Slow news day? The real deal? End of the world? 
 

They’re saying it probably came from an animal, has Somebody been shagging monkeys again? 

1 hour ago, Sweep said:

On the plus side, the woman in question who must be in her 80's is going to Stevenage today for her jab, as they've opened up one of these Super Centres there. She's apparently in at 13:15, she's getting the bus there and back, as she doesn't drive....so in reality, I reckon she's got more chance of catching it going to or coming back from the inoculation than she has had in the past few months whilst she's been shielding

 

 

1 hour ago, Sweep said:

On the plus side, the woman in question who must be in her 80's is going to Stevenage today for her jab, as they've opened up one of these Super Centres there. She's apparently in at 13:15, she's getting the bus there and back, as she doesn't drive....so in reality, I reckon she's got more chance of catching it going to or coming back from the inoculation than she has had in the past few months whilst she's been shielding

 

1 hour ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Mate and work colleague taken by Covid on Saturday evening, sadly. 35 years old. Thirty fucking five years old.

Terrible that. Condolences. 

15 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

Lower league football up here suspended for 3 Weeks

so any game not involving Celtic or Rangers then 🙂 

 

Edit: see Traf beat me to it

Edited January 11, 20215 yr by Sweep

1 hour ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Mate and work colleague taken by Covid on Saturday evening, sadly. 35 years old. Thirty fucking five years old.

That’s terrible. How bloody sad. 
 

I hope this gets out there to a message to people to behave 

1 hour ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Mate and work colleague taken by Covid on Saturday evening, sadly. 35 years old. Thirty fucking five years old.

So sorry to hear that. Truly horrible. Hope you’re doing ok. Must be a hell of shock. Youngest person I’ve heard about in this way who’s died from it.

Nicola not happy with celtic again. Wonder if she will take further action as suggested previously. 

2 hours ago, Escobarp said:

Sorry to hear that Matt. Underlying health condition or relatively fit if you don’t mind me asking?

 

39 minutes ago, wiggy said:

So sorry to hear that. Truly horrible. Hope you’re doing ok. Must be a hell of shock. Youngest person I’ve heard about in this way who’s died from it.

He was a big lad and had heart failure five years ago so undoubtedly he will go under the 'underlying conditions' statistic, but he'd have lived for decades if it weren't for the virus. The scary thing is how quickly it escalated and yet didn't in some other ways if that makes sense. Started with symptoms on New Years Eve - a full week after his brother started with symptoms - but took a while for it to escalate. He was taken in to hospital last Thursday morning and was released on Thursday afternoon but then deteriorated in the early hours of Saturday morning.  

6 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Nicola not happy with celtic again. Wonder if she will take further action as suggested previously. 

A default 3-0 win for Hibs (with the bookies paying out) would be nice, but maybe I'm biased 🙂

5 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

 

He was a big lad and had heart failure five years ago so undoubtedly he will go under the 'underlying conditions' statistic, but he'd have lived for decades if it weren't for the virus. The scary thing is how quickly it escalated and yet didn't in some other ways if that makes sense. Started with symptoms on New Years Eve - a full week after his brother started with symptoms - but took a while for it to escalate. He was taken in to hospital last Thursday morning and was released on Thursday afternoon but then deteriorated in the early hours of Saturday morning.  

Such a shame mate and nothing anyone can say will help.  Keep your chin up and keep safe this thing is brutal 

Looks like pubs might not (re)open until May bank holiday

Edited January 11, 20215 yr by jmjhb

14 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Looks like pubs might not (re)open until May bank holiday

I think most of us suspected they wouldn't be opening until May, but i must admit, I thought the start of May, not the end of it. That's just going to be rubbish.

I was thinking earlier about the Euros, do we reckon they'll postpone again, because no way on earth are they being played with fans in the ground - and no way will they be played in several different countries as planned

Just now, Sweep said:

I think most of us suspected they wouldn't be opening until May, but i must admit, I thought the start of May, not the end of it. That's just going to be rubbish.

I was thinking earlier about the Euros, do we reckon they'll postpone again, because no way on earth are they being played with fans in the ground - and no way will they be played in several different countries as planned

Should have clarified, the May Day bank holiday

8 minutes ago, Sweep said:

I think most of us suspected they wouldn't be opening until May, but i must admit, I thought the start of May, not the end of it. That's just going to be rubbish.

I was thinking earlier about the Euros, do we reckon they'll postpone again, because no way on earth are they being played with fans in the ground - and no way will they be played in several different countries as planned

I think unless we get a proper grip of it it’s going to get potted. 
Domestic leagues need to finish before the end of may because Euros start on 11th June 

Just run the Euros and World Cup back-to-back in 2022

17 minutes ago, Sweep said:

I think most of us suspected they wouldn't be opening until May, but i must admit, I thought the start of May, not the end of it. That's just going to be rubbish.

I was thinking earlier about the Euros, do we reckon they'll postpone again, because no way on earth are they being played with fans in the ground - and no way will they be played in several different countries as planned

was reading the other day that it's not looking good for the Olympics in Japan as it's massively on the rise there

still time and they're trying to figure it out, they also said they might consider making sure every athlete has been vaccined before they go

26 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Should have clarified, the May Day bank holiday

I shouldn't have assumed you meant the one at the end of May 🙂

Anyway, just been speaking to my brother-in-law who works as an area manager for one of the big pub chains, and they've just told a lot of their managers that they might not get to "fully open" until June - they're hoping for partial opening (for those that also do food) around end April or start of May, which stacks with what you say

 

He's recently been put on some sort of shitty flex-furlough, so he get's paid 100% for the days he has to work, and 80% for the days he doesn't. He only finds out if he's working tomorrow, at around 4pm tonight, and it's like that every day, which is a bit biz. He's also pretty worried about his job moving forward as he suspects that a lot of the pubs he deals with won't re-open (he has a lot of purely "wet" pubs, which he thinks won't survive)

Grim times for the pub trade, and getting grimmer by the minute

5 hours ago, Escobarp said:

I went to m and s last week or maybe week before and I was amazed the whole store was open. Folk wandering about shopping for clothes. Because they have a food element they can get away with it. 
 

agree re next etc it just makes a Mockery of it. 
 

im hoping we can keep it as is up here and I haven’t heard chatter about curfews etc but never say never. 

just been in M&S up middlebrook  loads of old fuckers in under foot im in and out in 5 mins

get home and lock your doors or get DEAD

Just now, little whitt said:

just been in M&S up middlebrook  loads of old fuckers in under foot im in and out in 5 mins

get home and lock your doors or get DEAD

Or get DEAD 😂😂😂 Should put that up on posters 😂

1 minute ago, little whitt said:

just been in M&S up middlebrook  loads of old fuckers in under foot im in and out in 5 mins

get home and lock your doors or get DEAD

I find old fuckers the worst in shops & supermarkets total disregard for personal space

back of the queue 

1 minute ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

I find old fuckers the worst in shops & supermarkets total disregard for personal space

back of the queue 

Don't get me started when they go shopping on a bloody weekend! They have Mon-Fri to do it. Shift out my fucking way Ethel. 

Just now, radcliffewhite1 said:

I find old fuckers the worst in shops & supermarkets total disregard for personal space

back of the queue 

I like it when they're in front of you, shuffling along, and then, for no reason at all, they just abruptly stop and stand there motionless for a few minutes.

 

Just now, bolton_blondie said:

Don't get me started when they go shopping on a bloody weekend! They have Mon-Fri to do it. Shift out my fucking way Ethel. 

They're retired, supermarkets are open 24hrs, they should be made to go shopping between midnight and 6am, on a weekday, they've got fuck all else to do all day, so they can just stay in bed a bit longer if it causes them to be a bit knackered

Just now, Sweep said:

I like it when they're in front of you, shuffling along, and then, for no reason at all, they just abruptly stop and stand there motionless for a few minutes.

 

They need to be wound up again

11 minutes ago, Sweep said:

I like it when they're in front of you, shuffling along, and then, for no reason at all, they just abruptly stop and stand there motionless for a few minutes.

 

Perhaps they got DEAD

18 minutes ago, Sweep said:

They're retired, supermarkets are open 24hrs, they should be made to go shopping between midnight and 6am, on a weekday, they've got fuck all else to do all day, so they can just stay in bed a bit longer if it causes them to be a bit knackered

I said this to mrs esco’s grandparents. They didn’t speak to me For about 6 months. Which actually was a bonus so im going to say it again next time I see them hoping it has the same effect.