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Derek27 wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:34 pm
My beloved Kay Burley's been taken off air for six months after celebrating her 60th birthday. I'm getting sick of hearing the words "error of judgement" when people made a clear and conscientious decision to ignore the rules!
I only just heard about this earlier today, but had wondered where she'd been each morning this week.
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superfrank wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:47 pm
Derek27 wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:34 pm
My beloved Kay Burley's been taken off air for six months after celebrating her 60th birthday. I'm getting sick of hearing the words "error of judgement" when people made a clear and conscientious decision to ignore the rules!
You've got shocking taste in women!

Burley was part of the Dominic Cummings witch hunt. Hypocrite.
I've gone off her slightly, especially when she didn't invite me to her party. Older women generally aren't my scene, but I recently developed a soft-spot for Ursula von der Leyen, so I found a photo of her when she was younger. :D
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jamesg46 wrote:
Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:45 pm
I don't think a lot of people actually GAF about the rules... the mask seems to be more of "i don't want to be judged" by other mask wearers thing now.
Does anyone really care anymore? Being of a younger generation I'll admit I've seen a few mates for a beer inside to watch football, naughty I know. What makes me laugh is that everyone else my age who spouts they care and berates the government for not doing enough are the ones who spent this weekend down the pub or at a bar with their mates.

Just saying you care isn't enough, I like to think I at least have the decency to admit I'll break the rules because I think they're stupid.
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Undertow wrote:
Mon Dec 14, 2020 4:59 pm
jamesg46 wrote:
Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:45 pm
I don't think a lot of people actually GAF about the rules... the mask seems to be more of "i don't want to be judged" by other mask wearers thing now.
Does anyone really care anymore? Being of a younger generation I'll admit I've seen a few mates for a beer inside to watch football, naughty I know. What makes me laugh is that everyone else my age who spouts they care and berates the government for not doing enough are the ones who spent this weekend down the pub or at a bar with their mates.

Just saying you care isn't enough, I like to think I at least have the decency to admit I'll break the rules because I think they're stupid.
From a personal point of view I have absolutely no concerns about Covid having an impact on me, in terms of my health. I don't care for the 24/7 fear campaign and all round lack of respect for individual privacy, like the grass on your neighbour thing. I hate the showman ship of the pretenders such as the hypocrites on TV that drill fear into people 24/7 and then hold themselves a party or whatever it is they wish to do with their freedom.

I couldn't care less about catching Covid because as far as I'm concerned its more infectious than the flu or common cold, both of which I've never managed to avoid, so im sort of like what will be, will be.

That said, I respect that others may not be as fortunate as me in terms of their current health situation so I behave appropriately but if I had a mate that fancied a beer and that mate was willing to accept the risk the same as me then so be it. Really baffles me that mine and my mates kids can sit in a classroom together then come home with a potential transfer of Covid but I can't go round to that same persons house for a beer or whatever....

Completely off on one there but tbh I think the "caring" has become more showman ship from a lot of people... they're more scared of the repercussions of their actions than the actual virus.... I think that happened when the videos of people dropping dead in the streets stopped circulating social media.
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jamesg46 wrote:
Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:34 pm
but if I had a mate that fancied a beer and that mate was willing to accept the risk the same as me then so be it.
Yeah, this is my entire logic - I live alone, I barely went out before this thing to see anyone and I see practically no one else now. The way I look at it is, if me and a mate or two meet up round someones house, the only person I can directly affect is me, and If I'm comfortable with that and my friends are comfortable with that their end, then why should we be stopped? Going out in public is a different ball game admittedly and I'll follow guidance wherever I can.
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Undertow wrote:
Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:45 pm
jamesg46 wrote:
Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:34 pm
but if I had a mate that fancied a beer and that mate was willing to accept the risk the same as me then so be it.
Yeah, this is my entire logic - I live alone, I barely went out before this thing to see anyone and I see practically no one else now. The way I look at it is, if me and a mate or two meet up round someones house, the only person I can directly affect is me, and If I'm comfortable with that and my friends are comfortable with that their end, then why should we be stopped? Going out in public is a different ball game admittedly and I'll follow guidance wherever I can.
Personally I dont care what anyone gets upto in their social life... its the nosey, miserable fear driving dictators that seem to care, unless they're going to a restaurant or bar, which then turns their judging dictating norms into lacks of judgement.
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Decent way of seeing how much people care is to type Jack Grealish into the search bar of Twitter, it quickly becomes apparent that Covid wasn't on the majority of minds.
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Derek27 wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:35 pm
superfrank wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:47 pm
Derek27 wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:34 pm
My beloved Kay Burley's been taken off air for six months after celebrating her 60th birthday. I'm getting sick of hearing the words "error of judgement" when people made a clear and conscientious decision to ignore the rules!
You've got shocking taste in women!

Burley was part of the Dominic Cummings witch hunt. Hypocrite.
I've gone off her slightly, especially when she didn't invite me to her party. Older women generally aren't my scene, but I recently developed a soft-spot for Ursula von der Leyen, so I found a photo of her when she was younger. :D
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is that her bottom right ?? :d
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Not sure if this is a third wave or a continuation of the second but the circuit breaker hasn't made much difference, and now with Christmas round the corner - we're buggered!
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Dallas wrote:
Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:44 pm
Didn't see this coming for NI
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-55349545
It's been seen coming from south of the border for a while. The North has about 1/4 of the population of the island but has about 2.5 times more cases and fatalities in recent days. There's so much backbiting and bitching in NI government that they can't see the forest for the trees....and in the meantime, the horse has bolted and they'll still try focus on the blame game of who left the stable door open!
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Omni have created a Vaccine Queue Calculator for the UK


https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/v ... he-vaccine
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US have just approved the Moderna vaccine
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wearthefoxhat wrote:
Fri Dec 18, 2020 1:19 pm
Omni have created a Vaccine Queue Calculator for the UK


https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/v ... he-vaccine
If those figures are right one million a week is pretty good going.
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