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- From: cah@cs.bham.ac.uk (Ceri Hopkins)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: TV licence authorities get wrists smacked
- Message-ID: <CAH.92Nov20114542@jemima.bham.ac.uk>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 11:45:42 GMT
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- Organization: School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK
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- In-Reply-To: cei352@cck.coventry.ac.uk's message of 19 Nov 92 16:04:44 GMT
- Nntp-Posting-Host: jemima
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- >>>>> On 19 Nov 92 16:04:44 GMT, cei352@cck.coventry.ac.uk (The Freak) said:
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- > Oh,my poor heart bleeds for them,me thinks not.I,and quite proudly so,do not
- >own a television licence,mainly due to the fact that my television blew up
- >about a month ago.....its sods' law,especially when the new series of Have I
- >got News for You has begun its umpteen week run.Prior to this though,I still
- >didnt have a licence.I kept a television licence application form by the side
- >of my television,already filled out,and incase any welcome TV detector men
- >happened to call in,I would have simply said I had the form and was going
- >to post it tomorrow.Whether they would have believed me though i do not know..
- > Is it true though that they cannot fine you on the spot.? I have heard that
- > you must obtain a licence within 7 days of yourself being caught in order
- > to escape prosecution.? Can anyone enlighten me as to the validity of this.?
-
- Are you quite sure you have not been pressurised into giving this
- confession? Proud not to have a TV licence, eh? Expect eveyone else to
- cough up the revenue for "Have I Got News For You"? Selfish git!
-
- Ceri
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