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I wonder whether the TV leicencing people have got a new system for catching those dodgy bastards without a licence.
I have had one of these going over my house for the lasy half an hour, so low I can smell the pilots aftershave.
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~123456/tvlicence.jpg
OK So I added the TV Licencing bit but one of these has been going over very very low
OK So I added the TV Licencing bit but one of these has been going over very very low
They are after porn barons who have started giving out advice and building tours for people for free.
The Paul Markham Porn Cartel is onto you...............:P
adultbusiness
06-02-07, 03:53 PM
OK So I added the TV Licencing bit but one of these has been going over very very low
it was on the news yesterday that that plane was making a special appearance at the air show.... you close?
it was on the news yesterday that that plane was making a special appearance at the air show.... you close?
Dunno, what air show, Biggin Hill?
It was going a very long way out into the distance before banking and coming back round over me again.
Just editing to say I found it:
http://www.airdisplaysint.co.uk/
I just looked on the map and it could well be as it was going a very long way into the distance.
Thats a relief I can get the TV out from under my bed now.
daveydude
06-02-07, 09:27 PM
hide the remote
best flush it, just to be safe. or put it in a condom & swallow it.
Dino Cortez
06-15-07, 05:43 AM
Pardon my (Canadian) ignorance, but I've heard that TVs have to be licensed in Britain. Is that true?
Pardon my (Canadian) ignorance, but I've heard that TVs have to be licensed in Britain. Is that true?
It's not is it? :noway2:
Sorry - being sarky.
Yes, it is true. The license fee goes to pay all public service broadcasting. The BBC in other words. It's about £150 per year I think, something like that. I pay by direct debit so I can't recall how much it is.
Dino Cortez
06-15-07, 08:00 AM
It's not is it? :noway2:
Sorry - being sarky.
Yes, it is true. The license fee goes to pay all public service broadcasting. The BBC in other words. It's about £150 per year I think, something like that. I pay by direct debit so I can't recall how much it is.
Wow. That is really hard to imagine from where I live.
Of course we have cable and satellite channels which are subscribed to, but there are always 13 stations which are free for all.
That would suggest that those who cannot afford the license fee, cannot have access to even the most basic public communications.
In Canada, our CBC is paid from out general taxes.
That would suggest that those who cannot afford the license fee, cannot have access to even the most basic public communications.
I don't know what the number of no payers is but I understand it's quite small partly because even very poor people consider the TV as vital to life and the penalties for not having a license are quite high. There are consessions for the poorest too. http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/licencefee/
The whole question of the fee has become quite contentious in recent years. It's definitely looking a bit out of date with the coming of subscription television, cable etc.
There's concern that if it were replaced by a subscription system then many people would affectively be cut off from a shared national culture, serious news coverage, documentaries etc.
I suspect in the end the fee will go but the BBC will go down fighting - they've held their corner pretty well so far. I don't know how others feel on the board but the BBC is also a much loved institution although we moan about it from time to time. It doesn't feel like state television, more like it belongs to us.
Wow. That is really hard to imagine from where I live.
Of course we have cable and satellite channels which are subscribed to, but there are always 13 stations which are free for all.
That would suggest that those who cannot afford the license fee, cannot have access to even the most basic public communications.
In Canada, our CBC is paid from out general taxes.
We also have cable and satalite and even if you never ever use the BBC, if you tuned your TV out, you still have to pay. It is a fucking rip off and I would say more people are unhappy than happy about it (come on all you BBC lovers). This is 2007 so I'm sure the BBC could do something so its PPV or subscription, will they do it?, will they bollocks cos they would lose millions and millions and millions.
If I eat I a restaurant and I am not happy with the meal I either don't pay or pay a reduced amount. If I am unhappy with all the repeats and shit or just didn't really use the service, I still have to pay...although I refuse to so don't.
The BBC waste more money then my wife.......
and the TV license is now needed if you watch TV via a tv set, computer, cable, satellite and/or mobile phone.....fuckin rippoff....:character0088:
I see where your coming from on this and I have some sympathy. Why should you pay for something that you don't want? But then all taxation is like that isn't it? I don't care a monkey's toss about the olympics but some of my money is going to pay the wasted (as I see it) billions it's going to cost the tax payer. We can all think of examples like that.
As for the BBC: would we be worse off if it were not there? Visiting other countries I'm amazed how impoverished their television is - despite loads of channels in some instances. Commercial channels will nearly always try to reach the largest audience by presenting the least intelligent, least stretching, least enhancing crap they possibly can to reach the largest audience.
As for how the BBC is paid for I suspect the license arrangement won't last long. The commercial sharks would just love to hive it away in some subscription backwater so that they can peddle their wall to wall, mind numbing crap to the masses.
The BBC would probably survive this but it would become elitist; something that wealthy middle class families bought into. As it is now, just occassionally, a kid living in a home with no books sees a science or history programme that makes him/her realise that there's more out there than Deal or No Deal.
Dino Cortez
06-15-07, 06:43 PM
That's all very interesting. From a reporting and journailsm standpoint, the BBC seems to be better than many others (worldwide). It seems parallel to our CBC in Canada. The CBC is the only station which will actively criticise the government - everyone else seems to just push press releases forward as news.
I guess, as a taxed individual, I expect some basics - transportation infrastructure, communication infrastructure, basic security. I suppose by funding BBC directly out of TV "tax", it stands a chance of not being as influenced by the broader areas of gov - more objective reporting?
BTW, we have a TV phenomenon in Canada which has gone on for many decades - Canadians love Coronation Street :) Is this a program which is popular on your side of the pond? Is it even available in GB?
BTW, we have a TV phenomenon in Canada which has gone on for many decades - Canadians love Coronation Street :) Is this a program which is popular on your side of the pond? Is it even available in GB?
Are you taking this piss?
That show is made here and is probably the best and most consitantly good soap of all time. Oh and by the way its made by independent television (ITV) and not the BBC
How does the license work if you have a monitor and a TV tuner card in your PC? Does that not count as a taxable television?
How does the license work if you have a monitor and a TV tuner card in your PC? Does that not count as a taxable television?
Yep
Dino Cortez
06-15-07, 07:03 PM
Are you taking this piss?
That show is made here and is probably the best and most consitantly good soap of all time. Oh and by the way its made by independent television (ITV) and not the BBC
:)
It IS a great show - I love to watch it on weekends when they run the whole week's worth of episodes in one block. It's one of the few programs I can watch while I'm working - it's not noisy. It actually feels like I'm in the pub (or the butcher shop) watching from another table (or fixing a PC in the sewing room).
I suppose my question underlines my distrust of what we are told here in Canada :)
And now I know - thanks Geezer.
I suppose my question underlines my distrust of what we are told here in Canada :)
? What are you told in Canada?
Dino Cortez
06-15-07, 08:10 PM
? What are you told in Canada?
Quite often products and shows are marketed as "authentic", but after a bit of digging one finds that not to be the case.
I'm glad to hear that CS is the real deal.
redwhiteandblue
06-15-07, 08:12 PM
good soap
An oxymoron surely?
strictlybroadband
06-15-07, 08:23 PM
In Canada, our CBC is paid from out general taxes.
Not so different really... at some point in the distant past, it was decided to "tax" only people with TVs rather than all taxpayers. Given that most people have TVs now, it doesn't make much difference. But the license fee goes direct to the BBC.
:)
It IS a great show - I love to watch it on weekends when they run the whole week's worth of episodes in one block. It's one of the few programs I can watch while I'm working - it's not noisy. It actually feels like I'm in the pub (or the butcher shop) watching from another table (or fixing a PC in the sewing room).
I suppose my question underlines my distrust of what we are told here in Canada :)
And now I know - thanks Geezer.
Dino,
Can I just point out that Coronation Street is noway representative of how us Northerners live. Its filmed in Manchester where I live and people just don't live like that anymore, plus our pubs are 100% better than the Rovers Return, decor wise, but they are still full of twats.:P
Dino Cortez
06-15-07, 08:57 PM
Dino,
Can I just point out that Coronation Street is noway representative of how us Northerners live. Its filmed in Manchester where I live and people just don't live like that anymore, plus our pubs are 100% better than the Rovers Return, decor wise, but they are still full of twats.:P
Now that is PRECISELY the kind of feedback I was hoping for! :)
Thanks psl.
Dino,
Can I just point out that Coronation Street is noway representative of how us Northerners live.
He's right in Corry no one is on the dole and living in cardborad boxes, whereas real northerners...
He's right in Corry no one is on the dole and living in cardborad boxes, whereas real northerners...
cheeky twat, I've not been on the dole for errmmmm...three weeks now!!!
However you with five kids will be getting a few quid now, what with child tax credit and all!!!!!
Do they still call it the dole or is it the durgs, beer and black tracksuit allowance?:reading:
Dino Cortez
06-15-07, 09:15 PM
cheeky twat, I've not been on the dole for errmmmm...three weeks now!!!
However you with five kids will be getting a few quid now, what with child tax credit and all!!!!!
Do they still call it the dole or is it the durgs, beer and black tracksuit allowance?:reading:
Oh dear!
And here I was trying to be a polite new member, and before my first hundred posts, I've already caused a cafuffle! :)
note to self - do not mention Coronation street on Brit boards.. :rolleye0012:
Oh dear!
And here I was trying to be a polite new member, and before my first hundred posts, I've already caused a cafuffle! :)
note to self - do not mention Coronation street on Brit boards.. :rolleye0012:
Nah don't worry its just Geezer with his gentle humour and my northern directness. If we meet at the webmasters meet Geezer owes me a new blanket for my whippet and and new flat cap for insinuating us northern chaps are slightly behind the rest of the UK!!!!! Wait till it really gets going on this board,its pure theatre.
However, some members do not take a good slagging off in their stride, but its all good fun. :P
cheeky twat, I've not been on the dole for errmmmm...three weeks now!!!
However you with five kids will be getting a few quid now, what with child tax credit and all!!!!!
Do they still call it the dole or is it the durgs, beer and black tracksuit allowance?:reading:
Yeah all that family allowence is nice but its not as much as the Giro ;)
Dino Cortez
06-15-07, 09:27 PM
...However, some members do not take a good slagging off in their stride...
I really must learn this language (and I thought I knew English) :)
I do know that a bonnet and boot are parts of a car :geek:
Yeah all that family allowence is nice but its not as much as the Giro ;)
I wouldn't know what a giro looks like mate!!!!!!! Do the dolee's still get £15 a week?
I really must learn this language (and I thought I knew English) :)
I do know that a bonnet and boot are parts of a car :geek:
A slagging off is when you tell someone they don't know what they are talking about and you throw in some choice abusive words, on this board anyway.You'll get the hang of it.... just follow Geezers lead...hehehehhe
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