― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link
i'll get edgy around wimbledon time without a tv though.
i don't download tv shows either because a) i don't know how to and b) we don't have the internet at home. i still have that dvd stevem made me of various lost episodes, and still haven't figured out how to play it yet.
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:27 (eighteen years ago) link
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― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― bato (bato), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:30 (eighteen years ago) link
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― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link
How much does it cost? The blind concession is 50% off the full TV Licence fee, so you'll pay £63.25 for a colour licence and £21.00 for a black and white TV Licence.
you have to actually pay more for a colour licence even though you're blind.
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― melton mowbray (adr), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 13:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Media: A Davina McCall chatshow and new dramas from Stephen Poliakoff, Tony Marchant...the highlights of the BBC1 winter/spring line-up
its easier than u think believe me. haven't had regular bbc/ itv / c4 etc tv since may 2004. it's been ace.
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 14:02 (eighteen years ago) link
I haven't downloaded for UKNova for a bit, but I'm still uploading. Are they gonna throw me out?
― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 14:06 (eighteen years ago) link
> british tv would be improved if they had some comedy based on men wearing dresses
heh heh heh!
> The problem comes with the TV thing - even if you don't have an aerial and only use the telly to play Xbox, you still need a license, which sucks.
this isn't true. but getting the bbc to believe you is usually harder than paying the licence fee anyway - see above.
― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 14:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 14:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, you can pause a DVD to go have a cig/make more cocoa/pee/answer the phone/etc.
― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 14:49 (eighteen years ago) link
The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) Regulations 1991 gives the following definition:
* The following class or description of television receiving apparatus is hereby specified for the purposes of the definition of "television receiver" in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949[5], namely such apparatus installed or used for the purpose of receiving television programme services, as defined by section 2(4) of the Broadcasting Act 1990, whether or not the apparatus is installed or used for other purposes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_license#Notes
which sounds awful ambiguous to me.
― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link
so... 'use' not 'have'.
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― James Ward (jamesmichaelward), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:23 (eighteen years ago) link
[chorus:]Television, the drug of the NationBreeding ignorance and feeding radiation(2x)
T.V., itsatellite linksour United States of UnconsciousnessApathetic therapeutic and extremely addictiveThe methadone metronome pumping out150 channels 24 hours a dayyou can flip through all of themand still there's nothing worth watchingT.V. is the reason why less than 10 per cent of ourNation reads books dailyWhy most people think Central Amerikameans KansasSocialism means unamericanand Apartheid is a new headache remedyabsorbed in it's world it's so hard to find usIt shapes our mind the mostmaybe the mother of our Nationshould remind usthat we're sitting too close to...
[Chorus:]Television, the drug of the NationBreeding ignorance and feeding radiation(2x)
T.V. isthe stomping ground for political candidatesWhere bears in the woodsare chased by Grecian Formula'dbald eaglesT.V. is mechanized politic'sremote control over the massesco-sponsored by environmentally safe gaseswatch for the PBS specialIt's the perpetuation of the two party systemwhere image takes precedence over wisdomWhere sound bite politics are served tothe fastfood cultureWhere straight teeth in your mouthare more important than the wordsthat come out of itRace baiting is the way to get selectedWillie Horton orWill he not get elected on...
T.V., is it the reflector or the director?Does it imitate usor do we imitate itbecause a child watches 1500 murders before he'stwelve years old and we wonder why we've createda Jason generation that learns to laughrather than to abhor the horrorT.V. is the place wherearmchair generals and quarterbacks canexperience first handthe excitement of warfareas the theme song is sung in the backgroundSugar sweet sitcomsthat leave us with a bad actor taste whilepop stars metamorphosize into soda pop starsYou saw the videoYou heard the soundtrackWell now go buy the soft drinkWell, the onla cola that I supportwould be a union C.O.L.A.(Cost Of Living Allowance)On television
Back again, "New and improved"We return to our irregularly programmed schedulehidden cleverly between heavy breastedbeer and car commercialsCNNESPNABCTNT but mostly B.S.Where oxymoronic language like"virtually spotless", "fresh frozen""light yet filling" and "military intelligence"have become standardT.V. is the place where phrases are redefinedlike "recession" to "necessary downturn""Crude oil" on a beach to "mousse""Civilian death" to "collateral damages"and being killed by your own Armyis now called "friendly fire"T.V. is the place where the pursuitof happiness has become the pursuit oftriviaWhere toothpaste and cars have becomesex objectsWhere imagination is sucked out of childrenby a cathode ray nippleT.V. is the only wet nursethat would create a cripple
[Chorus:]Television, the drug of the NationBreeding ignorance and feeding radiation(4x)
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:34 (eighteen years ago) link
although that doesn't cater for pausing etc. there are now also video on demand services here that you can choose programs to watch when you want and also pause and stuff.
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish trampycakes (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― James Ward (jamesmichaelward), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― andy --, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Problems caused by not watching TV:
1. Dealing with the assumption that such an aberrant lifestyle choice means that I must be a terrific snob. I don't exactly go around booming "HEY I DON'T WATCH TV!" at new acquaintances, coworkers, etc., and in fact try to avoid the subject as much as possible, but
2. about 70% of the references in most jocular workplace conversation must be patiently explained to me if I am to understand what is being discussed at all.
* I have seen every episode of Strangers With Candy on VHS and DVD, courtesy of a friend who is a big fan of it, and for this I am grateful. Randomly-caught episodes of Simpsons, South Park, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force have also been fun.
― xero (xero), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link
You'd think this would lead to me getting more done around the house, but you'd be wrong.
― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 23:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― emsk ( emsk), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 02:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― steve ketchup, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 04:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Having a TV for DVD purposes is very much not the same thing.
― Abbadabba Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 05:01 (eighteen years ago) link
the required shortness of attention span drives me crazy
So true!
When I'm at other people's places and the TV is on, I can't take my eyes off of it
It exerts a powerful fascination, doesn't it? Commercials I find especially bizarre and entrancing and horrifying.
Another effect of basically not having watched TV since like 1982: when I do see some I'm continually startled by the IN YOUR FUCKING FACE language, violence, and sex now common on network TV. ("Startled" != "offended," necessarily.) And cable, forget it -- seeing one episode of a dating show on MTV while in a hotel last fall left me weirded out and mildly depressed about it for days.
nary a half-hour goes by without something that seems designed to make the viewer feel bad about themselves in some way
OTM, but I think I'd change "a half-hour" to "five minutes."
― xero (xero), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 08:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 10:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― James Ward (jamesmichaelward), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 10:56 (eighteen years ago) link
This is OTFM. My previous flat was too small for a TV so we just watched DVDs/mpgs on the PC instead. Had people come round threatening search warrants and all sorts. We let them in, and they actually said it wouldn't make any difference that they'd been round and seen we had no TV, because the licensing org wouldn't believe it anyway. Basically they continued to send the letters until we moved out. We have a TV now so are licensed and don't have to deal with them any more, but what a bunch of cunts.
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 11:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 11:16 (eighteen years ago) link
I think I was more concerned about having to deal with people turning up with search warrants while I was having a spliff or something.
It's just a bit ridiculous that they won't consider the possibility that you don't in fact own a television!
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 11:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 11:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 12:00 (eighteen years ago) link
1. "I don't think you're ready for this Telly"
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 12:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Uh, that makes it bad? You just forgot TV language. It's like learning a new language: you just have to adapt to it. I'm sorry, I just don't agree with your stance.
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 12:19 (eighteen years ago) link
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― and what, Sunday, 19 October 2008 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link
would be way harder to give up the net than tv. i maybe watch 2 or 3 full programs a week, now. used to watch shitloads as a kid, tho.
― stone cold all time hall of fame classics (internet person), Sunday, 19 October 2008 21:57 (fifteen years ago) link