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Curmudgeon' s Corner. I blame it on the heat.

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    We record everything usually get it on download but then FF all the ads.
    the tv has to put them on, it’s what pays for the programmes, and tv licence money goes to pay so called ‘top stars’, Jeremy Clarkson and the one that does the football’ ridiculous amounts of wages. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited July 2018
    @Lyn "tv licence money goes to pay so called ‘top stars’, Jeremy Clarkson and the one that does the football’ ridiculous amounts of wages." 
    and Monty Don.
    Devon.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Oh yes, forgot him, 😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'm pretty sure the BBC and Jeremy Clarkson have parted company.
    The licence fee also provides all the BBC radio stations for free. You don't have to have a licence to listen to the radio.
    Devon.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I say, give more money to Monty :)
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    "No need for an instruction manual to work my genitals".

    So many comments spring to mind. But I'll refrain.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Quite!


    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Thanks for that :p

    I'm happy to pay my licence fee for ad free radio. I also assume that my share goes straight to paying David Attenborough which is always a good use of my money.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I realise that advertising is a necessary evil where commercial stations are concerned, but ten minutes of repetitive ads at fifteen minute intervals is counterproductive if you lose your listeners.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I was talking about the radio.
    I tend to watch 3 or 4 programmes at a time on television so I don't really see the adverts!
    My TV surfing drives my husband the wall. o:)
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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