Seemingly trivial things that you give absolutely no f's about, but others go apeshít over.

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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    rick_chasey said:

    BB - what's your take on Equity Analysts who get paid vast sums of money to do something that they, collectively, cannot do better than someone flipping a coin can?

    Well that's the classic question of whether the markets are efficient. You need people like them to think they can beat the market to make it efficient, so that everybody else doesn't need to pay someone like them. I have preference for them to do it with their own money though.

    There are a few closed hedge funds that consistently beat the market, but it is laughable comparing what they do with your analysts.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,592
    Going back to fast food. Nandos and Dominos. I really don't get the Nandos fixation, it's just chicken with a sauce if varying spiciness. Even with my limited skills I can make it at home. As for Dominos, it's just a pizza but instead of getting one for £7 from the supermarket and heating it up you pay over £20 for it to be cooked and bought to your door. It tastes OK but no better than most supermarket bought versions and then they make you think you've got a bargain by selling you 2 for £25.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    ballysmate said:

    Has someone already mentioned The Beatles?

    I would add Elvis to the mix and of course Pink Floyd. PF - Self indulgent pretentious rubbish.

    I love both bands. They sit in the sweet spot of creativity they didn't just churn out the same old stuff for a quick buck, neither were they so "out there" they were unlistenable or quickly out of date.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Pross said:

    Going back to fast food. Nandos and Dominos. I really don't get the Nandos fixation, it's just chicken with a sauce if varying spiciness. Even with my limited skills I can make it at home. As for Dominos, it's just a pizza but instead of getting one for £7 from the supermarket and heating it up you pay over £20 for it to be cooked and bought to your door. It tastes OK but no better than most supermarket bought versions and then they make you think you've got a bargain by selling you 2 for £25.

    I add to that list at #1 drive ins or through, or whatever they are called.
    Haven't used one for 30 years, but some folks can't live without them.....



    .....cos it means they have to like cook or something.


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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Pross said:

    Going back to fast food. Nandos and Dominos

    Nandos I'm with you, I missed that boat I think as it was after I left the UK

    I have to say that there is something shamefully wonderful about a dirty take away pizza though that you don't get from a supermarket one. Especially after a filthy wet Wednesday night ride, whilst you have a bath waiting for the delivery boy...

    (I'm giving too much away, now arent I? 😶)
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    ddraver said:

    Pross said:

    Going back to fast food. Nandos and Dominos

    Nandos I'm with you, I missed that boat I think as it was after I left the UK

    I have to say that there is something shamefully wonderful about a dirty take away pizza though that you don't get from a supermarket one. Especially after a filthy wet Wednesday night ride, whilst you have a bath waiting for the delivery boy...

    (I'm giving too much away, now arent I? 😶)
    I think I read that bit wrong.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    kingstongraham said:

    ddraver said:

    Pross said:

    Going back to fast food. Nandos and Dominos

    Nandos I'm with you, I missed that boat I think as it was after I left the UK

    I have to say that there is something shamefully wonderful about a dirty take away pizza though that you don't get from a supermarket one. Especially after a filthy wet Wednesday night ride, whilst you have a bath waiting for the delivery boy...

    (I'm giving too much away, now arent I? 😶)
    I think I read that bit wrong.
    I’m wondering if he’s joining or drowning the delivery boy in the bath. :)
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    depends on the boy.... ;)
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    - @ddraver
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    Ooooh, matron :)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,592
    Glastonbury
  • Jeremy.89
    Jeremy.89 Posts: 457
    Pross said:

    Glastonbury

    Been once, had a stomach bug all weekend. Probably the best festival to go to if you're under the weather!

    So big, and with such a wide variety of things to do and see that you can actually take it relatively easy.

    Otoh it can be a bit middle of the road.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,485
    I went to the one in Glasgow to see Radiohead.
    That won purely on the basis of being able to walk to a hotel at the end. ;)
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Best bit about glastonbury is the wall-to-wall coverage, so you can enjoy all the performances - some of which are genuinely good, without any of the discomfort.
    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,485
    I have to say that watching a recorded performance never comes close to an experience as actually being there. Less inconveniences I'll grant you but...
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  • Jeremy.89
    Jeremy.89 Posts: 457
    pblakeney said:

    I have to say that watching a recorded performance never comes close to an experience as actually being there. Less inconveniences I'll grant you but...

    The majority of "live" recordings/TV coverage of gigs is something I give no f's over.

    When it comes to live recordings, few bands seem to hit the sweet spot between a version of thd studio album where the playing and signing is slightly duff, or a studio album with added crowd noise.

    Love going to see live music though.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    rick_chasey said:

    Best bit about glastonbury is the wall-to-wall coverage, so you can enjoy all the performances - some of which are genuinely good, without any of the discomfort.

    I always make sure I stick a flag covering half the TV for the full effect.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,592
    kingstongraham said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Best bit about glastonbury is the wall-to-wall coverage, so you can enjoy all the performances - some of which are genuinely good, without any of the discomfort.

    I always make sure I stick a flag covering half the TV for the full effect.
    That's the sort of thing I don't get (at actual festivals, not watching on TV). Why do people feel the need to lug a massive flag around with them? It has started to infest cycling to, possibly via cyclo cross, and when I was at the Tour in Yorkshire there seemed to be a competition of who could get the biggest flag to cause the biggest nuisance with one bloke demolishing a dry stone wall trying to plant his flag. Maybe I'd understand it all if I went to one but the only festival I've done is a fringe one to Hay Festival where I've been performing and find the whole 'you've got to go' reaction when I say I've never been to Glastonbury slightly bemusing.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    The main point of flags was to find your mates in a huge crowd. My friend had a telescopic pole borrowed from BT - it extended to the exact length of a telegraph pole but shotened to about 4 ft. She had a 6ft fish shaped kite tied to it. It was so tall it didn't block anyone's view - apart from TV cameramen of course.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,808
    kingstongraham said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Best bit about glastonbury is the wall-to-wall coverage, so you can enjoy all the performances - some of which are genuinely good, without any of the discomfort.

    I always make sure I stick a flag covering half the TV for the full effect.
    Did you go for realistic smells as well?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    mrfpb said:

    The main point of flags was to find your mates in a huge crowd. My friend had a telescopic pole borrowed from BT - it extended to the exact length of a telegraph pole but shotened to about 4 ft. She had a 6ft fish shaped kite tied to it. It was so tall it didn't block anyone's view - apart from TV cameramen of course.

    I'll take your word for it that it's different if you are there, but...


  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    edited June 2020
    Glastonbury is every bit as good as it is hyped up to be - assuming the weather is reasonable and you like the music - oh, and you're male.

    I went when Arctic Monkeys and Rolling Stones headlined. AM were incredible but I'm not a huge Rolling Stones fan. What's amazing is the sheer scale of it and how incredible all the installations are. Sure there are mainstream bands, but we saw circus acts, some little pop up intimate gigs in tents, and some incredibly designed sets. We also went to some art exhibitions - all while managing to see an absolute shedload of absolutely incredible bands. The whole atmosphere was amazing. Truly unforgettable.

    Edit: And I don't go to a lot of live music shows normally, but the Glasto lineup that year absolutely knocked it out the park, for me.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,808
    shirley_basso said:

    Glastonbury is every bit as good as it is hyped up to be - assuming the weather is reasonable and you like the music - oh, and you're male.



    Out of interest SB, why that?
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  • Cargobike
    Cargobike Posts: 748
    Pfft....
    Glastonbury....
    Far, far, far too mainstream these days.
    It's become a rites of passage for Henrietta and Charlie. Unfortunately it disappeared up its own arsehole a couple of decades ago, but then again so did every other major festival too. Bigger isn't neccessarily better, especially if you don't know who's playing before handing over your readies.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    Did Glastonbury once in '92. First year they had a fence after the running battles between police and new age travellers of the late 80's and early 90's.
    Was already quite commercial and absolutely huge back then. I believe it's about twice the size now which just seems very un-appealing.
    I know people who have been trying unsuccessfully for years to get tickets whilst others seem to get in every year. A bit like the London marathon really. Some people are clearly in the know about how to get in. Not sure there is a good for age entry at Glastonbury.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,592
    The colour scheme of an RAF plane.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Stevo_666 said:

    shirley_basso said:

    Glastonbury is every bit as good as it is hyped up to be - assuming the weather is reasonable and you like the music - oh, and you're male.



    Out of interest SB, why that?
    Because of the ablutions!
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    Delicacies. Usually bits of animal that you wouldn’t want to feed to the dog, sold at a massive premium.
    Not the same as regional specialities, which can be one of life’s pleasures - although can also be an excuse for low quality at high price.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,808
    shirley_basso said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    shirley_basso said:

    Glastonbury is every bit as good as it is hyped up to be - assuming the weather is reasonable and you like the music - oh, and you're male.



    Out of interest SB, why that?
    Because of the ablutions!
    I thought that's what you meant but wasn't totally sure...
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  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,568
    edited June 2020
    shirley_basso said:

    Glastonbury is every bit as good as it is hyped up to be - assuming the weather is reasonable and you like the music - oh, and you're male.

    I went when Arctic Monkeys and Rolling Stones headlined. AM were incredible but I'm not a huge Rolling Stones fan. What's amazing is the sheer scale of it and how incredible all the installations are. Sure there are mainstream bands, but we saw circus acts, some little pop up intimate gigs in tents, and some incredibly designed sets. We also went to some art exhibitions - all while managing to see an absolute shedload of absolutely incredible bands. The whole atmosphere was amazing. Truly unforgettable.

    Edit: And I don't go to a lot of live music shows normally, but the Glasto lineup that year absolutely knocked it out the park, for me.

    Went to Glastonbury multiple times from early 80s to early 90s. In the early days it was an "alternative" to the establishment - we had to travel to a certain little shop in Coventry (40 odd mile round trip) to buy the tickets (around£20) and the line ups were announced in Sounds and NME. The music press, the odd recording on John Peel and news of drug related arrests on the News were about all the only mentions it got in the media. And it was great for that - it was a different, almost secret, world to the one I lived in for the rest of the year and I loved it.

    The fact that it is now covered in depth on the BBC Radio, TV and even things like The One Show with a list of acts that are increasingly trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator mean that it has lost all of its appeal for me
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  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    laurentian said:

    shirley_basso said:

    Glastonbury is every bit as good as it is hyped up to be - assuming the weather is reasonable and you like the music - oh, and you're male.

    I went when Arctic Monkeys and Rolling Stones headlined. AM were incredible but I'm not a huge Rolling Stones fan. What's amazing is the sheer scale of it and how incredible all the installations are. Sure there are mainstream bands, but we saw circus acts, some little pop up intimate gigs in tents, and some incredibly designed sets. We also went to some art exhibitions - all while managing to see an absolute shedload of absolutely incredible bands. The whole atmosphere was amazing. Truly unforgettable.

    Edit: And I don't go to a lot of live music shows normally, but the Glasto lineup that year absolutely knocked it out the park, for me.

    Went to Glastonbury multiple times from early 80s to early 90s. In the early days it was an "alternative" to the establishment - we had to travel to a certain little shop in Coventry (40 odd mile round trip) to buy the tickets (around£20) and the line ups were announced in Sounds and NME. The music press, the odd recording on John Peel and news of drug related arrests on the News were about all the only mentions it got in the media. And it was great for that - it was a different, almost secret, world to the one I lived in for the rest of the year and I loved it.

    The fact that it is now covered in depth on the BBC Radio, TV and even things like The One Show with a list of acts that are increasingly trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator mean that it has lost all of its appeal for me
    I couldn’t decide whether to comment on the headliners becoming ever more mainstream.
    I think it is good that the mix of music has diversified beyond primarily white rock and indie but the live music scenes routes are not in pop music and yet it is pop acts the BBC seem most excited about.

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