Comments on: TV Licensing

By: Nora

Nora — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:51:13 +0000

I forego chips for the sake of my cholesterol, Kevin, but I must agree. I mean … I’m waving at him all the way from Howth Head and he’s ignoring me. Would that happen if I were in Liverpool I ask you?

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By: kevin b

kevin b — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 01:02:10 +0000

Thinking about the Emerald Isle and the Famine and all that unpleasantness, don’t you think Boris is a bit of an absentee landlord on this blog when it comes to engaging with the peasantry?

Chip, nay Beam, on Shoulder

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By: Nora

Nora — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:55:28 +0000

That would be GW. Not sure about the ‘gas’ measurement though.
I like:
‘political science’
and ‘airline food’.

(Good news about little fox.)

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By: Macarnie

Macarnie — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:58:55 +0000

Good try Kevin:but no Teddy Bear! An oxy moron,(sic), as you described just previously, is probably better described as a half wit with low blood gas measurements.

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By: kevin b

kevin b — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 06:28:57 +0000

Oxy morons:

Police Intelligence

New Labour

Old Boy

DJ Kev is now on the mix. Click me up!

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By: Macarnie

Macarnie — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:57:42 +0000

Nora,
The fox is gone, and not a sign of a pink coat ; a stirrup cup or Tally-Ho. With great perseverance, and a bit of patience, the poor scared creature , a mere cub really, was given its freedom with the help of a device used by disabled people for picking objects up without stooping. I borrowed it from a Charity shop, and it did me proud. The little mite had bitten through a reed blind in its attempt to escape , and must really have thought its end was nigh. It was a relief to see it scoot out of the front door and into the neighbouring woodland area. Boris, in the last day or two, made a remark in one of his blogs: he said something was an oxymoron and then said words to the effect that one was stating the flaming obvious, as I was .

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By: Nora

Nora — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 17:25:19 +0000

Mac:

What happened about the fox?

And what is Boris’s oxymoron?

I’m not putting up with the “customer care” any longer. I’m not normally very extrovert or aggressive, but I threatened a sit-in in a computer shop last year. Moi? A sit-in? But I got what was (legally) owed to me.

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By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:19:48 +0000

I find the above comment from the poster who rejoiced in not having a TV, nor a licence – “I still managed to catch your appearance on Question Time via the Interweb…” somewhat amusing.

Are you not still receiving programmes from the BBC even if you watch them on your PC? Should you not then be paying a licence fee to watch those programmes?

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By: Macarnie

Macarnie — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:12:21 +0000

Nora; I wondered where you were living as you described what has become an everyday story of Manchester, until you said it was Dublin;The Irish Blackpool of the East coast. to misuse one of Boris’s oxymorons , we are again united (in suffering) whilst divided (by the St George’s Channel),especially in the customer is always wrong field.

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By: Nora

Nora — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:07:54 +0000

I need to edit myself.
New paragraph here:

[But] it seems that increased affluence = decreased service and manners. We live now in a “customer is always wrong” society. Sad!

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