"Andrew" [email protected] wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:51:46 -0000, ad
wrote:

This country gets worse, have you ever5 heard anything so flaming
stupid. I am so glad my mobile is just a standard phone, that I make and
recieve calls on and nothing else.

And how many people do you think that will affect?

Students living away from home; single people living in bedsits; people
living in residential homes with a communal TV.

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Max Demian

"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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In , ad
wrote:


This country gets worse,

http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?...ass=193&id=578

Indeed it does get worse as far as education goes - despite linking to
the article, you still managed to use the American spelling of "licence"
in your subject :-(

There was a story in one of the papers last week which stated that only 1 in
5 people actually watch BBC. When The analouge switch off eventually comes,
BBC should be be encrypted right across the board and if people want it,
they can pay for it. Personally I couldnt give two stuffs about BBC. I am
on Sky Family Pack and all I watch is the music channels. I also watch 19E
and 13E, again for the music channels. Bring that into power and see how
long the BBC stays afloat, unless of course the government bails them right
out by giving them the money that we'll soon be paying for opening our front
doors.

Then again, I dont think anyone could disagree with the point that this
government are taxing everything and are setting up silly bloody standards
for this that and the other, telling us what we can and cant do, but we just
sit and put up with it all, so really we cant complain.
Going back on topic again, and as someone already stated, if people are
going to be stupid enough to want to watch Richard and Judy or whatever on a
2" screen, they deserve to pay £110/year

Andty

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http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?...ass=193&id=578

Germany are doing the same too, and with PCs.


This is not Germany, But then we do follow stupid ideas from other
countries.

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says...


http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?...ass=193&id=578

Indeed it does get worse as far as education goes - despite linking to
the article, you still managed to use the American spelling of "licence"
in your subject :-(

Typical pick me up on spelling, because you can not think of what to say
about the article.
As for the spelling, maybe it is because I send emails to a lot of
Americans, so you get to their way of spelling

ad wrote:
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says...


http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?...ass=193&id=578

Indeed it does get worse as far as education goes - despite linking to
the article, you still managed to use the American spelling of "licence"
in your subject :-(


Typical pick me up on spelling, because you can not think of what to say
about the article.
As for the spelling, maybe it is because I send emails to a lot of
Americans, so you get to their way of spelling


Dimwit

ad ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Maybe so, but it is not the point. The way it is goiong we will be
taxed for bloody breathing.

What's changed? Nothing.

You have to have - and have always had to have - a licence for any
equipment capable of receiving a TV signal. Not one thing has changed -
apart from the technology.

ad ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

I agree, the T.V license should be for the BBC crap only and that is
it, you should not have to pay it if you do not watch the BBC.

And they police that.... how?

Andrew Scott ) gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying :

There was a story in one of the papers last week which stated that
only 1 in 5 people actually watch BBC.

Daily "We Hate The BBC" Telegraph?

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:24:40 -0000, ad
wrote:

And how many people do you think that will affect? Don't you have a TV
licence?

You be surprised how many people have not got a T.V and yet may have a
phoneable to do these functions.

I would be surprised if they numbered over 100.
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ad said the following on 19/01/2005 09:51:
This country gets worse, have you ever5 heard anything so flaming
stupid. I am so glad my mobile is just a standard phone, that I make and
recieve calls on and nothing else.


http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?...ass=193&id=578

Would any "Portable devices capable of displaying digital television
services" actually be able to do that in the country or will we start
seeing people with DAT75's mounted on their heads....


It is just silly, you got a small screen and yet you are expected tpo
pay for a license to use it.