Post by: loulou on February 09, 2007, 09:09:23 pm
Post by: Forth Bridges on February 09, 2007, 09:11:24 pm
Post by: smurfboy on February 09, 2007, 09:11:35 pm
Post by: loulou on February 09, 2007, 09:12:26 pm
Post by: goldencup on February 09, 2007, 10:53:41 pm
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, which will cover you until the month you turn 75, at this point you become entitled to a free Over 75 Licence. If you are blind, you can apply for a Blind Concessionary Licence at 50% of the full licence fee. And if you live in residential care, you may qualify for a licence at £5 per year.
All becomes clear! 
Post by: loulou on February 09, 2007, 11:25:36 pm
Post by: smurfboy on February 10, 2007, 01:01:53 pm
Post by: goldencup on February 10, 2007, 01:03:04 pm
I think it should be scrapped.
Not that one again. 
Post by: loulou on February 10, 2007, 01:05:05 pm
Post by: smurfboy on February 10, 2007, 01:09:24 pm
Quote from: smurfboyI think it should be scrapped.Not that one again.
Yes that one again. Someone starts a thread about the TV licence so I say what I think of it. It's how a conversation works.
Post by: loulou on February 10, 2007, 01:10:57 pm
Post by: goldencup on February 10, 2007, 01:13:03 pm
Post by: smurfboy on February 10, 2007, 01:13:14 pm
Post by: Forth Bridges on February 10, 2007, 01:16:36 pm
Post by: loulou on February 10, 2007, 01:16:49 pm
Post by: goldencup on February 10, 2007, 01:17:49 pm
Post by: loulou on February 10, 2007, 01:18:44 pm
Post by: goldencup on February 10, 2007, 01:20:18 pm
Post by: loulou on February 10, 2007, 01:21:40 pm
Post by: smurfboy on February 10, 2007, 01:26:02 pm
How about they put adverts on BBC?
Agreed.
Post by: Velvet Darkness on February 10, 2007, 01:33:30 pm
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! 
Post by: loulou on February 10, 2007, 01:35:42 pm
Post by: Velvet Darkness 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.
Post by: loulou on February 10, 2007, 01:40:03 pm
Post by: Velvet Darkness on February 10, 2007, 01:41:49 pm
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?
Post by: loulou on February 10, 2007, 01:45:09 pm
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.
Post by: Velvet Darkness on February 10, 2007, 02:10:54 pm
Post by: Velvet Darkness 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?
Post by: loulou on February 10, 2007, 02:35:04 pm
Post by: Velvet Darkness on February 10, 2007, 04:25:33 pm
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.
Post by: wjp666 on February 10, 2007, 04:31:46 pm
Post by: smurfboy on February 10, 2007, 06:17:17 pm
Post by: Velvet Darkness on February 10, 2007, 06:20:27 pm
Post by: kevvosa on February 10, 2007, 06:55:20 pm
Post by: goldencup on February 10, 2007, 11:35:50 pm
Post by: loulou on February 10, 2007, 11:37:08 pm
Post by: kevvosa on February 10, 2007, 11:47:12 pm
Post by: smurfboy on February 11, 2007, 01:45:13 pm
Post by: oldspice on February 11, 2007, 02:27:31 pm
Post by: wjp666 on February 11, 2007, 02:52:23 pm
Nor me. I don't want to watch loads of ads.
out of the hundreds of channels we now have, there's only 4 channels on tv that DON'T show ads (and two of them are only part-time)... are you really saying that you want to pay £150 for these 4 measly channels?
Post by: smurfboy on February 11, 2007, 03:19:28 pm
Exactly. It hits low income families very hard. And what about people who are struggling to pay their kids' university tuition fees, plus rent, and then have to fork out for a second TV licence for them? 
The fee is a complete con too - the huge, above inflation increases in recent years have been used to pay for digital channels the majority of people don't have access to!!!
I can't believe that the Tory government believed it was sensible to sell off the country's railway network, which is now in chaos, but to keep a TV station in public ownership.
Post by: Forth Bridges on February 11, 2007, 03:20:15 pm
BBC1
BBC2
BBC3 / CBBC
BBC4 / Cbeebis
BBC N24
BBC Partlement
ADN ALL OF BBC radio station!
Post by: smurfboy on February 11, 2007, 03:21:19 pm
Post by: Forth Bridges on February 11, 2007, 03:24:33 pm
Post by: smurfboy on February 11, 2007, 03:26:59 pm
Post by: wjp666 on February 11, 2007, 03:29:46 pm
Post by: Forth Bridges on February 11, 2007, 03:30:41 pm
that only £20 divied by 75 years = divd by 4 again =
Post by: Forth Bridges on February 11, 2007, 03:33:16 pm
sorry another mistake
Post by: wjp666 on February 11, 2007, 03:37:04 pm
Post by: Forth Bridges on February 11, 2007, 03:43:05 pm
Post by: kevvosa on February 11, 2007, 06:24:55 pm
Post by: smurfboy on February 11, 2007, 06:38:22 pm
Post by: kevvosa on February 11, 2007, 06:58:08 pm
Post by: oldspice on February 11, 2007, 08:26:14 pm
Post by: Velvet Darkness on February 11, 2007, 10:24:53 pm
Radio 1 is absolute rubbish and the presenters are annoying.
I agree with that but my kids say that's just because I'm so old!!
Post by: smurfboy on February 11, 2007, 11:47:03 pm
Post by: goldencup on February 12, 2007, 12:43:08 am
Post by: Forth Bridges on February 12, 2007, 08:35:30 am
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on February 12, 2007, 10:31:48 am
I listen to Radio 1 at work; I used to love Jo Whiley's show but lately it's not so good. I don't like Chris Moyles' show at all. I used to love Spoony at weekends but he has now moved on. The show which replaced him (Reggie Yates and Fern Cotton) is terrible, like CBeebies on the radio!
I agree with Smurfy, that the same few tracks are played over and over again. That song about "I've had the same jeans on for 4 days now" is just soooooooo irritating! I think I will switch to Radio 2 and see what that is like.
Post by: kevvosa on February 12, 2007, 11:53:20 am
I don't like Chris Moyles' show at all.
Chris Moyles is one of the most annoying radio presenters I've ever heard. He thinks he's funny but just isn't.