Admit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned

[gary r]

That Banoffe is a mix of Banana & Toffee ! penny only dropped a few months ago !

 

[Deleted member 26715]

After 3 years I have found out that I can stream Spotify direct to my Cyrus One amplifier via Bluetooth instead of routing it via my Arcam rPlay Streamer on the home network.

What difference does this make?

Well, the Arcam rPlay uses the DTS Playfi ecosystem which does not enable tracks to be smoothly segued. Not life threatening but irritating nonetheless.

Whereas, direct from my phone or tablet via Bluetooth, tracks can be segued in a controlled manner - audio bliss!

Why the moment of realisation took 3 years to materialise is beyond me.

I have to admit that I did not understand a word of that

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I have to admit that I did not understand a word of that

He got his radio to work.

 

[ColinJ]

That Banoffe is a mix of Banana & Toffee ! penny only dropped a few months ago !

I have only just discovered that @gary r has forgotten telling us that in January!

Banoffee meant Banana & Toffee !

 

[sheddy]

That a smartphone camera detects your face and flips the image - as seen in your mirror

 

[Tenkaykev]

That a smartphone camera detects your face and flips the image - as seen in your mirror

Mine has a toggle for that setting, noticed that the lettering in an image was reversed so had a dig around and discovered the settings.

 

[matticus]

I thought it was set in the Korean war. Maybe I was getting it mixed up with MASH. I guess I should actually read it too!

For goodness sake!!!!!!! Yes, you and @Tail End Charlie should definitely read it!

(Yes, it's set in WW2 Italy. MASH was in the Korean War, but was always "about" the US involvement in Vietnam.)

How can you not read a book that starts with this:

The first time he saw the chaplain, Yossarian fell madly in love with him.

 

[Dogtrousers]

For goodness sake!!!!!!! Yes, you and @Tail End Charlie should definitely read it!

(Yes, it's set in WW2 Italy. MASH was in the Korean War, but was always "about" the US involvement in Vietnam.)

How can you not read a book that starts with this:

I should at this point also admit that I don't think I've ever seen a whole episode of MASH.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I should at this point also admit that I don't think I've ever seen a whole episode of MASH.

In this vein, I've never watched the whole of "The Sound of Music"

 

[Dogtrousers]

In this vein, I've never watched the whole of "The Sound of Music"

We're going wildly off topic here into "things you've never done" territory but ... I saw the Sound of Music for the first time last year. And it wasn't a bad film. I watched it all the way through. I didn't get very bored.

 

[matticus]

That the Arctic Circle "moves" (I think it's about 40' a year? Depending on where you measure it, no doubt)

It's a sort-of 2ry effect; because the earth's axis wobbles about (and the Sun stays more-or-less in the same place!), a different amount of the earth's surface is in shadow at each year's winter solstice.

 

[Legs]

I hadn't realised that Ben Folds Five is actually a trio...

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I hadn't realised that Ben Folds Five is actually a trio...

Bit like the Thompson's Twins then

 

[Jameshow]

That Banoffe is a mix of Banana & Toffee ! penny only dropped a few months ago !

Biscoff is biscuit and coffee!!!

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Another bubble burst for me. There seem to be loads of new gins on the market in the last few years and I had, rather romantically, imagined people with stills in their garages/ workshops producing the drink (a bit like Prohibition). It transpires that they merely buy the alcohol in and mix it up with whatever is their USP. I say merely, but I couldn't do it!