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topman · 25th February 2016, 18:51

I think he was before my time.

murphyv310 · 25th February 2016, 21:12

Hi.
The BBC is rotten as far back as the Lord Reith days.
There were so many things wrong with the beeb from the early days even going back to 2LO in the early 20's.
Nothing surprises me now and I just wonder if they are making Tony a scapegoat to take the pressure of the big wigs.

stevenicks · 26th February 2016, 07:37

Any other organisation with a reputation like the BBC would have folded and gone out business years ago. Yet here we all are in a system paying them good money, year in and year out. It doesn't make any sense

Darcydog · 26th February 2016, 08:11

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Originally Posted by stevenicks

Any other organisation with a reputation like the BBC would have folded and gone out business years ago. Yet here we all are in a system paying them good money, year in and year out. It doesn't make any sense

Agreed - when you think that the BBC was set up with a Licence Fee by Law back in the days of WW2 and was used for our own Governments "information to the masses" (and wisely so at that time of course) - is it not totally and utterly bizarre that in this day and age of free access of information that we have to pay for the BBC via a Licence Fee - payable by Law?

And then this money is used to fund the BBC as we see it today? - A hierarchical monolith that allowed child abuse on its premises and the only reason those at the top escape blame is because they are/were so remote and divorced from their minions that they (apparently) had no idea what was happening.

And we pay for all this ..........

FLYER · 26th February 2016, 08:36

To sum up the wasteful BBC i tell people this story .

The taxi rank i work on is right next to the old BBC Scotland .

They moved about 4 years ago to a new site.

When they were here at the old site it was a goldmine for cabbies.

They would use cabs on credit for EVERYTHING.

Went for lunch in a cab and returned in one.
They would take a cab to get paperclips etc if they ran out .

They would bring in members of the public from outrageous distances for a two minute on air interview then send them home in a cab .

The story i tell is of the day i done no less than 13 credit jobs from there and i was just one cab .

I always said we should just have moved our rank from the main road and put it at the front door of the BBC .

They moved away and broke my heart .

A bunch of wasters.

topman · 26th February 2016, 09:09

Maybe the top boss had a soft spot for cabbies?

good bit of money i suppose.

Did they always pay up on time?

FLYER · 26th February 2016, 09:44

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Originally Posted by topman

Maybe the top boss had a soft spot for cabbies?

good bit of money i suppose.

Did they always pay up on time?

Oh yes

The contract was with the radio company TOA .

We had 900 cabs and no doubt all of them could tell a BBC story.

Another one that i recall was sending an underling in my cab to buy a toaster.

She could have bought it a mile away but went on a ten mile round trip so she could do some shopping for herself .

All on credit.

topman · 26th February 2016, 10:00

Sounds a good deal, know if there's any jobs going there?

FLYER · 26th February 2016, 10:13

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Originally Posted by topman

Sounds a good deal, know if there's any jobs going there?

Replacement for Tony Blackburn required .

Get your CV in.

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FLYER Banned rover75 cdti AUTO TOURER 160 bhp. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 35,346 Thanks: 2,985 Thanked 3,685 Times in 2,463 Posts	To sum up the wasteful BBC i tell people this story . The taxi rank i work on is right next to the old BBC Scotland . They moved about 4 years ago to a new site. When they were here at the old site it was a goldmine for cabbies. They would use cabs on credit for EVERYTHING. Went for lunch in a cab and returned in one. They would take a cab to get paperclips etc if they ran out . They would bring in members of the public from outrageous distances for a two minute on air interview then send them home in a cab . The story i tell is of the day i done no less than 13 credit jobs from there and i was just one cab . I always said we should just have moved our rank from the main road and put it at the front door of the BBC . They moved away and broke my heart . A bunch of wasters.

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