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  1. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    It is, if not been done already, going to be suspended along with with things like the need for planes to fly to avoid losing landing slots. Not exactly environmentally friendly to have loads of empty planes flying around just to ensure they keep the slots but that's exactly what was starting to...
  2. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Spoke too soon. Despite being busier than ever, did an extra 4 hours unpaid yesterday to try and keep up with the workload, and classed as keyworkers as we support medical facilites and food producers among others just been told that Friday will be my last day before being furloughed.
  3. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Is that for furlough or the loan scheme? The loan scheme does seem a bit of a shambles as its being left to the banks to asses if companies are eligible and it will come as no surprise they are trying to divert people on to loans they will make money from. Starting to see some of our clients...
  4. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Trump last week: "We lose thousands of people a year to the flu," he said then. "We never turn the country off." Trump this week: "A lot of people were saying think of it as the flu, but it's not the flu," he said. "It's vicious." Has the penny finally dropped?
  5. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Rather than looking at what's in the air, which could be private or cargo, better to look at the passenger airport arrivals. Heathrow has several cancelled flights from NY showing but also shows 5 have already landed today which possibly suggests cancelled flights are more to do with demand than...
  6. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Would like to think you're right but fear you're giving people too much credit. Unless Johnson gets up and literally says we're shutting down the NHS and replacing it with a US style system nobody will say a word as services continue to be sold off to their mates.
  7. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I work in IT. We've just had our busiest month ever by a long way, roughly 30% up on our previous busiest month.
  8. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Was going to say the same! 91 one beds on there, only 5 £1K plus, even two bed of the 149 listed only 81 are £1K plus. We get it, JLR pay everyone way over average and you're all taking early retirement and living in mansions while the rest of us make do with scraps.
  9. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    What a surprise, Ashley's Newcastle the first PL club to make out they can't afford to pay non-playing staff's wages. Newcastle United put non-playing staff on leave because of coronavirus pandemic
  10. chiefdave

    All purpose cricket thread

    Good way to pass Easter Sunday.
  11. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    That'll be the problem. They're OK as long as people just pay the £30 fine but if people start challenging the courts are going to potentially have hundreds or thousands of these cases to deal with on top of their backlog.
  12. chiefdave

    Athletic Article - "Coventry City: no home, no stopping them"

    No mention of the actual problem, basic factual errors and the only person they've bothered speaking to is someone who doesn't go. You'd think with no sport going on they'd have time to check these things.
  13. chiefdave

    Coronavirus

    Got the same here. There's one family here with 3 generations living in the road, they have four or five houses between them, who think the rules don't apply to them. They're constantly going from house to house as if nothing is going on.
  14. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Its a mess. Here you've got the council saying they aren't closing car parks unless the park itself is overcrowded with people not observing social distancing. Why keep the car parks open if nobody is supposed to drive there? They're going to end up creating more problems than they solve. Like...
  15. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Not impressed that we're this far in and still nothing seems to have been done other than tell people not to panic buy. What do they expect when people are having to queue an hour or more to get in the shop only to be greeted with empty shelves. After days of trying got through to Sainsburys to...
  16. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    One for the good guys list. Lego donating $50m to Education Cannot Wait who provide education in emergencies and protracted crises.
  17. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    While we all know cash in hand type work exists I think this is showing the scale of it. The number of people I've seen saying they don't qualify for anything due to their accounts when they easily take home more than I do in salary is astonishing.
  18. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    From what you write about salaries at JLR its no wonder they are losing money!
  19. chiefdave

    Things to listen to in Lockdown

    The Peter Crouch podcasts are a good listen. Quite a few of them now as well so if you go back to the start that'll keep you going for a while. If you like science Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry and Infinite Monkey Cage. There's also a new series of 13 Minutes to the Moon which has just...
  20. chiefdave

    Who’s at work/Not at work?

    I suspect its far more likely he'll be saving £600!
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