OT: ITV1 HD

[stuart noble]

I'm a football fan, but I skip the group stages. A month is just too much. And these sodding flags are getting me down already.

[dennis]

I have the TV muted, I can't stand the noise of all those wasps.

[Bill Taylor]

In the past BBC OBs have supplied facilities for Sky football, but only on a very small scale; they have never been the primary facilities provider. BBC OBs as was - SIS live as is - don't have the facilities to cover the number of matches that Sky do. SIS have a lot of other commitments besides football

As that arrangement never existed, it can't have continued.

[John Whitworth]

Funny that - it also describes the criteria I use for a great rating on RatedPeople! ;-)

[John Whitworth]

Yeah - what exactly are those things?

[geoff]

In message , John Whitworth writes

Vuvuzelas

next question ?

[Bruce]

When I started touting for work a few years ago for my new business, I asked potential customers what they looked for and what would make them choose someone else. The overwhelming response was that they wanted someone reliable who understood what was needed, turned up on time, did the job, and charged only the agreed amount - unless of course the scope of work had changed.

The result is that, eight years on, I don't need to advertise and I rarely do any marketing. Almost all my work now comes from repeat business and word of mouth recommendations.

The Medway Handyman has exactly the right approach. His is a very good business model.

[PeterC]

Dumkopfhorns.

[ARWadsworth]

Are they as bad as Bernie Clifton and his trombone and ostrich?

Adam

[Bruce]

I just spoke to my cousin in the USA. I misunderstood what he had told me several years ago after I saw BBC vans at a match that was being covered by Sky.

You will be pleased to hear that his response was "You said WHAT?!?!?"

So I'll bow out at this point. I'm sorry if anyone was misled, however briefly. ;-)

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember geoff saying something like: