Cardinal Richelieu Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: I think you should be thrown in jail. Nothing to do with the TV licence but for using ‘darned’ in a post. I usually use "buggered" but didn't want to divert the argument with a slew of Kenneth Williams pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: I usually use "buggered" but didn't want to divert the argument with a slew of Kenneth Williams pics. Lots of other words you could use. “I’ll be fucked...” would be my go to, probably because I can only is it in the metaphorical sense these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylf Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Watch TV often but don't have a license. I simply told them that I don't have a device capable of picking up a signal. Amusingly you can actually see my indoor aerial from outside as it sits right by the window. They took my word though and have never bothered me since (this was 2 years ago). f**k paying those cuntos any money for their propaganda. Had a conversation with a lassie at work. Despite my attempts to convince her otherwise (as well as my hooting laughter), she was absolutely convinced that the TV License folk genuinely have guys firing around in vans with special equipment to identify signals. As Ab Lib has pointed out above, if they ever did come to your door (and I've never once heard of this happening to anyone I know), you don't have to let them in. In theory they could go away and get a court order that would allow them entry, but that would take at least a week or so, giving you plenty of time to hide shit. But I doubt they've ever actually got a court order to do this.Never had a tv license and never will. Just bin the letters and if they come to my door I just ignore it. Nothing they can do about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black and White Tragic Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 If I went round to one of these "freemen of the land" with a baseball bat, gave him a panning, and stole his telly I wonder what he'd do about it...Is “Freeman of the land” just the millennial, PC, way to say what would have been called a gypo in years gone by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I love all the indignation and supposed justification for not paying the TV licence fee. It reminds me of the folk who don’t want to pay tax but still want better public services. Agreed. It's like shoplifting. Others have to pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, D.A.F.C said: 8 hours ago, Granny Danger said: I love all the indignation and supposed justification for not paying the TV licence fee. It reminds me of the folk who don’t want to pay tax but still want better public services. Agreed. It's like shoplifting. Others have to pay for it. Or people who complain about the high price of train fares while constantly attempting to dodge the conductor or get on and off at stations without barriers so they can skip them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Or people who complain about the high price of train fares while constantly attempting to dodge the conductor or get on and off at stations without barriers so they can skip them.Basically pikeys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, D.A.F.C said: 4 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Or people who complain about the high price of train fares while constantly attempting to dodge the conductor or get on and off at stations without barriers so they can skip them. Basically pikeys 4 hours ago, Ylf said: Never had a tv license and never will. Just bin the letters and if they come to my door I just ignore it. Nothing they can do about it Yip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 There's been a couple of threads (here's one) about the "Freemen on the Land" phenomena. A more incoherent group you'll struggle to meet. Anyway, a guy I used to work with claims to have finally been rumbled on the TV licence issue; apparently some blokes turn up at his door, said they'd no record of a licence at that address, but they could tell he was watching Channel Four. When he challenged it, they produced some box that showed...something, I dunno, but it seemed to convince him that he'd no choice but to finally arrange a direct debit or end up in court. Have any P&Bers been doorstepped by government officials with magic TV boxes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Set it up as a subscription service, win-win. Ends the state thuggery, allows those in favour of state thuggary to keep paying for their state propaganda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 1 hour ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: There's been a couple of threads (here's one) about the "Freemen on the Land" phenomena. A more incoherent group you'll struggle to meet. Anyway, a guy I used to work with claims to have finally been rumbled on the TV licence issue; apparently some blokes turn up at his door, said they'd no record of a licence at that address, but they could tell he was watching Channel Four. When he challenged it, they produced some box that showed...something, I dunno, but it seemed to convince him that he'd no choice but to finally arrange a direct debit or end up in court. Have any P&Bers been doorstepped by government officials with magic TV boxes? The box showed some porn, the Simpsons and Stuart Cosgrove. He was well bang to rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Had a few letters and missed visits since I moved in last May from them. Not had a tv license since I stayed with my parents in 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 I love all the indignation and supposed justification for not paying the TV licence fee. It reminds me of the folk who don’t want to pay tax but still want better public services. Or people who moan about politicians, but can't be arsed voting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 1 hour ago, ecto said: Or people who moan about politicians, but can't be arsed voting Why would someone who moans about politicians vote for a politician? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 I pay for Netflix and Amazon Prime but watch and listen to the BBC far more. Cheap as chips imo, less than a pint of Tennents a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemunster Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 If you don't want to pay the telly license, batter in, but don't preach about it like you're some sort of edgelord "sticking it to da man". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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