leigh white Posted August 9, 2020 Posted August 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, Spider said: That pic was taken yesterday. FACT Road sweeper must've been round early. Quote
ProfessorWoland Posted August 9, 2020 Posted August 9, 2020 2 hours ago, leigh white said: Sad story behind that photograph. They found the man's camera some days after the body was recovered. The locals had already lynched the 'wizard' they'd caught earlier. You can see the 'horseless carriage' in the foreground that they dragged him out of. When the hapless photographer took out a black box and captured the image on it, that sent them into a frenzy. They said he would steal their souls if he happened to catch him and so they burned him, but luckily his camera survived and we got that very rare photograph. I think it was an iPhone 6 that it was took on. This all happened a couple of years ago, before the cultural anthropologists managed to get Leigh declared a UN state of special preservation. Quote
leigh white Posted August 9, 2020 Posted August 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, ProfessorWoland said: Sad story behind that photograph. They found the man's camera some days after the body was recovered. The locals had already lynched the 'wizard' they'd caught earlier. You can see the 'horseless carriage' in the foreground that they dragged him out of. When the hapless photographer took out a black box and captured the image on it, that sent them into a frenzy. They said he would steal their souls if he happened to catch him and so they burned him, but luckily his camera survived and we got that very rare photograph. I think it was an iPhone 6 that it was took on. This all happened a couple of years ago, before the cultural anthropologists managed to get Leigh declared a UN state of special preservation. The pic taken is actually in Atherton on Westbourne Ave. Quote
athywhite1958 Posted August 9, 2020 Posted August 9, 2020 When was Westbourne Avenue in Atherton, I went to Leigh CE school and Westbourne Ave was in Atherleigh the same as the school, in fact folk who lived there called themselves Leythers Quote
Leyther_Matt Posted August 9, 2020 Posted August 9, 2020 My dad always told me that the Westbourne Ave side of Leigh Road all the way up to Green Hill is Leigh and across the road is Atherleigh (he grew up on the Atherleigh side of Leigh Road opposite what is now the cash & carry). Quote
athywhite1958 Posted August 9, 2020 Posted August 9, 2020 Still not having it mate, that is Atherleigh, Atherton started at the bus depot Quote
leigh white Posted August 9, 2020 Posted August 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, athywhite1958 said: Still not having it mate, that is Atherleigh, Atherton started at the bus depot Looking at old boundary lines, Atherleigh was in Atherton. Orchard Lane was the limit crossing into Leigh. Quote
jayjayoghani Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 Community transmission confirmed in NZ again. It's something else this virus https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-08-2020/jacinda-ardern-confirms-community-transmission-of-covid-19-in-auckland/ Quote
stevieb Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 16 minutes ago, jayjayoghani said: Community transmission confirmed in NZ again. It's something else this virus https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-08-2020/jacinda-ardern-confirms-community-transmission-of-covid-19-in-auckland/ Lockdown of a whole county for 4 infected people. Fucked Quote
Guest Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, stevieb said: Lockdown of a whole county for 4 infected people. Fucked Health and Safety 10 (ten) Realistics 0 Quote
stevieb Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, boltondiver said: Guardianista points 10 (ten) Realistics 0 EFA Quote
Escobarp Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 2500 more jobs going at debenhams. Getting gradually worse as the impacts hit home now Quote
mickbrown Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 1 hour ago, stevieb said: EFA I’m sure Jacinta is desperate for approval from readers of a newspaper on the other hemisphere Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 1 hour ago, stevieb said: Lockdown of a whole county for 4 infected people. Fucked Not quite the whole country on full lockdown, but a strong measure. If it works again, and they can trace where it came from etc, then may be worth it. Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 Aberdeen and Celtic in trouble for the behaviour of players. Just listening to Scotland's daily briefing and they're pretty pissed off with them. Understandably. Quote
DazBob Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 Just now, Tonge moor green jacket said: Aberdeen and Celtic in trouble for the behaviour of players. Just listening to Scotland's daily briefing and they're pretty pissed off with them. Understandably. Celtic's player went to Spain, came back and played and didn't tell anyone. Surely a case of gross misconduct if they want to get shut. Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 1 minute ago, DazBob said: Celtic's player went to Spain, came back and played and didn't tell anyone. Surely a case of gross misconduct if they want to get shut. Aye. Probably a top player for them though! Sturgeon phrased it as "consider this as a yellow card for football, any more and well give it a red". Not my favourite by any means, but she (they) don't pull their punches over this. Clubs' respective games postponed for a week now for public health reasons. Total fucknuggets. Quote
Tombwfc Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 1 hour ago, stevieb said: Lockdown of a whole county for 4 infected people. Fucked Is it better to lockdown for a few days, stamp it out and go back to having no restrictions, or to have prolonged social distancing/mask wearing for months and have the virus passing around anyway? Quote
Guest Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 Just now, Tonge moor green jacket said: Aye. Probably a top player for them though! Sturgeon phrased it as "consider this as a yellow card for football, any more and well give it a red". Not my favourite by any means, but she (they) don't pull their punches over this. Clubs' respective games postponed for a week now for public health reasons. Total fucknuggets. Usal overreaction from Sturgeon? It's the fans I feel sorry for; it's just a shit league. Quote
stevieb Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 11 minutes ago, Tombwfc said: Is it better to lockdown for a few days, stamp it out and go back to having no restrictions, or to have prolonged social distancing/mask wearing for months and have the virus passing around anyway? Come back to me if the lockdown stays for 3 days or whether it is incrementally elongated and expanded... Again. Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 16 minutes ago, boltondiver said: Usal overreaction from Sturgeon? It's the fans I feel sorry for; it's just a shit league. No, not for me. She hasn't personally instructed to sfa etc to do anything specific, but the Scottish government is in discussions with the parties. From the way it was phrased, the matches will need to be off for public health reasons, as team mates and opponents would be at risk. We'll see what comes out later. I wonder if they sfa would introduce the possibility of points deductions for teams who have players tossing it off. Quote
tyldesley_white Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 1 hour ago, DazBob said: Celtic's player went to Spain, came back and played and didn't tell anyone. Surely a case of gross misconduct if they want to get shut. whent to Spain you say, I thought according to Mount's it was safe ... Maybe not Quote
jayjayoghani Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 52 minutes ago, stevieb said: Come back to me if the lockdown stays for 3 days or whether it is incrementally elongated and expanded... Again. Bear in mind they've just had 2 months of normal life. Personally it's been a bit hard to bear when I'm in Victoria the last 2 months when you see Auckland folk on FB out on the piss as normal. Quote
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