Coronavirus

[Sniffer]

Rod Liddle writing in the paper today:

"Here's a bet: you don't wash your hands with anything like the avidity you did around about Easter, do you?"

Guilty as charged......

He also said, regarding the use of the lavatory in someone else's house, you must scrub down the entire room with bleach or something afterwards. Guests who are caught short and use the kitchen sink are advised to do so only if they take the dishes out first. (I think I've got this right. Could someone check? Rod.)

Good to know someone else reads this stuff John! His tongue-in-cheek style entertains me endlessly - ok he's a Millscum supporter for some reason, and he's scaled back his anti-LUFC rhetoric recently.

Still guilty as charged though, even having just showered

A few years back (by which I mean over 15 years ago) he used to get the same train as me on his commute from Salisbury to London. It was the first train of the day with not many people on there, so he'd join us railway staff in the back coach. He was writing for the Grauniad at the time and he'd try out some of what he was about to write on us. He seemed a sociable bloke rather than friendly but quite amusing. I always thought he was basing his persona on the American libertarian Gonzo journalists Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe, P.J O'Rourke et al but not quite pulling it off.

[NottinghamWhite]

The weathers not so good here today but for me that’s a bad thing. The garden needs a good watering, it should limit the number of groups of mindless people who seem to have given up on social distancing, can’t count to 6 & don’t seem to know how far 2m is. Our park keepers won’t have to clear away barbecues, picnic leftovers & empty beer bottles. Nowt wrong with a bit of rain.

[Selby White]

Am surprised how many countries are opening their borders this month (according to the Daily Mail) :-

Bahrain – June 10, 2020
Bulgaria – June 10, 2020
Qatar – June 10, 2020
Greece – June 15, 2020
Germany – June 15, 2020
Austria – June 15, 2020
Azerbaijan – June 15, 2020
Czech Republic – June 15, 2020
Switzerland – June 15, 2020
Japan – June 15, 2020
Republic of Northern Macedonia – June 15, 2020
Lithuania – June 15, 2020
Hungary – June 15, 2020
Poland – June 15, 2020
Romania – June 15, 2020
Serbia – June 15, 2020
Netherlands – June 20, 2020
Kazakhstan – June 20, 2020
Albania – June 22, 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina – June 22, 2020
Denmark – June 22, 2020
Estonia – June 22, 2020
Finland – June 22, 2020
South Korea – June 22, 2020
Ireland – June 22, 2020
Kyrgyzstan – June 22, 2020
Latvia – June 22, 2020
Norway – June 22, 2020
Slovakia – June 22, 2020

[Selby White]

Just had a email from Jet2 pushing holidays to Mallorca in July
Think I'll give it a miss for now.

[NottinghamWhite]

Just seeing all the BLM demonstrations in London & thousands of people rammed together. I can’t see us leaving the house socially till at least Christmas the selfish bastards.

[SiMamu]

Just seeing all the BLM demonstrations in London & thousands of people rammed together. I can’t see us leaving the house socially till at least Christmas the selfish bastards.

Was that last bit meant to be tongue in cheek?

[Mr Russell]

Am surprised how many countries are opening their borders this month (according to the Daily Mail) :-

Bahrain – June 10, 2020
Bulgaria – June 10, 2020
Qatar – June 10, 2020
Greece – June 15, 2020
Germany – June 15, 2020
Austria – June 15, 2020
Azerbaijan – June 15, 2020
Czech Republic – June 15, 2020
Switzerland – June 15, 2020
Japan – June 15, 2020
Republic of Northern Macedonia – June 15, 2020
Lithuania – June 15, 2020
Hungary – June 15, 2020
Poland – June 15, 2020
Romania – June 15, 2020
Serbia – June 15, 2020
Netherlands – June 20, 2020
Kazakhstan – June 20, 2020
Albania – June 22, 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina – June 22, 2020
Denmark – June 22, 2020
Estonia – June 22, 2020
Finland – June 22, 2020
South Korea – June 22, 2020
Ireland – June 22, 2020
Kyrgyzstan – June 22, 2020
Latvia – June 22, 2020
Norway – June 22, 2020
Slovakia – June 22, 2020

i find it frightning that so many countries are opening their borders so quicky and easily. Here in Oz we stil have our state borders closed (mostly) although in the next month they should start to re-open. For overseas travel we are in talks of a bubble between us, New Zealand and some of the small Pacific Islands to open later in the year, i hope that we don't open to other overseas countries till next year.

I hope the above counties don't regret their choice and get hit again.

[Selby White]

Just seeing all the BLM demonstrations in London & thousands of people rammed together. I can’t see us leaving the house socially till at least Christmas the selfish bastards.

Think it's ironic that people are protesting about saving lives at a time and in a way that will potentially put their families lives at risk.

[Deleted User 728]

There was a demo in Southampton last night about it and I can assure you that there WAS social distancing going on.
The photos don't reflect well because perspective from a front-view makes everyone look bunched-up when they're actually not.

I can't say what happened in other cities, but down here it was well-observed by everyone and very responsibly handled and it also went off without a hitch.

[Another Northern Soul]

There was a demo in Southampton last night about it and I can assure you that there WAS social distancing going on.
The photos don't reflect well because perspective from a front-view makes everyone look bunched-up when they're actually not.

I can't say what happened in other cities, but down here it was well-observed by everyone and very responsibly handled and it also went off without a hitch.

With respect, it doesn't need many to ignore the distancing rules for chaos to resume, but as is usual with virtually everything these days, there's no middle ground in debates, it's one extreme or the other.

Noticed aerial photos from above Hyde Park, London yesterday... indisputable that some folk are not interested in social distancing rules/advice.