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Brylowes

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,446
Nick said:
I have no idea why people would be booking holidays now anyway for this year, seems a bit crazy really.
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We’ve been looking at booking something for early September, with all the doom and gloom I feel it may just give us something to look forward to ‘a light at the end of the tunnel.
Am I convinced we will be out of the tunnel come September........not really no.
 
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CCFCSteve

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,447
fernandopartridge said:
Yeah I saw that. Tbh those are all standard NHS employee elearning modules. Nobody seems to be able to proportionate anything!
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Exactly. Whilst Petes right, a lot appear sensible enough, however, you remove any red tape ones immediately and then tailor to requirements ie if it’s a recently retired doctor, health care professional etc then knock a few modules off the list. Also if you are there solely to administer the jab then surely even some of what would appear more important modules may be irrelevant ?! (Or could be easily condensed).

Like the salary level, I’m sure it won’t put most people off who want to actually help, but still
 

Terry Gibson's perm

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,448
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I don't know what it is about bog roll that makes it such a prime candidate for panic buying.
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The thing is there was never really a shortage of it, amazon were shipping trailers full of it around Europe but mainly to Germany.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,449
Terry Gibson's perm said:
The thing is there was never really a shortage of it, amazon were shipping trailers full of it around Europe but mainly to Germany.
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I’d have prioritised non perishable food myself but there’s no shortage of that either
 

shmmeee

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,450
During a time when we’ve stripped regulations on all kinds of important stuff like education of vulnerable children, surely we can skip the fucking deradicalisation training?

Should be one module with the bare minimum in if anything.
 

Brylowes

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,451
Nick said:
Ah that makes sense then.

Still, it gives people a perfect loophole to go round their mates.
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Yeah, and we could all get on top of some of those household overdue jobs for each other, men walking around everywhere holding screwdrivers and police nicking everyone for ‘going equipped’
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,452
SBT said:
To be fair, it would have been madness to book a July holiday in March of last year as well, but it still could have worked out! Would take balls of steel, but if you know it’s all refundable then I can see why people are giving themselves something to look forward to.
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There are some ridiculous cheap flights to North America even for next October
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,453
Grendel said:
There are some ridiculous cheap flights to North America even for next October
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I booked a return to Boston for £240 just before Christmas.

Fully flexible and currently booked for middle of May.
 
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Brylowes

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,454
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
I booked a return to Boston for £240 just before Christmas.

Fully flexible and currently booked for middle of May.
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Went there 10 years ago ‘beautiful city’ really hope you get to go and enjoy it.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,455
I've just walked to the shop for lunch, is there an actual lockdown? Didn't seem like it compared to the last one.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,456
I know it sounds like I go to the supermarket every day, I don't, but I did just nip to sainsburys. Old woman walking through the car park oblivious to the cars. Turned the music up full blast, still no clue what was going on. Was like a zombie strolling through the car park.

In the shop itself you has another old biddy looking at the haberdashery for random items clearly non essential. Didn't even fucking know sainsburys had an arts and crafts section. Ffs.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,457
Grendel said:
There are some ridiculous cheap flights to North America even for next October
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Bet all-you-can-eat cruises are cheap atm...
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,458
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
I booked a return to Boston for £240 just before Christmas.

Fully flexible and currently booked for middle of May.
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That's a helluva lot to go, can't you just drive?

Nicer places in Lincolnshire, anyway!
 

Brylowes

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,459
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
I know it sounds like I go to the supermarket every day, I don't, but I did just nip to sainsburys. Old woman walking through the car park oblivious to the cars. Turned the music up full blast, still no clue what was going on. Was like a zombie strolling through the car park.

In the shop itself you has another old biddy looking at the haberdashery for random items clearly non essential. Didn't even fucking know sainsburys had an arts and crafts section. Ffs.
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I’m already looking forward to tomorrow’s update
 
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chiefdave

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,460
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
In the shop itself you has another old biddy looking at the haberdashery
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Haberdashery, did you go to a supermarket from the 1970s?
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,461
Brylowes said:
I’m already looking forward to tomorrow’s update
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Bromsgrove has about 10 supermarkets. For a town not much bigger than Kenilworth it is mental.

Tomorrow I'll try Asda. There's always scratters in there.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,462
chiefdave said:
Haberdashery, did you go to a supermarket from the 1970s?
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It felt like it.

The other customers were celebrating their diamond wedding anniversaries around that time by the look of it.
 

chiefdave

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,463
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
I booked a return to Boston for £240 just before Christmas.

Fully flexible and currently booked for middle of May.
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Saw some BA flights to Vegas for £300 for late this year. Was tempted but in the small print it says if you change the flight its not a straightforward date change, you get a voucher for the amount the initial booking cost to use against the cost of a new booking. They'll always get your money one way or another!
 
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SBT

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,464
Just popped out to meet some mates of mine for a drink and there are people everywhere, what a disgrace.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,465
SBT said:
Just popped out to meet some mates of mine for a drink and there are people everywhere, what a disgrace.
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Not saying it's a disgrace, more like commenting that even the traffic isn't much different to normal outside. I'd love to be sat at home in front of the telly.

I knew you were trying to be funny when you claimed you had mates though.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,466
This may be a stupid question, not that its ever stopped me before, but it is being said the bottleneck at the fill and finish stage is due to a shortage of glass vials.

Can they not recycle? Ship back the used, empty, vials to the factory to be refilled?
 
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hill83

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,467
Nick said:
Some old people are terrible, if they keep supermarkets open they should probably ban old people and give them priority on delivery slots.

They are fucking lethal and they are the ones most at risk.
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Blitz sprit m8
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,468
chiefdave said:
This may be a stupid question, not that its ever stopped me before, but it is being said the bottleneck at the fill and finish stage is due to a shortage of glass vials.

Can they not recycle? Ship back the used, empty, vials to the factory to be refilled?
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Surely it was known vials would be needed regardless?

Why wasn't production of them ramped up?
 

Brylowes

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,469
chiefdave said:
Haberdashery, did you go to a supermarket from the 1970s?
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Brylowes

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,470
Nick said:
Surely it was known vials would be needed regardless?

Why wasn't production of them ramped up?
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It obviously wasn’t Vialable.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,471
Nick said:
Surely it was known vials would be needed regardless?

Why wasn't production of them ramped up?
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Its one of those things where it seems its been flagged up in various government reports over recent years but never acted on. Seems UK manufacturing was allowed to die out as it was cheaper to manufacture in India.

There's two new large scale manufacturers being built that will in the future allow enough vaccine for the whole population to be manufactured in six months but one will be ready in the summer and the other before the end of the year.

The vials issue was flagged up as early as March. Again there seems to be conflicting information as capacity was ramped up at a facility in Wales and they say they've been producing 150K a day 'for months'.
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,472
Just went to an illegal woodland rave, why can't people fucking stay in!
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,473
Probably waiting for a Tory minister to open a business making them.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,474
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
I booked a return to Boston for £240 just before Christmas.

Fully flexible and currently booked for middle of May.
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Was that on a whim or was it more than a feeling?
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,475
skybluetony176 said:
Was that on a whim or was it more than a feeling?
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Nah, I'd been smokin'.
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,476
skybluetony176 said:
Was that on a whim or was it more than a feeling?
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I wish I could add to this but the only other tune of theirs I know is foreplay / longtime! Tough ask.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,477
Gavin Williamson has just said if parents don't like the remote education provided they can report the school to Ofsted. Thanks Gav for putting your faith in us to do our jobs
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,478
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Gavin Williamson has just said if parents don't like the remote education provided they can report the school to Ofsted. Thanks Gav for putting your faith in us to do our jobs
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He's a real sniveling piece of shit
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,479
Skybluefaz said:
He's a real sniveling piece of shit
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Guess he has followed his brief to try and 'crack the unions'
 

chiefdave

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • #39,480
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Gavin Williamson has just said if parents don't like the remote education provided they can report the school to Ofsted. Thanks Gav for putting your faith in us to do our jobs
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And still pushing the weird its not the schools its the people in them that spread infections idea.
"Schools have not suddenly become unsafe but limiting the number of people who attend them is essential."
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