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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2675 on: July 01, 2020, 11:03:45 PM »
Quote from: Constable Dogberry on July 01, 2020, 10:24:10 PM
Why didn't it happen in Bradford, or other places with high Muslim populations?

Bradford has been mentioned in the news as being one of the places they are watching intently. It currently has an infection rate running at 6 times the national average. (That might not be quite right in the details as I had just spilt hot chocolate on myself, so I was temporarily distracted from the news)
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2676 on: July 01, 2020, 11:06:47 PM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2677 on: July 02, 2020, 10:21:24 AM »
Ultra stupid Danish football fans

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53257858
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2678 on: July 02, 2020, 10:22:41 AM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2679 on: July 02, 2020, 10:44:53 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on July 02, 2020, 10:22:41 AM
Entitled prick

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/boris-johnsons-dad-stanley-flouts-22288273
To what is he entitled more than anyone else? You mean that he has a sense of entitlement, but I hope this tiresome phrase will soon disappear, and we can go back to calling people "arrogant" etc.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2680 on: July 02, 2020, 10:50:54 AM »
Quote from: Constable Dogberry on July 02, 2020, 10:44:53 AM
To what is he entitled more than anyone else? You mean that he has a sense of entitlement, but I hope this tiresome phrase will soon disappear, and we can go back to calling people "arrogant" etc.
Language changes - he's still a prick
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2681 on: July 02, 2020, 10:54:10 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on July 02, 2020, 10:50:54 AM
Language changes - he's still a prick
Indeed  he is, but some language changes should be resisted.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2682 on: July 02, 2020, 11:06:59 AM »
Johnson's father should have the full weight of the law upon him for breaking the lockdown rules. :(
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2683 on: July 02, 2020, 12:41:31 PM »
As I've just been to do my weekly shop and as again the vast majority see no reason to wear masks, is it time for mask wearing to be mandatory?

https://tinyurl.com/maskshuff
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2684 on: July 02, 2020, 12:53:56 PM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on July 02, 2020, 12:41:31 PM
As I've just been to do my weekly shop and as again the vast majority see no reason to wear masks, is it time for mask wearing to be mandatory?

https://tinyurl.com/maskshuff
Will be in shops in Scotland from next week.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53252760
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2685 on: July 02, 2020, 12:55:38 PM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2686 on: July 02, 2020, 02:34:36 PM »
This morning my Sensory Support Team guide walked with me into town on the alternative  rute. Alongside several sections of narrow pavement hedges had been allowed to overgrow, with branches, some thorny, protruding to an extent which would have made it risky if I had been on my own. I phoned the Highways number, but they are not taking calls. In fact, I shall not try to go that way again until I know it is safe.

The area of town I wanted to walk in was not at all busy and I bought an item from the Health Food shop and then we walked back.   Apparently there are signs asking people to walk on the left hand side of the, at that point, wide pavement, but there was no problem.

This time again I could have done it alone, but it would have been too stressful. That word isn't exactly right, because if I decide to do something, then I get on with it, but it would have been much more tiring.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2687 on: July 02, 2020, 04:48:21 PM »
Quote from: Constable Dogberry on July 02, 2020, 10:44:53 AM
To what is he entitled more than anyone else? You mean that he has a sense of entitlement, but I hope this tiresome phrase will soon disappear, and we can go back to calling people "arrogant" etc.

I couldn't agree more and hate the way the word 'entitled' is now used in some quarters. A person may have 'a sense of entitlement' or be 'entitled to' something but is not 'entitled'. It's horrible & careless.

However......back to Stanley Johnson. He is arrogant about travelling but I've come across it quite a lot during the pandemic so he isn't alone. If he wasn't a well known person we wouldn't hear of it. That's not excusing him but it's typical of the press to latch on to a name.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2688 on: July 02, 2020, 04:52:16 PM »
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A person may have a sense of entitled or be entitled to something but is not 'entitled'. It's horrible & careless.

Surely it should read "a person may have a sense of entitlement" ?

As we all seem to be in a pedantic mood I thought I'd get a piece of the action  ;)
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2689 on: July 02, 2020, 04:57:31 PM »
Festina celeritate magis minusve. I will correct immediatamente.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2690 on: July 02, 2020, 05:03:33 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on July 02, 2020, 12:53:56 PM
Will be in shops in Scotland from next week.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53252760
Are pubs included once they open?
A pint and a straw please!
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2691 on: July 02, 2020, 05:54:57 PM »
Quote from: Littleroses on July 02, 2020, 11:06:59 AM
Johnson's father should have the full weight of the law upon him for breaking the lockdown rules. :(
What actual laws has he broken?
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2692 on: July 02, 2020, 06:06:33 PM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2693 on: July 02, 2020, 06:50:07 PM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2694 on: July 02, 2020, 07:12:39 PM »
Quote from: jeremyp on July 02, 2020, 06:50:07 PM
Are you surprised? We’ve relaxed the lockdown. What else would you expect?
Did that happen the same way in New Zealand?
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2695 on: July 03, 2020, 05:08:56 PM »
Watching the discussions in the UK about possibly shutting internal borders like the Scottish one to England, one of the things that people might not have known is many of the Australian states closed their borders internally.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2696 on: July 03, 2020, 08:24:37 PM »
Australia is a federation. Individual states have some executive control over their own borders. The United Kingdom is a highly centralised union with minimal powers devolved to lower levels of government. In England, Whitehall effectively micromanages anything it can.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2697 on: July 03, 2020, 08:48:17 PM »
Quote from: Harrowby Hall on July 03, 2020, 08:24:37 PM
Australia is a federation. Individual states have some executive control over their own borders. The United Kingdom is a highly centralised union with minimal powers devolved to lower levels of government. In England, Whitehall effectively micromanages anything it can.
Except the rules in Australia didn't allow them to control the internal borders. They just made the decision to do so. And in the UK, the Welsh did effectively close the border for some transit, and given the powers the Scottish Govt has here it could in theory have a form of border closure. That the Tory UK Govt want to play down the differences is unsurprising if tedious.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2698 on: July 03, 2020, 09:37:38 PM »
Quote from: SusanDoris on July 02, 2020, 02:34:36 PM
This morning my Sensory Support Team guide walked with me into town on the alternative  rute. Alongside several sections of narrow pavement hedges had been allowed to overgrow, with branches, some thorny, protruding to an extent which would have made it risky if I had been on my own. I phoned the Highways number, but they are not taking calls. In fact, I shall not try to go that way again until I know it is safe. The area of town I wanted to walk in was not at all busy and I bought an item from the Health Food shop and then we walked back.   Apparently there are signs asking people to walk on the left hand side of the, at that point, wide pavement, but there was no problem. This time again I could have done it alone, but it would have been too stressful. That word isn't exactly right, because if I decide to do something, then I get on with it, but it would have been much more tiring.
'Stressful's fine by me. As for the d*****d overhanging branches? Tell me about it, Susan! I wear those plastic wrap around anti-glare glasses from Cobolt just to protect my eyes from the blasted things - and I wear a baseball cap as well, in the hope that the skip will finf the obstacle before I do. You could try buying a bowing skip from your local sports shop which will serve the same purpose. I can't access a supermarket alone anymore; where once it was a breeze with the long cane, now those arrows and stickers mean I'm snookered. At least there are a few small shops in the town which, by reason of their size, can't change their set up, meaning that I can still access them myself. For larger shopping, I have to depend on giving a list to a carer. It's very limiting, isn't it? And don't even start me on trying to find a seat which isn't taped off on my local bus....no long cane invented can find the damn tape......
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2699 on: July 04, 2020, 08:12:34 AM »
Quote from: Anchorman on July 03, 2020, 09:37:38 PM
'Stressful's fine by me. As for the d*****d overhanging branches? Tell me about it, Susan! I wear those plastic wrap around anti-glare glasses from Cobolt just to protect my eyes from the blasted things - and I wear a baseball cap as well, in the hope that the skip will finf the obstacle before I do. You could try buying a bowing skip from your local sports shop which will serve the same purpose. I can't access a supermarket alone anymore; where once it was a breeze with the long cane, now those arrows and stickers mean I'm snookered. At least there are a few small shops in the town which, by reason of their size, can't change their set up, meaning that I can still access them myself. For larger shopping, I have to depend on giving a list to a carer. It's very limiting, isn't it? And don't even start me on trying to find a seat which isn't taped off on my local bus....no long cane invented can find the damn tape......
Fortunately, I do not need to use any public transport at the moment, but re headgear, I found very early on that a visor (bought from local sports shop - closed recently) is a help because it enables me to avoid the distraction of light from above.
Listening to the In touch programmes, as well as talking to the Guide chap, I think that the Gov have failed to consider the blind, who are assumed to have carers!
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