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mr_monkey

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,991
Nick said:
Wimbledon is off too.

I think we can safely say pretty much everything is off for the next 6 months.
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Anything massive that needs months of prep work.... Small music festivals and the such like should be fine from July onwards
 

Johhny Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,992
shmmeee said:
Reminds me. Spoke to a mate last night who’s little brother is a drug dealer and is carrying on as normal, lives with his mum who is high risk due to a lung condition. Boils my blood.
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If he's carrying on as normal does that mean he won't qualify for the 75% pay subsidy?
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,993
Italy:
Deaths: 727
Recovered: 1,118
People tested positive: 2,937
Total:4,782

Quarantine extended to 13th April.
 
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skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,994
Ring Of Steel said:
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The government tapping into the would you rather live in Italy mentality.
 
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SkyBlueDom26

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,995
The amount of tests we are doing a day is piss poor and embarrassing, government needs to wake up
 
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Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,996
Sick Boy said:
Italy:
Deaths: 727
Recovered: 1,118
People tested positive: 2,937
Total:4,782

Quarantine extended to 13th April.
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Deaths down by 110, new cases up 800, and fewer recovered. But I don't think the jump is big enough to say that the Italy slowdown has reversed, more like another day of flattening out without any spike or large reduction... would you agree or is that wrong? Looks like a stable day as opposed to any significant movement either way.
 
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Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,997
SkyBlueDom26 said:
The amount of tests we are doing a day is piss poor and is embarrassing
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So you've taken the blinkers off, excellent.
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,998
SkyBlueDom26 said:
The amount of tests we are doing a day is piss poor and embarrassing, government needs to wake up
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Why do you hate the U.K. Would you rather live in Italy?

I’ll stop now.

Maybe
 
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chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,999
SkyBlueDom26 said:
The amount of tests we are doing a day is piss poor and embarrassing, government needs to wake up
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First it was Andrew Neil and the Daily Mail but now even Dom is criticising them you know there is a problem!
 
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Ring Of Steel

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  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,000
skybluetony176 said:
Why do you hate the U.K. Would you rather live in Italy?

I’ll stop now.

Maybe
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"Its too early to talk about this"
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,001
The NHS is swamped but we've got staff sat at home because they haven't been tested.

 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,002
Ring Of Steel said:
Deaths down by 110, new cases up 800, and fewer recovered. But I don't think the jump is big enough to say that the Italy slowdown has reversed, more like another day of flattening out without any spike or large reduction... would you agree or is that wrong? Looks like a stable day as opposed to any significant movement either way.
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I would agree with that but I think it’ll be a couple of weeks still until the ‘green shots’ appear.
Each address has had masks delivered, we got 4 yesterday.
 
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Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,003
chiefdave said:
The NHS is swamped but we've got staff sat at home because they haven't been tested.

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Its a tragedy that it had to get to this point for people to actually drop the politics and agree that the govt are making an emormous mess & putting peoples' lives at risk every single day, with their failure to test, failure to provide equipment, failure to provide PPE, along with the constant bullshit, lies & excuses. At least one thing was sadly predictable- soon as something big comes along to deal with Boris goes into hiding.
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,004
Johhny Blue said:
If he's carrying on as normal does that mean he won't qualify for the 75% pay subsidy?
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I think if off licences are classed as essential services so is he.
 
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djr8369

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,005
Ring Of Steel said:
Have you not seen the anti-NHS propaganda already being touted by people like Isobel Oakeshott? The narrative is already being prepared for us all- “the NHS is not equipped, it can’t cope, we need to improve it”- and ‘improve’ means privatise. In fairness she got ripped to shreds along with the others, but that’s the agenda and they won’t stop.
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Agreed and has been going on for sometime. As much as I would like to believe they couldn't convince the public all these dodgy think tanks, many American funded, are pushing this hard through their "journalists" and "commentators" who are semi-permanent fixtures on Question Time. The idea is taking root, I've heard people say things like "we can't afford the NHS".

Many of the individuals selling the narrative are the same that sold Brexit to us.
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,006
djr8369 said:
Agreed and has been going on for sometime. As much as I would like to believe they couldn't convince the public all these dodgy think tanks, many American funded, are pushing this hard through their "journalists" and "commentators" who are semi-permanent fixtures on Question Time. The idea is taking root, I've heard people say things like "we can't afford the NHS".

Many of the individuals selling the narrative are the same that sold Brexit to us.
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Oh yeah there’s a definite effort pushed by money from the States. See the Turning Point UK shite all over my FB feed.

I just have more faith in the British public. Maybe naively but still.
 
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Rusty Trombone

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,007
fernandopartridge said:
Doctors prescribing 20 B&H doesn't sound right, to be taken 3 times a day and 10 times at night if you go out on the piss
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cc84cov

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,008
Sick Boy said:
Italy:
Deaths: 727
Recovered: 1,118
People tested positive: 2,937
Total:4,782

Quarantine extended to 13th April.
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Is this a slight drop mate or stable ?
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,009
cc84cov said:
Is this a slight drop mate or stable ?
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I think relatively stable overall, they are being cautious during the daily briefings and claiming the peak will be next week. I’m wondering if it’s now though and they’re just being cautious.
 

robbiekeane

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,010
Guys....I live in NYC. Few people asked me if i've considered coming home while this is all going on...

Any thoughts? Obviously NYC is the epicentre but wondering if its any better back home really? IDK. Closer to family would be good i guess.

Side note i'm pretty sure I already had mild symptoms about 2 weeks ago. Feel fine now. Working from home for the foreseeable.
 

hill83

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,011
robbiekeane said:
Guys....I live in NYC. Few people asked me if i've considered coming home while this is all going on...

Any thoughts? Obviously NYC is the epicentre but wondering if its any better back home really? IDK. Closer to family would be good i guess.

Side note i'm pretty sure I already had mild symptoms about 2 weeks ago. Feel fine now. Working from home for the foreseeable.
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Any chance off swinging by shop on the way and bringing me 3 boxes of red wine please mate?
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,012
hill83 said:
Any chance off swinging by shop on the way and bringing me 3 boxes of red wine please mate?
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Red wine? In a box?

You have changed
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,013
Nick said:
Red wine? In a box?

You have changed
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I think in France it's what the pissheads drink.
 
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David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,014
chiefdave said:
First it was Andrew Neil and the Daily Mail but now even Dom is criticising them you know there is a problem!
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Dom turning against the government is one of the signs of an impending apocalypse.

Someone ask Astute when the apocalypse is? He's claimed he's good at predicting things
 
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shmmeee

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  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,015

Wonder how much of this is people signing up temporarily and how much is job losses, still crazy numbers.
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,016
shmmeee said:

Wonder how much of this is people signing up temporarily and how much is job losses, still crazy numbers.
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With self employed people not seeing any funds until june it will be both
 

hill83

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,017
Sick Boy said:
I think in France it's what the pissheads drink.
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It is. My mates is half French and he’s got about 20 boxes in.
 
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Wyken Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,018
Fair play to Eddie Howe and some of his Bournemouth staff for taking paycuts.

The Premier League players should also morally donate some wages to cover off the staff that are potentially going to be furloughed.
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,019
I joke Spurs have spoke to Ring of Steel first as furlough is a false lie from the government

 

David O'Day

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  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,020
skyblue1991 said:
Fair play to Eddie Howe and some of his Bournemouth staff for taking paycuts.

The Premier League players should also morally donate some wages to cover off the staff that are potentially going to be furloughed.
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Barca gave taken a 70% cut and Juventus players have decide to not be paid for 4 months
 
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hill83

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  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,021
David O'Day said:
Barca gave taken a 70% cut and Juventus players have decide to not be paid for 4 months
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Tiny thing in the grand scheme of things but I’ve donated my BT sport payment to NHS charity. It’s a thing BT are running since there is no sport on.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,022
skyblue1991 said:
The Premier League players should also morally donate some wages to cover off the staff that are potentially going to be furloughed.
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If I was a PL footballer I'd feel pretty guilty seeing out quarantine in my huge mansion while the club staff are worrying about how they're going to pay the bills. The amount of money we're talking about would be peanuts to first team players.
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,023
hill83 said:
Tiny thing in the grand scheme of things but I’ve donated my BT sport payment to NHS charity. It’s a thing BT are running since there is no sport on.
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Well done and everything. But why the fuck is there an NHS charity?
 
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hill83

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,024
shmmeee said:
Well done and everything. But why the fuck is there an NHS charity?
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Because it’s been underfunded to fuck for fucking years. But even even it hadn’t been there should be one anyway. It’s the most important institution in the country.
 
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no_loyalty

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #11,025
chiefdave said:
If I was a PL footballer I'd feel pretty guilty seeing out quarantine in my huge mansion while the club staff are worrying about how they're going to pay the bills. The amount of money we're talking about would be peanuts to first team players.
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Yes, it seems morally wrong that the players are still receiving their full salaries, but staff at some clubs are having to take the 20% pay cut, it should be the other way round.
 
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