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Grendel

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  • Jun 10, 2021
  • #47,111
David O'Day said:
Wouldn't be Grenners though as the monkey is out of his league.
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Oh dear talking to yourself now. On the meths already?
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Jun 10, 2021
  • #47,112
Didn’t know whether to stick this on the cricket or covid thread

 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jun 10, 2021
  • #47,113
It's all going down on here eh

 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jun 10, 2021
  • #47,114
What do you know, going by train was clearly 'greener'

G7 summit: How much carbon did Boris Johnson's flight generate? - BBC News
 

Ian1779

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  • Jun 10, 2021
  • #47,115
Brighton Sky Blue said:
What do you know, going by train was clearly 'greener'

G7 summit: How much carbon did Boris Johnson's flight generate? - BBC News
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Waiting now for the usual suspects on LBC and Snowflake News to call out the ‘wokie’ reality check team and their virtue signalling over climate change.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Jun 10, 2021
  • #47,116
CCFCSteve said:
Didn’t know whether to stick this on the cricket or covid thread

View attachment 20409
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It could only have been better if he'd had another mate dressed as a busty blonde who he'd get distracted chasing after the virus and chase them instead. With another mate dressed as a toff chasing him waving money.
 

baldy

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  • Jun 10, 2021
  • #47,117
Skybluefaz said:
We've had the everyone back in the office shout from the 21st June. Freedom day my eye.
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Good...so you should
 

Skybluefaz

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,118
baldy said:
Good...so you should
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Why?
 

pipkin73

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,119
Don't know where to start, i've stayed off here for a while as all it done was depress me.
A few notes (skim read tonight so might have missed loads more).

#Chiefdave
I've got a few ongoing health issues, hopefully, nothing major, but I'm at the point where I've looked into going private
as even pre-covid getting anything sorted was a nightmare.
Going private was pretty quickly ruled out when I saw the cost.

Tell me about it, I had to go private as the NHS only gave me pain killers to mask my pain (pain killers that made it worse as they masked the pain, so i continued to make the problem worse.
Once private i had an opp after 3 weeks (work insurance paid for it). NHS said nothing could be done and i rattled with all the tablets they had me taking. Ok, after several years i was back to square one and back in pain, but should the NHS not try to give you years pain free if they can. ?
It's why i moved out here when my job went, with the heat and less damp i'm in less pain.

PVA
No of course not, but Covid obviously has (or had) the potential to spread exponentially and overwhelm the hospitals
whereas cancer doesn't hold that same risk.

I lost my first fiancee to cancer, it is a long suffering disease for the person who has it and destroys the family and friends watching them go.
YES, at the start of Covid it had rightly been prioritized over cancer cases, but not now as the cases are so low.
Figures are showing only 2-5% had the vacination, most had turned it down.
WHY SHOULD A CANCER PATIENT DIE, because people refuse the vacination.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,120
clint van damme said:
Someones shagged another chimp.
Odds-on they post on here.
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,121
baldy said:
Good...so you should
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Why?
 

David O'Day

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,122
baldy said:
Good...so you should
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why if he can do his job just as well wfh?
 
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PVA

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,123
pipkin73 said:
PVA
No of course not, but Covid obviously has (or had) the potential to spread exponentially and overwhelm the hospitals
whereas cancer doesn't hold that same risk.

I lost my first fiancee to cancer, it is a long suffering disease for the person who has it and destroys the family and friends watching them go.
YES, at the start of Covid it had rightly been prioritized over cancer cases, but not now as the cases are so low.
Figures are showing only 2-5% had the vacination, most had turned it down.
WHY SHOULD A CANCER PATIENT DIE, because people refuse the vacination.
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I am well aware of the devastation cancer can cause, my family has suffered from it too (what family hasn't, I suppose), and I am very sorry to hear about your loss.

But I'm not sure what your point is. I'm not saying Covid patients should be prioritised over cancer patients now, is there any evidence that they are? The whole point is that Covid had to be prioritised in order to prevent the NHS being overwhelmed otherwise many, many more cancer patients would die. It's not a case of choosing to care for Covid patients and allowing cancer patients to die. It's choosing to care for Covid patients in order to save as many cancer patients as possible.

I can't believe we're still having this Covid v Cancer debate a year on!
 
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Johnnythespider

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,124
My wife will be amongst those who are listed as refusing the jab, she did in fact attend and get her first jab the day before me, but the system hasn't recorded her attendance, she is now overdue her second dose while we wait for them to sort things out. On the plus side our 23 yr old has been invited to book his first jab.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,125
Johnnythespider said:
My wife will be amongst those who are listed as refusing the jab, she did in fact attend and get her first jab the day before me, but the system hasn't recorded her attendance, she is now overdue her second dose while we wait for them to sort things out. On the plus side our 23 yr old has been invited to book his first jab.
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Did they not give her a card?
 

Saddlebrains

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,126
Johnnythespider said:
My wife will be amongst those who are listed as refusing the jab, she did in fact attend and get her first jab the day before me, but the system hasn't recorded her attendance, she is now overdue her second dose while we wait for them to sort things out. On the plus side our 23 yr old has been invited to book his first jab.
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I had that problem.

Just truned up at a vaccine centre, shown them my card and explained the situation they gave me the second dose.

Just turn up they wont turn anyone away if youve got your card
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,127
David O'Day said:
why if he can do his job just as well wfh?
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I've been going in once or twice a week for about the last 4 weeks. Really no better of productivty wise going in to the office. Just means I have to drive 60 miles a day and puts increased stress on family life as we have to shoot back from home to get kids from after school care. It is what it is though. I am surprised no flexibility has been offered.
 

Johnnythespider

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,128
Nick said:
Did they not give her a card?
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Yes she has the card with the batch number
 

Johnnythespider

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,129
Saddlebrains said:
I had that problem.

Just truned up at a vaccine centre, shown them my card and explained the situation they gave me the second dose.

Just turn up they wont turn anyone away if youve got your card
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I'm going for mine tomorrow so may do this
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,130
Skybluefaz said:
I've been going in once or twice a week for about the last 4 weeks. Really no better of productivty wise going in to the office. Just means I have to drive 60 miles a day and puts increased stress on family life as we have to shoot back from home to get kids from after school care. It is what it is though. I am surprised no flexibility has been offered.
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We have been given freedom as teams to decide what to do. Some aren’t coming in at all, some are in most days, some like my team are only in for collaboration reasons as it’s far easier to program at home in the quiet than in an office stuffed with loud salespeople.

I think employers who rigidly stick to outdated working practices are going to find it hard to attract staff TBH.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,131
PVA said:
I am well aware of the devastation cancer can cause, my family has suffered from it too (what family hasn't, I suppose), and I am very sorry to hear about your loss.

But I'm not sure what your point is. I'm not saying Covid patients should be prioritised over cancer patients now, is there any evidence that they are? The whole point is that Covid had to be prioritised in order to prevent the NHS being overwhelmed otherwise many, many more cancer patients would die. It's not a case of choosing to care for Covid patients and allowing cancer patients to die. It's choosing to care for Covid patients in order to save as many cancer patients as possible.

I can't believe we're still having this Covid v Cancer debate a year on!
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Patients I get, people not even being able to have scans confuses me though
 

shmmeee

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,132
Does bother me that the government is going to get a free pass on NHS funding and the economy after this. They can just point at COVID and shrug their shoulders when a good chunk of my 18 month wait for an appointment is their underfunding.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,133
Saddlebrains said:
I had that problem.

Just truned up at a vaccine centre, shown them my card and explained the situation they gave me the second dose.

Just turn up they wont turn anyone away if youve got your card
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Yeah getting a bit worried by these as not given a second slot and received the first one at a local hospital after invitation by my health centre. Mrs BSB who booked on the national system got both appointments
 

chiefdave

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,134
shmmeee said:
Does bother me that the government is going to get a free pass on NHS funding and the economy after this. They can just point at COVID and shrug their shoulders when a good chunk of my 18 month wait for an appointment is their underfunding.
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Spot on. When did we last get through a winter without the NHS being on its knees and reports of a crisis and patients being stuck in ambulances queuing outside hospitals?
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,135
Just been invited to book my second shot by my GP but I’ve got a booking in July made when I did my first at Stoneleigh. Does this mean I can have it earlier? It’s only been a month since my first.
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,136
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Yeah getting a bit worried by these as not given a second slot and received the first one at a local hospital after invitation by my health centre. Mrs BSB who booked on the national system got both appointments
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Exactly what happened to me, turn up with your card and details and it shouldnt be a problem as long as its explained
 

Saddlebrains

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,137
shmmeee said:
Just been invited to book my second shot by my GP but I’ve got a booking in July made when I did my first at Stoneleigh. Does this mean I can have it earlier? It’s only been a month since my first.
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Think theyre focusing on second jabs asap at the moment due to supply and the fact that double jabbing seems to beat this indian variant
 

chiefdave

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,138
shmmeee said:
Just been invited to book my second shot by my GP but I’ve got a booking in July made when I did my first at Stoneleigh. Does this mean I can have it earlier? It’s only been a month since my first.
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Pretty much. That's what happened to me. Had my second booked in and got a call from the doctor saying I could have it earlier.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,139
shmmeee said:
We have been given freedom as teams to decide what to do. Some aren’t coming in at all, some are in most days, some like my team are only in for collaboration reasons as it’s far easier to program at home in the quiet than in an office stuffed with loud salespeople.

I think employers who rigidly stick to outdated working practices are going to find it hard to attract staff TBH.
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I find it much easier to code at a desk in a proper setup. Just put my headphones on to drown our any noise.

Sat at home I don't get motivated to code stuff

Asking people to work from an office is hardly outdated though ha
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,140
Saddlebrains said:
I had that problem.

Just truned up at a vaccine centre, shown them my card and explained the situation they gave me the second dose.

Just turn up they wont turn anyone away if youve got your card
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I'm due this week. Think I'll try it as I've heard nothing from my gp
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,141
Saddlebrains said:
Exactly what happened to me, turn up with your card and details and it shouldnt be a problem as long as its explained
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Only been 2.5 weeks in my case
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,142
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Only been 2.5 weeks in my case
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Thats really quick.


Your body surely hasnt had time to even get the benefits of jab 1 surely?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,143
Saddlebrains said:
Thats really quick.


Your body surely hasnt had time to even get the benefits of jab 1 surely?
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No I mean it’s only that time since I had it so I don’t know how long to wait before trying to get a second.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,144
shmmeee said:
Just been invited to book my second shot by my GP but I’ve got a booking in July made when I did my first at Stoneleigh. Does this mean I can have it earlier? It’s only been a month since my first.
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It does mean just that
 

bezzer

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  • Jun 11, 2021
  • #47,145
shmmeee said:
Just been invited to book my second shot by my GP but I’ve got a booking in July made when I did my first at Stoneleigh. Does this mean I can have it earlier? It’s only been a month since my first.
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Yes you can. I had my second jab 4 weeks after my first.
 
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