The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Right
lunch done
Wordle done - have not tried Quordle yet

need to go and get the kids (grandson and his cousin) from Primary school this afternoon
might rain - which might be a problem as the cousin gets out a bit later now - so I have to teh the grandson - then wait a bit

and very very slightly more parents turn up in cars if it is raining
so parking is even more of a pain - although I park a fair way away where the idiots don;t park
(before someone says it - they live too far away to just walk there - nearest Catholic school and not my decision!)

Ive never tried quordle, I must check it out.
Out of interest and just to compare to OUR** schools days.....roughly how far away is the school?
**I realise its a different world now with a gazillion cars flying around plus the thought of paedos so there is nothing judgemental in the question.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

The few people I personally know - including me - who boycott the TV licence genuinely dont watch live tv or the player.

After all, it was crap enough that I didn't want to pay to watch it so,how would being free make it any more palatable?

Im a radio fiend, watch very little on screen but the wireless is on from the moment I arise until I walk up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire.

What little on screen I watch is almost all Paramount+ with a little ITV and U player. Mrs D prefers Prime and Mini D has Disney+. We dont mind paying for stuff we're actually likely to watch, and as we were disinclined to watch the BBC we stopped paying for it.

No politics, no statement of ideology, we were simply not using it so binned it off the same way me might an old magazine sub or gym membership.

Similar here.

The TV output was shockingly bad. Low quality (apart from maybe half a dozen dramas each year) and riddled with PC (not opening a discussion on this, btw).

We canned it a few years ago and do not see why we should pay a single penny towards its upkeep.

 

[numbnuts]

If I'm forced to pay the BBC I would have to buy a telly
off to the argos site......sometime later I'd need a 32-42 inch
around £200 to £300.....OK
goes to the TV guide site, Oh goody whats on......
repeats looks like I've saved some money.........as I can see them on youtube
Now if the BBC can force youtube, and I can't see that happening, I'd have to have a re-think.

 

[Drago]

Snooze snoozed.