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Dull Men's Club for a 'hobbies' style change of tone

#1 dart in the crossbar

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Posted 04 January 2024 - 10:11 PM

It's no 'hobbies' thread unfortunately, but I though I'd say that Dull Men's Club (and the UK Chapter) provides something of a change of tone to some of the less savoury stuff posted by the very (very) small minority on here. Not just men and by no means dull. It's available on facebook.

As a taster (and argaubly with a Watford, or 'down south' theme) a recent post was 'A question which requires no definitive answer as it is a dull subject, but does anyone else de-classify numbers when waiting for a bus? One of my local routes is a good ‘312’ service taking me into Croydon. If someone were to pay me this amount in cash it would be referred to as ‘three hundred and twelve pounds’ but when referring to the bus route it’s referred to as ‘three-one-two’. Why do we do this?'

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Posted 04 January 2024 - 10:25 PM

yep, that comes up for me sometimes, some of it is way too interesting to be dull though (and some are clearly just using it as an excuse to show off...)

The sat nav in the car doesnt say road numbers like I would, and interestingly the two cars say things differently and waze says it different to them!

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Posted 04 January 2024 - 10:50 PM

Apologies…I must need drugs cos this is beyond me…

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 12:42 AM

Im part of that group!

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 07:38 AM

dart in the crossbar, on 04 January 2024 - 10:11 PM, said:

Personally I don't break the numbers down to single figures.
In this case ( where three figures are involved) I would refer to the number as 'three - twelve'
If it's double figures involved ( say 39 to Holme Hall) I'd refer to the number as
'Thirty nine' (its proper title) as opposed to 'three - nine'.
Obviously, single figure bus route numbers are self explanatory.

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 08:03 AM

The whole point is that when numbers refer to a value, we tend to say them in full- unless it’s shortened to say 10k. We need to know if what are about to hear is millions, thousands or hundreds.
Bus routes, like road numbers and phone numbers are just identifiers. So, for example, when it comes to road numbers, the A617 is a smaller road off the A61 - which in turn is a smaller road off the A6. It’s much quicker to say the numbers rather than the value.
We wouldn’t announce our phone numbers as 79 millionxxxxx…

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 08:40 AM

Well the clubs living up to its name in this thread... 🤣

all we are saying, is give us ...a goal, or 2+

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 09:15 AM

spireitetoo, on 05 January 2024 - 08:40 AM, said:

Well the clubs living up to its name in this thread... 🤣

Yeah - it wants moving or deleting. Think I answered in my sleep.

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 10:09 AM

60s 70s Spireite, on 05 January 2024 - 08:03 AM, said:

I always thought the A617 was referred to as the 'Road to hell'.

Derbyshire is Derbyshire
Yorkshire is Yorkshire

Never the twain shall meet.
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Posted 05 January 2024 - 04:56 PM

clarevoyant., on 05 January 2024 - 10:09 AM, said:

I always thought the A617 was referred to as the 'Road to hell'.

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 05:01 PM

clarevoyant., on 05 January 2024 - 10:09 AM, said:

I always thought the A617 was referred to as the 'Road to hell'.

Road from hell more like, everyone trying to escape!

"Do you think I'm here for your amusement" & good riddance to bad rubbish

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 05:36 PM

Johnnyspireite7, on 05 January 2024 - 05:01 PM, said:

Road from hell more like, everyone trying to escape!

Yes, Scabfield,the outbuilding for Rampton, who wouldn't want to escape 🤣.

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 07:18 PM

On first seeing this thread, I thought it was concerning a new Richard Osman novel 🤔.

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 07:44 PM

Osborne again, on 05 January 2024 - 07:18 PM, said:

On first seeing this thread, I thought it was concerning a new Richard Osman novel 🤔.

I thought we were taking suggestions to rename the Personal section?!

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 08:12 PM

Sammy Spireite, on 05 January 2024 - 07:44 PM, said:

I thought we were taking suggestions to rename the Personal section?!

🤣🤣🤣.

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 08:27 PM

This thread could actually be about the current FA CUP televised games...
Everton v Palace was dull as dish water, and now spurs v Burnley isn't much better...

all we are saying, is give us ...a goal, or 2+

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 09:48 PM

spireitetoo, on 05 January 2024 - 08:27 PM, said:

This thread could actually be about the current FA CUP televised games...
Everton v Palace was dull as dish water, and now spurs v Burnley isn't much better...

Shame that, ITV just missed out on a glorious pair because Tottenham just scored :angry:

Accentuate th Positive, eliminate the negative

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 09:52 PM

spireitetoo, on 05 January 2024 - 08:27 PM, said:

This thread could actually be about the current FA CUP televised games...
Everton v Palace was dull as dish water, and now spurs v Burnley isn't much better...

I've been up since 4 am, so I've been half asleep watching the game, I didn't need a visual sedative 😁.

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Posted 05 January 2024 - 10:21 PM

spireitetoo, on 05 January 2024 - 08:27 PM, said:

This thread could actually be about the current FA CUP televised games...
Everton v Palace was dull as dish water, and now spurs v Burnley isn't much better...

Apart from one stunning shot for the goal, which was totally out of keeping with the rest of the game, the quality of football in the Spurs match was very poor. The number of shockingly bad passes, lack of ball control, and generally shoddy play from both teams, was incredible. Unlikely as it sounds I think we are capable of performing better than both those teams on that showing. I'm a lot more hopeful of getting a good result v Watford now.