Life without television

[Beef Oven]

yup, and if they don't pay they will be up before the beak.

[Beef Oven]

and then sent down.

[Nick Armstrong]

platypodes.

(Tho' platypus is used as a plural too.)

[Serial_Apologist]

Is it platypuses or platypusses ?

I've come across shaved but platted is a new one on me...

[french frank]

I've just been tidying my pin board and have uncovered a letter from TVL dated July 2010 . It thanks me for having let them know that I don't need a TV licence; they have updated their records and I won't hear from them again 'for almost two years' as they are unable to 'put a permanent stop on letters' ...

'We may need a couple of minutes of your time...' ... 'We may visit your home ... no more than a few minutes.'

Time is getting short to think of a new tactic.

I've just received my expected letter. I think it's Level One in the Customer Relations ranking. 'We'd like to stop writing to you if you don't need a licence ...'

I went online (as they suggested) to say I didn't need a licence and ...



None of the above.

The closest was "I only watch catch-up services via a computer (e.g. iPlayer): You do not watch or record television programmes, on any device, as they're being shown on TV (i.e. live)."

But I don't. Not TV ones. So I had to ring them up to say what do I choose if I do have a computer which will receive a TV signal but I don't use it for that. They said there was an option, but I can't see it.

[Flosshilde]

I've just been tidying my pin board

Sounds like the sort of essential job you find that has to be done this minute - far more important than doing the Tax return.