Pistonheaders and their First World Problems.
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The TV Licensing pricks are mildly irritating me. They use envelopes with a special window so the postie can see the "OFFICIAL NOTICE" in bold red ink. This latest one came in a red envelope too, I wondered who might have got my birthday so badly wrong.
I considered cooperating but the first threats had already arrived before I moved in. Every letter begins with "YOU ARE COMITTING AN OFFENCEif you are watching broadcast TV." I took a look at the website to declare that I don't need a TV license, and they want all of my personal details to stop the threats, then they might still need to "check" and in two years time they'll start with the threats again.
I didn't have this trouble with the aviation authority, or the dog licensing people, or the firearms people. Or the fishing people.
The current threat suggests a visit might be coming up soon. Bit of a waste, Birmingham is over an hour's drive from here. If I bother to answer the door, it will be a very short conversation.
I considered cooperating but the first threats had already arrived before I moved in. Every letter begins with "YOU ARE COMITTING AN OFFENCEif you are watching broadcast TV." I took a look at the website to declare that I don't need a TV license, and they want all of my personal details to stop the threats, then they might still need to "check" and in two years time they'll start with the threats again.
I didn't have this trouble with the aviation authority, or the dog licensing people, or the firearms people. Or the fishing people.
The current threat suggests a visit might be coming up soon. Bit of a waste, Birmingham is over an hour's drive from here. If I bother to answer the door, it will be a very short conversation.
wrong_turn said:
The TV Licensing pricks are mildly irritating me. They use envelopes with a special window so the postie can see the "OFFICIAL NOTICE" in bold red ink. This latest one came in a red envelope too, I wondered who might have got my birthday so badly wrong.
I considered cooperating but the first threats had already arrived before I moved in. Every letter begins with "YOU ARE COMITTING AN OFFENCEif you are watching broadcast TV." I took a look at the website to declare that I don't need a TV license, and they want all of my personal details to stop the threats, then they might still need to "check" and in two years time they'll start with the threats again.
I didn't have this trouble with the aviation authority, or the dog licensing people, or the firearms people. Or the fishing people.
The current threat suggests a visit might be coming up soon. Bit of a waste, Birmingham is over an hour's drive from here. If I bother to answer the door, it will be a very short conversation.
I told them no one lives at the address online, it took less time than you did to write that. I have therefore had an extra 90 seconds to devote to dominating my stairs, and hammering frozen sausages in adversaries’ lawns etc etc I considered cooperating but the first threats had already arrived before I moved in. Every letter begins with "YOU ARE COMITTING AN OFFENCEif you are watching broadcast TV." I took a look at the website to declare that I don't need a TV license, and they want all of my personal details to stop the threats, then they might still need to "check" and in two years time they'll start with the threats again.
I didn't have this trouble with the aviation authority, or the dog licensing people, or the firearms people. Or the fishing people.
The current threat suggests a visit might be coming up soon. Bit of a waste, Birmingham is over an hour's drive from here. If I bother to answer the door, it will be a very short conversation.
It's not about time spent, it's about baseless threats and expecting my personal details just to shut up for a couple of years. It's a first world problem, as in the topic.
I'm not going to tell them the address is unoccupied. As it is occupied. By someone who doesn't watch TV or Iplayer, and doesn't like being threatened for no reason. Posting it on a forum is just a few minutes of my time for mild entertainment purposes.
Now I just need someone to ask "What did they say when you phoned them?" or something... Another first world problem.
I'm not going to tell them the address is unoccupied. As it is occupied. By someone who doesn't watch TV or Iplayer, and doesn't like being threatened for no reason. Posting it on a forum is just a few minutes of my time for mild entertainment purposes.
Now I just need someone to ask "What did they say when you phoned them?" or something... Another first world problem.
silverthorn2151 said:
I have a blister on my big toe making it painful to walk down the hill from our apartment to the beach. Why are there no sedan chairs on the Costa del Sol?
May have to stay by the pool instead. FML.
Apartment? Costa del Sol? Shouldn't this be in the council thread? May have to stay by the pool instead. FML.
MDMA . said:
silverthorn2151 said:
I have a blister on my big toe making it painful to walk down the hill from our apartment to the beach. Why are there no sedan chairs on the Costa del Sol?
May have to stay by the pool instead. FML.
Apartment? Costa del Sol? Shouldn't this be in the council thread? May have to stay by the pool instead. FML.
MDMA . said:
silverthorn2151 said:
I have a blister on my big toe making it painful to walk down the hill from our apartment to the beach. Why are there no sedan chairs on the Costa del Sol?
May have to stay by the pool instead. FML.
Apartment? Costa del Sol? Shouldn't this be in the council thread? May have to stay by the pool instead. FML.
wrong_turn said:
It's not about time spent, it's about baseless threats and expecting my personal details just to shut up for a couple of years. It's a first world problem, as in the topic.
I'm not going to tell them the address is unoccupied. As it is occupied. By someone who doesn't watch TV or Iplayer, and doesn't like being threatened for no reason. Posting it on a forum is just a few minutes of my time for mild entertainment purposes.
Now I just need someone to ask "What did they say when you phoned them?" or something... Another first world problem.
you don't watch TV at all, or you're not a fan of the BBC...?I'm not going to tell them the address is unoccupied. As it is occupied. By someone who doesn't watch TV or Iplayer, and doesn't like being threatened for no reason. Posting it on a forum is just a few minutes of my time for mild entertainment purposes.
Now I just need someone to ask "What did they say when you phoned them?" or something... Another first world problem.
silverthorn2151 said:
MDMA . said:
silverthorn2151 said:
I have a blister on my big toe making it painful to walk down the hill from our apartment to the beach. Why are there no sedan chairs on the Costa del Sol?
May have to stay by the pool instead. FML.
Apartment? Costa del Sol? Shouldn't this be in the council thread? May have to stay by the pool instead. FML.
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