"general" gripes shouldnt that be commodore and admiral gripes
talking of which where is ...........

Ha ha, thats horrable

Life: No one gets out alive.

my life sucks....so far

did i tell u i might move where my heart has always desired to go?

i am among the 5[% with DSL that doesnt want pictures with the news posts on the home page

wheres that wolfy? somewhere they can teach you to make sense?

sorry mas, I just don't get the point of this thread! This entire forum is dedicated to griping, so this thread is kinda pointless.

A tribute to me...? Why? I mean, i appretiate it, but I really don't feel the need for special treatment, or anything... Everyone has problems, mine just seem bigger ATM. I'm not any more happy than I was, I've just accepted the truth, and I feel almost ready to get on w/ my life... It remains to be seen if this is true.
"feel free to gripe right on ahead." In fact, I'm a bit strange when it comes to this... I find strength in other peoples' weakness... I mean, if I'm feeling down, and you offer to help, it's very likely you wont be able to do much, but if you ask for help, I'll set aside my woes, help you, then be to tired to go back to "sorrow regime"... Weird, huh?
Anyway, nice to see you, maswastage. BTW, your real name is Nikola Hitchev, right? (you don't need to answer this one)


Careful what you wish... You just might get it.

I have hangover, loads of translations to do, not enough time, and a dire need for booze! I think my life is screwed up!

It's better to be a worldwide known drunkard than an anonymous alcoholic!

why the bollocks is Sky now showing 24. Its an absolute outrage. Sky, for those who dont know the UK channels, is a subscription based channel. You need a set-top box thing and a satellite dish on the side of your house plus a monthly fee or something to watch whats on. I heard that a percentage less than 50 have this goddamn channel so its not really reaching out to the masses by putting the show exclusively on Sky.

Conversely, BBC 2 goes out to the whole country. It shows the programs the way they are meant to be seen...without adverts and directly after each other. Theres no time for the money man, just show after show in a mad panic like its the end of the world or something.

Everyone i know who has seen 24 has a love for the show, its absolutely awesome and is pretty damn big over here. Well it was pretty big, i can see 24 being an absolute flop now. Basically Sky Viewers could watch it before but now me and my friends, none of whom have Sky, are gonna miss out.

Well i say miss out, i really mean "download off the internet". And to be honest i feel richeous in what im doing. I WOULD watch the show when its on TV, if we had the channel it was broadcast on. This kinda thing just kills me. Its like FOX in america thought, "ooh, lets sell the rights to this and every other season to a channel that less than 50% of the population can recieve, let alone watch. Pah, ****ing monkeys

actually, it's nayden, but that's pretty close...

Hm, so nobody appreciates this thread? Eh, I guess that's part of what griping is all about eh. If it gets outta hand, I'll just delete it...

I retract my previous statement as I'd like to back Arcon's gripe. I'm a massive 24 fan and only found out the other day by accident that 24 has shifted to sky one....I NEVER watch sky one, well rarely anyway, its a really boll***s channel...all "the batchelor", "temptation island", "celebrities behaving badly" and all that sort of sh*t. I turned it on to catch an episode of SG1 because I was bored and stumble onto the advert saying that 24 series 3 starts in february! OUTRAGEOUS! For a start BBC TWO doesn't have adverts, Sky One has adverts every bleedin 5 minutes. Its gonna tear the show apart.

Apparently the BBC refused to buy series 3 because it wasn't deemed popular enough - I'll see if I can find the article.

Archie - I can tape the lot and send it over in batches for ya if that helps?

EDIT: Added a few *s to the word Boll***s - it appears that the swear filter doesn't recognise UK swear words and I feel all old and responsible for my actions

Edited by - gromit on 1/23/2004 4:32:19 AM

i have homework to do, and no time to do it, all because of Digital Anvil

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@Grom, you musta missed my bit about how im suplimenting my "jack bauer power hour" fix. Im up to episode 10 on series 3 so your ok. I love 24. It could be my new fave show. When are they bringin out the official companion to series 2?

Does this thread mean that I can rant about so-called "reality" television, the state of religion (as an institution, not a belief), and Coca-Cola?

@arc - nice one, I've been avoiding the download thing - even though I get frustrated waiting a week between episodes, it becomes part of my life, know what I mean? The first series I watched as repeats, they were being shown every night for five weeks on BBC3...at that point even 23 hours seemed like a lifetime to wait between episodes. Then series 2 came along and I patiently watched it once a week, the frustration was immense, but every week I agreed with myself that it was worth the wait. It instantly became my favourite tv show of all time...its an addiction...I even started cancelling social events because I wanted to watch it on TV rather than watching a crappy VHS copy a couple of hours later. I am officially sad. Next step rehab.