Coronavirus outbreak

[DCLane]

bring me up to speed - who are we on about here ?

Vernon - pie-eating half-Scottish half-West Indian absinthe-drinking slow-riding project-doing cyclist with a permanent smile

And a much missed CC member

 

[roubaixtuesday]

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My GF has just handed me this , it is in today’s Metro, surely this can’t be ,
can it ?

I suspect the picture is real.

I think we should look at the Western world's embrace of factory farming as well as China's abuses.

We could sort out puppy farming while we're at it.

 

[Rocky]

Vernon - pie-eating half-Scottish half-West Indian absinthe-drinking slow-riding project-doing cyclist with a permanent smile

And a much missed CC member

A perfect description!!

 

[kingrollo]

The Prof is on the right and the king of pies, the late Vernon Levy, is on the left. Vernon and the Prof used to exchange pies - she still uses one of his recipes - she is also doing a huge amount of work on the evidence and guidelines for treating patients with COVID.

And the lady on the right is you're partner ? (apologies if thats hopelessly wrong )

 

[Rocky]

And the lady on the right is you're partner ? (apologies if thats hopelessly wrong )

Yes, she is.

She is also a cyclist and ex triathlete.

 

[winjim]

Of course thats a way of looking at - not unreasonable.

But we ignored WHO testing advice, intentionally or by accident opted out of the EU ventilator scheme, Watched the horrific events & numbers unfold in Italy effectively giving us 2 weeks notice yet little or no evasive action was taken, Boris then on national TV made what I thought was a pretty decent address to nation - only for the official guidance to be something different,

Sure now isn't the time to play party politics - but theirs a few decisions in their which in a democratic country are at least questionable

Ten years of austerity and underinvestment in the NHS. The Tories have been running the NHS into the ground. The service wasn't coping before the pandemic, never mind now.

But hey, we had two minutes of applause so that's fine, right.


Article from before the pandemic, published just before the election:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/10/doctor-johnson-thousands-deaths-nhs-patient


Yes, it's farking political.

 

[Skibird]

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My GF has just handed me this , it is in today’s Metro, surely this can’t be ,
can it ?

It can, they are the vilest, most disgusting country in the world for their treatment of animals. The HORROR I have seen them inflict on animals is worse than your worst nightmare.

 

[Dave7]

The Prof is on the right and the king of pies, the late Vernon Levy, is on the left. Vernon and the Prof used to exchange pies - she still uses one of his recipes - she is also doing a huge amount of work on the evidence and guidelines for treating patients with COVID.

A question or two if I may.
Although I have been a CC member for some years I was on the periphery and am just a casual cyclist with no mechanical skills.
I realise Vernon was a much respected (may I say loved) member. But.......
Tell me a little about him.
I gather he passed away. When was that?
Can I assume an illness took him or was it an accident?
Not being morbid here.....I have seen his name so often that I feel I should know more of him.
Feel free to ignore this if you wish.

 

[ianrauk]

Vernon - pie-eating half-Scottish half-West Indian absinthe-drinking slow-riding project-doing cyclist with a permanent smile

And a much missed CC member

Don't forget....Kilt wearing Pie giver too.... 👍

 

[ianrauk]

A question or two if I may.
Although I have been a CC member for some years I was on the periphery and am just a casual cyclist with no mechanical skills.
I realise Vernon was a much respected (may I say loved) member. But.......
Tell me a little about him.
I gather he passed away. When was that?
Can I assume an illness took him or was it an accident?
Not being morbid here.....I have seen his name so often that I feel I should know more of him.
Feel free to ignore this if you wish.

Vernon was a much loved member of the community. He retired from his job as a teacher then suffered a heart attack shortly afterwards. Put Vernon in the search box. You will find many fabulous threads about him.

 

[Rocky]

A question or two if I may.
Although I have been a CC member for some years I was on the periphery and am just a casual cyclist with no mechanical skills.
I realise Vernon was a much respected (may I say loved) member. But.......
Tell me a little about him.
I gather he passed away. When was that?
Can I assume an illness took him or was it an accident?
Not being morbid here.....I have seen his name so often that I feel I should know more of him.
Feel free to ignore this if you wish.

Vernon died in March 2016, a couple of days after he had retired as a teacher. He was with his wife and visiting his daughter in Europe when he had a heart attack. He was a lovely man, with an impish sense of humour and dedicated to educating some of the most challenging adolescents in Leeds. He had a number of loves: his family, his friends (many of them on CC), his Woodrup Rohloff Chimera bike, pies and booze. He loved touring on his bike - and a search on CC will reveal some of his many adventures in the UK, Europe and the US. He produced a map of pie shops in Yorkshire and carefully graded each pie awarding points for look, taste, texture etc. He was well loved by all - I was one of his many friends having met him through CC. He also loved modelling and I am still in contact with one of his US friends who he met via a modelling website. Vern stayed with him at the start and end of his US adventure in the summer of 2015.

edit: @ianrauk has beaten me to it!! Thanks Ian :-)

 

[stephec]

Is it really four years?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Yes, she is.

She is also a cyclist and ex triathlete.

....and bon-viveur....

 

[Rocky]

Is it really four years?

Pretty much to the day

 

[Tanis8472]

It's common sense to not go out driving after after drinking but many do and many are not some joy rider. But more often than not a "ladies that lunch" set. Who think they are above the law it's fine I only had a drink or two.

Same with the current situation we can't just rely on common sense many don't care , many have the means to take a drive to do a walk and will do it. As staying local is not seen as something meant for them. It's common sense not to rush out and buy all the toilet roll you can get but it happened.

This is a public health emergency and needs to have powers that treat it as one.
I'm with @Johnno260 on this for some of us this has become personal. Everyone who looking for a little bend of the rules here and how much can I push it. Is increasing the chance that a loved one may not becoming home. His wife and mine just like many others have no choice but to face this thing head on. Unlike most of us who have a choice we can play by the rules and help each other or carry on looking for a way's to bend the rules.

Same here, my mrs is one of the 1.5m high risk people. I'm still having to work (key worker 🙄 ) whilst taking steps to minimise exposure which farkin customers break.