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The Coronavirus Thread

Discussion in 'Serious' started by d_stilgar, 13 Mar 2020.

  1. oscy

    oscy Modder

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    Household lockdown is over.

    Oh yeah, 2ms apart and in gardens, yeah sure...
     
  2. Krazeh

    Krazeh Minimodder

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    Why on earth would you announce on a Thursday, before a weekend which appears to be great weather, that from the following Monday larger groups of people can meet up. Do they honestly think people are going to hold off meeting up?
     
  3. oscy

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    I don't watch debates and such, just leads to getting riled up with no outlet, but this savage questioning is legitimately entertaining. That Sky News guy was witty.
     
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  4. ElThomsono

    ElThomsono Multimodder

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    Haha, yeah I really enjoyed how they were still getting their jibes in.
     
  5. Fingers66

    Fingers66 Kiwi in London

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    I respectfully refer the gentleman to my previous comment.

     
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  6. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    Based on the actions of my neighbours and the wider community - 'over' implies it ever properly started.
     
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  7. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    Yeah looks like the neighbours had their young grandkids running around their place today.

    No clue :thumb:
     
  8. oscy

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    Sure, but this thread was pretty vehement that the rules were being followed as long as bubbles etc. weren't introduced. Apparently that would be the point we'd see people 'take the piss'.
     
  9. bawjaws

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    The people two doors down from us have had relatives over almost daily since lockdown started. They just do not give a ****. Usually it's the guy's brother plus his wife and kids, but they've also had full family gatherings with the grandparents too.

    Meanwhile, the neighbour between us and them is a 90 year old lady. Their kids (and nieces/nephews) have been in and out of her garden fetching toys and balls that have gone over the fence. At one point they actually bothered to knock on her front door to ask for their ball back, but then all three of their kids traipsed through her house to retrieve it whilst the parents stood watching. Genuinely unbelievable, and our elderly neighbour was absolutely livid.
     
  10. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    Interesting comparison with Soviet Russia and Chernobyl.
     
  11. Nexxo

    Nexxo * Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock 'n' Roll

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    Since you mention Russia... democracy just ended in the UK.



     
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  12. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    I think that boat sailed a long time ago, we're just getting slapped round the face with the mooring bill now.
     
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  13. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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  14. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    At some point these Government jokers have to be held accountable.
     
  15. Nexxo

    Nexxo * Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock 'n' Roll

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    Don't think that is going to happen. Democracy just ended, after all.
     
  16. fix-the-spade

    fix-the-spade Multimodder

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    Oh but that wasn't our hard working benevolent government, that was the cruel and heartless National Health Service who's inefficiency and inflexibility caused this crisis in the first place. There will have to be an inquiry into this horrible and irresponsible breach of the public's trust...

    ... this is a convenient distraction to pop out of the woodwork right now, considering this must have been known about for months.

    Unrelated, I look forward to seeing what the GOC's updated guidelines for eyecare services and testing will be tomorrow, since it will be my job to implement them.
     
  17. fix-the-spade

    fix-the-spade Multimodder

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    That's what the IRA are for.
     
  18. oscy

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    We should vociferously villify the very villainy that vainly vents its vague vacuous vapid variety of venom.
     
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  19. Anfield

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    Okay so I tried reading the letter from the Speaker but I don't understand this:

    If the main purpose is to bring forward a motion so that the HoC can decide on how decisions can be handled as they claim then why wasn't this already done while the remote voting system was in place?

    This just makes no sense? (unless you want to suspect some extremely dodgy motives)
     
  20. Byron C

    Byron C I was told there would be cheesecake…?

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    Nope, too much right now.

    *Unwatch Thread*
     

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