D.C. and his comic party were supposed to put a damper on loan companies, but I see that Glo, Peachy, Satsuma, Provincial, Amigo, Sunny, Quickquid and Payday loans, to name but a few are rife on our Television screens. All these companies that give money out to persons who really can’t afford to take out loans have to repay five times the amount they have borrowed so where’s the logic in that. I suppose when people are in debt up to a certain figure, their loan is paid for by another Government scheme, which means the tax payer has to fork out the extra cash. The money has to come from somewhere – certainly doesn’t come from the Government coffers.
Music Madness
Why is it necessary to have loud music with every Television Programme – it is such an intrusion and half the time you can’t hear what the players are saying. And some of the repeats that are shown on TV from yesteryear have had music tracks added, it is almost as bad as adding canned laughter to some programmes and a prime example is “Last of the Summer Wine.” It seems I have lost my sense of humour when I hear laughter from an invisible audience from a line that is uttered that has no significant humour attached for example “He had to bend over to tie his shoe laces” Ha! Ha! Ha! Just hilarious. Anyway, thinking about producers who might have already passed from this world to their next, they might be turning in their graves at some of the unnecessary music that we have been made to suffer in our homes because those now in charge think it is the right thing to do.
If people enjoyed the programme the first time around without loud music, why should it be necessary to ruin a programme that has proved itself to be perfect at the initial stage. If the original producer wanted music in a programme it would have already been written in. A good example is “Hustle.” Absolutely ruined! Another example that has come to the fore as I have been writing this column, my wife is trying to listen to the dialogue in Agatha Christie’s “Elephants Can Remember.” David Suchet as Poirot is fighting a losing battle to get his words over to the listener against a sixty strong orchestra that tends to carry on playing a classical piece over the dialogue. This was not in the original broadcast. What is wrong with these people – crass ignorant stupidity! It is not worth buying a TV Licence!
Not only ruined by loud music, we the public have been peppered with four slots of boringly long repeats of advertisements and the last slot is five minutes before the programme ends – I simply can’t understand the logic in their thinking that the more people see an advert it will make them go out and buy – simply ruining viewing, especially if it is a thriller. While we are on about adverts what’s happened with the “Grouse adverts?” – we seem to have the bearded wonders instead of the famous Grouse we used to love watching over and over and over again.
So many mistakes by ESCC
Sorry East Sussex County Council – I believe you have made a terrible mistake replacing the lighting in Eastbourne and District, not only are they dangerous to drivers of vehicles because they give out blinding pinpoints of light that seem to reflect badly on windscreens and also in some roads in this town the street lamps are not spaced at regular intervals or only have one side of the road illuminated and therefore there are dark areas that if people walk across the road in dark clothing, they cannot be seen by a driver or they have a good chance of being attacked. You people always talk about safety and the welfare of the public – you don’t seem to have a clue on what safety is!
On that note I wish everyone a Happy Christmas and definitely a very Healthy New Year.
Remember “Don’t Drink & Drive – You might not see the Pothole!”
