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Whoever chose to rename this thread “Gary Lineker (moved)” had great foresight. Jerry

I have split off the discussion about Gary Lineker as it didn't seem to fit the "Stuff to make us laugh" as it didn't seem very humorous. Feel free to continue the chat there if you wish.

Agreed. iPlayer now carries a huge number of 'box sets' (never having watched Waterloo Road I'm now ploughing through the whole thing); as well as that there are 4 TV channels, and any number of radio stations both national and local; that's not even touching on a vast range of podcasts and the World Service. I'd say I get better value for my £12 a month (which by the way also entitles me to watch ITV & Channel 4) than the £10 I pay Netflix.

Would it not just be better not to show football at all. Surely that costs millions in TV rights. They could just show miss Marple all afternoon

Just seen this on BBC website: Posted at 21:1521:15 BREAKINGNo presenters or pundits will feature on Saturday's MOTD - BBC No presenters or pundits will feature on Saturday's Match of the Day programme, a BBC spokesperson says. Saturday's Match of the Day programme will "focus on match action without studio presentation or punditry", they say. Hope it's a sign of things to come... all those massive salaries out of licence fee payers' pockets that could then be avoided! Maybe the BBC could then fulfil their (not government's) broken promise to have free TV licences for the over 75's which was part of their charter renewal last time around. Wishful thinking perhaps!!

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19 th C electrotype by One of the Ready Family

I have contacted Gunter Achoff who has done the mainstay of research and I am awaiting a copy of the book the Toy Museum in Nuernberg put me in touch with him.

that's a better picture of the whole building . I just thought it interesting that it is all we have left of the story apart from the coins. Yes I also have not been yet but will do sometime soon as you say it is a beautiful part of the world. Nice to paint I am sure

Technically Gary is freelance and therefore not bound by impartiality criteria. But the problem is that he is very closely associated with the BBC through MOTD. Consequently by saying what he has, it does make the BBC appear, once again, not impartial. Why is it so important for the BBC to be strictly impartial? It all comes down to licence payers who represent an entire spectrum of political views from far left to far right, and all points in between. ergo: it's very unreasonable to not be impartial as you are then essentially trashing the views of those who still have to pay for you. The licence fee goes towards the BBC, and on pain of criminal prosecution, each TV viewer has to pay the licence fee if they are to legally watch any other channel live. Even if they don't watch the BBC. Most people were happy to put up with this while the BBC came across as impartial, but I'm afraid they no longer do. As far as what Gary said, I personally wouldn't give a crap if he worked for anywhere else than the BBC. He's entitled to his own views and is as free as the rest of us to spout them, however ludicrous his nazi analogy may be. But as a high profile representative of the BBC, he should at least show some respect to those who have to pay his gigantic wage bill, and keep his trap shut until he leaves, apart from football. Having said all that I do think he handled that situation of a few weeks ago, where somebody set off a phone with sex noises on it during a live match, extremely well, with aplomb and humour. That was really well played.

Interesting. Daughter has decided that WFH just doesn't work for her. She gets distracted and needs the routine of going to a specific place for specific hours. Difficult for new starters if the people training you aren't physically present and you can't just call across the office for advice as you can in person. She also missed the social side having made some good friends in previous jobs. Where she currently works they have set days when the team all attend and it seems to work OK. But I also see that for many the benefits of not having to commute and working more to your own schedule is a positive. I work in a shop, so doesn't really apply.

I’ve been looking for laughs in a number of posts now, but no, not even a chuckle. Are you sure you’re all posting in the right thread? Jerry

Not convinced about that. The nominal weight of a groat is 2.0g. Can we be sure it isn't one of those casts of genuine pieces that were done as two halves and joined to make the whole coin. A seam down the middle of the edge could be gilded to cover up the work. Making casts of small change is fraught with difficulty due to the minimal thickness of the flans, so consequently tend to be thicker than normal, which would account for the additional weight (along with the gold). 3.4g with additional gold is way too light for 2x4d.

Sorry, but that's totally wrong. 1) he's sport, for which there are much more relaxed rules about impartiality, and 2) he can say what he likes on Twitter, where he's not representing the BBC. Would I say the same if I didn't 100% agree with him? Don't know...

Because it is the national broadcaster that we are forced to pay for, on the basis that it stays impartial.