we have to pay the BBC for a TV licence here in the UK. About $250 a year to receive proper live TV.

You're kidding? Here you just have to buy a TV. Of course, if you want anything besides basic channels you have to buy a package of some sort, either cable or dish.

If you purchase a TV the BBC licensing agency gets notified, then they'll send you a letter telling you you need a license. Only if you bought it for a household that doesn't all ready have a license though. They can even legally come in to your house and check to see if you're receiving TV without a license. Which can lead to massive fines and all that good stuff.

Wow...that blows my mind...

Only place I know that does it. BBC pretty much owns the TV industry here.

*nods* You don't have to buy a cable or dish package here if you don't want to. You can still get local channels.

We get 4 basic channels that don't require digital, but two of them a BBC channels. You even need a license to receive those for basic ones.

So my Tv is not connected to anything in any way. Just a PS3/Wii for Netflix and it has a USB port for playing shows I have on my PC.

Well, at least you can still watch movies and such.

I have to resort to torrenting shows and being all illegal because i don't have the money to pay for such things. I feel sort of bad about it, but I'm about 6 years behind on shows Dx

Well, that sucks. Don't you have a neighbor you can watch TV with?

Heheh, we get on a roll and can't stop.

Heheh, I like his sense of humor.

Both of you are, actually!

*giggles* I thought you might, but I stand by it.

*snickers* Of course there is. I've been a trickster since I was born.

53 years! Time enough to refine a lot of things.

*hugs* Give it time, you'll be surprised.

How is it that tris manages to make me feel like a baby compared to everyone else? ._.

Well, you're only a few years younger than Gall, right? That's not bad. And I'm older than the norm around here.

Yeah.. but I'm still the youngest out of everyone I talk to on her Dx

Good luck with your quests, Gallagher! :D

No prob, hun. So, what have you been up to?

Me too. Ginger is who led me to this site, and like yourself, she has been a huge help in guiding me around the site. :) Pains? Like, aches and pains?

Yes. time travel makes everything better B|

I feel that - literally. I have early onset on joint arthritis (it's a genetic thing) and as a result two discs in my spine have what they call 'disc degeneration disease'. Totally not good, when I am laid up at home from chemo nearly every second day. I haven't been getting the exercise needed for my back, because I have been so sick. And I can't go out into the sun for long, because it irritates my skin. I even have to wear a bloody beanie everywhere because my hair is thinning out :( That's the worse part - worrying I am going to look like riff raff.

-holds his hand up-

I have junior rheumatoid Arthritis. I can semi-understand what it's like.
Also, it sounds like you should take a trip to the tree top hospital Club House topic.

Well, maybe we should start a thread 'Baldy Love' or something. Lols, I'm rambling because I'm tired. So I'm gonna go. But yeah, put liniment on your joints, rub it in, and they might feel a little better. TTFN :)

That's a good idea, Ducky. I might do that tomorrow, if I have time :)

*hugs and liniment for all the aching joints*