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From: CT on 3 Aug 2010 05:18 ogden wrote: > If you really think they drive around with detector vans you might > want to add an extra layer to your tinfoil hat. Ummm..."We also have a fleet of detector vans, plus, our enforcement officers have access to hand-held detection devices capable of detecting a TV within 20 seconds." http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ72/ -- Chris
From: Catman on 3 Aug 2010 05:21 CT wrote: > darsy wrote: > >> Speaking of R4, did you hear "Just a Minute" last night? Nicholas >> Parsons is beyond senile now. > > Listen to R4? Just how old do you think I am?! > Early 30s? That's when I started listening to it. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Champ on 3 Aug 2010 05:27 On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 01:31:34 -0700 (PDT), darsy <darsyx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Actually, speaking of that lot, I was mildly surprised to learn that >Australia was, just behind Saudi Arabia, the least populous member >state of the G20. I knew it wasn't a densely populated country, but I >was still amazed there are so few of them[1]. Comforting, really. Oh sure. When "Neighbours" was at its peak of popularity in the UK, there was the weird statistic that more people watched neighbours here than *lived* in Australia. -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Krusty on 3 Aug 2010 05:31 CT wrote: > ogden wrote: > > > If you really think they drive around with detector vans you might > > want to add an extra layer to your tinfoil hat. > > Ummm..."We also have a fleet of detector vans, plus, our enforcement > officers have access to hand-held detection devices capable of > detecting a TV within 20 seconds." > http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ72/ Well obviously that's what they want you to believe. The BBC have never stated how many vans they have (assuming they have any), or how they work. The reason they won't say is because they rely on 'the public's perception of their effectiveness'. They've never prosecuted anyone using the evidence from a detector van, & couldn't do so without revealing how they work. -- Krusty Raptor 1000 MV 750 Senna Tiger 955i Tiger 885 Fantic Hiro 250
From: Hog on 3 Aug 2010 05:34
boots wrote: > On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 23:30:33 +0000 (UTC) in uk.rec.motorcycles, SIRPip > says: > >> Hog wrote: >> >>> Champ wrote: >>>> On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:06:17 +0100, "Hog" >>>> <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The licence fee is patently is not a good idea. It puts excessive >>>>> numbers of people in Court and in jail for non payment of fines. >>>>> Not to mention the costs of reminders and enforcement. >>>> >>>> It's a terrible system. But, for raising money to fund TV >>>> production, it's better than all the alternatives. >>> >>> But the consequences are unacceptable. >>> Non payment of TV licence fines is the largest group of single >>> parent females in jail. >> >> Post proof of that, please. > > Might be difficult. You would start here: http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/40/3/414 an essay called Gender, Crime Poverty in England & Wales It made some headlines early in this year IIRC It has also been addressed in the House of Commons if you want to search Hansard but my recollection is that over 35% of *all* women prosecuted for an offence were charged with TV licencing evasion. Fill yer boots on that statistic. -- Hog |