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I like the first two Coldplay albums.

I'll click on a mail online link if I'm interested in the subject, but stop short at actually browsing the site.

I don't eat cheese of any kind, except on pizza and it has to be nice and brown.

I support an unsuccessful division 4 football team.

Man don't give a fuck.

Actually a fairly promising thread. Good job. Could be an enjoyable negative karma mine too...

I find both Michael Macintyre and Russell Howard reasonably funny. I suppose it's a bit like the Coldplay thing and they just get hate for overexposure but sometimes you just need some cheap dumb laughs and can't take a Stewart Lee set. Mrs Browns Boys is several steps too far mind.

The Oxford fans I've met have largely been decent chaps and I'd rather talk about football with them than another United fan who couldn't point to Manchester on a map.

I've never actually been to Norway.

With you on both points.

I'm a huge fan of Stew and I really hate the kind of derivative observational comedy McIntyre et al have inspired, but every now and then it's nice to turn your brain off and just laugh at something that doesn't require too much thought. Also, Russell Howard is a really lovely man. He's adapted his act to suit his audience but his early stuff is much funnier, when he was less "omg random." 

As for Oxford.. I met one here in Wales and he was lovely. Bristol fans are much worse. And glory hunters are even worse than that.

I really fucking dislike Gareth Gillman, but Red Frog is actually alright.

I put the milk in first when making a cup of tea

Unforgivable.

I'm not gay, but I like old musicals. Calamity Jane and 7 Brides for 7 Brothers being particular favourites.

I even went to the West End to see The King and I with Yul Brynner - not that I went with Yul Brynner but rather he was in it.

Nowt wrong with musicals. Except Mama Mia, that can get fucked.

I have seen Bucks Fizz and Boney M live and actually really enjoyed them both.

Gary Glitter live was one of the best gigs I have been to.

I watched the spice girls movie in the cinema... and enjoyed it.

(I may have been drunk/stoned/high)

There is almost zero difference between the town end forum, Thisis comments section, and the STFC Facebook group.

I love blaring out classic FM on the radio, when I'm doing the housework. (Or not.)

I read out loud when proofing my work. (It does help to spot mistakes)

I sang happy birthday to my cat this morning. It's his second birthday

I think Star Wars is shit.

This one is pathetic.

I moved house last weekend. We had offers accepted on 2 houses. I told my missus I preferred the one in Wroughton instead of the one in Watchfield . . .

. . . just because I didn't want to live in Oxfordshire. Now we're in, I'm not sure if I like the house or not. Especially after the loft hatch inexplicably fell off in the middle of the night and crashed down the stairs nearly killing the dog!

We're practically neighbours! Shall I pop round for a cuppa?

I like Neil diamond and I'm under 70, not too long to go. I also like the bee gees and aha.

You're very welcome!

I put on a thicker West Country accent when I'm in a pub.

I too like Russell Howard, seen him lots of times, however found him to very far up his own arse when I met him a few times..  The first few series of Good news were great..

I agree about Mrs Brown boys, utter pap, also I find Alan Partridge, Blackadder and Monty Python unfunny, except for the Python Movies..

nawwwwwww

Wtf am I going to do with all this hemlock now?

You getting Jayo around to fix your loft hatch?

Now there's the sound of a closet door creaking open

See, even 4D's picked up on it :)

👬

I love 70s prog rock

On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place,
If the summer change to winter, yours is no disgrace.

I still listen to radio 1..
Not the breakfast show mind, nick grimshaw is a massive twat.

I listen to Radio X and actually thinks Chris Moyles is quite funny.

I read this forum on a daily basis but don't write anything on it

This forum is my favourite reality show.

Yes,absolutely

I blocked Smeeton a few years ago.

Prefer warm milk with breakfast cereal.

I think Game of Thrones is shit.

I don't like Oasis. The band not the leisure centre.

Likewise, I'll happily listen to Greg James whilst I'm in my van, Scott Mills grates a little. Grimshaw is a bellend.

I used to go to gigs all the time, and kept up with all the new albums of the bands I like, but post-children, I couldn't really give a fuck. Haven't been to see a non-covers band in years, last CD I bought was last year, another year earlier for the previous CD purchase as well.

You are not alone, one of the most overrated bands ever.

I miss attending matches

x2. Liam Gallagher is one of the most boring men on the planet.

Agreed. Saw a couple of his songs at Reading fest on Sunday and bailed to go and watch Ash, which is saying something because they are also pretty crap (although to be fair to them they put on a good show and were 10x better than Gallagher)

I don't have netflix

Admissions should ideally be personally embarrassing, or likely to cause controversy, although admittedly whether it's controversial or not will depend on the reader.

I'd rather not see gay men kiss. It doesn't make me angry or want to stop them, I'd just rather not watch. Sorry gay fellas.

If I have kids, I won't be telling them there's a father christmas.

I judge people who vape.

And what, is your considered opinion?

It's not a considered opinion, it's a confession of something I'm ashamed of.

I just hate the bloody things and wish people would just give up cold turkey.   

tbf, I'd guess a lot of gay men would probably rather you didn't watch them anyway. So everyone's happy

There's not much point following them if I'm not going to watch. Duh!

:D

Seconded..

I like Abba. Fuck the haters.

And I vape. Fuck the judgers.

I only really like cheese if it's melted but i do like Dairylea

I very rarely miss an episode of Eastenders.

In not really Indian, I'm Pakistani

I'm as liberal as they come but I don't like it either. Also really disabled people make me very uncomfortable. I'm not proud of it, but there it is.

I like to cover my hands in PVA glue and then peel it off when it dries.

I'm hoping the West Indies win this Test match.

I'd hazard a guess most cricket lovers will feel the same way. A great match. Shai Hope becomes first man in history to score a ton in each innings at Headingley... he had no idea  :)

Which they have.  So much for all the idiots calling for a two tiered test schedule unless they were asking for England to play in the 2nd tier I guess?  We only have two players in our team with a test average over 42 I think, Bairstow being at or around the 40 mark.  For all the talk about some of our players, they simply don't hit the middle of the road scores often enough - it's boom or bust cricket.  The we rely on a couple of bowlers, and even those aren't really world class when you look at averages and not just volume of wickets - we don't have bowlers getting into the low 20's or below.  On our day, pretty good, on plenty of other days, bang average in a Atherton captaincy era sort of way.

600+posts says you're lying.

Fair point  :sherlock:, I did write three posts about sponsoring a player back in 2015.

I think some people are not understanding what this thread is about and just state things they hate.


I enjoy watching Watchdog. And even watch it on iPlayer.  :girlgiggle:


:toocool: I'm a huge Abba fan. It's always been a source of much amusement to many friends. Much like my love of Sinatra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh07WlB46Gw

That film is a fucking masterpiece... :D

Yeah, it's fucking ace.

Me and my girlfriend checked the credits and were disappointed to find the songs were written and performed by The Lonely Island.

Turns out that's actually his band and it's the characters from Popstar and they've got a YouTube channel with loads of videos, saw one had 172m views. Massive man love restored.

This one didn't make the movie sadly.

https://youtu.be/t3jKtjgRZQY

Pfft, everyone knows that Copydex is far superior when it comes to that peeling-from-your-hand satisfaction.

I would agree that Copydex is the best for peeling - but the smell!!

Back to the thread - I have never watched a Star Wars film and wouldn't even want to try.

And like a few others have never watched Game of Thrones and hate that genre in general.

I've never watched Game of Thrones either. I tried reading A Song of Ice and Fire but couldn't finish it because it bored me, and I'm not usually one to give up on books.

I love the sensation of writing on a banana with a biro

Copydex is the go to for all your glue peeling needs....

I also have never watched any Star Wars movie.

I have however watched all of GoT, entirely not my thing and would never had watched it without the missus suggesting it but have really enjoyed the mix of battle, boobs and incest!

In terms of admitting guilty secrets myself, I love a bit of Countryfile (and not just for Anita Rani!)

You would enjoy a night out in Yeovil then.

I'll be on the next train!

 :D

I have watched none of GOT, what's it about?

I never watched Lost either.

Yea, Lonely Island are awesome. Check out a film called Hot Rod, same guys but earlier on in their careers.

I've got a favourite hymn

Is your wife also your sister?

I work in IT but computers bore me.

No we are entirely unrelated, which is actually very rare in the village we live in now. I know that in 20 odd years my daughter will be viewed as prime breeding stock in the village as she brings new blood!

I work in planning and have exactly the same problem.

I hate IT and have no interest in working in the industry. Unfortunately, it's fairly easy and quite well paid.

I think most people in IT feel the same tbh

Old rugged cross? (the hymn, not you  :))

There are a lot of 'geeks' in the industry who live and breathe computers. I don't. It's just a job to me and some people can't understand that.

'Immortal, Invisible'

Do something different then. Why stick around doing a job that doesn't give you satisfaction (money is not an acceptable answer).

It's easy?

Job security

You could find other jobs that are easy and provide security that don't bore you.

Finding a new job is the difficult thing.

The job doesn't bore me, it's IT that bores me. Working in an expanding MAT will have its advantages hopefully...

I got another job doing something totally different to what i was doing before. Total change.

Change is good.

What is it in IT that you do that's easy? It's not a dig, just curious what you do?
I'm currently working on my CCNA and maybe I'm not as clever as I thought but im finding it far from easy.

My role was made redundant so I got moved to a technical role. It's supposedly third line but I spend most of my time lately on site doing basic shit.

I think having an easy job would be the worst thing in the world. My job challenges me almost every day and I like it that way.

That's not to say I don't have plenty of days where I wonder what the fuck I'm doing there and wish I could just get paid to sit at home and eat cheese. But I've missed it while I've been off.

Oh, and game of thrones is terrible.

The Lonely Island have released a few albums over the years, lots of brilliant songs.

I genuinely like the Hunter the Hungry song from that film for some reason.

You only don't like it because all the women get naked and most of the guys are cockless :)

I get that GoT might not be everyone's cup of tea. Not liking all aspects of your job however! WTF!

I'm lucky in that I do like my job. Most of my clients think the sun shines out of my arse,  it can be very satisfying getting great feedback from jobs, especially on something that's so subjective. If only I could get more work done, I could be more stable financially as well.

I think what you meant to say is - "I don't like Game of Thrones"

Another reason that working in IT sucks: users expect technology to be infallible 24/7. I just went to a client and resolved a problem in 20 minutes and the only thing they asked was why it took me so long and why it went wrong in the first place?

I love my job, I love new technology and building bespoke PC's and repairing PC's and Laptops, yes it frustrates me at times but I enjoy it 99% of the time.

I wouldn't like it so much if I was just fixing workstations or servers all the time that would soon become boring, thats how I started back in 84 when it was the "dark arts of computers" had a 7 year stint as a COBOL, FORTRAN  and FOXPRO programmer and hated it.

I like to be my own boss and work when I like how long I like, I understand that sometimes a job just "pays the bills" but if you don't enjoy it then move jobs to one you do enjoy or work for yourself.

I used to love my job. Worked for a start up and the whole environment was amazing - free food, drinks & beer, PS4's, social events... But then we got taken over by a massive corporation and slowly but surely that's all dying. I like the actual work though - building new software can be quite rewarding.

I hated working permanent so aged 25 decided to become a contractor on a ltd company basis.

Now go from company to company every 9-18 months work on different projects in a variety of industry and expand my knowledge base whilst continually looking for fresh challenges.

Oh and yes the tax benefits are delicious!

I love my job I work in forensics.

 I don't know what Game of Thrones is.... beyond it being a thing.  I suppose I don't want to know.

 However, a couple of times recently, I've come across the phrase " it's a zero sum game"  Now I've tried to figure this out, without success, anyone help  :hmmm:

 As for work, a good idea as long as you don't let it steal your soul.

Game of Thrones is pretty much just a "thing"

Heaven knows what "it's a zero sum game" means  :hmmm:

It's no Dexter eh bruv!

We all make rules for ourselves. It's these rules that help define who we are. So when we break those rules we risk losing ourselves and becoming something unknown.

This is gonna get old quickly

Thanks for the warm welcome.

You're not welcome

Charming.

A zero sum game is one where the winner can only win if someone else loses and the wins and losses add up to zero. ie Poker. If you win the pot of £30 you are taking £30 from the other players, ie the wins and losses are equalised.

I also work in IT and I fucking LOVE it.

Chubbs. I have the CCNA 1 and 2 books and the CCNA Security (Cisco ASA) manual if you want to borrow them. And also shitloads of study guides and cheat sheets that you may find useful. PM me your email address and I'll send you the study guides. The books are actual physical books if you want to borrow them? Also sign up to the Cisco Learning Network, there are free courses and test exam papers available.

Anything specific you need help with, just ask.

Cheers.  But why don't you have to contribute to the pot. It seems a funny game whereby you don't have to put in then clean out the others who have. A metaphor for neoliberal capitalism perhaps.

Joining this forum is a lot like being a young keeper, on loan at a lower league team with a leaky defence. If you can handle the initial barrage, you'll come out stronger on the other side.

Good analagy.

Dodgy midfield, shit forward line, shouty manager with no people or training skills and a fucking moronic fan base.

I always thought it was like making love to a beautiful woman.....

Swiss Horlock...yeah that has a ring to it.

I worded the example badly, of course you do contribute to the pot but no one can win more than is put in. Hence zero sum.

I can only think you must be doing it wrong.

I hope so  :gay:

Me too

Serious question Posh Red, if you are in it as a job and it bores you then why don't you have a change of career to something you will like?

I can work in IT (well, software development) and I think it's great!

It's the end users that annoy me. There's no appreciation. People expect 24/7 support.

It's a thankless job.

With commitments, it's very difficult just to change career on a similar salary.

Smug bastard. Me too, though (enjoy it and smug about it) :)

This. Worked in hardware & software support for many years.
Both internal & external support. Lack of appreciation was appalling on both fronts.

Just got fed up in the end of copping the flack that should have been going the way of cowboy sales departments and untouchable development teams.

Awwww yeah

Quite.
At last company an email went round to the support team on how to read the body language of a particular developer prior to approaching him.

That was the final straw for me.
Just get him a mini set of desktop traffic lights.
To cap it all he also had a ponytail.

You are all so needy!  You'll be moaning you didn't get enough house points next.

To be fair I work(ed) for a start up (we got purchased a few months ago, but not much has changed). Everyone here is pretty young and approachable.

That's good.
Software development & support should be interlinked & not separate and competing departments.

The alternative would be for developers to also front line support their own software.
 :sofa:

Yeah we work closely with our support, which does make for a much smoother process. You do get some devs, unfortunately, who refuse to accept change and live in the 'dark ages'. Questioning their code is like telling them you're gonna murder their family.

House Walsingham  at St Joe's, we were crap.

Remember being lined up and castigated, along with 2 or 3 others for refusing to be prefect's.

Speaking of standing up to "authority", hope you are well prepared for the alternative Kim Jong-un "Fire & Fury" tour of North America. Tickets on sale soon.  :)

I work in this area and the majority of hardware/software devs I meet are like that. Also best not to get them to Frontline support their own code. They typically don't have the... 'ahem'... patience for that...

Once had a dev swear down to me there was nothing wrong and then went behind my back to the MD suggesting we replace a full set of virtual hosts because they were "obviously faulty." Turns out he'd left a bracket open in his code...

Of course there are exceptions. But theres a certain mentality of 'just buy a new one' that really gets on my tits at times.

Several reasons

1) A bit late in life to make that change, hoping to retire in a couple of years.
2) I don't dislike my job, (it's more of a management role now), but find computers dull.
3) I work for a pretty decent company and really like the people I work with

Some people get very protective over their code don't they. if* someone can improve mine, go ahead .

* no question, three they can!