Bob The Badger

3 hours ago, GboroRam said:

How did the "best performing asset on the planet" do in 2022?

Unfortunately until it's a bit more reliable, it's too risky for most people. And when it's less risky, those incredible gains will dry up, and it becomes a steady investment. And if it returned a steady 5% would you still be so committed? 

Or, it turns into the next dotcom bubble and everyone who's filled their boots will be lining up to throw themselves off the nearest tall building. 

I had a talk with my visiting sister tonight about this and said I've bought as much as I can afford to lose. 

I realise it's not an investment. My personal belief is the money I've spent will either 10x or more, or evaporate. If it's the latter, then it was worth a roll of the dice and I've had quite a bit of fun. 

I'd double my money if I sold now, but I'm not remotely tempted. HODL. 

37 minutes ago, NottsRam said:

I haven't managed to finish watching season 5 this weekend so no spoilers please.  It's an interesting one, I know Nidge should get his comeuppance but I strangely have grown to like his character even though he is a complete sh!t 😁

He's super charismatic and complicated. Reminds me a bit of Ginny in Gomorrah.

It was sad to see that Werewolf rip his throat out in the last episode. 

11 minutes ago, Jubbs said:

I finished it yesterday morning. I didn't mind it but it did annoy me to no end. How hard is it to communicate your feelings?🤣 Feel like 90% of it could've been avoided lol.

Have you seen The White Lotus? The main actor, Leo Woodall, is in the second season of that and he does a certain scene - I haven't been able to look at him the same way since then!

Yes I have and I know the scene. I thought both series of White Lotus were great.

Finished One Day last night.

It was fairly good but a tad too long for me, I got a bit bored at the end.

It was well acted and had some funny bits, but I suppose it's just not really my genre

Mrs Badger absolutely loved it though, a proper blubfest for her. 

6.5/10 for me and 9 for her.

I haven't read fiction for a couple of years, although I used to read a LOT.

Now I read mainly marketing books, but I'm ¾ of the way through Food for Life by Rim Spector. Very, very good.

I love how he differentiates between the different levels of research and how it's so easily cherry-picked and skewed.

For example, he says they are very confident that avocados are great for you, but the reality is that there are very few controlled studies done to prove it.

He frequently will say, but we need more research or, the research is sketchy and poorly undertaken.

And he will always conduct meta studies when he can.

He also exploded a few myths about fats and cholesterol and took a sword to the vitamin and supplement industry.

There is no hard date to prove that fish is better for us than red meat if the read meat is high enough quality. I had no clue how much fish we eat is farmed and how different salmon is now from 30 years ago and not in a good way.

He skewered pig farming as most of our bacon comes from Denmark, where the conditions are appalling. 30% of piglets die soon after birth, frequently because they are suffocated by their mother sitting on them because there's no room.

I knew chicken nuggets weren't actually good for you, but not that that the meat is pressured hosed off carcasses and then effectively glued back together.

I highly recommend this book, it's a real game changer and Mrs Badger has already signed up for the Zoe Project.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Food-Life-Science-Eating-bestseller/dp/1529919665

Last night we were catching up on the brilliant Curb Your Enthusiasm.

In the scene where he and Larry were arguing about who would live longer, I said to Mrs Badger, Richard Lewis ain't gonna win that one; he already looks ill.

Then today I read he's passed away.

Bummer.

2 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

I think it's wrong to recline any more than a tiny bit at any point during the flight tbh. Does my head in, especially when you're trying to watch a film.

I like it when somebody moves it right back because then I can slip my shoes and socks off and wedge them either side of their head.

2 hours ago, silverback said:

cyclists who still block the road despite $$$$ spent on a track for them

Was this you?

I'm on Xr every day and it's really seriously deteriorated. Of the main platforms, it's easily the worst IMHO, and I now only use it to follow a handful of people, mostly comedians and people who talk about Derby.

Any halfway decent post there gets spammed to death with clickbait videos that have nothing to do with the OP, just people desperate for clicks.

I used to love Twitter, but now it's the playground for anybody with an extreme opinion who wants to spew their bile.

6 minutes ago, Turk Thrust said:

Never throw your false teeth at your vehicle. It will only denture car………..

9 minutes ago, ilkleyram said:

Hopefully Mrs Badger the second lurks on this forum and will recognise your description and take the hint. 🤞🏻🤞🏻

She doesn't but she knows and it drives her nuts! But she'd never dare question what she does with the kids.

I want to say to my sister-in-law, who had her two kids of 14 and 9 tested for food intolerances by a total quack, and now announces proudly in restaurants that they have allergies to gluten and dairy, respectively:

Stop sending kitchens into a panic for no reason. Especially when you give them both items when you can't be arsed not to, and NOTHING bad happens. And guess what? Nothing happens when they stay with us we cram as much gluten and dairy down them as we can lay our hands on. Go and buy Food for Life by Tim Spector, and stop setting your kids up for food issues later in life when they actually develop intolerances because of how you restricted their diets.

But I daren't.

She's 'arder than me.

A lot.

The chances of Clowes sacking Warne with the team 3rd and less than a quarter of the season left, are almost zero. 

Does anybody remember a club doing something like that?

If it helps people vent to call for it, then fair enough. But Clowes would look like an idiot to the rest of the footballing world irrespective of whether if it's the right long term decision. The optics would be terrible for the club and owners do usually care about that kind of thing. 

I doubt we miss the play offs, but like others, I doubt we can hold it together for 3 playoff games. 

Oppenheimer

We finally got around to watching this and really enjoyed it with the almost 3 hours, flying by.

Great acting although I did feel like Cillian Murphy wasn't straying too far away from Thomas Shelby!

All the acting was great, but for me, RDJ stole the show. Surely an Oscar for him?

There were confusing moments with the time shifting but overall, Paul Goddard/10.

5 episodes into Griselda, and it's an enjoyable tale made better because I didn't know of her so have no clue how it ends.

It feels like Narcos 6, but not quite as good.

A solid 7/10 after a lukewarm start.

15 hours ago, ketteringram said:

Re Kin....

I've finally finished the second season. Great ending. 

Left me puzzled though, about the delightful Mollie from the pharmacy storyline 🤔

Yeh!!! How random was that?

I like the occasional random, meaningless plotlines.  Bosch was good for weaving those in.

I do wonder if it will resurface in the next one though

4 hours ago, Wolfie20 said:

 

Gomorrah 

24

Spiral

Fortitude

Top Boys

Hill Street Blues

The Wire

Love/Hate

Das Boot

Strike

 

 

Wow, 6 the same as mine. 

And of the other 4 the only one I've seen was Strike.

Hated it though. 

Bloody hell I forgot about Peaky Blinders. Ok, sod sentimentality, The Sweeney is getting subbed at half time. 
 

I forgot about Homeland too, but it dipped so badly in the middle seasons that I'm less bothered. 
 

Ooo baby, this looks like it may very well be a big hit with this board!

Stop cheating, the lot of you!

I said more than one season because I wanted to include Caliphate and Chornobyl and it made it easier.

But with you lot, oh no, you're special, you don't need to play by the rules. You can start bandying around one-season shows or sharing more than ten like you just don't care. Bstards.

And then @BaaLocks mentioned Edge of Darkness which would have been under consideration, so duck him too.

The next cheater gets docked 21 points.

9 hours ago, ariotofmyown said:

This thread keeps reminding me to watch Gomarrah, I really should.

To help me narrow this down, I've gone back to look at "The Ultimate Watchlist" you can find on Now TV. It's got all these with the starred ones definitely in my own top 10...

Sopranos

Succession*

Game of Thrones

Band of Brothers

The Wire*

Sherlock

Six Feet Under*

The Leftovers*

Boardwalk Empire

Justified

Big Little Lies

The Deuce

(It's also got brilliant stand alone series Watchmen, Chernobyl, The Last of Us, Mare of Easttown, The Night Of, True Detective plus loads of comedies too)

If you have never watched many of these, they are yours for approx the price of 2 pints a month.

Sopranos-it is obvioulsy great, but I'm not sure it's 100% in my top 10. I did watch it late though, so it was hyped to death already. But so was the Wire and it was even better than I hoped

I'd probably have Breaking Bad + Better Call Saul and Sons of Anarchy + Mayans in as 2 entries. Which is maybe cheating.

The This is England spinoffs in there too.

That leaves me with 3 to choose, with Sopranos maybe included.

I forgot about The Leftovers and The Deuce. We enjoyed both. Much preferred the first season of Big Little Lies tbh.

6 hours ago, Crewton said:

Jeez, how could I forget Better Call Saul?!?

Especially as I mentioned it in the OP!

18 minutes ago, Crewton said:

Bear in mind I haven't seen allot of the series' from streaming services, Sky etc that others have mentioned :-

Spiral

The Wire

The Sopranos

Breaking Bad

Boys From The Blackstuff

The Bridge

Borgen

Our Friends In The North

The Killing

Snowfall

 

Kin might well break into that list once I've seen the 3rd series. Ozark would have been on it but for the fact that it lost its way towards the end of the run. 

 

I'd forgotten about Snowfall too. That was great and very underrated it seemed. I didn't realise there was a 5the and 6th season tbh. May need to check how I can get that.

We saw the US version of The Killing which was great. So we decided to watch the original - was it Danish? But the script was word for word and it isn't one of those things I can watch more than once because there's no suspense. 

6 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:

I no particular order but mine might well include:

Breaking Bad

Gomorrah

Subarra

Black Mirror

Game of Thrones

Boardwalk Empire

Caliphate

Narcos

Chernobyl

Fargo

With honourable mentions for:

Killing Eve, Das Boot, Happy Valley, Westworld and House of Cards.

I know, I've cheated and listed 15.

You've cheated with Caliphate and Chernobyl as both were only one season. 

We'd probably have had both if it was one season.

We considered Subarra too, very good. However, the latest season was tragic. 

I flat-out forgot about Succession @Anag Ram. Both that and Mayor of Kingstown would have made a top 20 for sure.