Sure, although I had it pulled for me earlier;)
Marco.
Lol, yeah... Unfortunately that's all I was getting, as the painter's visiting:rolleyes:
Marco.
lucky to get that, what with paint all over the place;)
Cheeky bassa!:lol:
Always wondered why she kept a pair of tweezers and a magnifying glass next to the bed....:hmm:
Marco,
These zoomers need to be LOCKED UP, not locked down: https://www.aol.co.uk/news/police-se...161142117.html
Which part of PARK YER ARSE AT HOME, regardless of the weather, have they not understood?:doh:
Marco.
Defo different from 1st lockdown in London Marco. See that on my daily bike ride everyday and once things things open up it will be Mayhem lol
Lots of Hi-Fi for sale on ebay and Gumtree is collect only. Not exactly essential essential shopping, I'd guess the police might take a dim view of journeys to pick up speakers or amps etc.
'My amplifier broke and music is essential to my mental health during lockdown. Officer.'
Thats my boy had his jab now. Great news. Both kids have had it. Im on list for a home visit, but no idea how long that will be. Still im happy they will be protected:)
Was messaged today to get mine on Monday. Bring it on.
Booked in for this Saturday (had to book second jab at same time - 22nd May). Very impressed with system so far; if only we did everything so well :)
Apparently you might expect after-effects from your jab.
Hardly fatal.
I got nothing from my Pfizer Jab, No soreness in my upper arm. Your mileage may vary. But I am currently 80% immune to this horror after 3 weeks. :lol:
Sorry to disagree Guy...but they are only sticking needles in arms and painfully slowly at that...They have only vaccinated one fifth of the adult population, and within the next few months, everything will be open again...and people will be like lambs to the slaughter...good luck..
more than a third of adult pop:eyebrows:
Yeah...apologies for being negative Grant...It's just that opening the country back up too soon will be another recipe for disaster, cases will rise again, there will inevitably be more deaths, they'll implement another lock down and there will be riots...absolutely crazy.
No problem - I was just impressed with the ease of booking (much better than trying to get a supermarket delivery slot :lol:) and I am impressed with the rate of vaccinations (if you get a few minutes, have a look at this counter: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-...finds-12222938), considering the logistics - well done everyone involved imo :)
Yes..sorry Guy...I've got my negative head on this morning...They are moving a bit quicker...I'd just like them to turn the gas up on the rockets and get everyone done, before the silly buggers open the country back up...it's a crazy crazy time...
Just to add to this...If they got everyone vaccinated before the country is opened up again...It would be far far better for everyone and a safer country...I'd be a very happy chap, if they would just see sense and do it this way....I'm at a loss with their logic...or lack of..
think most of the clinically at risk have had theirs now. still a few of us straggling and of course some who didnt want it although not too many. Supposedly a lot in my area tho, which compounds the stupidity as we have a high rate of infection again
Maybe because the economy drastically needs rebuilding and people need to get back to work, plus for their mental health need to be released from their imprisonment and back to living with some sort of normality, and so simply couldn't handle being subject to virtual house arrest for another - what, 3 months, until everyone who wishes to accept a vaccine has done so.
Just a thought! ;)
Remember, it's not just about what suits YOU (or others of the same mindset), or even just all about the virus, as important and serious a consideration as that is. There are many other very important things the government has to consider, especially now that there is a significant level of immunity in the population among those who's been vaccinated, and subsequently infection rates are markedly falling, and will continue to fall, and we move through the age groups.
Personally, I can't wait until the 12th March, when our lockdown in Wales ends, and get a bloody haircut!!:D:ner:;)
I'd go bloody NUTS with another 3 months of this!! And vast tracts of the population no doubt feel the same.
Marco.
when i was young you got this :eek:https://media.tenor.com/images/8b8df...fdd2/tenor.gif
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Yes, can you spot the recurring theme?:DQuote:
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So, is there any chance that from today, and going forward, we can see more of your 'positive head'?:ner:;)
Marco.
Things may not be ideal, but they are far better than the privations folks faced during and immediately after WW2. Rationing that led to near starvation diets, crumbling industries and unemployment, horrible and deadly sicknesses we don't ever hear about now. Such as high infant mortality, Diphtheria, Polio and Smallpox.
And 'heaven forbid', no internet or mobile phones, let alone Smartphones etc. No television. No supermarkets. Oh, and few had cars!
If you'd moaned about 'mental health' back then, you'd have got a clip around the ear and be told to pull your socks up (or banged up for actually being nuts).
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aye, those were the days :D
ive found out a fair bit about myself through this and found that maybe i will change the way i live out my life too. freedom is a precious thing that we should embrace, but it has to be responsible freedom. Even a taste of freedom curtailment has affeted many, so imagine if you ended up living like Chinese or other countries that just force you to do what they want.
So everyone needs to keep their guard up for their own safety, that of their fellows and make sure governments do as WE want them to.
Hear, hear [especially the last sentence]!!
:clap::clap::clap:
Marco.
Yes of course, and I acknowledge that. Your argument (and similar) has been presented many times before, but whilst it is relevant, it doesn't really fit, in terms of acting as an effective comparison with the current situation.
Firstly, the world is a very different place now, and subsequently so are the people who populate it [as are their respective needs, based on the former], so you can't really apply 20th century principles to modern day living.
Secondly, whilst all you say is true, at least families could mix, pubs and restaurants/cafes/dance halls/cinemas were open, where people could socialise, have fun and take their minds off of the drudgery of everyday life (as you've outlined), and if you had a car (count my parents and grandparents in) you could travel around, go to the seaside, etc.
Unlike now...!:doh: Where fundamentally we have much LESS FREEDOM... *That* is the key point!
And crucially, where there exists a different type of "everyday drudgery", which is no less painful or real in its own right, BUT where we're all being kept prisoners in our own homes, climbing the same four walls, day after day, now since 20th of December, and before that too with the previous lockdown, and a daftee here (lol) is suggesting that we should just 'put up' with another 3 months of this hell...:mental::nono:, and who knows whether even once everyone has been vaccinated, that we won't be facing a similar situation again this winter??
Nothing is certain with this virus, but at some point we going to have to learn to live with it (just like we do with many other fatal diseases), rather than continually living in fear of it.
But to demean the very real hardships that many are facing now, and which most of us here are fortunate enough to have been able to avoid, by essentially saying 'Oh give it a rest, as folks had it much worse in the old days during the war' is both disrespectful, mate, and fundamentally misses the point.
Just my view:)
Marco.
Nope, because you can't predict or control the unpredictable. Folks die or get ill everyday mate, from ALL sorts of things, not just this virus, so we can't rule our lives around being in constant fear of becoming infected by Covid, or indeed any other potentially deadly virus.
As I've always said, there's no point in being alive if you can't **LIVE**, so it's not just about surviving; it's about being able to enjoy some sort of LIFE!!
As I said in my last post, at some point all this crap has to come to an end, and we all need to learn to LIVE WITH Covid, whilst talking reasonable and sensible precautions to avoid it, rather than being in constant fear of it, as that will get us nowhere, and we'll just end up on an never-ending spiral of misery.
Marco.
im inclined to feel that by time things start opening next month the majority of the at risks will be safe, or as safe as they can be, and a good number of others too. Infection rates may go up a bit but vast majority of those wont be lethal.
The lockdowns should only go on if death rates are going to go through roof and, well we will have to see what happens. It wont be a complete lifting so, as said before the country needs to start opening up a bit.
People like myself will probably continue to avoid others for good while tho but can do that on their own back. others can get about and we see if the vaccines are working. Its gotta be tried sometime.
Spot on:thumbsup:
Marco.
Before covid19...people were not worried about "dying from all sorts of things" and were not locked down for any such all sorts of things either.. I'm damned sure, that people are going to feel a lot safer when the vast majority of the people of the UK are vaccinated against covid...and opening up the country, how ever slowly they are going to do it is crazy, until the vaccinations are completed, as the never-ending "merrygoround" will be inevitable...It's like leaving four of the five nuts on the wheels of your car...Loose..
In your opinion, some of which I sympathise with, but I see no reason to change my opinion or anything else I've written here today on the matter.
Now, grumpy chops/glass half-empty boy, when will we see your 'positive head' for a change?:ner::D
;)
Marco.
there is also a limit to the financial damage we can get away with also. if we are not careful the country is going to be worse than post war. it might already be getting close, debt wise.
But i do agree we MUST GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME.
Precisely, and another 3 months of full lockdown, in order to allow for everyone who wants vaccinated to be vaccinated, IMO would incur too much (possibly irreversible) financial damage, not just to the economy as a whole, but to people's individual livelihoods.
It's all very well focusing solely on potentially dying from Covid if you're old, don't work anymore, don't have any young kids, don't socialise, and overall don't really have to *DO* anything much on daily basis, but for everyone else, it's got to a critical stage now where life MUST *start* returning to some sort of normal, or there won't be much left to live for!
As I've always said, life is for LIVING, not merely existing. And I'd rather be dead, than merely alive, but with no LIFE.
Marco.
Marco..come on...it's not a case of being grumpy half glass empty boy..it's common sense...a few months more isn't going to make a great deal of difference..and surely, if everyone is vaccinated, it's going to be a whole lot safer to open the country back up, and quickly.. so people can go about their business not having to worry bout covid so much, thus the economy will be up to full speed in a very short time...instead of another short burst and an even harsher lockdown to follow..We've already had three lockdowns...Do you really want to see the fourth?
Says who - you? And 'common sense' is entirely subjective.
To YOU maybe it might not make a great deal of difference, but not to thousands of others and I. There's really no point in us continuing to discuss the subject, if you can only rather selfishly see your POV.
And it was YOU, daftee, who said (in your very OWN words) that you were being negative, and which I entirely agree with, so either you're imagining it or it's true!:ner:;)
Marco.
I'll say only one thing more on this matter...and it's from a soothsayer called mad-moon....for the future...espcially the 15th " I told you " ;)