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Dr. Glover has offered to sequence the latest 2 cases for free today to find the original source. Given that contact tracing probably won’t be told the whole truth for fear of repercussions that would be very useful. 

18 minutes ago, Banker said:

Good job these 2 didn’t stop for petrol or a beer, would have been in jurby 

 

https://www.three.fm/news/isle-of-man-news/mums-charged-with-breaching-coronavirus-regulations-bailed/

 

 

Isn’t one of those two Jet Ski man’s Mrs?

So the moral of the story is..never try to help the Isle of Man government?

25 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said:

Yes AZ can go in left or right arms.

 

Pfizer can only go in your right arm. 

What happens if it goes in your left arm then?

27 minutes ago, Banker said:

It won’t, I’m involved with a few trust’s where the investment managers have outperformed the index consistently over the past 5 year and particularly over past 9 months by knowing stocks to pick 

*trusts. Without the apostrophe. 

Thought someone in your business might’ve already pointed that out to you by now. 

3 minutes ago, pongo said:

You'll probably find that the customer would rather you stopped hassling them for a face-to-face. "Relationship managers" *are the worst for that.

* aka ****ing sales people basically

And ‘Account Directors’. Fuck off the lot of ya’ll. 

24 minutes ago, piebaps said:

Yes. I've been driving the mountain daily for 35 years. Most foggy days its 40 (if you're lucky). If you can't drive 14 miles at 40mph without falling asleep then perhaps you shouldn't be driving.

You must be one of these people up there doing 45 with a half mile queue of cars behind you. I’ve probably overtaken you every day for the last 35 years 👍

25 minutes ago, CowMan said:

White Focus STI

That must be a new model. 

9 minutes ago, piebaps said:

Would that be a bad thing. Only essential journeys are being made so it'd hardly inconvenience anyone?

Lots of people are still working. Have you tried driving over the mountain at 40mph? It’s mind numbingly boring to the point where you’ll fall asleep. 

2 minutes ago, NoTail said:

I am getting seriously concerned about the cost of all this to the Government. My suspicion is that Alf will resort to stealing pension fund money and anything else soon. Very little has been said about our ability to finance another 6 to 10 weeks. 

Yeah, government workers’ pensions will be the last to be stopped. We all knew this years ago. 

Does anyone know of a JetSki for sale with a large enough fuel tank to make it to safer lands?

Genomics from last Friday just received back today. Henrietta says it will be interesting to see the results from positive cases over the weekend. She knows who she should’ve called then. 

Where’s Howard Pearson House, then?

2 hours ago, Albert Tatlock said:

Yes. As with any accident it's likely avoidable with hindsight. Realistically it was only a matter of time.

But nobody set out to do this deliberately...and we should also remember to look after the mental health of all the people involved in this unfortunate chain of events, howsoever caused.

 

Said like the midwife of a 17 year old Pulrose girl. 

Women are right bitches with each other in the workplace. Even more so at higher levels where they’re fighting to be mother hen. I can only imagine what it’s like in that structure chart. There’ll be plenty of clucking going on. 

Am I the only one who finds it a little suspicious that we’ve not had any positive cases even from people who have travelled back to the island? We used to have those almost every day.

8 minutes ago, Annoymouse said:

Does anyone know if any of the new cases are likely to be those retested from the high risk locations who were told to stay isolating even if their initial test was negative?  
6 is quite a high figure and I’m wondering if it’s either the group from St Mary’s or the group from Truth wine bar, I would be absolutely shocked if no one from either of these locations went on to test positive.

Genomics would tell us. 

Is Tim Glover any relation to Dr. Rachael Glover?

Just now, alpha-acid said:

Bit like Barry

And Karen from Facebook 

1 hour ago, pongo said:

ffs - that moronic old shite again

I am not in government and I don't work for government either. I'm not on a contract with them either. Or receiving anything from them. Jesus. Grow up.

Previously I've also been accused here of working for Tescos and Manx Telecom. I don't work for them either.

You’re obviously just an expert at everything. 

True. I used to drive over the mountain at 6am before it had even been gritted. But the problem nowadays is other people driving like twats who don’t seem to realise that ice and snow is slippery. They’re what worries me when driving in these conditions now. 

There was some woman whining on Facebook this morning because her and her boyfriend had decided between them that, because there was no sign of snow or ice down south, it was ok for him to ride his motorbike to Douglas, even though the snow and had been forecast. He binned it on snow at the roundabout after the home of rest for old horses (whatever that one’s called??). For some reason she was following him in her car. Then she was ‘absolutely fuming’ because it hadn’t been gritted, so phoned the DOI to complain.

It’s good job I didn’t take that call 😆

Gritter Fairy didn’t do a very good job because the road is still closed. 

At least Derek has finally got himself a national speed limit. I’m just glad it’s not here. 

Makes you wonder what’s really going on doesn’t it? Rather than the economy losing billions or trillions through lockdowns, why not spend a tenth of that increasing hospital capacity and let everyone who wants to carry on with their livelihoods?