Elite 11+ Part 75

fairclaire

Bananababe wrote: »

Im not subscribing incase they make a mess and send voucher and refund.that could happen ? X

Would serve them bloomin right if it did

curlgirl

Classy_Chick06 wrote: »

We have the Karcher window vac and love it, it is so easy and makes cleaning windows/shower, wardrobes, mirrors, tiles sooooo easy with no streaks. I have seen the Vileda one .. red box? but have not tried that one, we already had the Karcher before the Vileda one came out.

thanks for reply

curlgirl

cjj wrote: »

Mines a lidl one, but I love it xx

thanks will have a look before i decide

Wheres_My_Cashback

HopePray wrote: »

Ive been awol for a while after reading the abuse against Scots on here, came back today to see that the thread has disintegrated again.
Hope you are all well.
Ta ta again.

Have you been taking something ? That's completely untrue. If anything it's been the other way round with lots of pro SNP messages.

Savvybuyer

Bananababe wrote: »

they are decriminaliseing it soon hopefully anyway,as it costs government a fortune to monitor and prosecute and house, mainly woman for not paying it.

When that happens noone will pay it. its antiquated and why only the bbc. Imagine sky jailing folk ? Ridiculous.

Whoops soap box away and hello try and behave. Wipe your feet on the mat, tuck in your shirt. This aint the dark side

It's the BBC (in its guise as "TV Licensing") that brings the prosecutions. However, if they are successful and if the courts decide to send the defendant to jail, then it's the government that picks up the cost and, you're right, it's mainly women.

You ask "why only the BBC"? The point is that the BBC is the publicly funded broadcaster and, IMO, a precious resource that (in spite of its imperfections) produces a whole range of things that enhance the country's culture - I don't think you get that range (including "public interest"-type programmes that attract a smaller audience) from commercial broadcasters who are subject to commercial pressures.

You may, or may not, watch the BBC, just as I may, or may not, watch commercial television - but I still pay for that by, in theory, buying advertised products that are advertised in commercials on those channels.

Fwiw, I support the decriminalisation. I don't think it should be a criminal offence to fail to pay - I think it should be treated the same way as any civil debt. However, that also does raise issues as to how the BBC gets the money that it needs to provide, in my view, its services in the overall public interest. The best the Beeb can hope for in the next charter round is a freeze in the licence fee. We may grumble about its cost but I've come round to the view more recently that it does represent good value for money. Perhaps that's because I have more money these days than I've had before. And I would of course support all people of 75 and over applying for a free television licence as a money-saving matter (in order to make a veiled attempt to stay justified within this thread).

Although, of course, the TV licence, as a flat fee, applies to all other households that use a TV or watch or record TV services online 'as live' and does have a disproportionate impact on households with a lower income, so should all 75-or-over households, including the richest ones, really be exempt? I certainly don't think we'll see a licence fee introduced for those households! Of course, you can save money by moving back to only a black and white TV and not watching any "live" (or nearly live) TV services online:rotfl::rotfl:.

fairclaire

Wheres_My_Cashback wrote: »

Have you been taking something ? That's completely untrue. If anything it's been the other way round with lots of pro SNP messages.

I think it may be some of the bilge/banter posts that go on at times here that are the issue...reading the post again.
She says she's been AWOL for a while for that reason.

I'm as sure as I can be about anything that there's never a word of abuse or any intent of malice meant in any of them.

HP we have hides like Rhinos and never give less than we get *said with my left half.....which is on your side of the wall*

lookinforabargain

Evening all

I swear someone is taking hours out my day and hiding them somewhere :eek: It's really quite inconvenient :rotfl:

Hope I haven't missed too much glitching or drama in the last 24 hours!

aau1

Wheres_My_Cashback wrote: »

Have you been taking something ? That's completely untrue. If anything it's been the other way round with lots of pro SNP messages.

Mostly from David. because he wants rid of all us heathens :mad:





















eta: Hopepray, that's a joke by the way :rotfl: :beer:

fairclaire

lookinforabargain wrote: »

Evening all

I swear someone is taking hours out my day and hiding them somewhere :eek: It's really quite inconvenient :rotfl:

Hope I haven't missed too much glitching or dram in the last 24 hours!

Evening LFAB

Any drama you missed, you'll be glad you missed
I don't actually know as I've missed not far off 24 hours myself

Bananababe

You're right Savvy they produce some wonderful programmes but they also spend the licence fee very unwisely and it's time to stop ! no man/woman who doesn't save lives deserves the wages the bbc pays norton and previously Jonathan Ross. Its disgusting x