Coronavirus

[Blondi]

I hope Baba is now wearing a mask these Days?

 

[gonzo]

Cleaned my local this morning. They took less than £300 yesterday. Had 4 solid hours with an empty pub.

Cleaned 18 hotels yesterday. All empty bar one or two who have bookings for next week but theyll all cancel. 

Wifes place in Poulton sat empty last night. All bars there shut bar eateries which are all empty.

Reality bites.

 

[Rudy]

Supermarkets in Wales closing off aisles of  non essential items 

Imagine if they close off the booze aisle here 😂

[ErnestTurnip]

I saw some photos last night of places in and around Bolton (not in the town centre) where everyone looked like they were drinking as normal and they definitely weren't in family only groups, presume it must be that some places are just not giving a flying fuck but not having been in a pub for months and months I honestly don't know.

My lad was telling me that him and all the other student wankers he knows have to use the app to get in places and he hasn't had a contact notification in over 2 weeks, near enough 100% of his close mates living in Bolton have either tested positive or had symptoms in the last couple of weeks though. None of them were ill with it.

 

Edited October 24, 2020 by ErnestTurnip

[Guest]

28 minutes ago, Rudy said:

Supermarkets in Wales closing off aisles of  non essential items 

Imagine if they close off the booze aisle here 😂

Drakeford’s a dullard

[Guest]

I see sturgeon blaming their current wave on reseeding from the rest of the UK

[Guest]

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[Burndens Bogs]

2 hours ago, ErnestTurnip said:

I saw some photos last night of places in and around Bolton (not in the town centre) where everyone looked like they were drinking as normal and they definitely weren't in family only groups, presume it must be that some places are just not giving a flying fuck but not having been in a pub for months and months I honestly don't know.

 

A group of 15+ booked into a well known Horwich Indian tonight, all different households.

I didn't think restaurants would take a booking for so many, but they have apparently.

Why is it that sitting in a busy restaurant is deemed "safe" yet having a quiet pint 2m away from anyone else is deemed "unsafe"?

It's a load of bollox

[superkev]

10 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

A group of 15+ booked into a well known Horwich Indian tonight, all different households.

I didn't think restaurants would take a booking for so many, but they have apparently.

Why is it that sitting in a busy restaurant is deemed "safe" yet having a quiet pint 2m away from anyone else is deemed "unsafe"?

It's a load of bollox

I thought you couldn’t book with people you don’t live with🤔

[Burndens Bogs]

Just now, superkev said:

I thought you couldn’t book with people you don’t live with🤔

Some places obviously aren't taking any notice

[MickyD]

1 minute ago, superkev said:

I thought you couldn’t book with people you don’t live with🤔

And I thought groups of six was max table size.

[birch-chorley]

4 hours ago, gonzo said:

Cleaned my local this morning. They took less than £300 yesterday. Had 4 solid hours with an empty pub.

Cleaned 18 hotels yesterday. All empty bar one or two who have bookings for next week but theyll all cancel. 

Wifes place in Poulton sat empty last night. All bars there shut bar eateries which are all empty.

Reality bites.

 

Heartbreaking watching all these local businesses going to the wall 

Plenty round here creaking, some gone all ready 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

45 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

A group of 15+ booked into a well known Horwich Indian tonight, all different households.

I didn't think restaurants would take a booking for so many, but they have apparently.

Why is it that sitting in a busy restaurant is deemed "safe" yet having a quiet pint 2m away from anyone else is deemed "unsafe"?

It's a load of bollox

I don't think they're saying having a pint on your own away from everyone else is "unsafe", it's just to allow you to do that would mean opening the pubs again, which the Government believes is a big driver of increased transmission. It's about mitigating the overall risk to the country.

[Spider]

54 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

A group of 15+ booked into a well known Horwich Indian tonight, all different households.

I didn't think restaurants would take a booking for so many, but they have apparently.

Why is it that sitting in a busy restaurant is deemed "safe" yet having a quiet pint 2m away from anyone else is deemed "unsafe"?

It's a load of bollox

They absolutely are not allowed to do that and will likely get closed if someone shops them.

If it’s Spice Valley I’d be very surprised as they’ve played by the book since March.

[little whitt]

56 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

A group of 15+ booked into a well known Horwich Indian tonight, all different households.

I didn't think restaurants would take a booking for so many, but they have apparently.

Why is it that sitting in a busy restaurant is deemed "safe" yet having a quiet pint 2m away from anyone else is deemed "unsafe"?

It's a load of bollox

prob 3 tables of 5 close by but 1M apart 

but still unless they are RAYGUNS and live in the same house 

bit Naughty 

[Burndens Bogs]

I wouldn’t mind betting that pubs account for less than 5% of Covid transmissions. Schools/Colleges/Care Homes/Hospitals being the main culprits. Obvs we can’t shut them, so they shut the pubs instead.

[Zico]

3 hours ago, Burndens Bogs said:

A group of 15+ booked into a well known Horwich Indian tonight, all different households.

I didn't think restaurants would take a booking for so many, but they have apparently.

Why is it that sitting in a busy restaurant is deemed "safe" yet having a quiet pint 2m away from anyone else is deemed "unsafe"?

It's a load of bollox

Did one person ring up and book for all 15 at once?

[Burndens Bogs]

14 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said:

Did one person ring up and book for all 15 at once?

I don't know, i'm not on it.

I would imagine they've booked 3 tables of 6.

[Spider]

3 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

I don't know, i'm not on it.

I would imagine they've booked 3 tables of 6.

Presumably it’s pot luck that they end up all next to each other.

the problem will be if other diners see what’s happening and get the hump, the restaurant could get shut down which would be daft.

[Escobarp]

5 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

I don't know, i'm not on it.

I would imagine they've booked 3 tables of 6.

Why wouldn’t they book 2 tables of 6 and a table of 3? 😁

Edited October 24, 2020 by Escobarp

[royal white]

2 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

They've got it right in this Coal & Cotton in Boothstown, restaurant with big top style tent outside, maypop in there for a couple of extra pints wants I've ordered my cheesecake 🍻

Win or lose, on the booze 🍻

Was in there last week, a most agreeable boozer 

[Guest]

Spice Valley is overrated anyway

[Spider]

13 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

Spice Valley is overrated anyway

😳

Youve obviously never had the spicy naga gosht

[Guest]

Just now, Spider said:

😳

Youve obviously never had the spicy naga gosht

No, not tried that

The Chicken Pakora at Lagan is off the scale

[Burndens Bogs]

55 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

Why wouldn’t they book 2 tables of 6 and a table of 3? 😁

I think there might be more than 15 of 'em.

52 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

Spice Valley is overrated anyway

You're not wrong there, i went on Thursday night.

Poppadoms not cooked fresh and the blandest (out of a jar) chutney tray i've ever had.

Chicken Tikka Jalfrezi wasn't up to much.

Tried some of the Mrs's and daughters Rogan Josh and Bhuna - again nowt spesh.

£67 for the 3 of us, had 1 drink each.

I won't be returning.

Tap and Cork up the street was nice for a few beers before/after though.