Oztalgian 3,287 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 DJ360 News coverage in Australia tends to be very parochial and state based and as Sarah is based in Melbourne Victoria some 480 miles from Adelaide the only times we in SA would hear of her is any Victorian news items that are major enough to be of national or SA interest. Despite us being one country geography, distances and politics often make me think we are 6 countries (states) and two provinces (territories). Our TV only gives you the option of turning updates on or off. I have now turned it off as like you we are very selective in which channels we watch and generally only watch the ABC and SBS. The ads on commercial TV annoy me intensely and if we do find anything worthwhile on it we record it and fast forward thru the ads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 DJ360 #727: A plan was proposed to use coal for a super power station in Scotland, using an old oil well as a carbon sink. It would have meant clean coal technology, using local fuel, whilst providing local people with meaningful employment. The Scottish Government turned down the plan because it was not "Renewable" energy. We now face an uncertain future of intermittent electricity generation, using wind turbines as the main source of supply. The feckin' world''s gone bonkers. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 People on t.v. (mainly reporters) who can't talk about or describe anything without waving their hands and arms all over 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Especially that bloke who does 'Click'................i don't know what he's talking about anyway................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,593 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Spencer Kelly,Ben, I've no idea what hes on about either Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Thats the bloke Rog............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Blokes who have two surnames! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 & women FLY, don't forget the women ! The same with kids with two hyphenated christian names, i.e. Tarquin-Bailey. Kelly-May etc. etc. Usually from typical chav families out for the day from Aspleh. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Harvey is a surname, as is Dixon. Fraser, Morley, Marley, Conway, Grant etc........ I blame the stupid illiterate parents ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 "I blame the stupid illiterate parents !" Exactly FLY. Was in Lloyds Bank in Bulwell at lunchtime & a young ? mother walked in with her unruly & noisy SEVEN kids ! Talk about bedlam, screaming & shouting & jumping all over the customer seats & that was the mother !! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 The kids with hyphenated surnames usually have parents who are not, and will probably never be, married. What's the world coming to eh?!!! It wasn't like that in my day 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 In those days, folk with hyphenated surnames were the upper classes ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,593 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Up until the age of about 10 years I thought I had an hyphenated name until I realised my name wasn't really Bo££ocks-Roger Rog 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 9 hours ago, DaveN said: People on t.v. (mainly reporters) who can't talk about or describe anything without waving their hands and arms all over When my mum used watch people on t.v waving their arms around when talking she would say " if they had to sit on their hands they would be dumb". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 3 hours ago, LizzieM said: The kids with hyphenated surnames usually have parents who are not, and will probably never be, married. What's the world coming to eh?!!! It wasn't like that in my day About twenty years ago I had a friend who said she didn't see why she should take her fiance's surname when they got married, and anyway why shouldn't he take HER surname........ so they decided to hyphenate the two names when they married. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Well that's a new slant on the situation. I've not encountered that one before ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Our Dutch daughter-in-law has never used her married name . They married in Las Vegas ( so assume it's a legal marriage ! ) We knew nothing about the marriage 'til after the event ! She has always stuck to her maiden name . Grandaughter has a hyphenated name because of this . Doesn't seem to bother our son , so not much point us kicking up a fuss . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 Wonder if social media as anything to do with not changing your name? How will your old school mates & mates, ex-lovers find you on FACEBOOK if you'd changed it? Double-barrell surnames arouse because the wife's Fathers name was more prestigious than the husbands trading power. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 #749 Here in Italy women keep their maiden names. My ID is in my maiden name and is very confusing when I use my married name. I no longer have a british passport, an ID is easier to carry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 Fly2 #741. Strange if Harvey is a surname why was I christened as Colin Harvey surname in 1946? Where mum & dad trying to tell me something Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 18 minutes ago, NewBasfordlad said: Fly2 #741. Strange if Harvey is a surname why was I christened as Colin Harvey surname in 1946? Well, you can't have been named after the Everton footballer Colin Harvey as he was only two years old at the time. This all reminds me of the 'William' stories by Richmal Crompton where one of his older brother's friends is called Jameson Jameson, and we are told that 'his parents had perpetrated on him the supreme practical joke of giving him his surname for a Christian name'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,593 Posted April 15, 2017 Report Share Posted April 15, 2017 Jerome K Jerome,Three men in a boat Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,728 Posted April 15, 2017 Report Share Posted April 15, 2017 Few here: Humbert Humbert ( Lolita) Major Major Major Major (Catch 22) Many more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_reduplicated_names Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,728 Posted April 15, 2017 Report Share Posted April 15, 2017 On 13/04/2017 at 0:33 PM, DaveN said: People on t.v. (mainly reporters) who can't talk about or describe anything without waving their hands and arms all over I'm not generally too bothered by that if it isn't too extreme. However, one presenter who I can no longer watch is Dan Cruickshank. He has massive hands, which he either waves in your face, or uses to caress, stroke and fondle every object in sight in a most annoying and almost obscene way. Add to that his continual use of a conspiratorial whisper, rather than proper speech, and you might be forgiven for assuming he was narrating some erotic novel, with illustrative mime.. rather than talking about architecture. Pity. because his programmes are otherwise usually quite interesting. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted April 15, 2017 Report Share Posted April 15, 2017 Re # 754 and 755 We have a niece on my husband's side of the family whose name is Harriet. She's married to a chap with the surname Harry (pretty unusual in itself). She's decided to slot her maiden name in there so she's not just called Harriet Harry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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