It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!

Suffolk_lass

badmemory said:

Delivery slots are going to get even harder if any more idiots set fire to Icelands delivery vans.  It makes me wonder where some people keep their brains!  I'm not easily shocked but I must admit that did shock me.

I saw six ambulances had their tyres slashed on the Isle of Thanet on Sunday night. As my DH says, you have to remember that 50% of the population is below average intelligence. The danger is that we all become less tolerant and more desperate as the time passes.

Anonymous101

Suffolk_lass said:

badmemory said:

Delivery slots are going to get even harder if any more idiots set fire to Icelands delivery vans.  It makes me wonder where some people keep their brains!  I'm not easily shocked but I must admit that did shock me.

I saw six ambulances had their tyres slashed on the Isle of Thanet on Sunday night. As my DH says, you have to remember that 50% of the population is below average intelligence. The danger is that we all become less tolerant and more desperate as the time passes.

Unbelievable!
I've long been of the opinion that the brainless outweigh the decent folk. Unfortunately its the decent folk that pay for and look after the society as a whole. Stories like these really make me wonder why at times.

Anonymous101

bluenose1 said:

Crabby said:

People here are still in denial Judging by the number of cars passing the end of our road this morning, they are not heeding Boris's warnings. I hope they don't complain when it ends up in total lockdown like a lot of the continent.

No wonder people are confused though. First we are told herd immunity is the answer, then when  Boris eventually starts to do what the rest of Europe and the WHO have already implemented / advised  that only essential workers must go to work below is a quote from Matt Hancock, the Health Minister on the BBC website just now. 

‘People can go to work if they cannot do their work at home, the health secretary has said, amid confusion over the new coronavirus restrictions. It comes after calls for clarity, including from construction workers, about Monday's wider shutdown measures.’

Herd immunity is the answer long term so the quicker we get there the better. That needs to be weighed up against the limits of the NHS and the economic effects of any restrictions.

I think the confusion comes from the fact it is a complex issue. Construction for example. If the site is a new house or a new office obviously that isn't essential... but what if the site is a new hospital? That could be essential.

Skibunny40

Re construction - the Scottish government has already said that unless the construction work is vital to the fight against the pandemic (eg hospitals) then the site must be shut down. Cannot understand why the UK government isn't saying the same.

Notepad_Phil

Skibunny40 said:

Cannot understand why the UK government isn't saying the same.

The UK government's current advice is that people who cannot work from home can continue working if they can do so in a safe manner. If some companies are not providing the means for their employees and customers to do this then they should be shut down permanently (and I mean permanently), but there seems to be a knee jerk reaction from some that just about everything should be stopped now. There may come a time when that is needed, but the medical and scientific advice to the UK government is that such measures are not currently needed across the whole UK - Scotland might have their own reasons for doing this, but that doesn't mean that everyone has to follow their practice.

westv

But the problem is that some of those workers are unable to travel to their work in a safe manner going by the pics of rammed tube trains posted on twitter.

Notepad_Phil

westv said:

But the problem is that some of those workers are unable to travel to their work in a safe manner going by the pics of rammed tube trains posted on twitter.

Then slam the company running the tube trains, not the companies whose workers are using the tube

Thrugelmir

Notepad_Phil said:

westv said:

But the problem is that some of those workers are unable to travel to their work in a safe manner going by the pics of rammed tube trains posted on twitter.

Then slam the company running the tube trains, not the companies whose workers are using the tube

Tube trains require drivers...........

Crabby

How many are going into the city to gamble on the markets?

michaels

Crabby said:

How many are going into the city to gamble on the markets?

I think most of us who remain invested are quite able to do that from home....