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Intros to almost 4000 BBC shows from the 1940's onwards, most with some discussion of the creative process behind them:
BBC Motion Graphics Archive | Ravensbourne University London[^]
Should provide a few hours of procrastination for a Friday-eve. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Ha, goes fine with some deep-fryed turkey 
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Not!
Quote: 403 ERROR
The request could not be satisfied.
The Amazon CloudFront distribution is configured to block access from your country.
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I wonder whether that's the AWS outage[^], or if it's been blocked outside of the UK to avoid BBC copyright claims?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I've seen it before, I think it was years ago after installing a BBC app on a tablet.
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At moments like this you should lean back and make a prayer of thanksgiving that you didn't have Radio and TV commercials to listen to, en mass, as well. You know, a hypothetical archive to list to after you've heard all the intros . . . all of the advertising.
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The ability to record things for later viewing has been a godsend for avoiding this drivel, which has gotten more and more intrusive over the years.
It also makes it possible to watch any sports event in half the actual elapsed time. Well, maybe not rugby or football/soccer, but the latter is best watched on slow fast forward. 
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Greg Utas wrote: It also makes it possible to watch any sports event in half the actual elapsed time. Well, maybe not rugby or football/soccer, but the latter is best watched on slow fast forward.
I definitely disagree with you on this point.
It's a waste of the airwaves to broadcast professional sports. People should play and enjoy - watching a bunch of other people play (and talking about them as 'we', as though they even knew you existed) is pretty pathetic. The pundits before and after every event? Feeding them is a waste of food - especially now as they quote asinine statistics like "this is the most points scored between 13:00 and 15:30 in almost a week" as computer stat lookup is added to their repertoire of audio-sputum.
Watch them games, as recordings, in half the time? Delete *.* would be much more enjoyable and a service to humanity.
Oh - did I mention I don't care for professional sports?
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I agree with a lot of what you said. I'm not a fan of any particular team or even nation. But I do enjoy watching certain sports when played at a high level, so my viewing is usually restricted to playoffs, finals, or international matches.
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I just brewed some coffee onto sever 15mm pieces of vanilla bean.
Way to mellow to do anything but smile at everything, especially since they're reusable for quite a few doses.
Skål
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Unite a nag, about a movable barrier. (9)
Sorry it's a bit late, just got in from a meeting.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Oh, very good! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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INTEGRATE AGGREGATE? (Though not entirely sure why)... 
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Nope.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Unite = Aggregate
A = A
nag = GG
About = RE
Moveable barrier = GATE
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Got it this time! All yours for tomorrow.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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nag = GG?
I tried to anagram horse or scold around gate or door. 
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Children are often taught "Gee Gee" rather than "Horse" when they are learning to speak as it's a load easier to say. It comes from the early days of horse racing: Chester Racecourse - Wikipedia[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Never heard of it, and it verges on child abuse. 
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nag - Wiktionary[^]
I also tried to mislead into making an anagram of "unite a nag"
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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It worked until I realized there weren't any - and that gave me "RE" to go with "GATE" 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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... gg
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Peter_in_2780 wrote: Sorry it's a bit late, just got in from a meeting.
Nah, there are indeed double standards in the Lounge: Last week I was late only twice in a row and by only 5 hours each time, but *I* got two reminders. You fair-haired boy. 
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