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    #41
    Go on holiday to the States or Canada and watch their TV -it's tulipe.
    My impression of US TV is, it's either good or utter crap and nowt in between. Mash, Cheers, Friends (just occasionally if one is being detached but I have a thing about Jennifer Anniston - Growl!) great, but as for the rest! Gordoneo Benuteo!

    One thing I have noticed about US TV, how come every little US town has strip joints? An online acquaintance in the US says it isn't true. Darn it!
    bloggoth

    If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
    John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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      #42
      Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
      My impression of US TV is, it's either good or utter crap and nowt in between. Mash, Cheers, Friends (just occasionally if one is being detached but I have a thing about Jennifer Anniston - Growl!) great, but as for the rest! Gordoneo Benuteo!
      US TV is fine if you watch it on a box-set or on UK TV as you don't get to suffer the frequent and randomly placed ad breaks.

      Commercial TV in the UK is limited to 12 mins of ads per an hour there as in the US there is no limit so you can end up watching as many adverts as the length of the show. The fact that they are random in the US rather than at a certain time means it's harder to time toilet breaks etc
      "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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        #43
        Originally posted by AtW View Post
        Private companies like Sky already obtain voluntary subscriptions, but they do retain ads - plenty of 'em in fact.

        One thing is for sure - it's totally insane to tax TV owners for the benefit of one corporation and even more so to use hard tactics that even tax office does not use.
        I wonder if it's all just to keep people in jobs enforcing all this stuff. If 99% of people are happy to see people prosecuted for dodging tv license then presumably those 99% would be happy to just pay more income tax instead.

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          #44
          it's harder to time toilet breaks etc
          A sofa with a built in toilet! Fantastic idea! I shall start work on the design tomorrow.
          bloggoth

          If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
          John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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            #45
            Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
            A sofa with a built in toilet! Fantastic idea! I shall start work on the design tomorrow.
            Yep though I think you would make more money inventing and patenting the tea/coffee making, food and alcohol bringing robot who doesn't break things.
            "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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