Manxberry Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, P.K. said: To think I paid extra to reserve seats.... You've already proven you aren't the smartest pickle in the jar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Manxberry said: You've already proven you aren't the smartest pickle in the jar Quite! But a man's gotta do etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, P.K. said: In the departure lounge. On our own. To think I paid extra to reserve seats.... You didn't!!??? FFS, PK, you didn't really think there was going to be a mass exodus? You funny. Anyway, seriously,, hope you keep safe however it falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Just now, woolley said: You didn't!!??? FFS, PK, you didn't really think there was going to be a mass exodus? You funny. Anyway, seriously,, hope you keep safe however it falls. Thanks. You too. Wanted to make sure we were together to keep the reassurance going. Simple as. Just heard a young lad who works here for Costa has been laid off awaiting an upturn in footfall. Can't help thinking it's going to be a long wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Albert Tatlock said: Good luck PK, you must do what you think best. Leaving here appears to be fairly low risk currently. Though the bulk mobile testing we are awaiting results for might change that. I hear Charities here are meeting Monday and hopefully a more coordinated and secure distribution network for aiding vulnerable people might soon result. @Albert Tatlockwhere have you heard about this charity meeting, would be interesting to attend being a local charity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 I suppose it will be the same lay offs for the privately employed security staff too. Gravy train crew will be fine though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Spoke to a taxi driver yesterday, asked him was he cleaning the cab after each punter. "Nah, every third one" he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxberry Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 1 hour ago, quilp said: Spoke to a taxi driver yesterday, asked him was he cleaning the cab after each punter. "Nah, every third one" he said. Better than usual by a factor of ten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Manxberry said: Better than usual by a factor of ten and the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, dilligaf said: and the rest And you're assuming he could actually count as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 3 hours ago, woolley said: Irony. Highlands and Islands, Cornwall, rural areas all over the country are being swamped with people desperate to leave the cities. PK will no doubt pass some of them on the way in. Funny old world. Indeed, but if you have to move (and you shouldn't) he's probably going the right way. Some idiots[1] have been fleeing to the Highlands - apparently it has been observed, because they have mistaken the coronavirus for the zombie apocalypse. Of course such areas have poor medical facilities even for the normal size of population (because serious cases will normally get moved to hospitals in large cities. And there's the additional risk that the 'refugees' will bring the virus with them to areas which tend to have a higher proportion of the vulnerable such as the elderly. [1] Again not very many in terms of the total population, but even a few will be enough to cause problems in sparsely populated areas. But the media will of course use this sort of thing to blame 'the public' for everything that goes wrong. Rather than the people actually running the country and those (the media) who should be holding them to account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxberry Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 The pictures from Snowdonia are just nuts, everyone fleeing to the same spots. "No one else will think of here!" as they pull up in their campervan to a packed campervan site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 23 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: But the media will of course use this sort of thing to blame 'the public' for everything that goes wrong. Rather than the people actually running the country and those (the media) who should be holding them to account. Difficult to hold anyone to account when nobody in the world has the answers and even scientists cannot agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 26 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: Indeed, but if you have to move (and you shouldn't) he's probably going the right way. Some idiots[1] have been fleeing to the Highlands - apparently it has been observed, because they have mistaken the coronavirus for the zombie apocalypse. Of course such areas have poor medical facilities even for the normal size of population (because serious cases will normally get moved to hospitals in large cities. And there's the additional risk that the 'refugees' will bring the virus with them to areas which tend to have a higher proportion of the vulnerable such as the elderly. But those idiots might make the correct call if the virus doesn't penetrate these remote areas, or at least not to any great extent whilst the hospitals in the cities resemble a horror scene reminiscent of the black death. No point in calling it because nobody knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxberry Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 25 minutes ago, woolley said: But those idiots might make the correct call if the virus doesn't penetrate these remote areas, or at least not to any great extent whilst the hospitals in the cities resemble a horror scene reminiscent of the black death. No point in calling it because nobody knows But odds are they aren't making the right call. Even the remote Shetlands already have about 15 odd cases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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