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Jakerbeef · Post by **Jakerbeef** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:31 pm

Alesha's laugh makes her hotter, for some indecipherable reason.

ratbert wrote:
Jakerbeef wrote:No TV license Ratty? They'll send the boys round y'know...
That puts me in mind of the people who didn't have a licence because they only watched ITV...

A legitimate argument! Back in my student days I remember them turning the local TV mast off for half the town because there were so many students living there not paying for licenses.

The good old days.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:53 pm

Did we ever find out as to whether or not those old TV Detector vans actually had the wherewithal to detect TV sets? Or, and as I suspect, did the blokes inside just have a list of addresses showing as not having bought a TV Licence?

And just for younger viewers;

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:12 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:Did we ever find out as to whether or not those old TV Detector vans actually had the wherewithal to detect TV sets? Or, and as I suspect, did the blokes inside just have a list of addresses showing as not having bought a TV Licence?

And just for younger viewers;

Steve Punt did a show on Radio 4 about it recently (Punt PI), interviewing various people. It didn't really come to any firm conclusions (quelle surprise) but there were people on it that claimed the technology existed at the time, other people saying they'd seen inside one and there was nothing but a mattress to sleep on, and one person who'd bought a 'retired' van and said that it did have a lot of electronic equipment in it but he didn't know if it ever worked. They did however go on to prove that it was at least feasible now.

As you say, the likelihood was that it was a semi-elaborate scare campaign with an element of scientific fact behind it. I very much doubt the GPO had the resources to run a fleet of vans that could do the detection, instead they probably had a small number of bogus vans. They almost certainly caught people the same way they do now, by knowing the addresses that don't have TV licences.

Having said all that, there's nowt worth watching now anyway - haven't turned mine on for about three weeks. I'd stick to that Kes DVD.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:17 pm

i got caught by one of those vans...

had to buy a licence and pay a fine...

they were real, all right...

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:17 pm

Continuing the thread hijack, here's one for nostalgia fans (which like TV is not as good as it used to be)...

Two quid? That wouldn't even pay for half a Jonathan Woss wanking joke.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:27 pm

Little Green Man wrote:I'd stick to that Kes DVD.

Not here yet, Chief, so I'm now going to watch Memento, which, of course, I forgot that I had - ho, ho, ho!

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:39 pm

One of these detector vans, with all the Dr Who stuff on, pulls up outside a house. Woman occupant is coming down the driveway.

Guy jumps out says:"Excuse me madam, but we're doing random checks on TV licences. Could we see yours please?
Woman replies: "I'm in a hurry. My husband's in. Tell him it's in the top drawer of the sideboard under the biscuit tin"
Guy knock on the door and say. "Morning sir. I'd like to see your TV licence. It's in the top drawer of the sideboard under the biscuit tin"
Occupier: Fxxking hell. I heard these detector vans were good, but fxxk me..."

Jakerbeef · Post by **Jakerbeef** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:48 am

One of them came to the door once. In a yellow shirt and tie.
Yellow. As in pee.
Sarcastic tosser with a jerky little 'tache.

They're just doing their job of course, in much the same way debt collectors, tax men and referees are too.

Porrohman · Post by **Porrohman** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:51 pm

William the White wrote:i got caught by one of those vans...

had to buy a licence and pay a fine...

they were real, all right...

Yep they were real as they use to come to our office from Liverpool and some of the van drivers did overtime driving them around Bolton as the officers liked to use `local` knowledge,i.e asking them where are the local craphole estate etc.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:47 pm

Anyway, moving back towards the topic thread a bit. Strictly nice people Dancing is OK, I suppose, but there won't be anything remotely near to being as good as Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire.

Just cop for this little gem. Done in one take, by the way! (If you're not sure what all the fuss is about please watch the whole clip, especially after the 1.20 mark.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toDl2hXt8BM

Voiceover by Frank Sinatra incidentally.

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:30 pm

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:Anyway, moving back towards the topic thread a bit. Strictly tw*ts Dancing is OK, I suppose, but there won't be anything remotely near to being as good as Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire.

Just cop for this little gem. Done in one take, by the way! (If you're not sure what all the fuss is about please watch the whole clip, especially after the 1.20 mark.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toDl2hXt8BM

Voiceover by Frank Sinatra incidentally.

That was excellent, Zulu.

Never heard of Eleanor Powell before, but Christ. The timing and speed was fantastic.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:03 pm

enfieldwhite wrote:
Never heard of Eleanor Powell before, but Christ. The timing and speed was fantastic.

Apparently she was that good that Astaire didn't appear with her in a film again. He didn't want to be upstaged - and he felt he was.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:56 pm

Zulu the terminator appreciating my hero Fred? Wow, good stuff Mr Bromhead.

Great dancers both, Astaire and Powell. Good clip.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:14 pm

Tonight's the big night. (Friday and Saturday shows for the first two weeks). Hoping Erin Boag will do well, but fearing she's got a lemon for a partner. My tip to do well: Athlete Jade Johnson and Ian Waite. Bring it on.

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:17 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Tonight's the big night. (Friday and Saturday shows for the first two weeks). Hoping Erin Boag will do well, but fearing she's got a lemon for a partner. My tip to do well: Athlete Jade Johnson and Ian Waite. Bring it on.

Is it women or men tonight?

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:21 pm

BWFC_Insane wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Tonight's the big night. (Friday and Saturday shows for the first two weeks). Hoping Erin Boag will do well, but fearing she's got a lemon for a partner. My tip to do well: Athlete Jade Johnson and Ian Waite. Bring it on.
Is it women or men tonight?

Not sure. Think they might mix it. Tango and Waltz night. Stand by for Phil Tuffnel.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:32 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Zulu the terminator appreciating my hero Fred? Wow, good stuff Mr Bromhead.

Great dancers both, Astaire and Powell. Good clip.

Hi TD, good holiday I hope?

Astaire was just awesome in my view. I remember seeing him in a film (can't remember the name) where he was tapdancing whilst smashing golf balls off a tee. Again it was done in one take, I believe - and it was simply unbelievable.

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:33 pm

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Zulu the terminator appreciating my hero Fred? Wow, good stuff Mr Bromhead.

Great dancers both, Astaire and Powell. Good clip.
Hi TD, good holiday I hope?

Astaire was just awesome in my view. I remember seeing him in a film (can't remember the name) where he was tapdancing whilst smashing golf balls off a tee. Again it was done in one take, I believe - and it was simply unbelievable.

Would Fred have won the TW Open though?

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:56 pm

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Zulu the terminator appreciating my hero Fred? Wow, good stuff Mr Bromhead.

Great dancers both, Astaire and Powell. Good clip.
Hi TD, good holiday I hope?

Astaire was just awesome in my view. I remember seeing him in a film (can't remember the name) where he was tapdancing whilst smashing golf balls off a tee. Again it was done in one take, I believe - and it was simply unbelievable.

Holiday okay Zulu but very un-Spanish. Two days sunshine, two days cloudy and three days of thunderstorms and pxxsing rain. A link here to the place I went and I'll stick some photos up of the excavations later. Interesting stuff: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... ie%3DUTF-8

Fred Astaire was the ultimate dance king (for me) and had great partners in Ginger Rogers, Elaine Powell and (my favourite) Cyd Charisse. (Great tango in the film Bandwaggon). He was the man.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:09 pm

OK TD Glad to hear you had a good holiday.

I did a bit of searching on YouTube and I found the clip. Just cop for this little gem! Watch it all through and gasp in amazement - particularly from the 1:30 mark!

Zulu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pw0XRAuO0w

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