OT - Call Centres......Arrrggggg!

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Ian Rawlings

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• Aug 24, 2006

• #61

On 2006-08-23, Dave Liquorice <[email protected]> wrote:

> Eric was a halibut not a bee.

Eric was half a bee, he had an hhhaccident.

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Greg

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• Aug 24, 2006

• #62

CraigB wrote:
> Something really scary ...the US and Canada think that NZ is part of
> Australia.
> Their adverts over here for "Aussie" products and their "Aussie" actors all
> speak with a Kiwi accent.

Something more scary, Americans know so little about the world outside
their borders they have to tak the country onto every capital city "the
british prime minister in London-England said..."

Greg

 

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Greg

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• Aug 24, 2006

• #63

Dave Liquorice wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:36:50 +0100, Greg wrote:
>
> > Tell us about it, recently there was a documentary on the BBC claiming
> > not only that nuclear power was safe but that a bit of radiation was
> > actually good for you, I kid you not!. A couple of days later the
> > government told us that it wanted to build more nuclear power stations,
>
> You spotted that as well. It's not the only example if you watch what is
> on the telly in documentary form and what is quietly kicking around the
> political arena.

Yes there's a lot of it going on, but most is a bit more subtle than
telling the nation that a dose or radiation is good for them . I
watched the program through just to see how far they would go in
distorting the truth and was truly gob smacked by the end, the fact
there hasn't been widespread condemnation of the program also speaks
reams, they really have got things sewn up.
Greg

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Aug 24, 2006

• #64

On or around Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:51:59 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Duracell Bunny wrote:
>
>> As an ex-Pom, I'm used to my Pommie friends saying on the phone I have a
>> broad Aussie accent, yet to any Aussie here I'm still a Pommie sheila. I
>> guess I lose out both ways
>
>I know the feeling - accused of being a Pom (which I'm not but have
>spent a fair bit of time in the UK) when I'm at home, and of being a
>Aussie when I'm in the UK (bloody Poms - can't tell a Kiwi accent).

sort of a cross between ozzie and sithe effrican, ain't it?

<DARFC>

I was once accused of having a chameleon accent - my accent tends to morph
to those around me. trouble with that is that people tend to think you're
taking the ****.
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Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!"
Thomas À Kempis (1380 - 1471) Imitation of Christ, I.xxiii.

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Aug 24, 2006

• #65

On or around Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:28:35 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Duracell Bunny wrote:
>> EMB wrote:
>>> Srtgray wrote:
>>>
>>>> I once saw a copy of the Australian constitution which listed New
>>>> Zealand as a State along with all the others - they were just waiting
>>>> for NZ to ratify it, I guess.
>>>
>>> Not bloody likely. ;-)
>>>
>> We'd not have them these days anyway - we value the blood lines of our
>> sheep too much
>
>You're confused again Karen - NZ is not a part of Wales.

yeah, we have smaller sheep here.
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"Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!"
Thomas À Kempis (1380 - 1471) Imitation of Christ, I.xxiii.

 

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Austin Shackles

Guest

• Aug 24, 2006

• #66

On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:11:46 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:13:35 +0100, Simon Isaacs
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>>
>>martyn's site www.commedia.tv always cheers me up, although that is
>>unsolicited calls.....
>
>I love the electricity leak one meself.
>
>someone had a nice site along similar lines... now what was it...
>
>oh yes:
>
>http://www.wedonotuse.com/
>
>I'm waiting for a window salesman to ring now...
>
>"sorry, we use have windows here"

I've no idea why that looks like that. it was supposed to say "we do not
use windows".
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Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to
a great lie than to a small one" Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
from Mein Kampf, Ch 10

 

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beamendsltd

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• Aug 24, 2006

• #67

In message <[email protected]>
"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On 2006-08-23, beamendsltd <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > But no! We have changed the TV licence over, but after 2 weeks we
> > > get the standard threatening letter to "The Occupier" threatening
> > > court action.
> >
> > They can't do anything until they send someone round to find out who
> > you are and if you really are watching telly, so I wouldn't bother if
> > I were you. I paid TV license for about 2 years, the rest of the time
> > I never got visits other than when living in very densly populated
> > areas. My aerial broke in January and quite frankly TV wasn't worth
> > the hassle of getting it fixed, I've been TV free since then and don't
> > miss it. I told them that and I've not had hassle from them since.
> >
>
> I'm curious about how the TV licence rip-off affects non-electromagnetic
> wave propagated signals. I understood that the licence was a licence to
> receive television which, up until recently meant you poked an aerial up
> onto the chimney, connected the wire and the pictures appeared on the telly.
> With so many other methods of receiving moving pictures, digital cable
> satellite web-based, I'm wondering if the licence is still valid or whether
> we're actually being ripped off because we now don't actually need one
> unless you're still using the old aerial/chimney arrangement (whether it be
> connected to TV, video recorder, TV tuner card in a PC etc). I can get all
> kinds of moving pictures via the internet, including streamed news and other
> broadcasts, down the broadband line and which to me seem not to be telly in
> the sense of the licence wording. Any ideas?
>
>

They've got that covered - even a business, with no aerial at all
nad no internet connection, needs a licecnce if they have a PC
or any other device capable of displaying a TV picture - e.g. DVD's.

Richard
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beamendsltd

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• Aug 24, 2006

• #68

In message <[email protected]>
"Dave Liquorice" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:21:26 +0100, Ian Rawlings wrote:
>
> >> But there hasn't been a Radio License for years!
> >
> > Is there a cat license? I have a bee license for my pet bee Eric.
>
> Eric was a halibut not a bee.
>

Philosophicaly, half a bee cannot be.
Singing, doh ray me, la tee dee
Eric the Half A Bee....

Richard
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JD

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• Aug 24, 2006

• #69

Srtgray wrote:
(snip)
> I once saw a copy of the Australian constitution which listed New
> Zealand as a State along with all the others - they were just waiting
> for NZ to ratify it, I guess.
>
> Stuart

Yes, NZ was given the option of joining the federation, but failed to do so.
I am not sure whether the option is still open or not, there may have been
a time limit. But the original offer is still there in the constitution.
JD

 

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Duracell Bunny

Guest

• Aug 24, 2006

• #70

JD wrote:
> Srtgray wrote:
> (snip)
>> I once saw a copy of the Australian constitution which listed New
>> Zealand as a State along with all the others - they were just waiting
>> for NZ to ratify it, I guess.
>>
>> Stuart
>
> Yes, NZ was given the option of joining the federation, but failed to do so.
> I am not sure whether the option is still open or not, there may have been
> a time limit. But the original offer is still there in the constitution.
> JD


Most of them are here anyway ... looks as if we're stuck with the b@rstards
anyway

Will the last Kiwi to leave home please turn the lights out ...

--
Karen

"Sometimes I think I have a Guardian Idiot - a little invisible spirit just
behind my shoulder, looking out for me ... only he's an imbecile" - Jake Stonebender

 

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EMB

Guest

• Aug 24, 2006

• #71

Duracell Bunny wrote:

> Will the last Kiwi to leave home please turn the lights out ...

Sure thing babe - I'll hit the switch as I head for the UK. ;-)


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EMB

 

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Ian Rawlings

Guest

• Aug 24, 2006

• #72

On 2006-08-24, beamendsltd <[email protected]> wrote:

> They've got that covered - even a business, with no aerial at all
> nad no internet connection, needs a licecnce if they have a PC
> or any other device capable of displaying a TV picture - e.g. DVD's.

No they don't. Please read the requirements on the TV license
website. You can have as many bits of TV receiving gear as you want,
as long as none of them is capable of receiving, e.g. has no aerial,
then you don't need a TV license. You need to tell them that you do
not have an aerial connection, and they may send someone round to
check.

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/gethelp/faqs.jsp

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Torak

Guest

• Aug 24, 2006

• #73

Greg wrote:
> "JD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>The problem with this is that the ABC (copied from the BBC) is
>>dependent on funding from general revenue, and hence much more subject to
>>political pressure by the government of the day.
>
>
> Tell us about it, recently there was a documentary on the BBC claiming not
> only that nuclear power was safe but that a bit of radiation was actually
> good for you, I kid you not!. A couple of days later the government told us
> that it wanted to build more nuclear power stations, a more blatant
> manipulation of the media I have yet to see outside a dictatorship.

Well, nuclear power is actually fairly safe; yes, when things go wrong
they go interestingly wrong, but the failure rate is much lower than
most other methods. And it's far cleaner than, say, coal or oil. In
Sweden they've even developed a way of safely disposing of the fuel
rods. Which is nice.

 

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Torak

Guest

• Aug 24, 2006

• #74

Greg wrote:
> Dave Liquorice wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:36:50 +0100, Greg wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Tell us about it, recently there was a documentary on the BBC claiming
>>>not only that nuclear power was safe but that a bit of radiation was
>>>actually good for you, I kid you not!. A couple of days later the
>>>government told us that it wanted to build more nuclear power stations,
>>
>>You spotted that as well. It's not the only example if you watch what is
>>on the telly in documentary form and what is quietly kicking around the
>>political arena.
>
>
> Yes there's a lot of it going on, but most is a bit more subtle than
> telling the nation that a dose or radiation is good for them . I

Which isn't strictly wrong, actually. All depends on the type and level
of radiation. Humans would find it very difficult to live without UV
light, for instance, which is strictly speaking radiation.

OK, so they're being a bit sloppy with the context, but they're not
strictly speaking *wrong*.

 

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Torak

Guest

• Aug 24, 2006

• #75

Greg wrote:
> CraigB wrote:
>
>>Something really scary ...the US and Canada think that NZ is part of
>>Australia.
>>Their adverts over here for "Aussie" products and their "Aussie" actors all
>>speak with a Kiwi accent.
>
>
> Something more scary, Americans know so little about the world outside
> their borders they have to tak the country onto every capital city "the
> british prime minister in London-England said..."

Ah, but that's so they don't confuse it with London-Nevada,
London-Massachusetts or London-Oregon. (I have no idea if there are
Londons in those states, but they do tend to lift names from everywhere...)

I particularly enjoyed, on a trip to the States, travelling through
Moscow, Maine, population 620...

 

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GbH

Guest

• Aug 24, 2006

• #76

CraigB wrote:
> "EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>>
>>> As an ex-Pom, I'm used to my Pommie friends saying on the phone I
>>> have a broad Aussie accent, yet to any Aussie here I'm still a
>>> Pommie sheila. I guess I lose out both ways
>>
>> I know the feeling - accused of being a Pom (which I'm not but have
>> spent a fair bit of time in the UK) when I'm at home, and of being a
>> Aussie when I'm in the UK (bloody Poms - can't tell a Kiwi accent).
>> --
>> EMB
>
> Something really scary ...the US

Well that is an improvement, prevously US atlases had only one country in
them. It was well known Canada was the state between WA (Washington) and
Alaska.


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GbH

Guest

• Aug 24, 2006

• #77

Duracell Bunny wrote:
> EMB wrote:
>> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>>
>>> As an ex-Pom, I'm used to my Pommie friends saying on the phone I
>>> have a broad Aussie accent, yet to any Aussie here I'm still a
>>> Pommie sheila. I guess I lose out both ways
>>
>> I know the feeling - accused of being a Pom (which I'm not but have
>> spent a fair bit of time in the UK) when I'm at home, and of being a
>> Aussie when I'm in the UK (bloody Poms - can't tell a Kiwi accent).
>
> That's an easy test - get a Kiwi to say 'Sex in sacks sucks' & see if
> you can tell the difference in the words
>
> They always say sex in sex sex.

Don't we all?

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GbH

Guest

• Aug 24, 2006

• #78

Greg wrote:
> CraigB wrote:
>> Something really scary ...the US and Canada think that NZ is part of
>> Australia.
>> Their adverts over here for "Aussie" products and their "Aussie"
>> actors all speak with a Kiwi accent.
>
> Something more scary, Americans know so little about the world outside
> their borders they have to tak the country onto every capital city
> "the british prime minister in London-England said..."

Strangely England per se doesn't have a capital city! London if anything is
the capital of the UK!


> Greg



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GbH

Guest

• Aug 24, 2006

• #79

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:51:59 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>>
>>> As an ex-Pom, I'm used to my Pommie friends saying on the phone I
>>> have a broad Aussie accent, yet to any Aussie here I'm still a
>>> Pommie sheila. I guess I lose out both ways
>>
>> I know the feeling - accused of being a Pom (which I'm not but have
>> spent a fair bit of time in the UK) when I'm at home, and of being a
>> Aussie when I'm in the UK (bloody Poms - can't tell a Kiwi accent).
>>
>
> sort of a cross between ozzie and sithe effrican, ain't it?
>
> <DARFC>
>
> I was once accused of having a chameleon accent - my accent tends to
> morph to those around me. trouble with that is that people tend to
> think you're taking the ****.

You aren't?

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asked for not what you wanted!

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beamendsltd

Guest

• Aug 24, 2006

• #80

In message <[email protected]>
JD <[email protected]> wrote:

> Srtgray wrote:
> (snip)
> > I once saw a copy of the Australian constitution which listed New
> > Zealand as a State along with all the others - they were just waiting
> > for NZ to ratify it, I guess.
> >
> > Stuart
>
> Yes, NZ was given the option of joining the federation, but failed to do so.
> I am not sure whether the option is still open or not, there may have been
> a time limit. But the original offer is still there in the constitution.
> JD

Texas once decided to susceed (sp?) from the Union, and applied to
joint the Comonwealth. They were "talked" out of it! (Not recently,
obviously)

Richard
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