@El Loro posted:

BBC One's "Doctors" is a very variable series but sometime it can be exceptional.
The following are links to 3 episodes on iplayer. The three are about a guest character called Jan Fisher played by Lucy Benjamin. The only regular from the series is Emma. The three episodes form a standalone trilogy and you don't need to have ever seen Doctors before.
First was shown on 24 May last year:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000wgd7
Second was shown last Friday:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001clcd
As was the third:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001clcg
Forget Lisa Fowler from Eastenders, Lucy Benjamin is a fine actress.

I saw the first of those when it aired....she did play the part well

My Dad watches it every day

I have to say..Valerie gets right on my wick!

Münster: Fürstbischöfliches Schloss, how’s that for a mouthful

@Moonie posted:

Münster: Fürstbischöfliches Schloss, how’s that for a mouthful

Is that said with a black country accent? 

@slimfern posted:

I saw the first of those when it aired....she did play the part well

My Dad watches it every day

I have to say..Valerie gets right on my wick!

The second and third episodes follows on from the events of the one you saw,

Valerie is a little bit

@Moonie posted:

Münster: Fürstbischöfliches Schloss, how’s that for a mouthful

@slimfern posted:

Is that said with a black country accent? 

Actually that's German
It's this:

@El Loro posted:

Actually that's German

So Moonie wasn't cursing us then El

Cos I wouldn't put it past him 

@slimfern posted:

So Moonie wasn't cursing us then El

Cos I wouldn't put it past him 

Moonie is more likely to use his mallet

A Guardian article from 2013 on a few German words which are rather long:
https://www.theguardian.com/wo...sgesetz-word-germany

@El Loro posted:

Moonie is more likely to use his mallet

A Guardian article from 2013 on a few German words which are rather long:
https://www.theguardian.com/wo...sgesetz-word-germany

Mark Twain said they were not words, but "alphabetic processions … marching majestically across the page"


He wasn't wrong...
I'm happy to see the credited wordsmiths have confined some words to the archives 

@slimfern posted:

Mark Twain said they were not words, but "alphabetic processions … marching majestically across the page"


He wasn't wrong...
I'm happy to see the credited wordsmiths have confined some words to the archives 

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

@El Loro posted:

Moonie is more likely to use his mallet

A Guardian article from 2013 on a few German words which are rather long:
https://www.theguardian.com/wo...sgesetz-word-germany

loved long name for the fear of long wordsinteresting EL

night EL slim moonsieee velvet

Good morning everyone

Cloudy day here.

Car service and MOT today, I'm not aware of any problems

I hope everyone has a good day

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

loved long name for the fear of long wordsinteresting EL

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

@El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

Cloudy day here.

Car service and MOT today, I'm not aware of any problems

I hope everyone has a good day

Good luck with that El
Hope it doesn't end up breaking the bank

@slimfern posted:

Good luck with that El
Hope it doesn't end up breaking the bank

Thanks Slim

@El Loro posted:

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Good luck with the car service and MOT El

Good morning Buddies

Cool overcast day here. Rain expected soon

Have a nice day everyone

@Moonie posted:

Good luck with the car service and MOT El

Thanks Moonie
I'm not expecting to hear from the car service people until later afternoon.

@El Loro posted:

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

I think that was an invented word for fun as hippos and monsters are there just to be the word even longer- only the part starting with sesquip has any real relevance

@El Loro posted:

I think that was an invented word for fun as hippos and monsters are there just to be the word even longer- only the part starting with sesquip has any real relevance

I think there's a few Welsh words like that El

@slimfern posted:

I think there's a few Welsh words like that El

Yes, the famous place name which starts with Llanfair and ends with gogogoch (t remember those parts ) was supposedly invented to attract tourists at the railway station.
Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll is closer to its official name, Llanfair means St Mary's church. Pwllgwyngyll's the name of the village, The gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch is the extra bit.

Got my car back, no problems, just over £200 for the annual service & MOT

@El Loro posted:

Got my car back, no problems, just over £200 for the annual service & MOT

Nice one El
That's still a lot of money though.

Did you know that the government make over 35 billion a year from car owners 

@slimfern posted:

Nice one El
That's still a lot of money though.

Did you know that the government make over 35 billion a year from car owners 

Here's a link to some official figures on how much various taxes raised in 2021/22:
https://commonslibrary.parliam...-briefings/cbp-8513/
So income tax and NIC are a lot higher

@El Loro posted:

Here's a link to some official figures on how much various taxes raised in 2021/22:
https://commonslibrary.parliam...-briefings/cbp-8513/
So income tax and NIC are a lot higher

Which begs the question...Where does it all go?

@slimfern posted:

Which begs the question...Where does it all go?

There are figures on that which you can find via:
https://www.gov.uk/government/...stical-analyses-2022
There's a massive amount of statistics there but if you want to get some idea have a look at page 72 of this:
https://assets.publishing.serv...2_PESA_2022_elay.pdf

@El Loro posted:

There are figures on that which you can find via:
https://www.gov.uk/government/...stical-analyses-2022
There's a massive amount of statistics there but if you want to get some idea have a look at page 72 of this:
https://assets.publishing.serv...2_PESA_2022_elay.pdf

You're telling me

Two things that stand out...
1, Why are the government spending money on the lottery?
2, Why are the government spending on BBC resources?

Minor amounts...but why?

@slimfern posted:

You're telling me

Two things that stand out...
1, Why are the government spending money on the lottery?
2, Why are the government spending on BBC resources?

Minor amounts...but why?

I think that the equivalent figures for government income would treat the BBC licence fee as part of it's income. If I had a lot of spare time I could try to check. It's as if the BBC was a government department, hence why the government is so interested in the licence fee.

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night EL slim moonsiee velvet

Good morning everyone

Very cloudy here, rain forecast for most of the morning.

I hope everyone has a good day

@El Loro posted:

I think that the equivalent figures for government income would treat the BBC licence fee as part of it's income. If I had a lot of spare time I could try to check. It's as if the BBC was a government department, hence why the government is so interested in the licence fee.

A list of entities which are included in what are called the Whole of Government Accounts can be found online but is a very long list. It does include the BBC and the Big Lottery Fund.
Link to that list

Good morning Buddies

Very wind and quite wet here

Not expected to change much today

Enjoy your day everyone

@El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

Very cloudy here, rain forecast for most of the morning.

I hope everyone has a good day

Morning El 

Tis a bit grim here too ...a curse to all those that dissed our glorious summer sunshine

@El Loro posted:

A list of entities which are included in what are called the Whole of Government Accounts can be found online but is a very long list. It does include the BBC and the Big Lottery Fund.
Link to that list

Blimey! Just a quick glance and I'm thinking, I only have so many years left to live

I always thought that the tv licence funded the BBC
and that the Lottery was an independent company?  (they make profit)

@slimfern posted:

Morning El 

Tis a bit grim here too ...a curse to all those that dissed our glorious summer sunshine

Hi Slim
It's been a rather rainy morning here as well

@El Loro posted:

Hi Slim
It's been a rather rainy morning here as well

Yeah, it's been that insipid drizzly rain....soaks you through before you even realise

And then we have the train strike...which has made it quite an eerie place to be round here this morning.

@slimfern posted:

Blimey! Just a quick glance and I'm thinking, I only have so many years left to live

I always thought that the tv licence funded the BBC
and that the Lottery was an independent company?  (they make profit)

I think that the Big Lottery Fund mentioned gets the funds from the operator of the National Lottery to distibute to the "good causes". So the Big Lottery Fund is the government entity and the National Lottery operator is commercial. I think the operator is changing from Camelot.

Yes, the licence fee funds the BBC. A link to the wiki article on the BBC which refers to its structure:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC
So it's independent of direct government intervention but it's the government who decides how it's to be financed.