"As for the person deciding to go fishing at the last minuit, Tough titty."
Where does it say that Baz?
This is why I say "Read, mark, learn and inwardly digest." You don't. You jump to your own conclusions without fully understanding what is written and I can assure you that what I wrote IS exactly what I meant.
Example A is me (complete with 2005 and a NEW 2006 licence) wanting to fish a water 45 miles away. Do I have to go there the day before to present my licence to buy a day ticket for the day after when I have to go again? Or does the fishery owner have to lose a customer becuase we can't accomodate your new rule?
Example C is a club I am a member of and with silly rules like "post off your 2006 licence", which I wouldn't have had anyway in January, but even if I had, the club doesn't return them until they issue the cards last week in March. So that's 8 or more weeks when my licence is missing, not available for a regular bailiffs to check - do I have to give up fishing for 8 weeks?
Then what about other clubs I want to join and they too want to see my licence, but can't because the first (or subsequent) club I applied to still has it? Are they to lose members and revenue because of such a silly rule? At this rate I might as well pack in fishing because my licence, which I need to fish, will spend most of the year on someone's desk waiting for them to send it back to me.
Trouble is Baz, you're so hung up with your one club and petty rules you just see a tiny view of a global landscape. Thank heavens no one listens to you.
I'm all for clamping down on licence dodgers, but let's get real about this and come up with some half-sound proposals. Besides which, it's still none of your problem, it's EA business.