tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post4676537587676664967..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: License to ill...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82150388828677083102008-02-23T07:51:00.000-05:002008-02-23T07:51:00.000-05:00CSID cards on the way!It's not a license to smoke-...CSID cards on the way!<BR/><BR/>It's not a license to smoke- it's to prevent "kids" from getting tobacco!<BR/><BR/>It's for the cheeeeeildren!staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60201463247996487662008-02-23T01:09:00.000-05:002008-02-23T01:09:00.000-05:00Hmmmm. Could be a golden opportunity for a non-s...Hmmmm. <BR/><BR/>Could be a golden opportunity for a non-smoker to set himself up doing Straw Purchases for the truly tobacco -addicted.<BR/><BR/>(Former smoker here.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76113797904156962452008-02-22T21:18:00.000-05:002008-02-22T21:18:00.000-05:00The poor Brits also pay an annual license fee on t...The poor Brits also pay an annual license fee on their TV sets, also. That's just for rabbit-ears reception.<BR/><BR/>http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/index.jsp<BR/><BR/>The unbadged, unsworn enforcement agents of this process maintain a database of residences not currently licensed for a TV...and use it to harass them. <BR/><BR/>They start with threatening letters, and occasionally send a thug to bang on your door and demand entrance to check for the presence of unlicensed TVs. <BR/><BR/>Read a few stories here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.marmalade.net/lime/#peopleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21947624537207274712008-02-22T18:51:00.000-05:002008-02-22T18:51:00.000-05:00If passed, all it will do is serve to drive it fur...If passed, all it will do is serve to drive it further underground. The price of a pack of smokes there is already so high, that some have started growing their own tobacco.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91752650981643551682008-02-22T15:30:00.000-05:002008-02-22T15:30:00.000-05:00I predict that Guy Fawkes will be resurrected soon...I predict that Guy Fawkes will be resurrected soon.<BR/><BR/>Can't wait to see how it all plays out. CCTV in the land of Once-Great Britain will turn out to be a blessing for us over here, methinks.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47218739675192129652008-02-22T15:19:00.000-05:002008-02-22T15:19:00.000-05:00Any excuse to pry a few more taxes from people.Any excuse to pry a few more taxes from people.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.com