NO more free TV licence from today

presumably none of them

there's few enough for them to check

It's not like TV Licensing doesn't know here they live

so not a "few" years then

Googleing has turn up the snipped that bus pass eligibly at 60 stopped in

presumably rules for this benefit changed at the same time

the flat state pension will do nothing of the sort

because millions will not qualify for the full rate

Oh no they're not

that is because the irish are all crooks....

no such thing as a detector van ....

black and white licences should have gone when tv went digital only......

That's a moot point.

I don't see why, but I'm not sure. Even if it did those under 65 would have continued to get it.

there isn't these days. There were some in the past

Some that claimed to be, you mean. They were as fake as most BBC news.

Crazy Jim, some of us use little icons to indicate we are being funny, lighthearted or saying something tongue-in-cheek, few of us (or those who aren't actually crazy or are older than 10) actually type 'tee hee'.

HTH

Cheers, T i m

They were operated by the GPO. They existed, I've been inside one. I've also seen the portable kit, developed later, which actually worked, too.

To me, the main issue is expecting the BBC to pay for a 'benefit' If this is fair, perhaps the energy companies should pay the winter fuel allowance? Or supermarkets providing free food to poor pensioners? But then given how much many of them contribute to Tory party funds, unlikely.

So just standard Trump thinking. Anyone who criticises in any way should be penalised in any way possible.

Thanks.

Yeah, that seemed to be what it was suggesting.

It's been the same for a good while now.

OK.

Cheers, T i m

Worked in what sense? The only possible thing that could be detected would be the local oscillator in the tuner mixer. This 'beats' with the incoming RF signal and produces the IF (intermediate frequency). This wouldn't tell anyone if or what you were watching even if it was strong enough to be detected from a distance, which is unlikely.

For a CRT TV or computer screen, the signal modulating the grid of the tube was fortuitously radiated over a wide range of frequencies, This could be picked up, usually at VHF, and used to modulate one's own CRT, letting you see on your screen exactly what was on the target's screen.

;-)

I didn't realise I was?

We do, just not millions ...

Not for a while, no (my choice) ...

Because I'm not looking for employment?

It's not quite as bad as that but as I said, if you don't have any debts, don't have an expensive lifestyle, do lots of things yourself and cut your cloth ...

I wouldn't say so. Do we have to be a bit careful? Yes. Do we still do most of what we want? Yes?

We haven't been on holiday for about 10 years, not because we couldn't afford to but just that we haven't. Being 'retired' is a bit like a holiday (or should be ) and so we tend to do fun things all year round. ;-)

So it seems and for me, very much for the better. ;-)

No, let me expand on that. Being with my current partner is all I consider, not the 'marriage' bit. I was married before (7 years), her Mum died and she changed, I didn't like what she had become, we agreed to go separate ways (and remained friends). We both promised 'till death we do part' but lied.

When I had been with my current partner a couple of years and me being a toy boy, we decided that if we were to have a child, we needed to have all the rules and regs set out legally and a solicitor we approached to set such up, came back after a couple of days and said the 'easiest way to cover all that is to get married'. So we did, in our lunch hour at work.

We lost the first child (miscarriage) but the next survived and is now nearly 30. ;-)

And being 'retired' has give me / us the opportunity to be there for her, my stepdaughter (wife's daughter, before she died of Cancer last year) and my Mum (since Dad died 10 years ago).

To me / us, being able to do that and enjoy ourselves while we can ... and have no real stress (roof over our head) is worth not being 'rich'. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

They were to me. Clearly shown on NI dashboard website and on my BR19 pensions forecasts.

Those people were contracted out, as I was for most of the time. They get the same as someone who was not contracted out but because they paid reduced NI and get a far better occupational pension (and some!!), there is a contracted-out deduction from their state pension. This has always been the case, and is nothing to do with the Apr 2016-on arrangements.