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    Posted: 23 Mar 06 at 8:38pm
If you are blind you still need a TV licence if you own a TV.  But you do get a 50% discount 

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That's nothing!

If you are DEAF, that's D E A F, you still have to have a licence but you get a 100% discount!!!  
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 I'm really not sure about this DEAF thing... Confess it, Phat Buoy, you made it up!?!

However, the blind clause is true:

Originally posted by tvlicensing.co.uk

If you are blind, you can apply for a Blind Concessionary Licence at 50% of the full licence fee. 

Take my advice and buy a radio... amazing what the Archers have been up to these days!

The worrying thing is the TV viewer's life expectancy:

Originally posted by same site

If you are over 74, you can apply for a Short Term Licence, which will cover you until the month you turn 75, at this point you become entitled to a free Over 75 Licence. 

Do they mean to be generous towards our revered ancestors ? Or do they imply that, after 75, you're too senile to remember which channel you're on and whether you've paid the TV licence this decade...?
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Originally posted by Black no sugar

 

Originally posted by same site

If you are over 74, you can apply for a Short Term Licence, which will cover you until the month you turn 75, at this point you become entitled to a free Over 75 Licence. 

Do they mean to be generous towards our revered ancestors ? Or do they imply that, after 75, you're too senile to remember which channel you're on and whether you've paid the TV licence this decade...?

It was a passifying gesture to OAPs so the Gov didn't need to pay them more pension and could still count on their votes...... amazingly it worked.
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Originally posted by Black no sugar

 I'm really not sure about this DEAF thing... Confess it, Phat Buoy, you made it up!?


No, not made up all the person has to do is to speak to their Social Worker for the Deaf.
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Yeah but talk LOUDLY!
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did u know that a sneeze travels at 100kph and if u hold it in you could breack your nose
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That is rather interesting, I will bear that in mind next time I sneeze. 
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aaaaatttchooooooooooooooooo 
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Don't know about the nose bit  but you can hurl your germs up to 75 yards in old money with a good ripper!
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