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Aug 2nd 2010, 9:43 pm

#76

Bob

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Re: USA vs UK

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Originally Posted by TimberHut

I think some of you are missing the point in regards to the 140 quid license fee.

I hate it because it is compulsory - whether you watch the BBC or not.

If you buy a TV in the UK just to watch DVD's you still have to pay 140 quid for the pleasure of doing this.

It's not compulsory and no, you don't need to pay the license if you don't watch tv over the air.

Hasn't been for a few years now, though they don't like to advertise that fact.

Aug 2nd 2010, 9:48 pm

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Re: USA vs UK

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Originally Posted by Sally Redux

He hath repented of the Daily Mail sin. Trader Joe's I like but it's much smaller than Tesco.

Me neither

I was just giving a Daily Mail reader a hard time

Aug 3rd 2010, 1:39 am

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Re: USA vs UK

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Originally Posted by lansbury

You lost most of your credibility when you said you read the Daily Mail. Saying Trader Joe's isn't on a par or better then Tesco lost you the rest of it.

No, he lost the rest of it when he admitted to using Lynx.

Aug 3rd 2010, 3:15 am

#79

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Re: USA vs UK

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No, he lost the rest of it when he admitted to using Lynx.

I missed that, puts it in the minus category then

Aug 3rd 2010, 3:32 am

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Re: USA vs UK

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Originally Posted by AdobePinon

No, he lost the rest of it when he admitted to using Lynx.

they used to have great tv commercials though

The Axe affect is just rubbish

Aug 3rd 2010, 4:19 am

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Re: USA vs UK

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Originally Posted by AdobePinon

No, he lost the rest of it when he admitted to using Lynx.

... and I just wasted several minutes going back through this thread to figure out what was so terrible about admitting to using a rather outdated text mode web browser ...

Aug 3rd 2010, 11:38 am

#82

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Re: USA vs UK

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Originally Posted by Bob

It's not compulsory and no, you don't need to pay the license if you don't watch tv over the air.

Hasn't been for a few years now, though they don't like to advertise that fact.

What about if you never watch the BBC? That is the whole point of the issue.

I can watch ITV 24/7 but still have to pay for the BBC. That is wrong.

Aug 3rd 2010, 12:35 pm

#83

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Re: USA vs UK

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Originally Posted by TimberHut

What about if you never watch the BBC? That is the whole point of the issue.

I can watch ITV 24/7 but still have to pay for the BBC. That is wrong.

When I watch the Beeb i-player even out here I get a pop up warning me a tv license is necessary to watch BBC tv progs online!

Aug 3rd 2010, 5:50 pm

#84

Bob

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Re: USA vs UK

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Originally Posted by TimberHut

What about if you never watch the BBC? That is the whole point of the issue.

I can watch ITV 24/7 but still have to pay for the BBC. That is wrong.

I don't get what the issue is...it's really not an issue.

If you want rubbish, some countries are even worse. Austria, you've got to pay the same license just for 2 tv channels and the right to listen to the radio....just over 10 quid a month, that's 2 pints.

Aug 4th 2010, 1:53 am

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Re: USA vs UK

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Originally Posted by ian-mstm

Okay... I'll bite. Let's see... what's different between them.

They are two totally separate countries; everything is different; nothing is the same; both have good points and bad points; and neither of them is quite like Canada!

Ian

Absolutely. My wife put it best 30 years ago. "I wish I looked different and had brown skin or something. Then it would be obvious, we are just two different cultures".

Aug 4th 2010, 5:20 am

#86

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Re: USA vs UK

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Originally Posted by TimberHut

If you buy a TV in the UK just to watch DVD's you still have to pay 140 quid for the pleasure of doing this.

No you don't. As long as you're not picking up television signals with it, and just using it to watch DVD's, you don't need a TVL.

Aug 4th 2010, 5:54 am

#87

expatasia

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Re: USA vs UK

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Originally Posted by dgsyd1

No you don't. As long as you're not picking up television signals with it, and just using it to watch DVD's, you don't need a TVL.

Don't they phrase it as 'if your set is capable of picking up television signals....' ?

Anyway, paying the licence fee should be optional like here.

Aug 4th 2010, 2:30 pm

#88

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Re: USA vs UK

One of these days the BBC is going to be dismantled, and then -- too late -- the people who complain about it and the license fee will realise what a treasure it was, and what a complete bargain the license fee was.