BlightyBrewer
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Classic show! Especially liked Dougal, and as for Father Jack...Drink! Feck! Arse! Girls! Drink!
Yes! That's the one. Is that show still on?Caplan said:Father Ted?
t1master said:don't forget red dwarf...
I thought you were defending him...but it made him so mad that I had to reread your post just to make sure. I think he was more PO'd at you than any of us arguing with him...I guess it was because of all the help he'd given you in the past.rewster451 said:I actually defended the guy in the sanitizing thread, before I had read the whole thing, and he jumped down my throat for it.
DeRoux's Broux said:catfish, you sure are up late. are you on a twist-off tonight/today? :~)
TxBrew said:... If someone is spamming, posting offensive material, etc. please, please use the "Report Post" function. It is the little red sign on the bottom right of each post.
Denny's Brew said:He psoted various references to Orrelse and admin that were rather childish. Must of posted to every recent thread he could beofre getting ip banned again. Was bragging about how many IP he can use, then said to go to morebeer.com where the people aren't a punch of screaming girls, or something like that.
If he's actually a Marine, he gives them all a bad name. Must of licked to many psychdelic frogs... Like Homer!
I wonder what nick he uses on morebeer? USMCRUSISANASS?
Denny's Brew said:I've heard about that tax. How the heck did that work???
BlightyBrewer said:Yep, we still have to pay the TV license fee over here in the UK.
It's over £100 per year for a colour TV license, and it all started with the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), here's a little history...
TV licence - a brief history
- 1922 - start of a national radio service as a state monopoly. Rather than to be funded by advertising, the government decides to finance the British Broadcasting Company Ltd by a General Post Office licence fee of 10/- (10 shillings or 50p), on and from 1 November.
- 1936 - first regular BBC television broadcasts begin but with no requirement for a TV licence. These ceased in 1939, owing to a war.
- 1946 - Radio licence sees its first increase, doubling to £1. Combined radio & black & white TV licence introduced for the first time, at £2. The BBC's television service resumes on 7 June, on 405 lines (405 lines closes nearly 40 years later, in 1985).
- 1952 - first TV detector van introduced, with some fairly exaggerated claims. Evaders at the time were estimated at between 100,000 and 150,000 people watching television without a licence.
- 1954 - over 3 million licences issues, with an audience of over 20 million, with most watching outside their own homes.
In conclusion...it sucks!
- 1955 - first ITV broadcast, funded not by the licence fee but advertising, thereby ending the BBC monopoly in television....
DeRoux's Broux said:your better than the History Channel Blighty!
Pumbaa said:I would almost like to see Congress try to do something like that here. Not that I want to pay more taxes but can you imagine the drama it would stir up?
Whiskey Rebellion all over agian . . . . /shrug were about due for a good revolution
When I was living in Germany as an Army civilian and they came to my door I just told them I was an American and exempt from the tax. They have a detector that can tell if you are using airwaves - the satellite dish for the American channels helped them too, but I also had German cable). They sent me a bill anyway and I took it to JAG and they took care of it. I got another bill the following year and took it to JAG. I never got another notice.catfish said:We have tv tax here too. The NHK (Japan's BBC) come to your door and harass you into paying. One guy I know went inside, got his TV, handed it to the NHK guy and closed the door. The guy was dumbstruck, stood around for a few, put the TV down and left. My mother in law made fun of me for paying once.
Edmond Dantes said:I would like to apologise for the lack of tact and decency displayed by someone claiming to be a Marine. I personaly am an ex Marine, and i am beyond offended at the way umscruz behaved. I hope that his ignorance and brazen attitude will not have given all of you a bad opinion about the rest of us Marines out here.
Once again I apologise for the indecent display of one who claims to be a Marine.
Uh, I think he did it to himself.ORRELSE said:It was so funny to see some of you guys make him look like a moron.
Edmond Dantes said:I would like to apologise for the lack of tact and decency displayed by someone claiming to be a Marine. I personaly am an ex Marine, and i am beyond offended at the way umscruz behaved. I hope that his ignorance and brazen attitude will not have given all of you a bad opinion about the rest of us Marines out here.
Once again I apologise for the indecent display of one who claims to be a Marine.
Reminds me of a movie I saw a long time ago. The detective was asking Michael Caine about this guy who was murdered. He asked, "he was your superior, wasn't he?" And Michael's character said, " no, he was my boss". Great line....Denny's Brew said:Man, could you imagine that guy as your superior???
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