Ghostwriter

I got 11 as well..

They don't mind a bit of fillet steak either.. medium-rare, of course.

Well that was piss poor. Those autism tests sound interesting though..

Give them weetabix. Puppies love weetabix..

..and cheese.

Lily Allen

Not entirely sure where to post this but a guy at my work is getting married and is looking for a band to play at his wedding. Does anyone know of a really good ceilidh/wedding band who would be willing to travel to Dornoch?

Thanks

Hopefully if i get a transfer to King Street they will give me a better department, will miss working with all my friends in Banchory though:( kinda got used to them being around all time...

I hate Morrison's on King Street. It's disgusting. The toilets are filthy and you get blinded by the UV lights.. and as for the cafe bit - the staff are absolutely useless and the standard of food is awful. I was in just before Christmas and one of the guys 'cleaning' the cafe spilt a bucket of bleach on the floor and stood looking at it, laughing as it flooded towards the tables.

The whole place makes me squirm.. horrendous shop, absolutely horrific.

I used to just put the phone down without hanging up, it keeps their line live even if they hang up allegedly. Even if it doesn't work I like the idea that it does. I put my number on one of those prevent nuisance call lists, definitely reduced them.

I thought it was that if person X phones person Y and then X hangs up, the line goes dead.. but if Y hangs up the line will stay live for as long as person X stays on the phone?

I could have it the wrong way round.. but if I don't, then your phone remaining off the hook will make no difference to their line because, as the caller, they have the upper hand in the phone power stakes..

Is this show good? I've never actually seen it before but have heard it's worth watching?

Is that Natalie Calder?

Yeah....

people who eat loudly!

I hate noisy eaters. People munching away like they haven't been fed for weeks. Disgusting.

I also hate people who eat with their mouth open.. chomp chomp..

AND I hate people who speak while they're eating.. creating the most hideous noise with bits of food lodged in their throat or, worse, roaming wild round their tongue and mouth.

It's not exactly difficult to learn good table manners.

Has anyone been to "The Square" for lunch? Any thoughts on their food and the overall dining experience?

I think my point revolves more around the witty person being understood just in time for the dumbass to blurt out their own thick version of the same joke. Ghostwriter's talking about a situation where the smart joke goes completely over everyone's head, so that the blurter is seen as the sole joker.

Precisely..

Same thing, no?

Actually, no.

I went to school with Bob.. Bob Calder's daughter. What an achievement.

1. Person one says something.

2. Person two makes a funny but subtle remark in response. Something which is funnier because it wasn't stated in an obvious way, so you didn't 'get it' until you thought about it.

3. Person one reiterates the remark, stating the joke in the most painfully obvious way, even though everyone listening got it the first time. Then acts like they made the funny comment.

So annoying.

Agreed. However, I find it even more irritating when, having said something subtly funny that only a select few actually 'get', some twat makes the same joke but in a blatantly obvious way.. and then gets all the credit for it just because the rest of the people were too stupid to get it in the first place.

Korova.. used to be Opium?

Might be forced to go to Five, although I'm not a huge fan of the atmosphere there...

Has anyone been in the Foundry recently? I've heard from a couple of people that their food is really cheap and really good. Call me a pessimist but I've never gone in for food before because, although I'm sure their food is cheap, I'm not sure that there would be much else good to say about it?

Cafe 52 is pretty good as mentioned above.

I was in Soul for food recently and thought that was actually quite good. Hadn't eaten in their before and hadn't heard that the food was anything special but may be worth checking out. Mind you, it may be shite and I just got lucky.

I was in Soul for lunch a few weeks ago.. and I can't say I was overly impressed. My friend ordered a duck wrap and there was a massive bone in it. That aside, I thought it was average at best.

I'd heard recently that Five was pretty good.

Where about on Union Street is The Howff?

Can anyone recommend some good places to go for lunch and a few drinks in the centre of Aberdeen?

The other thing that'll help enormously is having it close to eye level and square-on to where you'll be sitting. The model you have is really a computer monitor/TV combo and, while Samsungs are really smart looking and great value for money, their low end range use cheap panels which have poor viewing angles,and this can cause quite perceptible colour shift, especially when viewed from above or below.

Yeh, I've read a few articles about their limited screen movement due to the bracket that's used in the base.

I've already got it set up on a surface that is pretty close to perfect for the level for viewing.. just a bit of tweaking with the brightness settings etc. and it should be ok.

Forget anyone elses ideas of what is and isn't numerically the "right" settings. Your sight is the most important tool in screen settings as it's you that's watching it.

What i will say though is turn down the brightness and backlight settings, not only do they use more power and reduce the life-span of your TV if ramped up to the max but they also affect the sharpness of images on the screen. You don't want to be seeing any Haloing or blurring of edges. Also, turn off or at least turn down all the image "enhancers" that the manufacturer seems to think might help the picture: they're shite.

Ideally, if you've got time and the set has provision for it, you should alter and save settings for all the inputs on the TV (or monitor in this screens case) as each device will have different picture qualities etc.

If you have a THX approved DVD disc (something like Finding Nemo or Pirates of The Carribean) there is a useful picture calibration tool on there. If you fancy forking out for a calibration tool there is a device on the market called the Spyder that is very useful.

Also, make sure you do it in usual lighting conditions for the TVs location and at the distance you're sitting from the set itself.

Ok, thanks for the advise.

I think I might have Pirates of the Caribbean kicking about somewhere but I actually think that Zelda for the Wii has a set up guide thing too.. I'll check that later today.

Hey..

So I've just bought a new bedroom sized hd tv - Samsung T220HD. I was wondering if anyone could recommend optimum picture and sound settings for lcd screens?

Thanks

Anyone selling Russell Howard tickets for saturday night (27th June)?

Thanks for the suggestions. Turns out it was:

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Anyway, finally got it finished and handed in. Thank God..