What made you UNHAPPY today!

[C8RKH]

I'd make a stink about it in Public. Totally shocking

[comem47]

I'm amazed how "charging to receive" ever came to be and how one could enforce that. Here it's you can receive anything, anywhere for free over your own antenna, but transmitting is licensed (and that is easily traceable). Of course you pay cable companies to use their system, but it's not licensed by the end user.

 

 

 

Edited July 16, 2020 by comem47

[Barrykearley]

Best of luck to the bbc taking her to court to enforce. She doesn’t have the mental capacity to attend 👍

[PhilW]

Exactly my train of though but as power of attorney not sure where we would stand there.

[ChrisJ]

Phil - been through similar over the past couple of years. £850 is cheap, my Mum was being stung for £1300 a week, and the home did bugger all apart from feed her pills to keep her co-operative. Before she went into the home, she was very mobile. 3 months after going in could hardly walk, a year after I didn't recognise her.

TV licence. Her new free one arrived at my house (she moved to live next door to me after my Dad died). I rang them up to say she was no longer there, and got the same story that she would need a licence for her room, but that the free licence could be transferred - which I assume my sister did as the Care Home was close to her.

Just remove the aerial? Can't receive, no licence payable?

[Sparky]

No surprise, but sad nonetheless.  The B747 was an enormous part of my life.  It was always my plan to get on the farewell flight; doubt that'll happen!

[Bibs]

I read about the end of the Jumbo. I've never even been on one!! 

[Sparky]

What!!?  I didn't know that was even possible!

[Bibs]

I've been on several long haul flights, never on a Jumbo though. 

[Sparky]

I think a few in other airlines will operate passenger for a while, but soon the only 747s we see will be cargo.  I don't think we'll be seeing A380s for much longer, either.

[bogle]

Flew on the 747 from Oahu to Nadi (Fiji).  Got to go talk with the pilots in the cockpit.  That was 21 years ago next week.  I know this because it's my anniversary and because you can't go talk to pilots anymore for obvious reasons.

The thing I regret the most is not flying on Concorde.  I had a chance when I was 21, but didn't have the $900 they were asking to fly half way to Hawaii and back to San Diego, CA.  Hopefully, Boom will bring the return of supersonic flight.  https://boomsupersonic.com/overture

 

 

[TdM]

This is sad news. I spent a lot of time on Jumbos top and bottom decks included. Always felt a little special to me being on that plane. This linked to a pigeon having just pooed on my face means this is a day of 'things that make me unhappy' so far!

[Kimbers]

I loved the 747. We flew on them regularly backwards and forwards to KL, using the old mans Airmiles up to live between Malaysia and the UK. Used to love it as it was often only half full and a couple of times even less so we could sleep across 3-4 chairs......plus I got booze which I didn't get on the Air Malaysia flights!

[DDubya]

Will miss the 747, which is more than can be said about flying BA, hopefully never again🙁

[Kimbers]

Could be worse you could fly TUI instead! 

[C8RKH]

Never had a problem on TUI flights in 20 years!  Apart from the odd tosser passenger who got pissed at the airport in the UK and ignored his kids for the whole flight

 

[Barrykearley]

Yeah sorry about that

[Colin P]

Our preferred cruise company went in to liquidation today. Good company just bought 2 new ships, pushed out of business by coronavirus. 
More upset about the loss of a good company than deposit for a rescheduled cruise  that we were originally supposed to be on this week (Albeit should be able to reclaim from CC).

[ChrisJ]

Had my cracked tooth pulled today - oh boy does my jaw hurt - see the "What made you Happy" thread. 

 

[pete]

Bloody amateur electricians 

[Bibs]

Perhaps they hears someone say stair string and thought their wires would help?

[Dan E]

Looks like one of our better jobs 😂

[Painterdave]

Looks like the carpet might have been the strongest bit

[Francisco Franco]

They were rough...... but bloody cheap!!!!!

[C8RKH]

18 hours ago, pete said:

Bloody amateur electricians 

Oh my F@@@@@G god.  You have to be kidding with this right? I'd be straight on to the federation, trading standards and health and safety and have the bastards in court, then hung, drawn and quartered. That is beyond Shocking.

But then I guess you are in Essex.

5 minutes ago, Francisco Franco said:

They were rough...... but bloody cheap!!!!!

You've met my previous girlfriends then?