Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

[D41]

For a greeting...the elbow-bump is the only way to go.

[duke63]

Well in 46 minutes i will need to fill in a form to go and walk my dogs

The fine for not having the form or being out when you should not be is now €135 per person.

I would have a form for each dog and in triplicate, the way you seem to attract old bill.

I attract the old bill??!!

Saying that, knowing my luck i'd get done somewhere I have just printed out a load. I need to carry a new form for every day i'm walking them too. France is ace at generating paper.

I may be going shopping - every day and on my bike

To be fair to France they still have their gendarmes. Quite how the UK would enforce it with barely any police is debatable.

And yes, Cookie seems to attract them like flies.

'Do i need to take my licence, Cookie as its still at home?'

'No i have never been stopped'

[duke63]

Some sound advice in these trying times

[C00kiemonster]

Some sound advice in these trying times

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I dont have enough soap..

[Monty]

Some sound advice in these trying times

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I dont have enough soap..

I'd just cut them off

[Monty]

Decisive Boris Johnson asks nation to pretend he’s ordered a lockdown

The Prime Minister showed his Churchillian mettle yesterday as he strongly advocated everybody act like he’d actually taken a decision and put the country in lockdown, because stout-hearted Britons don’t really need someone to take actual responsibility.


At a press conference that is set to be a daily event until too many people mock him on comedy panel shows, Boris Johnson instructed citizens to act as if he’d banned mass gatherings and closed businesses.

He declared, “It is vital that we all pull together and behave as if I’d done my job, taken a firm decision and accepted it will be my job to deal with the consequences.

“People must just imagine the pubs and restaurants are shut, even though I haven’t forced them to, and not go to that football match that I will not compel anyone to cancel.

“Thankfully, a lot of businesses have actually decided to go ahead and lose money by shutting down large events. Not sure why. When we ask them they mutter something about not being callous enough to kill people for profit. It’s bizarre but it serves our purpose.”

Boris Johnson also implored people to think of those who would suffer most from the disease.

“In these trying times, it is vital we think of protecting those most at risk; the insurance companies.

“Should the disease keep spreading and we have to order a real lockdown and not some wishy-washy optional recommendation, they could be liable for billions in claims from business continuity insurance customers. Some might even die, although we will obviously do our best to bail them out.

“As an aside, if you’re a manufacturer that supported the Tories or the Leave campaign, just stop making diggers or whatever it is you build and knock out a few medical ventilators. We’ll pay you whatever you ask.

“I told you we’d take care of you.”

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[duke63]

This is the only thing Churchillian about Boris,

A nodding dog.

I wonder how long before his Party realise he is a liability?

[Kwacky]

Venice canals are now clear

[D41]

Some sound advice in these trying times

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Now there's an old battleaxe if ever I saw one.

[Monty]

I wonder how long before his Party realise he is a liability?

What do you mean? He's doing a great job for his party!

[C00kiemonster]

Bored now. When can i go out again?

[C00kiemonster]

I wonder how long before his Party realise he is a liability?

What do you mean? He's doing a great job for his party!

He is. Just not for the rest of us.

[Kwacky]

I think the company I work for is run by the government.

We've gone from "only come in if you have to"

To "everyone come in unless you're self isolating or in an at risk group".

The reason? Not enough licences for home working.

[D41]

You need a separate/different license to practice law out of a residence?
What's the reasoning there...is it just down to address, or something like that??

[StMarks]

You need a separate/different license to practice law out of a residence?
What's the reasoning there...is it just down to address, or something like that??

Fwiw I presumed it was software licences.?

[Kwacky]

Yep, VPN licences for remote working

[duke63]

Yep i had that problem yesterday. Fortunately there was one unused licence left.

[Kwacky]

Good stuff from the government to support businesses. Hopefully now we can move towards a shutdown.

[Monty]

Good stuff from the government to support businesses. Hopefully, now we can move towards a shutdown.

Great news for businesses and homeowners, but feck all for private renters and nothing on utility bills. By ignoring the millions without capital, it's very clear their plan is to just prop up capital, without even a thought for the ordinary working people without it.

Should go down very well with the I'm all righters!

[Kwacky]

I obviously missed the bit where they said this is the end of the measures and support being offered to the country.