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Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 11:51
by D41
For a greeting...the elbow-bump is the only way to go. 8-|

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 12:12
by duke63
C00kiemonster wrote:
Kwacky wrote:
C00kiemonster wrote:Well in 46 minutes i will need to fill in a form to go and walk my dogs :D

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??!! :D

Saying that, knowing my luck i'd get done somewhere :D 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 (bandit)
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' :D

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 12:29
by duke63
Some sound advice in these trying times ;)
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Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 12:38
by C00kiemonster
duke63 wrote:Some sound advice in these trying times ;)
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I dont have enough soap.. (shake) (shake)

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 12:54
by Monty
C00kiemonster wrote:
duke63 wrote:Some sound advice in these trying times ;)
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I dont have enough soap.. (shake) (shake)
I'd just cut them off

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 13:01
by 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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Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 14:01
by duke63
This is the only thing Churchillian about Boris,

A nodding dog.

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

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Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 14:29
by Kwacky
Venice canals are now clear

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 14:37
by D41
duke63 wrote:Some sound advice in these trying times ;)
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Now there's an old battleaxe if ever I saw one.

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 14:55
by Monty
duke63 wrote: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!

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 14:55
by C00kiemonster
Bored now. When can i go out again? |-) |(

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 14:56
by C00kiemonster
Monty wrote:
duke63 wrote: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. (sweat)

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 17:26
by 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.

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 17:30
by 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??

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 17:33
by StMarks
D41 wrote: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.?

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 17:41
by Kwacky
Yep, VPN licences for remote working

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 18:21
by duke63
Yep i had that problem yesterday. Fortunately there was one unused licence left.

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 18:37
by Kwacky
Good stuff from the government to support businesses. Hopefully now we can move towards a shutdown.

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 19:36
by Monty
Kwacky wrote: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!

Re: Coronavirus - hype or pandemlc?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020, 21:02
by Kwacky
I obviously missed the bit where they said this is the end of the measures and support being offered to the country.