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From: darsy on 3 Aug 2010 04:41 On Aug 3, 9:38 am, "CT" <m...(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: > He's on just after Gardeners' World, yes? Alys Fowler was in a swimsuit on the last episode - a strange brew of fwarr and "I feel slightly ill". -- d.
From: CT on 3 Aug 2010 04:42 ogden wrote: > CT wrote: > > ogden wrote: > > > > > We're halfway there > > > > #Whooa-ooah! > > #Livin' on a prayer! > > Shut it before I make you eat a pickled egg. Being force fed a pickled egg is akin to being forced to drink beer. -- Chris
From: CT on 3 Aug 2010 04:46 darsy wrote: > On Aug 3, 9:38�am, "CT" <m...(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: > > > He's on just after Gardeners' World, yes? > > Alys Fowler was in a swimsuit on the last episode - a strange brew of > fwarr and "I feel slightly ill". I didn't see it but yes, I can see what you mean. And I did of course mean Gardeners Question Time. -- Chris
From: Krusty on 3 Aug 2010 04:48 Kevin Gleeson wrote: > On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:35:57 +0200, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:54:04 GMT, Kevin Gleeson > ><kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: > > > > > Yep. For gods sake I could own 12 TVs. I can only watch one at a > > > time. I do not want to pay for 12 licences. > > > > Well duh. The licence is per household, not per receiver. Just like > > in France, Switzerland, Germany etc. > > > > In Switzerland, in fact, you need a licence just to own a radio. > > Included in the TV one, but can be seperated out if you don't have a > > TV too. > > Well duh, I didn't know you had only to licence one receiver. But I > still find it weird. > > And how do they tell you actually have one. Would a USB DVT stick be > picked up by the cat detector van? Detector vans are pretty much a myth, & part of their MO for trying to scare people into buying a licence. They can only prosecute if they physically see a TV in your house, or you admit to having one. They can only get a warrant to enter for the same reasons. The main problem I have with them is the way they pursue you if you haven't got a TV. An endless string of more & more threatening letters, lies about who they are when they come knocking to try & trick their way in etc. 98% of households have a TV so just fund the BBC centrally & put the enforcement scumbags out of work. The costs saved by not having the licensing authority & not having thousands of prosecutions[1] should make the cost per household a lot less too. [1] Not sure if it's still the case, but not having a licence was the single biggest 'crime' committed by women not that long ago. That's a hell of a lot of needless court cases. -- Krusty Raptor 1000 MV 750 Senna Tiger 955i Tiger 885 Fantic Hiro 250
From: Kevin Gleeson on 3 Aug 2010 04:51
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 09:36:08 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >Kevin Gleeson wrote: >> On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:35:57 +0200, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote: >> >> >On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:54:04 GMT, Kevin Gleeson >> ><kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: >> > >> >>On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:09:43 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >> > >> >>>So, in your system, even people who don't own a television pay for >> >>>ABC. And you think our system is crazy! >> >> >> >>Yep. For gods sake I could own 12 TVs. I can only watch one at a time. >> >>I do not want to pay for 12 licences. >> > >> >Well duh. The licence is per household, not per receiver. Just like in >> >France, Switzerland, Germany etc. >> > >> >In Switzerland, in fact, you need a licence just to own a radio. >> >Included in the TV one, but can be seperated out if you don't have a >> >TV too. >> >> Well duh, I didn't know you had only to licence one receiver. But I >> still find it weird. >> >> And how do they tell you actually have one. Would a USB DVT stick be >> picked up by the cat detector van? > >"detector van" > >What is this, a 1970s propaganda video? > >They have a list of addresses in the UK. They have another list of >addresses with tv licences. Anything on the first list but not on the >second gets checked. > >If you really think they drive around with detector vans you might want >to add an extra layer to your tinfoil hat. I think you might want to turn on your Monty Python sarcasm mode :-P -- Kev |