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On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:42:20 +0200
Martin wrote:

On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:49:23 +0100, Davey
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:05:03 +0200
Martin wrote:

On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:40:24 -0400, S Viemeister
wrote:

On 8/26/2012 6:41 PM, Davey wrote:
On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:50:33 +0200
Martin wrote:
Davey
Martin wrote:
wrote:
Martin
wrote:
wrote
At the house we have a Freeview TV and a Panasonic PVR as
well as the Sky box. So the only time we ever use the Sky
box is when we want to record two things at once and then
we use it to drive an ancient VCR.
With the money you save by stopping sky you could buy a
multi channel PVR. Well, two channel for starters.
Panasonic do one at only £120
With Freesat?
The two tuner Panasonic is Freeview.
http://www.promise.tv/ do a range of Freeview all channel
recorders but costs.
I don't watch enough TV to justify spending more than the
license!
I neither need nor have a licence.
Surely you need a license to legally watch TV in the UK?
I don't watch TV in UK except when I am holiday.

I don't see how that makes you exempt, though. You watch TV in
the UK, you need a license. Ask Charles Moore.

Martin doesn't live in the UK.

Has Davey bought a TV licence for each of the family in his
household?

No, I have bought a TV license for the house that I live in, and it
covers all sets and occupants in that house. If Martin watches TV in
the UK, then the address that he is at must have a license. He could
be at somebody else's licensed place, but he hasn't said that.

Oh yes I did.

I saw you say that you didn't need a license, but not why you didn't
need one. Please direct me to the message in this thread which explains
that, and I will shut up.
--
Davey.

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Mark Carver wrote:

Except they do, way beyond. All of France, a good chunk of Italy, and
with a large enough dish, and a clear sky, the Canary Is.
Further than that according to the increasingly excited texts I'm
getting from a customer who is touring with an 85cm dish and a very good
LNB.

Bill

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Davey wrote:

Let's try again, Martin.
Why do you say that you do not need a license to watch TV in the UK?

He lives at Dover and he has a fantastically good telescope. On a clear
night he can watch a 50 inch telly in a shop window in Calais.

Bill

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JohnT wrote:

I think that he has already made it abundantly clear that, when watching
TV in the UK, he does so in circumstances that don't necessitate him
having a licence. For example, watching TV in the house of a friend or
family member, or in a hotel.

You mean 'an hotel'. Anyway, the fact is, he watches TV in a prison, and
the Home Office buys the licence.

Bill

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Davey wrote:

He says that he only watches TV in the UK when on holiday, but has not
defined where on holiday he goes or stays. I thought he mentioned a
boat, which would itself need a licence, unless it was already covered
by a domestic or business license.

Not if the TV set was powered by an internal or integral battery.

Bill

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Bill Wright wrote:
JohnT wrote:

I think that he has already made it abundantly clear that, when
watching TV in the UK, he does so in circumstances that don't
necessitate him having a licence. For example, watching TV in the
house of a friend or family member, or in a hotel.

You mean 'an hotel'. Anyway, the fact is, he watches TV in a prison, and

Unless you pronounce hotel with a silent h, that is a common
misunderstanding of the sandhi rule being applied here. You use an when
the next word starts with a phonetic vowel, regardless of how it is
spelled. Thus "an honourable man", but for my pronunciation, at least,
"a hotel".

the Home Office buys the licence.

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David Woolley wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
JohnT wrote:

I think that he has already made it abundantly clear that, when
watching TV in the UK, he does so in circumstances that don't
necessitate him having a licence. For example, watching TV in the
house of a friend or family member, or in a hotel.

You mean 'an hotel'. Anyway, the fact is, he watches TV in a prison, and

Unless you pronounce hotel with a silent h, that is a common
misunderstanding of the sandhi rule being applied here. You use an when
the next word starts with a phonetic vowel, regardless of how it is
spelled. Thus "an honourable man", but for my pronunciation, at least,
"a hotel".

But the normal way is to say 'an hotel' and not pronounce the aitch.
That what everybody does.

Bill

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In message , Bill Wright
writes
David Woolley wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
JohnT wrote:

I think that he has already made it abundantly clear that, when
watching TV in the UK, he does so in circumstances that don't
necessitate him having a licence. For example, watching TV in the
house of a friend or family member, or in a hotel.

You mean 'an hotel'. Anyway, the fact is, he watches TV in a prison,
and
Unless you pronounce hotel with a silent h, that is a common
misunderstanding of the sandhi rule being applied here. You use an
when the next word starts with a phonetic vowel, regardless of how it
is spelled. Thus "an honourable man", but for my pronunciation, at
least, "a hotel".

But the normal way is to say 'an hotel' and not pronounce the aitch.
That what everybody does.

It's only a posh/Yorkshire thing. Most of us ordinary folk say "a hotel"
(with an aitch).
--
Ian

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In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

But the normal way is to say 'an hotel' and not pronounce the aitch.
That what everybody does.

Nowhere I've lived. It's just an affectation, like "erb".

-- Richard

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In article , Richard Tobin wrote:
But the normal way is to say 'an hotel' and not pronounce the aitch.
That what everybody does.

Nowhere I've lived. It's just an affectation, like "erb".

Anyone who thinks that's correct is an halfwit.

Rod.
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