Dear old Sir Patrick - Page 2

acropolite (Phil) · #21 09-05-2007, 10:26 PM

There are some of us who remember that TV and radio licences were also levied in Australia. Luckily it wasn't policed all that well and it was finally dropped.

Ambermile · #22 10-05-2007, 01:12 AM

It's not the license I am against as such but more the compulsory purchase that galls. On the other hand - no license == no Patrick!

Arthur

fringe_dweller · #23 10-05-2007, 11:15 AM

Arthur, if you had to watch australian free to air then you would know what galled is

id gladly pay the fee. i lived in the UK for 2 and a half years, and unless its changed since then, you guys have it good. no faraday talks ect. ect. on air here mate, i remember your ads were mostly confined to between shows mostly and in allotted groupings, and they werent the willy nilly local low quality provincal bs we have to watch in the provinces. you guys had standards from memory - something lacking here.
We never once had a tv licence and had tvs where-ever we went, I wouldnt be complaining about your 'free-air-to-air'
I REALLY missed british tv when i got home.

cahullian · #24 10-05-2007, 11:56 AM

The best thing about tv is it keeps most of the crims off the streets at night. Leaving me more room to get up to some mischief...

Gazz

fringe_dweller · #25 10-05-2007, 12:17 PM

..in fact i've always got the impression that they didnt want you to watch tv here ... then along came foxtel ahhhhh
uktv channel atm eastenders followed by thermoman, and then extras on monday night ahhh ...you did something right rupert

my only real big complaint with foxtel is they really seem to labouringly push this funny game with no apparent skills that i can see, were they dont mark the ball or handpass ect. full of monsyllable big neanderthal boofheads hmmmmm someone has an interest in promoting this boring crap

RUPERT STOP IT ..GIVE IT UP ..WE ARE NEVER GONNA WATCH THAT S*** DOWN SOUTH!!! AS IF WE DONT WATCH ENUFF SPORT ALREADY

cahullian · #26 10-05-2007, 12:21 PM

I love foxtel for the football (the round ball game) as you get about 12-15 live games per week. Well worth the money each month, the missus loves uktv and the kids(all teenagers) love mtv,channel v and the comedy channel.

Gazz

Outbackmanyep · #27 10-05-2007, 12:38 PM

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agreed OBMY

but those colagen lips, like any fakeness, do my head in, and ruin it. leasts in the 60's/70's/80's you knew evrything was real

i guess the free to air networks know who does most of the shopping around house

..anyway crawling my way back on my knuckles to my cave ugg!

I wouldnt be complaining if her lips were attached to mine! hehe

fringe_dweller · #28 10-05-2007, 12:44 PM

yeh foxtel/austar rox (compared to any alternative at this point) I love the way with uk tv how they do their ads like they would (or at least used to) in the uk, mostly in between shows how it should be

i should clarify re RL, what i am refering to is the aus news channel (that for some reason is half sport!? wtf when you have a multichannel sports channel and you have to fill half the au news with sport?) but even stranger is that funnily 80 or 90% of the sport is blommin about RL

Outbackmanyep · #29 10-05-2007, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cahullian

I love foxtel for the football (the round ball game) as you get about 12-15 live games per week. Well worth the money each month, the missus loves uktv and the kids(all teenagers) love mtv,channel v and the comedy channel.

Gazz

Can i ask Gazz, do they watch Channel V on friday nights when Amber Lady comes on? Its quite tacky but ok to watch....hehe

fringe_dweller · #30 10-05-2007, 12:56 PM

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I wouldnt be complaining if her lips were attached to mine! hehe

you have to be an orphan from somalia to get that these from her these days

didnt she used to go out with her brother? has evryone forgotten? charming!
anyway, i dont trust anyones buttocks anymore they could be enhanced? I'm sure if most ladies were as rich as her and could do nothing but have a personal trainer to work out 10 hours a day with liposuction/best surgeons the world, they would look as 'good'
i think she is overrated by far - sorry - i like the real ppl - like Raquel Welch in One Million Years BC for instance

matt · #31 10-05-2007, 01:02 PM

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i think she is overrated by far

I'm with you, fringy

Sure... she's cultivated that whole 'nasty', dark 'bad girl' persona, but so has a whole brace of wannabe sexpots who've got nothing more going for them other than hype and a pretty face.

If Britney Spears or Paris Hilton can be considered 'sexy' or 'bad'... where does it all end?

Outbackmanyep · #32 10-05-2007, 04:40 PM

Hmmm, of course guys i wouldnt stop there, what about Rose McGowan??
Or Meg Ryan......she seems like fun!

By the way, as far as ads go...the one at the moment which has annoyed me greatly are the "Soul" adverts......ARRRRGHHHH!

Glenhuon (Bill) · #33 10-05-2007, 10:35 PM

I have a TV about 10 feet away from me and have'nt watched a full program on it since it was bought 2 months ago and after reading you guys comments probably won't watch it for a long time to come. Much prefer a good book or a DVD of my choice that I can watch in uninterrupted peace without some fool excitedly telling me about the latest McDonalds deal. If J.L. Baird could see TV now he would give up and take up Plumbing.

Ambermile · #34 10-05-2007, 11:48 PM

- if you look at JL-B's design you'd think he *was* a plumber...

Arthur

Outbackmanyep · #35 11-05-2007, 04:24 PM

I agree Glenhuon, a DVD is always a good choice......maybe i oughtta watch the 2003 Grand Final in which the Panthers outplayed the roosters....for the 20th time! Yeehaa!

Good thinking 99!

Cheers!