tele licence - Page 7

garinda · 08-02-2006, 21:54

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

I would not recommend River City to anyone not even as a form of punishment.

That's the main reason l left Glasgow.......well that and the fact that I was extradited.

shillelagh · 08-02-2006, 22:26

I've bought my first tv licence yesterday. Before it was in my mums name and because she was over 75 she got it free. I'd forgotten all about it until i started reading this thread and then i saw the accy observer and all the people who have got done for not having a tv licence. I cant afford the fine so i thought i'd best get one!

garinda · 08-02-2006, 22:33

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

I've bought my first tv licence yesterday. Before it was in my mums name and because she was over 75 she got it free. I'd forgotten all about it until i started reading this thread and then i saw the accy observer and all the people who have got done for not having a tv licence. I cant afford the fine so i thought i'd best get one!

Yeah the Observer's full of them.

Fined for not having a television licence £250, more expensive than the licence.

Fined for driving without insurance £200, less than the cost of car insurance.

It stinks.

Neil · 09-02-2006, 06:54

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Originally Posted by garinda

BBC Scotland spent sixty million pounds on a Scottish soap that we don't even get here, and not many people in Scotland bother to watch either.

If you like I can record you a few episodes onto DVD and you could do a report on the soap for us.

garinda · 09-02-2006, 08:46

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Originally Posted by Neil

If you like I can record you a few episodes onto DVD and you could do a report on the soap for us.

I saw it when I lived in Scotland thanks.

My review-

Even more dire and depressing than Eastenders.

Neil · 09-02-2006, 10:08

A little question for you all.

Why do we pay to watch Sky TV when they have adverts on? I know the movie channels don't but have to pay extra for those anyway. If you have the Family Pack or whatever its called like I do, every channel has adverts on.

garinda · 09-02-2006, 10:37

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Originally Posted by Neil

A little question for you all.

Why do we pay to watch Sky TV when they have adverts on?

I don't. I choose not too.

SPUGGIE J · 09-02-2006, 10:59

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Originally Posted by garinda

I saw it when I lived in Scotland thanks.

My review-

Even more dire and depressing than Eastenders.

Eastenders is a party show in comparison. It does nothing for Glasgows image at all.

pendy · 09-02-2006, 16:16

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Originally Posted by garinda

They could do what they hell they like with their money, if they still weren't primarily funded by the licence fee.
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Sure they could do what the hell they like with their money, problem is, it's YOUR money!

Madhatter · 09-02-2006, 16:30

Because sky is a business and has to pay for programs. I imagine some of the money goes towards keeping some of the less watched and free channels on air that create variety.
probably why they put that rubbish on with some bint lying half naked on a cushion on late at night to. Begging you to phone in on premium rate numbers. sky will get money for showing that.

SPUGGIE J · 09-02-2006, 17:02

We do not get real value for money. If the Beeb had to go it alone the the dung pipe expulsions it produces would have brought it to its knees years ago. Let it go alone and raise its own money without govenment payments from the licence fee and see what happens.

Madhatter · 09-02-2006, 18:54

I think we do get some good programs because the beeb is still run the way it is, we get some right rubbish too though, dunno if it's worth putting up with the rubbish to get the decent programs that would dissappear if the government withdrew it's funding.

grannyclaret · 09-02-2006, 22:42

Its a far cry from the days when the programmes were introduced by ladies and gentlemen in evening clothes...Sylvia Peters,Mary Mallcome,Mcdonald Hobley ,and we had the likes of Gilbert Harding and Isobelle Barnett on the panel of whats my line..it was classy telly then:engsmil:

SPUGGIE J · 09-02-2006, 22:43

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

Its a far cry from the days when the programmes were introduced by ladies and gentlemen in evening clothes...Sylvia Peters,Mary Mallcome,Mcdonald Hobley ,and we had the likes of Gilbert Harding and Isobelle Barnett on the panel of whats my line..it was classy telly then:engsmil:

Crikey thats goinging back a year or 2 now.