Author Topic: TV licence (Read 7038 times)

goldencup · « **Reply #15 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:17:49 pm »

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

loulou · « **Reply #16 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:18:44 pm »

How about you throw your tv away?

goldencup · « **Reply #17 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:20:18 pm »

Who dear? Me dear? No dear! I'm not complaining about the TV licence.

loulou · « **Reply #18 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:21:40 pm »

smurfy could throw his tv out with the old bananas.

smurfboy · « **Reply #19 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:26:02 pm »

Quote from: loulou

How about they put adverts on BBC?

Agreed.

Velvet Darkness · « **Reply #20 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:33:30 pm »

Quote from: goldencup

How about we all say we never watch BBC anyway?

That would be a great idea, if only there was a chance of it working, there's never anything on BBC TV anyway.

Truthfully there is nothing on my television at all unless I have a Sky box. We live on the side of a mountain and it blocks all the signals from the terrestrial TV, so all we get is snow on every channel. So I pay the BBC for a TV licence just to have a TV sitting in my house, then I have to pay Sky in order to have anything to actually watch on it!

It's a lot to have to go through just for Dancing On Ice on a Saturday night!

loulou · « **Reply #21 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:35:42 pm »

Who do you think will win Dancing on Ice velvet?

Velvet Darkness · « **Reply #22 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:38:50 pm »

Just one more question.

Slightly tongue in cheek but also out of sheer curiosity.

If you are blind in just the one eye do you get a 25% reduction in your licence fee?

Just seems like the kind of silly thing the BBC WOULD do.

loulou · « **Reply #23 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:40:03 pm »

I think you have to be fully blind. I wonder if the deaf get a reduction.

Velvet Darkness · « **Reply #24 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:41:49 pm »

Quote from: goldencup

In some circumstances, you may qualify for a concessionary licence. For example, if you are over 74, you can apply for a Short Term Licence,

Is that where they let you pay it month by month in case you snuff it before you reach 75?

loulou · « **Reply #25 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:45:09 pm »

Under the Communications Act 2003, you need a television licence to receive or record television programmes. This applies if they are received by a satellite, cable or land based transmitter. If you are watching any satellite service, controlled from within or outside the UK, you must have a television licence.

You may have been informed, in the past, that a television licence was not required if you received television program services from outside the United Kingdom. This was changed in the Communications Act 2003, and if you are using your TV to receive or record television programmes broadcast by satellite from outside the UK, you are now legally required to have a TV licence.

Velvet Darkness · « **Reply #26 on:** February 10, 2007, 02:10:54 pm »

Velvet Darkness · « **Reply #27 on:** February 10, 2007, 02:17:43 pm »

Clair Buckfield is very good but I think the fact that she is naturally good and doesn't seem to be having it as tough as some of the others will count against her.

I like Lee Sharp, but then any hunky footballer brave enough to wear spandex, lycra and sequins has to be worth a mention don't you think?

I think Duncan James might win though.

Do you watch too Loulou or are you just humouring me?

loulou · « **Reply #28 on:** February 10, 2007, 02:35:04 pm »

No I have been watching too and I think Claire is a natural and I think she may win. I think Lee's height is a problem for him and i do think it's a lot harder for the men than the women when it comes to lifts so I would have liked to see the comp split and have a male and a female winner.

Velvet Darkness · « **Reply #29 on:** February 10, 2007, 04:25:33 pm »

Quote from: loulou

i do think it's a lot harder for the men than the women when it comes to lifts so I would have liked to see the comp split and have a male and a female winner.

That's a good idea. I was going to say that I'm surprised they didn't think of that, but when I think about it properly, I'm not really that surprised.

A seperate winner for each sex would make far too much sense wouldn't it?

I am impressed by the bravery of the women involved. The celebrities have to trust their professional partners enough to let them throw them and swing them around all over the place, and the professional women have to trust their celebrity partners even more. Some of the lifts they do could quite easily end badly when the person lifting them is not only nervous about the lifting itself, but also a serious beginner to the whole thing and still quite wobbly on his skates! I cringe watching them collect bruises like I used to collect stamps, and come off the ice limping and hobbling holding their hips/bums/heads/elbows.

Call me over cautious or even a chicken if you like, but I don't think I'd fancy that.

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