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clint van damme

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,181
Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:
Thanks Clint, decorate the house and when weather gets better do the garden I’ll end up with a show home
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do you like reading BHSB? Or anyone else that's isolating.
If anyone puts up what genre they like it may be some of us have some books they could have/lend. We can always leave them on peoples doorsteps.
Might help pass a few hours. I don't have an extensive collection but there may be something of interest in there.
 
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Nick

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,182
clint van damme said:
do you like reading BHSB? Or anyone else that's isolating.
If anyone puts up what genre they like it may be some of us have some books they could have/lend. We can always leave them on peoples doorsteps.
Might help pass a few hours. I don't have an extensive collection but there may be something of interest in there.
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Or if they have a kindle
 

clint van damme

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,183
Nick said:
Or if they have a kindle
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yeah, I'm a bit of a Luddite, like the feel of a book rather than a Kindle (got one never used it!)
 
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clint van damme

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,184
Johnnythespider said:
Is chicken rustling a thing
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it will be this weekend
 
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BornSlippySkyBlue

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,185
shmmeee said:
This may be shit advice but everyone keep saying “went to X large supermarket”. I’m hearing even the co-op is OK and smaller businesses are both less likely to be mobbed and more likely to need the business over the next few months so why not head to a local shopping area and hit the greengrocers etc?

That’s my plan tomorrow.
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Definitely a better option (so far) in Birmingham. Large supermarkets stripped bare, small shops still ok. Today.
 

Colin Steins Smile

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,186
Sky Blue Pete said:
Thank your son for me please
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Will do - he really appreciates the messages of support during a tricky time.
 
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Johnnythespider

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,187
BornSlippySkyBlue said:
Definitely a better option (so far) in Birmingham. Large supermarkets stripped bare, small shops still ok. Today.
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Does anybody else think it's the small shops stripping the supermarkets, as they can't get any deliveries from wholesalers who are concentrating on supermarkets
 
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Nick

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,188
clint van damme said:
yeah, I'm a bit of a Luddite, like the feel of a book rather than a Kindle (got one never used it!)
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I was the same to be honest but got used to one of the newer ones.

Saves space too
 

shmmeee

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,189
Colin Steins Smile said:
Will do - he really appreciates the messages of support during a tricky time.
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We’re all rooting for him. Does he know about all the places offering NHS staff free hot drinks or big discounts? Nando’s, Subway, Maccys, BK, all doing it. Not much but it’s something. (And before Nick starts, yes he should go through the drive thru )
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,190
Nick said:
Or if they have a kindle
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Do you have no soul, man?
 
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Nick

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,191
shmmeee said:
We’re all rooting for him. Does he know about all the places offering NHS staff free hot drinks or big discounts? Nando’s, Subway, Maccys, BK, all doing it. Not much but it’s something. (And before Nick starts, yes he should go through the drive thru )
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Gregg's too
 
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Nick

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,192
Deleted member 5849 said:
Do you have no soul, man?
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I just have limited storage space!
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,193
Nick said:
I just have limited storage space!
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There's always space for books.
 
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Nick

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,194
Deleted member 5849 said:
There's always space for books.
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Have too many as it is and nowhere to take them when they aren't needed.
 

shmmeee

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,195
Books are the only physical media I’ve got left in my house. Got a Kindle too but you can’t beat a good bookshelf. Just keep that for the good ones and the text books or trashy shite I get digitally.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,196
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
5 days in and I've already had enough.

If we are in 'lock down' for the next 3 months I think I'll lose the plot properly.

Can't go out and do almost anything. I still don't really understand the seriousness of it all to be honest. Can't help but think it is a bit over the top.

I understand there are people vulnerable to the virus and of course the right precautions should be taken there, but otherwise the whole world has to be in isolation for 3 months because of a flu on steroids?
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I think it's really difficult for us all to grasp the severity of it,. Hopefully it won't happen, but I think it will take some serious fatalities, particularly locally, to drive it home. I think that's when it will dawn on us.
Hopefully that doesn't happen and we're all left wondering what the fuss was about.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,197
Nick said:
I just have limited storage space!
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perhaps we should get novels printed on bog rolls? Gives you something to read in the loo and people seem to have infinite capacity to store them. Plus when you've finished the storage issue isn't a problem. Of course you will need to keep you're own bog roll separate or the story may well jump on a fair bit between visits?

I'm off to e-mail Dan Brown about the idea.....
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,198
shmmeee said:
Books are the only physical media I’ve got left in my house. Got a Kindle too but you can’t beat a good bookshelf. Just keep that for the good ones and the text books or trashy shite I get digitally.
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I would've killed for an e-book during school/uni. My shoulder is proper fucked carrying those things around with me for years.
 

shmmeee

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,199
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
I would've killed for an e-book during school/uni. My shoulder is proper fucked carrying those things around with me for years.
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I got mine for my Masters a few years back. Found every recommended book as a dodgy pdf, saved me a fortune and a bad back.
 
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ccfc92

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,200
Otis said:
Good time to go vegan!!!!

Grab that lentil and pea-shoot roast before they're nabbed too.
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Tbf, probably going to have to have more veg coming up than meat.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,201
shmmeee said:
If we did nothing half a million people would die in this country. Does that help?
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I'm not saying we do nothing.

How many able bodied people under the age of 70 has it killed? That's more my question.

As I said, the right people need to be protected. I'm just unsure how much of a risk it is to those outside of the vulnerable persons category.
 

Colin Steins Smile

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,202
shmmeee said:
We’re all rooting for him. Does he know about all the places offering NHS staff free hot drinks or big discounts? Nando’s, Subway, Maccys, BK, all doing it. Not much but it’s something. (And before Nick starts, yes he should go through the drive thru )
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Thanks he is aware, but is trying to eat really healthily to maintain his immune system as best he can, so fast food is only a back up.
As he’s a doctor at higher risk of contracting the virus he’s avoiding contact with the public away from the hospital, so shops, take aways & family & friend contacts are out.
 
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Nick

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,203
Colin Steins Smile said:
Thanks he is aware, but is trying to eat really healthily to maintain his immune system as best he can, so fast food is only a back up.
As he’s a doctor at higher risk of contracting the virus he’s avoiding contact with the public away from the hospital, so shops, take aways & family & friend contacts are out.
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This is why people like him should get priority to get good food without pissing about after working all day. Let them input an NHS number to get priority delivery from stores somehow.
 
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,204
clint van damme said:
do you like reading BHSB? Or anyone else that's isolating.
If anyone puts up what genre they like it may be some of us have some books they could have/lend. We can always leave them on peoples doorsteps.
Might help pass a few hours. I don't have an extensive collection but there may be something of interest in there.
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Thanks Clint I have lots of books some I bought and haven’t read yet so will be going through them.
 

shmmeee

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,205
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
I'm not saying we do nothing.

How many able bodied people under the age of 70 has it killed? That's more my question.

As I said, the right people need to be protected. I'm just unsure how much of a risk it is to those outside of the vulnerable persons category.
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Dont have exact figures but the related deaths aren’t just coronavirus cases. If you’ve destroyed your healthcare system by flooding it with Coronavirus cases then you can’t treat the car crashes and heart attacks and everything else as effectively.

The government were originally thinking like it seems you were: just worry about the vulnerable. Problem is that you can’t isolate just the vulnerable the virus spreads too quickly and hospitalises too many able bodied young people for the NHS to keep running.

I read the other day in the states something like 40% of hospitalisations are aged 20-54. Younger Adults Make Up Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.
 

ccfc92

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,206
shmmeee said:
I’m planning on coming out full Jesus when it’s over. Ball hair down to my knees and everything.
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,207
clint van damme said:
yeah, I'm a bit of a Luddite, like the feel of a book rather than a Kindle (got one never used it!)
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I have a kindle but only use it on holiday much prefer a book for the younger ones on here a book is lots of bits of paper with writing on them. Paper is oh never mind
 
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shmmeee

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,208
Colin Steins Smile said:
Thanks he is aware, but is trying to eat really healthily to maintain his immune system as best he can, so fast food is only a back up.
As he’s a doctor at higher risk of contracting the virus he’s avoiding contact with the public away from the hospital, so shops, take aways & family & friend contacts are out.
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He’s an absolute hero mate. You should be very proud.
 
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Nick

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,209
Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:
I have a kindle but only use it on holiday much prefer a book for the younger ones on here a book is lots of bits of paper with writing on them. Paper is oh never mind
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Yeah but with a Kindle you could tell me the email address for it and I can send books over to you

I have all of Mills and Boon.
 
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,210
Nick said:
Yeah but with a Kindle you could tell me the email address for it and I can send books over to you

I have all of Mills and Boon.
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Yes but have you got all hustler and readers wives????
 

Greggs

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,211
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
I would've killed for an e-book during school/uni. My shoulder is proper fucked carrying those things around with me for years.
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and the most feeble human award goes too.......
 
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Nick

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,212
Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:
Yes but have you got all hustler and readers wives????
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Yeah but the pages are stuck together.
 
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Ring Of Steel

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,213
So it turns out Tim Martin is asking his staff to distribute leaflets in Wetherspoon pubs which goes directly against WHO guidelines saying there should be no lockdown, refers back to herd immunity, justifies it by talking about finances & the Dutch position (where all pubs are closed), and finishes off by slagging off France.

 

tisza

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,214
We've got our first confirmed case of a child with coronavirus - 13 years old but Govt doesn't think it's necessary to test her classmates or teachers!!
We've also now got the army on the streets "protecting key installations". 140 key companies (utilities, food,) now under military co-ordination
 

clint van damme

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  • Mar 20, 2020
  • #5,215
Ring Of Steel said:
So it turns out Tim Martin is asking his staff to distribute leaflets in Wetherspoon pubs which goes directly against WHO guidelines saying there should be no lockdown, refers back to herd immunity, justifies it by talking about finances & the Dutch position (where all pubs are closed), and finishes off by slagging off France.

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he's a fucking weapon. Virus probably originated in his hair the fucking tramp.
 
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