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tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
Employers choose who to furlough and can review it throughout the eligible period. The announcement last night is about forcing people back into work, whether it's safe or not.

Some really don't know life outside north of Watford or what many don't have good a employer or the security of good T&C.
Or that for many they live week to week not knowing what the next week will being.
 

Ming the Merciless

There is no mercy
Location
Inside my skull
Vitamin D and severity of Corona Virus symptoms in particular cytokine storms

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200507121353.htm
 
I was watching a program about Britains favourite sweets and it was interrupted by the continuity announcer telling me that there would be a message by the prime minister. I can only say that it was a surreal experience and that the return of the sweety based show was a welcome relief with more cogent words and thoughts. There are things you cannot "unsee", the rude interruption was one such event.
 

Archie_tect

De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
Location
Northumberland
But if those who do have a choice avoid public transport it reduces the risk to those who don't. Is that too hard to understand?

Our walk this morning was up into Wimbledon Common. We misjudged the weather, and were very cold. Normally we would have jumped on one if the very frequent busses, flashed our passes and got home and warm very quickly.

We chose not to do that and ignored the multiple almost empty busses that passed us as we shivered our way home.

If the buses are empty then it makes perfect sense to use them - what isn't helpful is when, during peak times they start to fill up and people are forced to compromise their distancing or have to wait for the next one or the next when trying to get to work.
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
I was watching a program about Britains favourite sweets and it was interrupted by the continuity announcer telling me that there would be a message by the prime minister. I can only say that it was a surreal experience and that the return of the sweety based show was a welcome relief with more cogent words and thoughts. There are things you cannot "unsee", the rude interruption was one such event.
What would Boris be if a sweet? I suggest a Curly-Wurly: looks good at first but turns out to be thin, tough and full of holes!
 

Bazzer

Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
From my sister: (an abridged version)
4 year olds can go to school, but university students who have paid for tuition they haven't had and accommodation they are not living in, can't go to university.
I can be at a school with many 4 year olds I am not related to and about whom I have no idea of their family's actions and interactions during the lock down, but cannot see one four year old I am related to and whose parents' actions I trust.
Youngest children go back to school first because..... they are notoriously good at not touching things they shouldn't touch, maintaining personal space at all times and have personal hygiene at the top of their list of thought processes.
I cannot sit in a park today or tomorrow, but from Wednesday that will be fine.
I can work all day with a colleague in a closed environment such as an office or factory, but cannot sit in their garden after work.
I should go out as little as possible, but can travel for exercise. So that's me off to Brighton next weekend, even though I live in the North West.
 

Archie_tect

De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
Location
Northumberland
What would Boris be if a sweet? I suggest a Curly-Wurly: looks good at first but turns out to be thin, tough and full of holes!
A Cadbury's Chump.

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mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
Just seen this, could be rubbish though.
Handy tip: check before you post! Yes, it is rubbish: German shops are reopening, outdoor areas of bars and restaurants are opening, schools and churches are resuming gradually and outdoor sports including football are starting up again this month, although there is significant variation between states, but it's far more relaxed than "the same restrictions" as the UK will have.

Unusual that I defend Boris's administration slightly. I think I'll go lie down.
 
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