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Just finished watching Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
and it's one of the best ghost animes around the animation and artwork is beautifully done as well as the script with just the right balance of light and dark that I found myself drawn into the story.
I'm ashamed to say that I avoided it because of this piece of promotional artwork
but I was randomly clicking though let me watch this and I was drawn in though this pic
and it's one of the best ghost animes around the animation and artwork is beautifully done as well as the script with just the right balance of light and dark that I found myself drawn into the story.
I'm ashamed to say that I avoided it because of this piece of promotional artwork
but I was randomly clicking though let me watch this and I was drawn in though this pic
The complete Black Books (all 3 series) over the weekend........ 
Just out of interest........has anyone else dumped their TV licence instead of going digital? Saves me a whole lot of money and if I do want to watch anything on TV I just do it on iPlayer. Saves wasting time glued to complete dross on telly just because it's there.
Just out of interest........has anyone else dumped their TV licence instead of going digital? Saves me a whole lot of money and if I do want to watch anything on TV I just do it on iPlayer. Saves wasting time glued to complete dross on telly just because it's there.
janet said:
The complete Black Books (all 3 series) over the weekend........
Just out of interest........has anyone else dumped their TV licence instead of going digital? Saves me a whole lot of money and if I do want to watch anything on TV I just do it on iPlayer. Saves wasting time glued to complete dross on telly just because it's there.
Just out of interest........has anyone else dumped their TV licence instead of going digital? Saves me a whole lot of money and if I do want to watch anything on TV I just do it on iPlayer. Saves wasting time glued to complete dross on telly just because it's there.
That's bad news Tony 
Hope they stop doing that. Funny how some people get away with bending the rules without trying but those who aren't trying to get away with anything are landed upon like the proverbial ton of bricks 
It seemed so easy just to make a declaration online, they cancelled their direct debit request and i cancelled it at my end. If the licence people care to visit, my TV set is clearly incapable of any digital action but still plays VHS tapes which is fairly unusual nowadays and dvds. If anyone tried to get live TV to stream on my PC they'd be struggling......it often gives up before the end of a long programme on iPlayer due to poor rural broadband as it is.
Hope they stop doing that. Funny how some people get away with bending the rules without trying but those who aren't trying to get away with anything are landed upon like the proverbial ton of bricks It seemed so easy just to make a declaration online, they cancelled their direct debit request and i cancelled it at my end. If the licence people care to visit, my TV set is clearly incapable of any digital action but still plays VHS tapes which is fairly unusual nowadays and dvds. If anyone tried to get live TV to stream on my PC they'd be struggling......it often gives up before the end of a long programme on iPlayer due to poor rural broadband as it is.
Just checking - is that allowed? Last I heard, a TV is a TV and needs a licence, whether or not it's capable of receiving. Just so you don't end up in court
BTW, as far as I'm aware you don't have to let them in to check anyway. I didn't have a licence for about 6 months, and the guy on the phone said "We might come round and check, since most people who say they don't have a TV actually do". As in "we think you're most likely lying and we want to persecute you in your own home". As if I would have let them in!
BTW, as far as I'm aware you don't have to let them in to check anyway. I didn't have a licence for about 6 months, and the guy on the phone said "We might come round and check, since most people who say they don't have a TV actually do". As in "we think you're most likely lying and we want to persecute you in your own home". As if I would have let them in!
They do not have a statutary right of entry into your home. In theory they can get a search warrant, but they have to have a very good reason to get one.
It works like this - their computer in Bristol has the addresses of every home in Britain. It also has a list of every home with a registered TV licence. Because they assume that everyone has a TV set, they send out letters to those addresses that aren't registered as having a licence.
Even registering that you don't have a TV set either online, by phone or by post will not stop them from sending you threatening letters. The way they look at it is that they assume you are guilty and you have to prove to them that you don't have a TV set on the premises before they'll leave you alone.
Even if you do manage to prove to them that you don't have a TV, they'll likely give you a grace period of three years before they start hassling you again.
I won't even tell them my name and I most certainly will not let them in. It is not my place to do their job for them and certainly not to prove my innocence.
I know all of this because I used to work for the Post Office and the PO was an agent for the licencing company. Incidentally, despite what you might think, the money from the licences does not all go to the BBC. It goes to the Home Office who then pass on a portion to the BBC.
It works like this - their computer in Bristol has the addresses of every home in Britain. It also has a list of every home with a registered TV licence. Because they assume that everyone has a TV set, they send out letters to those addresses that aren't registered as having a licence.
Even registering that you don't have a TV set either online, by phone or by post will not stop them from sending you threatening letters. The way they look at it is that they assume you are guilty and you have to prove to them that you don't have a TV set on the premises before they'll leave you alone.
Even if you do manage to prove to them that you don't have a TV, they'll likely give you a grace period of three years before they start hassling you again.
I won't even tell them my name and I most certainly will not let them in. It is not my place to do their job for them and certainly not to prove my innocence.
I know all of this because I used to work for the Post Office and the PO was an agent for the licencing company. Incidentally, despite what you might think, the money from the licences does not all go to the BBC. It goes to the Home Office who then pass on a portion to the BBC.
Dotsie said:
Just checking - is that allowed? Last I heard, a TV is a TV and needs a licence, whether or not it's capable of receiving. Just so you don't end up in court
BTW, as far as I'm aware you don't have to let them in to check anyway. I didn't have a licence for about 6 months, and the guy on the phone said "We might come round and check, since most people who say they don't have a TV actually do". As in "we think you're most likely lying and we want to persecute you in your own home". As if I would have let them in!
BTW, as far as I'm aware you don't have to let them in to check anyway. I didn't have a licence for about 6 months, and the guy on the phone said "We might come round and check, since most people who say they don't have a TV actually do". As in "we think you're most likely lying and we want to persecute you in your own home". As if I would have let them in!
I think they have the technology now to tell if you're receiving live TV streaming. Before I stopped the licence I would sometimes try to watch a current programme and if it's live you get a declaration box to tick saying you're licenced before it will let you watch.
I thought that was the case about having to have a licence simply for the pleasure of owning a TV set but the subject came up last year when daughter went off to Uni. I applied for a licence for Gilly so she'd be legal but the flat kept getting threatening letters until one (of 6) owned up to not having a licence. So 'they' can narrow it down that close.
Anyway, we looked into it very carefully, and I based my decision on what we understand to be correct.
Any form of persecution from the licence people would be insignificant compared with the hell our neighbours put us through until a couple of years ago.
I could always work them onside and use them as a line of defence seeing as they think I'm now a harmless old biddy :twisted: :twisted:
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