If you're a TV fan, that's your decision (even if you're missing some good stuff like making live music, and creating useful, beautiful things with your own hands that I did over the weekend). Just don't let me know, otherwise I might be tempted to change your opinion, which I have no wish to do.

Then don't. :p

I've always wondered about that. Why do you need a license just to own a TV in England?

So it's OK for you to say this:

But not OK for me to say this:

:3_eyes:

Simply because you're being an ass.

Me, I kinda feel bad for dar because, well, clearly he's just not as cool as I am. ;)

Yea, like a fireman, sort of. Plus it's by the hour. And when I finish at 7 am on Wed I leave this one and go to another one for 8 or 9 hours, go home, eat with the family and come back on Thurs am for another 48 hours. What a joy. But hey, I am off Sat! then back for another 24 on Sunday.

Because they don't have commercials and the government controls the airwaves.

Something like that. It's a licence to use not to own, but they are effectively the same. You only need one per household, though, regardless of how many TVs you have. The TV licence also pays for BBC Radio, which is also commericial free and excellent. You do not need a licence to listen to that. As for government control, well, yes and no. US TV is way more censored and channels have much more politicial bias.....

End result, no commercials on BBC, higher quality programming all round. There is commercial TV, but because it must compete with the govt funded commericial-free TV, not only are the programs good, the commercials are too.

Moving here is the reason I stopped watching TV. I took up the internet instead. But I only visit commercial-free sites. ;)

(TV licence is $270 per year, so comparable in price to basic cable. http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/index.jsp)

Um, no.

Thanks Monster. I never fully understood it even though we have visited the UK a few times and have friends who visit us here. Our TV must actually torture them. I love the BBC radio. I try to grab it off an internet stream when I think about it.

You're welcome. There are additional TV options, but that's the origin. I have heard that the quality of TV has deteriorated since I left (6.5 years ago), because of reduced funding, satellite TV competition and general lowering of standards, but now I'm out of the habit of watching,I don't really care any more. the good documentaries etc can be obtained on DVD or over the internet, the good discussion is here, we live near Detroit so not all radio is country.... :lol:

Um, yes. By essentially copying what I typed, changing a few key words, and throwing back in my face, limey's just making a pathetic attempt to mock me, like making reference to my lack of precise control over my hands ("creating useful, beautiful things with your own hands ").

Are you sure she knows about your hand issue?

Isn't limey a he?

And didn't we have this discussion a couple of weeks ago (with regard to datalyss disability), and anyone could be forgiven for not realizing it's the same person as Drax since there have been a number of name changes.

I think it's time for you to take a chill pill data.