BB
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the BBC gets any revenue from news SMS/MMS message submissions. I'm pretty sure standard network charges apply.
Brekkie Boy posted:
They've been describing it as "heavy snow" on various bulletins today - but is a few inches really "heavy snow".
Call me cynical, but it's all about making money from people sending in their pretty little pictures at 25p a time!
Call me cynical, but it's all about making money from people sending in their pretty little pictures at 25p a time!
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the BBC gets any revenue from news SMS/MMS message submissions. I'm pretty sure standard network charges apply.
AN
Andrew
Founding member
I do wonder, all those pictures of kids messing about in the snow, cars sliding, schools closed etc. Do they go out and film a new set everytime or use library pictures. Nobody would notice as it's always the same clips everytime!
Quite noticable was how the Six dedicated the first 10 mins to the snow. Over on the ITV Evening News the story was way down the order, about the 5th story
Quite noticable was how the Six dedicated the first 10 mins to the snow. Over on the ITV Evening News the story was way down the order, about the 5th story
JH
Er, right. But by the same token, you're unlikely to get heavy drifts of lying snow (see what I did there?) without heavy falling snow. I'm stopping now. This is a pointlessly futile exchange of pedantics.
M@ posted:
The depth of snow doesn't really have anything to do with how heavy it is. We've had heavy snow here resulting in 4 inches of it on the ground but we could quite easily have had heavy snow and none of it settle.
Er, right. But by the same token, you're unlikely to get heavy drifts of lying snow (see what I did there?) without heavy falling snow. I'm stopping now. This is a pointlessly futile exchange of pedantics.
BP
Er, right. But by the same token, you're unlikely to get heavy drifts of lying snow (see what I did there?) without heavy falling snow. I'm stopping now. This is a pointlessly futile exchange of pedantics.
Shouldn't that be a 'pointlessly futile exchange of pedantry?'
Jonathan H posted:
M@ posted:
The depth of snow doesn't really have anything to do with how heavy it is. We've had heavy snow here resulting in 4 inches of it on the ground but we could quite easily have had heavy snow and none of it settle.
Er, right. But by the same token, you're unlikely to get heavy drifts of lying snow (see what I did there?) without heavy falling snow. I'm stopping now. This is a pointlessly futile exchange of pedantics.
Shouldn't that be a 'pointlessly futile exchange of pedantry?'
JH
Er, right. But by the same token, you're unlikely to get heavy drifts of lying snow (see what I did there?) without heavy falling snow. I'm stopping now. This is a pointlessly futile exchange of pedantics.
Shouldn't that be a 'pointlessly futile exchange of pedantry?'
Indeed, but it would be pointless changing my post now. And futile.
Bob Paisley posted:
Jonathan H posted:
M@ posted:
The depth of snow doesn't really have anything to do with how heavy it is. We've had heavy snow here resulting in 4 inches of it on the ground but we could quite easily have had heavy snow and none of it settle.
Er, right. But by the same token, you're unlikely to get heavy drifts of lying snow (see what I did there?) without heavy falling snow. I'm stopping now. This is a pointlessly futile exchange of pedantics.
Shouldn't that be a 'pointlessly futile exchange of pedantry?'
Indeed, but it would be pointless changing my post now. And futile.
JO
On this thread on Metropol 24))7, you'll see...
Andrew posted:
I do wonder, all those pictures of kids messing about in the snow, cars sliding, schools closed etc. Do they go out and film a new set everytime or use library pictures. Nobody would notice as it's always the same clips everytime!
Quite noticable was how the Six dedicated the first 10 mins to the snow. Over on the ITV Evening News the story was way down the order, about the 5th story
Quite noticable was how the Six dedicated the first 10 mins to the snow. Over on the ITV Evening News the story was way down the order, about the 5th story
On this thread on Metropol 24))7, you'll see...
M
Er, right. But by the same token, you're unlikely to get heavy drifts of lying snow (see what I did there?) without heavy falling snow. I'm stopping now. This is a pointlessly futile exchange of pedantics.
I don't really see what you did there actually
If you're referring to the mass of a drift, then certainly you can have a heavy drift (if you can define where a drift starts and ends) but I would refer to the depth of a drift of snow in order to describe it as it's more acurate.
M@
Founding member
Jonathan H posted:
M@ posted:
The depth of snow doesn't really have anything to do with how heavy it is. We've had heavy snow here resulting in 4 inches of it on the ground but we could quite easily have had heavy snow and none of it settle.
Er, right. But by the same token, you're unlikely to get heavy drifts of lying snow (see what I did there?) without heavy falling snow. I'm stopping now. This is a pointlessly futile exchange of pedantics.
I don't really see what you did there actually
If you're referring to the mass of a drift, then certainly you can have a heavy drift (if you can define where a drift starts and ends) but I would refer to the depth of a drift of snow in order to describe it as it's more acurate.
FR
That's because she's been burning the midnight oil after a Mayfair book event...
http://www.framescourer.co.uk/mtn/images/costabook2007.jpg
(London Lite 08/02/07)
tvtwintrees posted:
Emily Maitlis wished everyone Good Morning at 1pm this afterrnoon.
That's because she's been burning the midnight oil after a Mayfair book event...
http://www.framescourer.co.uk/mtn/images/costabook2007.jpg
(London Lite 08/02/07)