newportnobby on July 19, 2021, 10:13:34 AM
IMHO Lewis Hamilton ('m certainly no fan) was unjustly penalised 10 seconds as it appeared to me Max turned across him to an extent.
I would have said six of one half a dozen of the other - Lewis ran a little wider than might have been expected and Max turned in too much.
Still, at least it sounds as if Max is OK, just shaken up and a few bruises - goes to show how much crash protection is in the cars nowadays and how effective it is.
Quote from: Newportnobby on July 19, 2021, 10:13:34 AM
Excellent performance by England in the 2nd T20 at Headingley. I think I saw Mike @Nbodger (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=8543) on the TV but the cameras cut away while the stewards chased him down. Naughty man ;)
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You possibly did, I have been told by my eldest son who watched it on TV, that I was on the TV. All I can say is I had a Yorkshire cap and a England shirt on. Oh and Livingstone's six over the Emerald Stand landed on the roof above our heads.
Really great game, good to have some normality, looking forward to going to the India test.
Quote from: Nbodger on July 19, 2021, 10:30:58 AM
Quote from: Newportnobby on July 19, 2021, 10:13:34 AM
Excellent performance by England in the 2nd T20 at Headingley. I think I saw Mike @Nbodger (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=8543) on the TV but the cameras cut away while the stewards chased him down. Naughty man ;)
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You possibly did, I have been told by my eldest son who watched it on TV, that I was on the TV. All I can say is I had a Yorkshire cap and a England shirt on.
Ah, right. I took it from the commentary you had nothing at all on :D
Quote from: LASteve on July 19, 2021, 04:39:22 AM
Quote from: Dorsetmike on July 18, 2021, 01:44:31 PM
Not having a TV I'm no longer bored by endless drivel which for me included sport; I consider TV coverage has ruined most sports which are now just media events, no longer games.
What a weird comment. If you don't enjoy sports, nor TV, maybe you shouldn't waste your time posting on a TV sports thread that you don't like sports nor TV? Not a lot to be gained from that.
There was a time when I enjoyed TV and sport thereon, that was when BBC was the only channel and there was no advertising; when TV went commercial many sports suffered, games were tailored to fit the attention span of couch potatoes and to make way for the adverts, I'm surprised they haven't enforced frequent pit stops in motor racing to allow more adverts.
Quote from: Dorsetmike on July 19, 2021, 11:23:49 AM
that was when BBC was the only channel and there was no advertising;
Heck you must be as old as me, (if not older). :goggleeyes: ;)
Quote from: Dorsetmike on July 19, 2021, 11:23:49 AM
Quote from: LASteve on July 19, 2021, 04:39:22 AM
Quote from: Dorsetmike on July 18, 2021, 01:44:31 PM
Not having a TV I'm no longer bored by endless drivel which for me included sport; I consider TV coverage has ruined most sports which are now just media events, no longer games.
What a weird comment. If you don't enjoy sports, nor TV, maybe you shouldn't waste your time posting on a TV sports thread that you don't like sports nor TV? Not a lot to be gained from that.
There was a time when I enjoyed TV and sport thereon, that was when BBC was the only channel and there was no advertising; when TV went commercial many sports suffered, games were tailored to fit the attention span of couch potatoes and to make way for the adverts, I'm surprised they haven't enforced frequent pit stops in motor racing to allow more adverts.
I just use my PVR in "chase play" - set it to record and start watching a suitable time period later, pressing a couple of buttons to skip the adverts when they appear. Got caught out by the red flag period extending the time of the F1 yesterday though, I'd fully caught up and couldn't skip the last couple of ad breaks - but it usually works.
My complaint is not so much about Sport on TV, but about Sport on Radio 5.
I love Football and the last few weeks with the Euros on has been great to me, I also love Cricket and will listen to any of the England games on the Radio when I can, (I will NOT subscribe to Sky for Sport, but that's another story)
Anyway, why do we have to suffer wall to wall coverage of the likes of Wimbledon and the Golf on the normal Radio 5 Channel when they have a perfectly acceptable Radio 5 Live Sports Extra channel where the cricket gets banished to. No-one is allowed to listen to a Test Match on Radio 5 all day, so why do we have to suffer Golf & Tennis all day. The Football is pretty much only on the radio for the game length, plus a bit either side for inane prattling and dissecting.
I like listening to R5L for it's news & current affairs programs and it's occasional Sports programs, I don't mind the odd hour or 2 of Tennis/Golf/Any other sport discussion and they should be allowed this time it is of interest to those who follow the Sport, but if the sport takes all day to play out, then stick it on R5L Sports Extra or create a pop up DAB channel for it, not tie up the main R5L channel. >:( >:( >:(
Just my rant, back to normality and cracking on with my BOC Tankers.
Regards
Neal.
Quote from: RailGooner on July 18, 2021, 11:38:28 AM
Climbed Winter Hill once, as a kid, from the Westhoughton side to the Bolton side and back again. On the way back a storm closed in so we headed to the transmitter buildings, which are an official shelter. Absolutely massive inside, with a great wood panelled boardroom with a lovely portrait of HMtQ. Turns out it doubles as the seat of local government in the apocalypse.
:beers:
We had to do a cross country run up there, once a year, starting from school, usually when it was snowing.
Are you from Westhoughton then?
John P
Born in Bolton, but lived in Daisy Hill (nr. Westhoughton) from ~6 to 16 yo. I know you're from the same area John though don't recall exactly where - natural age-related entropy of synapses. I think we may have had this chat before - again, natural age-related entropy of synapses. :dunce: :D
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Quote from: dannyboy on July 19, 2021, 11:32:52 AM
Quote from: Dorsetmike on July 19, 2021, 11:23:49 AM
that was when BBC was the only channel and there was no advertising;
Heck you must be as old as me, (if not older). :goggleeyes: ;)
The last area to have BBC black and white only was the Hebridies, they got Colour TV BBC1, 2, ITV, and CH4 all at the same time about 1980, they were still talking about having got it, when I moved to the area for the second time in 1983.
As for watching Sport I've just about given up, I've never choosen to watch 22 over paid men kicking a piece of leather on a piece of plastic. The last time I was forced to watch that was 1966 when they played on real grass..
As for other sports I'll occasionally watch some F1 if there is nothing better on..
And for my sport sailing, where we normally win more medals at the olympics than almost anywhere else.. The chances of finding that on TV are very very slim..
Quote from: RailGooner on July 19, 2021, 09:01:44 PM
Born in Bolton, but lived in Daisy Hill (nr. Westhoughton) from ~6 to 16 yo. I know you're from the same area John though don't recall exactly where - natural age-related entropy of synapses. I think we may have had this chat before - again, natural age-related entropy of synapses. :dunce: :D
@jpendle (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=3871)
I think you are right, we've done this before.
John P
Quote from: jpendle on July 21, 2021, 02:16:04 PM
Quote from: RailGooner on July 19, 2021, 09:01:44 PM
Born in Bolton, but lived in Daisy Hill (nr. Westhoughton) from ~6 to 16 yo. I know you're from the same area John though don't recall exactly where - natural age-related entropy of synapses. I think we may have had this chat before - again, natural age-related entropy of synapses. :dunce: :D
@jpendle (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=3871)
I think you are right, we've done this before.
John P
Remind me quickly please, of your link/s to the NW John. :dunce:
Quote from: The Q on July 20, 2021, 08:46:30 AM
As for watching Sport I've just about given up, I've never choosen to watch 22 over paid men kicking a piece of leather on a piece of plastic. The last time I was forced to watch that was 1966 when they played on real grass..
As for other sports I'll occasionally watch some F1 if there is nothing better on..
And for my sport sailing, where we normally win more medals at the olympics than almost anywhere else.. The chances of finding that on TV are very very slim..
Not too sure who plays football on plastic?
I do see saling sometimes on the tv and we've watched it sometimes at places like Falmouth and Fowey. As you will know, it's pretty popular down here.
The problem is understanding what's going on . Lots of boats apparently sailing in random directions until someone wins it seems.
I'll be giving 'The Hundreds' a try on Beeb2 at 18.00hrs this evening.
A bit warm for such OAPs so I don't think the run rate will be high :laugh:
Quote from: RailGooner on July 21, 2021, 02:57:56 PM
Quote from: jpendle on July 21, 2021, 02:16:04 PM
Quote from: RailGooner on July 19, 2021, 09:01:44 PM
Born in Bolton, but lived in Daisy Hill (nr. Westhoughton) from ~6 to 16 yo. I know you're from the same area John though don't recall exactly where - natural age-related entropy of synapses. I think we may have had this chat before - again, natural age-related entropy of synapses. :dunce: :D
@jpendle (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=3871)
I think you are right, we've done this before.
John P
Remind me quickly please, of your link/s to the NW John. :dunce:
Howfen born & bred. Lived there until I was 39, apart from Uni and a couple of years down south.
I went to Sacred Heart Primary and then Thornleigh College in Bolton.
Regads,
John P
Quote from: port perran on July 21, 2021, 03:20:19 PM
Quote from: The Q on July 20, 2021, 08:46:30 AM
As for watching Sport I've just about given up, I've never choosen to watch 22 over paid men kicking a piece of leather on a piece of plastic. The last time I was forced to watch that was 1966 when they played on real grass..
As for other sports I'll occasionally watch some F1 if there is nothing better on..
And for my sport sailing, where we normally win more medals at the olympics than almost anywhere else.. The chances of finding that on TV are very very slim..
Not too sure who plays football on plastic?
I do see saling sometimes on the tv and we've watched it sometimes at places like Falmouth and Fowey. As you will know, it's pretty popular down here.
The problem is understanding what's going on . Lots of boats apparently sailing in random directions until someone wins it seems.
Everyone in the top couple of leagues and at places like Wembley plays on Plastic.
Could you have done a knee slide on any pitch you've played on like the pros do? No you'd have cut your have knees to pieces.
If you look at the current specifications for a top pitch its a:
Thick layer of sand though which drainage tubes and watering pipes run.
Then thin layer of soil then a heavy green mesh through which the grass grows.
They call it grass pitches but in reality it's the Mesh that is the load bearing surface, or you'd still have that muddy goal mouths of days gone by.
As for sailing:
Ffirst you need to know where the boats are aiming for, and the wind direction.
That generally gives the choice of routes, however all the other boats want that same route, so that's when they start tacking .
You can't overtake by sailing through someone, and they will try to stay between you and the wind slowing you down.. So it becomes a tactical battle trying to pass, meanwhile everyone else is doing the same, so everyone is getting in each others way causing more tacking.. (and there are lots of rules on how has rights of way..)
Try it on a river.. Our regatta week starts this year on July 31st..
Here's a bit on the 2015 regatta.
https://youtu.be/uzaay1fRpss
No one got an opinion on the latest cricket format "The Hundreds"? :hmmm:
Quote from: Newportnobby on July 24, 2021, 09:11:08 PM
No one got an opinion on the latest cricket format "The Hundreds"? :hmmm:
Now let me think :hmmm:
:no: Nothing that is repeatable on here
Makes little sense to me.
I think that people like to be associated (maybe devoted is a better word) to a particular team.
I'm a big cricket fan but football is my true love.
I was taken to see Bristol City play when I was about 8 and I've been hooked ever since (fate plays a big part here as it could easily have been Bristol rovers - heaven forbid).
I must have seen them play 1500 times since.
I'm still a season ticket (season card these days) holder now even though a home game is an all day outing!
Most football fans will be the same as will most cricket fans. We have a love for "our" team.
The hundred takes away that partiality which is so important.
But...hats off to cricket for being innovative and trying something new to attract people.
Too many sports, and football is one, are stick in the muds.
It's just not my cup of tea I'm afraid.
I've watched 3 games on the Beeb (1 womens and 2 mens) and am pleased to see more families with kids out for a few hours to watch cricket. I think there is team association in as much as lots of team regalia is worn (mainly by the kids). The format itself is pretty good and the atmosphere appears to be appreciated by all, especially the mens games as the crowd will be fuelled by alcohol.
My main concern is top players maybe suffering injury before more important international matches :worried:
On a side note, the commentary is pretty poor, mainly down to Phil Tuffnell speaking so nasally and so low at times all I can hear is a mumbling. If they want to mutter between themselves then turn the mike off and back on when they have something to impart to the watching public.
The opening music and much of the rest is not to my taste but I'm not 'down wiv the yoof'
Mick,
I have watched three games, unfortunately all men's games, the first was on the BBC commentary and their production was a complete turn off, to be honest sky's coverage very much better (please note I don't pay for sky).
What worries me and many others is all these short games take away the match practice required for test cricket. County cricket is basically now only played at the beginning and end of season.
We have at present the 50 over competition taking place, in Yorkshire's case it is virtually a second eleven team playing in this competition.
The ECB needs to get its priorities sorted and plan cricket accordingly, perhaps change the T20 blast to accommodate some of the rules of the100 and have one competition, certainly prefer the T20 Blast to the100.
Remember the100 will soon be loosing all its test players, due to the India series due to start.
You comment on kids, they are only their because of the cheap tickets and a lot of tickets have been given away.
Just my views
Mike H
Thanks, Mike. Some very valid points there :hmmm:
It's already got a 'Marmite' reaction from the cricketing public, it seems.
As a Sales Manager I was lucky in having clients who much preferred a day at an International in the stands rather than corporate entertainment so have been to Headingley, Old Trafford, Edgbaston and Trent Bridge on a few occasions in the late 90s/early 2000s
Mick,
There are plenty of kids go to T20 Blast matches and county 50 over competition games.
A place to go to watch cricket is Scarborough (commonly known as Scarbados) when Yorkshire are playing, doesn't matter what type of game it is come lunch and tea breaks, the square is roped off and on the outfield there are many games of cricket being played with parents and kids participating.
When my kids were younger we always took a bat and ball to the game, it's a scene reminiscent of a school playground with many games taking place all crossing over each other.
Mike H
Quote from: Nbodger on July 25, 2021, 11:11:11 AMThe ECB needs to get its priorities sorted and plan cricket accordingly, perhaps change the T20 blast to accommodate some of the rules of the100 and have one competition, certainly prefer the T20 Blast to the100.
Quote from one Cricket fan I know...
"the 100 is really nothing more than a decimalised T20... We've just got out of Europe, we shouldn't be letting them ruin a traditional British game now..."
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