euan2020 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 8 hours ago, Dave78 said: Doesn't almost everyone have a degree these days? I didn't go to university (straight down the mines at age 13). Does that make me below average intelligence? I have a degree gained at 29 when went to University - qualification i value the least University is a shoe in, so i agree with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/the-story-of-a-coronavirus-infection.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big Ramy 1314 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 5 hours ago, phart said: This is part of the bigger problem. People are grasping at straws and these fuckin idiots are adding to the panic. You could not make it up.. Mibee try sticking that hair dryer up yor arse.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 16 hours ago, phart said: yesteday UK had 233 deaths (i think)so an exact match for 14 day lag. 14 days ago today was the big jump in Italy with 133 deaths. Let's hope this is where the paths diverge. Looks like 281 now for UK, v 366. Hopefully an indication of a slow down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Woke up there in the middle of a dream about being on a pub crawl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 hour ago, killiefaetheferry said: Looks like 281 now for UK, v 366. Hopefully an indication of a slow down. I hope so, but not confident. Could just be a blip in the stats. We are still at relatively low numbers so is easy to skew the stats one way or the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Is it time to take any savings and hide them under the bed? Only half joking 😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debian Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 On 2/28/2020 at 5:24 PM, Orraloon said: Starting to look like it is past the peak. As long there are no more major upward spikes in the next 3 weeks it should hopefully start to fizzle out. Ah, I remember this classic post. "Starting to look like it is past the peak." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddersfield Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 8 hours ago, phart said: I guess in some ways it shows that in spite of the passing of generations & everything that has brought with it, human nature is fundamentally much as it ever was. I studied the Black Death in some detail a few years ago & you can see many echoes of a 14th Century response...God-botherers & assorted characters telling everyone they have to change their ways (and, of course, buy into their particular solution); quacks selling various cures; mystics selling/promoting protective devices. In desperate times, people cling onto anything they think gives them hope. I know of at least one person (medically qualified in fact but ever more into 'alternative' stuff these days) who is telling everyone they will be fine if they increase their intake of a particular batch of herbs. As we've said before, I think the problem nowadays is that there's probably too much information & whilst the peddlers would wander into your village, sell their wares & be gone before you pegged it, nowadays they can reach your virtual village alongside a cacophany of others with their own theories which may or may not flirt with any sort of truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Covid-19 and the Stiff Upper Lip — The Pandemic Response in the United Kingdom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 hour ago, ParisInAKilt said: Is it time to take any savings and hide them under the bed? Only half joking 😬 I said the same to my wife yesterday, again only half joking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 The problem we've got here and why no one listened over the weekend is that the Governments and specifically Boris Johnsons message is full of ambiguity. The reason that they and particularly he is so hesitant to close everything down is because he is so aware of legacy and history. In years to come when people analyse this crisis he doesn't want to be remembered as the PM that shut Britain down and removed peoples basic freedoms, it's utterly selfish but that is who he is as a man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Problem with the crowds is, they are encouraging people to stay active (they say go out and get exercise) and on Friday night my wife made the comment "lets head up to Loch Lomand with the kids on Sunday and go for a woodland walk away from all the crowds".... Sunday morning we open our curtain to see Seamill beach more crowded at 10am on a Sunday morning in March, than it ever is in the height of summer, and yesterday I popped along to Asda to get a loaf of bread (that was actually probably the one encouraging thing I noticed yesterday that the supermarket shelves are starting to get back to some kind of normality) but the road from Seamill to Ardrossan was just packed with people out walking, and later on saw photos of scenes in Troon and Largs. That is the issue here is that people think they are following the instructions the government are giving them, problem is EVERYONE is following them all at the same time (London for example, people probably thinking "no point heading to Oxford Street, so I will head long to Hyde/Richmond/Regents Park") and its just defeating the whole purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I see Harvey Weinstein has tested positive. Let's hope he makes a full recovery and lives a long life - in jail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan_McCole Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 44 minutes ago, aaid said: I see Harvey Weinstein has tested positive. Let's hope he makes a full recovery and lives a long life - in jail. Would be a big shame if that snivelling little creep got out of his jail term the easy way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 hour ago, aaid said: I see Harvey Weinstein has tested positive. Let's hope he makes a full recovery and lives a long life - in jail. Nah, I just hope he dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 3 hours ago, ParisInAKilt said: Is it time to take any savings and hide them under the bed? Only half joking 😬 I’m pretty sure the pound is going to be replaced with bog roll as our currency any day now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 24 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Nah, I just hope he dies. Same, he’d never do normal time anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 John Mason is a god fearing, selfish prick. I'd rather the SNP lost a seat than have that cunt retain it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: John Mason is a god fearing, selfish prick. I'd rather the SNP lost a seat than have that cunt retain it again. Just read about this on Twitter, he really is an absolute fucking cretin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 11 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: John Mason is a god fearing, selfish prick. I'd rather the SNP lost a seat than have that cunt retain it again. what did he do ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hampden_loon2878 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Whats going on in wales, their death rate is huge compared to the other home nations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty CTA Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Off to work. Stay safe everyone! Canada Coronavirus Cases: 1,470 Deaths: 20 Recovered: 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Debian said: Ah, I remember this classic post. "Starting to look like it is past the peak." Aye, I got that one a wee bit wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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