Liveline Thread 20/7/2013 to 12/10/2013

ThisRegard

What's her point then, they don't have a tv but they still watch DVDs.

And this young lad, he still watches stuff on the internet that he admits to having.

Lapin

artful_codger wrote: »

I thought she was gonna say that she charged her kids for the cost of the license.

What a damn good idea !

JonathanAnon

I remember when we were in school one of the girls in the class wasnt allowed to watch Home & Away... It was worse than apartheid..

Roger_007

syklops wrote: »

How do you know someone doesn't have a television? They will tell you.

.....and if they do have an iphone..........you will certainly hear about it:D

syklops

Tinfoil hat at the ready...!

JM Skipton

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

I can't understand why the idea of scrapping or massively scaling down public broadcasting hasn't come into the discussion at all. Fair enough, we need coverage of elections and a few other things like that in the public interest but the private broadcasters already cover that.

It seems bizarre to be squeezing people with a compulsory tax (which is quite high) just to commission programmes about Francis Brennan doing a hotel up or Carrie Crowley painting someone's shed.

Carrie Crowley painting someones shed you say....where can one get ones hands on such a piece of exquisite cultural beauty? surely worth the license fee all on its own

lazygal

Lot of very superior parents on today. The kind no one wants to be around because they'll sure as hell tell you what you're doing wrong, but in a 'I'm only trying to give you an alternative' way.

Dan Jaman

Rabbitte's premise that every beggar is watching stuff online even if they don't actually have a telly (apart from his nasty insinuation that there are dodgers in that number) is thoroughly flawed.
If I choose to go back to a telly-less life and do not pay a tv licence after that - who the hell /what arrogant bastid would dare to tax me for watching stuff that originates abroad, should I choose to do so?
Stuff that has nothing to do with anyone in RTE, to be precise.

Lapin

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I remember when we were in school one of the girls in the class wasnt allowed to watch Home & Away... It was worse than apartheid..

I feel for all the other kids who did watch it.

Sittingpretty

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I remember when we were in school one of the girls in the class wasnt allowed to watch Home & Away... It was worse than apartheid..

That was probably me.

ThisRegard

Getting rid of the tv has allowed me to spend more time on the internet Philip.

JonathanAnon

Philip spotted a big plug coming up so he cut him short..

bottlebrush

i wouldn't worry about missing out on tv...will catch up on everything that's happening on Reeling in the years that's broadcast over and over and over. . . .

Speak Now

Telly bad.....you tube good!

Lenin Skynard

syklops wrote: »

What point does RTE two news serve?

Your guess is as good as mine.

syklops

ThisRegard wrote: »

What's her point then, they don't have a tv but they still watch DVDs.

And this young lad, he still watches stuff on the internet that he admits to having.

Yeah people are blurring the lines. "I don't watch TV. But I love watching cute videos of cats on youtube"

"Its only rubbish on TV I read books! Love my Jilly Cooper!"

Lenin Skynard

JM Skipton wrote: »

Carrie Crowley painting someones shed you say....where can one get ones hands on such a piece of exquisite cultural beauty? surely worth the license fee all on its own

Oh I'm sure it'll come along eventually and have some kind of half-arsed name like "Painting the Town Red" or "Carrie-on Painting".

artful_codger

Noel Curran should bring back Points of View and make Mooney read out complaints. Fireworks guaranteed.

Dan Jaman

artful_codger wrote: »

Noel Curran should bring back Points of View and make Mooney read out complaints. Fireworks guaranteed.

Who was that goit who presented it on RTE1? "Ah, sure (shrug); we've been on to the bosses and they told us, that's it."
The subtext being, you can complain all you like we're doing feck all, and feck you.

artful_codger

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Who was that goit who presented it on RTE1? "Ah, sure (shrug); we've been on to the bosses and they told us, that's it."
The subtext being, you can complain all you like we're doing feck all, and feck you.

Seems it was called Mailbag, and was hosted by Arthur Murphy. If Mooney presented it now, it'd be called Mooneybag.

An Claidheamh

http://www.wildfirefilms.net/mysitecaddy/sitedata/wildfirefilms.net/gallery/albums/9299/6.jpg

Anyone else see "man of the people" Joe on Nationwide yesterday.

He turned up at one of those hysterical champagne socialist get togethers after all.


http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10193353/

At 21:40.

Pass the sickbag.

syklops

artful_codger wrote: »

Seems it was called Mailbag, and was hosted by Arthur Murphy. If Mooney presented it now, it'd be called Mooneybag.

Not whingebag?

Dan Jaman

artful_codger wrote: »

Seems it was called Mailbag, and was hosted by Arthur Murphy. If Mooney presented it now, it'd be called Mooneybag.

That ran until '96 and the one I'm thinking of was the mid-to-late 90s; it was presented by somebody like Ronan Collins. Could be Collins (if it was him) was just a stand-in for Murphy.
Was there a replacement for Mailbag, or did the concept of the show ring so hollow after all the years of lies, deceit and flim-flam that even the ones in charge realised that the audiences would no longer be taken in by such tripe?

ButtersSuki

Missed it again. I fear PBH will have departed before I get a chance to listen again.

From a quick glance of the thread I missed parents with superiority complexes, artsy-types with superiority complexes, old people and technology discussions, and Lahv Lahn stalwart Aubrey from AMC Removals. Joe has the researchers primed I see!

I have a question to add to the list for whichever boardsie manages to get on-air with Joe someday, namely when he asks "and do you have Sky Sports?" that your response be "do you Joe?". I assume he doesn't given his lack of knowledge of sporting matters, but I bet to fūck he has The History Channel, The History Channel +1 and The History Channel HD.

Dan Jaman

An Claidheamh wrote: »

http://www.wildfirefilms.net/mysitecaddy/sitedata/wildfirefilms.net/gallery/albums/9299/6.jpg

"And here's one for everybody in the audience."

Anyone else see "man of the people" Joe on Nationwide yesterday.

He turned up at one of those hysterical champagne socialist get togethers after all.


http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10193353/

At 21:40.

Pass the sickbag.

Jeez. The only lockout Joe should be concerned about is locking out some chips from that wobbly great triple chin he's developing.

Closely followed by that faux-Larkin, that was on LL last week.

JonathanAnon

I had to laugh at that image of Joe micking Jim Larkin..

This is how Joe sees himself..



And this is how everybody else sees him.

jimmynokia

Lololol. Good afternoon to my pocket.

sligojoek

Dan Jaman wrote: »

That ran until '96 and the one I'm thinking of was the mid-to-late 90s; it was presented by somebody like Ronan Collins. Could be Collins (if it was him) was just a stand-in for Murphy.
Was there a replacement for Mailbag, or did the concept of the show ring so hollow after all the years of lies, deceit and flim-flam that even the ones in charge realised that the audiences would no longer be taken in by such tripe?

I think John Creedon did it for a while too

Lady Chatterton

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I had to laugh at that image of Joe micking Jim Larkin..

This is how everybody else sees him.

Jon, I think you're being a little harsh. Joe is beginning to feel the pain too, his (hardback) buke has dropped from €19.99 to €1.49 :eek:

Dan Jaman

sligojoek wrote: »

I think John Creedon did it for a while too

That's the one!
<shrug>
"Ah well, sure, they say they can't do anything and that's it."
Bollox, the whole lot of it.