Posted on 01/18/2021 3:25:46 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
The British have a whole different view of the world.
Their individual rights come from the royalty, not God, and most are happy to live that way.
That’s why we in the US broke away. And were able to sustain freedom for quite a long time. Sadly it’s now going down the tubes.
Wasn’t that a Monty Python skit?
Yup.
“These officers aren’t empowered to forcibly enter homes, “
I never seen so many bleedin’ aerials.
I thought ‘The Young Ones’ were hilarious when I was in my twenties.
The loony detector van, you mean.
‘E said they could pinpoint a purr at four ‘undred yards, and Eric, being such an ‘appy cat, was a piece of cake.
The cable company used to have vans that patrolled the streets pointing detectors at homes to see if they were watching cable, but not paying for it. The tube sets were apparently quite the IF radiators. The van’s equipment made a computerized comparison between what the detector picked up from your set and comparing it to what was on cable at the moment and then seeing if you had subscribed. There were lots of ways to jack the boxes and get the premium channels. Some of my neighbors got letters with a bill and threats of legal actions. (I had the full service back when it was only 12.50 per month and that included HBO. But it kept going up, and up, and up. Finally, I dropped cable and they tried to lure me back with a better deal. They operate on the razorblade theory, only the blades keep getting more and more costly.)
Look, it’s people like you what cause unrest!
Why are all your pets called Eric?
Talked to an English lady a few years ago. She had married an American working in England and they decided to come here about 6 years ago.
She was telling me about all the fees and licenses average people in England have to pay for. It was mind blowing.
There seemed to be a fee or license for everything.
London had just ramped up the Rush Hour Driving fee. Suppose we had to pay an extra fee just to drive during rush hour? Crazy, right?
Yeah, I know they had this TV tax in the UK for many decades, but I thought they got rid of it. I guess I was wrong. One of the most ridiculous taxes that I can fathom. Pay a fee every year to watch commercial television?
If they gotta be really hard nosed about it, why not just tax the commercials?
There’s nothin’ so odd about that! Kemal Attaturk ‘ad an entire menagerie called Abdul!
Yep. When I lived there we had to pay a license fee if we had a TV. It pays for the BBC.
When I was stationed at RAF Lakenheath, I was doing a post check at the main gate one afternoon and a van drove up to the gate. It was the detection van demanding access to our housing area for a check. I immediately told them how I felt with the licensing fees, and pointed to the turn-around lane. The MOD cop with me started laughing and bought me a beer at the pub later that night...”you got brass balls mate!”
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