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« on: February 07, 2010, 06:35:48 PM »
Watched The Godfather again on Friday night; stands up very well after all this time and then got hooked into watching Part II last night.
Around midnight we were just about to get into the last reel, or final chapters as the current nomenclature is and there was an ad break. That's ok, it's expected. What I didn't expect was for the previous reel to be shown again  eeek:

( I know, mentioning reels is showing me age  redface:)

In mild indignation I push a quick email to Film4 asking WTF is going on?  They resolved it after a quick, further ad break and then got back to where we should have been  razz:

Sunday morning and guess what?

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Dear Mr P.,
Thank you for contacting Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries regarding THE GODFATHER PART II.
We apologise for the transmission issue during the film, unfortunately there was a technical error and we are working to ensure this doesn't happen again.
The film is due to be repeated on Film4 at 9pm on February 11th.
Again we apologise for this error which ruined your enjoyment of the film.
Thank you again for taking the time to contact us. We appreciate all feedback from our viewers; complimentary or otherwise.
Regards,
Kara Waters
Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries

Awww, bless. Thanks Kara; well ruined's a bit OTT but thanks.
A technical error, eh?   whistle:


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Re: Film4
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2010, 06:43:25 PM »
Quote from: Pastis on February 07, 2010, 06:35:48 PM
Watched The Godfather again on Friday night; stands up very well after all this time and then got hooked into watching Part II last night.
Around midnight we were just about to get into the last reel, or final chapters as the current nomenclature is and there was an ad break. That's ok, it's expected. What I didn't expect was for the previous reel to be shown again  eeek:

( I know, mentioning reels is showing me age  redface:)

In mild indignation I push a quick email to Film4 asking WTF is going on?  They resolved it after a quick, further ad break and then got back to where we should have been  razz:

Sunday morning and guess what?

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Dear Mr P.,
Thank you for contacting Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries regarding THE GODFATHER PART II.
We apologise for the transmission issue during the film, unfortunately there was a technical error and we are working to ensure this doesn't happen again.
The film is due to be repeated on Film4 at 9pm on February 11th.
Again we apologise for this error which ruined your enjoyment of the film.
Thank you again for taking the time to contact us. We appreciate all feedback from our viewers; complimentary or otherwise.
Regards,
Kara Waters
Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries

Awww, bless. Thanks Kara; well ruined's a bit OTT but thanks.
A technical error, eh?   whistle:




I was stuck in a hotel in Beijing one night with a colleague that had been drugged (long story)....

Anyhoo... they were playing The Game on the TV movie channel but on VCD which meant they had to change the disc every ten minutes or so...

We got through god know how many discs until about fifteen minutes before then end of the file they ran out!  eeek:

Aaaaahhhhhhggggggggg!  cussing:
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Re: Film4
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2010, 06:47:48 PM »
Had the rophenol worn off your 'friend' by then  whistle:
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Re: Film4
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2010, 06:49:37 PM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on February 07, 2010, 06:47:48 PM
Had the rophenol worn off your 'friend' by then  whistle:

No!  eeek:

Fuck me... 'twas the worst night of my life... the friend was a 'he' like....  noooo:

Oh dear, oh dear...  noooo:

 
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Re: Film4
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2010, 07:01:06 PM »
Quote from: Barman on February 07, 2010, 06:49:37 PM
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on February 07, 2010, 06:47:48 PM
Had the rophenol worn off your 'friend' by then  whistle:

No!  eeek:

Fuck me... 'twas the worst night of my life... the friend was a 'he' like....  noooo:

Oh dear, oh dear...  noooo:

 

Those Lady Boys can be very deceptive  whistle:
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Re: Film4
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2010, 07:02:57 PM »
Quote from: Pastis on February 07, 2010, 07:01:06 PM
Quote from: Barman on February 07, 2010, 06:49:37 PM
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on February 07, 2010, 06:47:48 PM
Had the rophenol worn off your 'friend' by then  whistle:

No!  eeek:

Fuck me... 'twas the worst night of my life... the friend was a 'he' like....  noooo:

Oh dear, oh dear...  noooo:

 

Those Lady Boys can be very deceptive  whistle:

Worse! I took him to China with me....  redface:
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Re: Film4
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2010, 07:12:26 PM »
You took a Ladyboy with you into China?  eeek:

They're much cheaper out there  noooo:
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Re: Film4
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2010, 07:13:34 PM »
Quote from: Pastis on February 07, 2010, 07:12:26 PM
You took a Ladyboy with you into China?  eeek:

They're much cheaper out there  noooo:

No, I didn't ta- oh, what I mean is... oh you wouldn't believe me like...  noooo:
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Re: Film4
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2010, 07:30:34 PM »
Quote from: Barman on February 07, 2010, 07:13:34 PM
Quote from: Pastis on February 07, 2010, 07:12:26 PM
You took a Ladyboy with you into China?  eeek:

They're much cheaper out there  noooo:

No, I didn't ta- oh, what I mean is... oh you wouldn't believe me like...  noooo:

Try us  Popcorn: Popcorn:
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Re: Film4
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2010, 07:40:51 PM »
Quote from: Pirate on February 07, 2010, 07:30:34 PM
Quote from: Barman on February 07, 2010, 07:13:34 PM
Quote from: Pastis on February 07, 2010, 07:12:26 PM
You took a Ladyboy with you into China?  eeek:

They're much cheaper out there  noooo:

No, I didn't ta- oh, what I mean is... oh you wouldn't believe me like...  noooo:

Try us  Popcorn: Popcorn:

Well...

I went to China to see a customer like...

Took one of my Engineers with me...

He was a big drinker so most nights I'd off to bed and he'd stay in the bar drinking Tsing Tao with the locals...

Anyhoo... this one night, I got a call at 2am "Mr. Barman! Mr. Jim has smashed up the bar"

It was clear that he'd been drugged in some way and I had to sit up with him all night making sure he didn't kill anybody...

They took him up to the room on one of those luggage dolly things...  lol:

Anyhoo... that's why I ended up watching The Game on telly in a hotel room in Beijing with another man.

OK?
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Re: Film4
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2010, 07:41:47 PM »
Sounds credible...what did you give him?
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Re: Film4
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2010, 07:44:22 PM »
Quote from: Pirate on February 07, 2010, 07:41:47 PM
Sounds credible...what did you give him?

I sacked him when he woke up the next day...  redface:
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Re: Film4
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2010, 09:06:26 PM »
Quote from: Barman on February 07, 2010, 07:44:22 PM
Quote from: Pirate on February 07, 2010, 07:41:47 PM
Sounds credible...what did you give him?

I sacked him when he woke up the next day...  redface:

That seems somewhat unnecessary! Hardly his fault he was drugged!
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Re: Film4
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2010, 06:18:24 AM »
Quote from: Bar Wench on February 15, 2010, 09:06:26 PM
Quote from: Barman on February 07, 2010, 07:44:22 PM
Quote from: Pirate on February 07, 2010, 07:41:47 PM
Sounds credible...what did you give him?

I sacked him when he woke up the next day...  redface:

That seems somewhat unnecessary! Hardly his fault he was drugged!

You have to be cruel to be kind Wenchy my dear....  whistle:
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Re: Film4
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2010, 07:35:32 PM »
Quote from: Barman on February 16, 2010, 06:18:24 AM
Quote from: Bar Wench on February 15, 2010, 09:06:26 PM
Quote from: Barman on February 07, 2010, 07:44:22 PM
Quote from: Pirate on February 07, 2010, 07:41:47 PM
Sounds credible...what did you give him?

I sacked him when he woke up the next day...  redface:

That seems somewhat unnecessary! Hardly his fault he was drugged!

You have to be cruel to be kind Wenchy my dear....  whistle:

I'll remind you that you said that next time you get grumpy after one of us takes the mickey  whistle:
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