The Retirement Thread

[rustybolts]

Boris Johnson will address the nation at 8PM
I hope he knows I ain't got a telly, maybe on youtube later

according to Irish News

Scotland will go into a new lockdown with people ordered to stay at home for January to tackle the escalating Covid-19 crisis, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Ms Sturgeon told the Scottish parliament that from midnight, people will face a legal requirement to stay at home, except for essential purposes.

 

[Dirk]

Could be worse.
Could be a nude dead body.

We have them, as well.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Goes to show how varied our topics are.

Mine's not varied, it has a hazelnut in every bite.😀

 

[Mo1959]

according to Irish News

Scotland will go into a new lockdown with people ordered to stay at home for January to tackle the escalating Covid-19 crisis, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Ms Sturgeon told the Scottish parliament that from midnight, people will face a legal requirement to stay at home, except for essential purposes.

Good luck with that. A pretty hefty minority have had all they can take of restrictions so can’t see them complying.

 

[ColinJ]

I'm afraid that the situation with the pandemic is going to get a lot worse before it is eventually brought under control ...

I think the UK will lose significantly over 100,000 people. Hopefully, the numbers will scare even the most ardent anti-vaxers into seeing sense.

The USA death toll will inevitably be over 500,000 and if their crazies don't come to their senses it will be nearer 1,000,000.

The global toll could well end up 5,000,000+.

The reason that the death toll isn't on the scale of the 1918 Spanish Flu (50,000,000+) is because medical knowledge and access to quality healthcare have improved a lot in the past century.

 

[oldwheels]

according to Irish News

Scotland will go into a new lockdown with people ordered to stay at home for January to tackle the escalating Covid-19 crisis, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Ms Sturgeon told the Scottish parliament that from midnight, people will face a legal requirement to stay at home, except for essential purposes.

It does not yet apply to the offshore islands which are level 3.
Skye of course with a bridge is counted as mainland and so level 4.

 

[Dirk]

I really don't know what to believe about this Covid.
Infections are currently running approximately 10 times the level we had in March, yet deaths are running at around less than half of what they were.
I still have not met anyone local who claims to have had Covid.
There seems to be no correlation between what is on the news and what I see in reality.
It's all very odd.
I can see people saying enough is enough and ignoring government advice.
Seems like I'm living in a surreal alternatative reality.

 

[numbnuts]

You either have a tablet or a phone, so no problem not having a telly

I ain't got a TV licence, the last time I used iplayer I got told off

 

[welsh dragon]

I ain't got a TV licence, the last time I used iplayer I got told off

I am sure there are other news channels.

 

[BoldonLad]

I really don't know what to believe about this Covid.
Infections are currently running approximately 10 times the level we had in March, yet deaths are running at around less than half of what they were.
I still have not met anyone local who claims to have had Covid.
There seems to be no correlation between what is on the news and what I see in reality.
It's all very odd.
I can see people saying enough is enough and ignoring government advice.
Seems like I'm living in a surreal alternatative reality.

quite.

I do know 4 people who have tested +ve, all fully recovered within a week.

The numbers quoted on News and elsewhere just do not make sense, or, equate with what I observe.

 

[numbnuts]

I am sure there are other news channels.

If it is really bad news someone will tell me, good news is very rare these days

 

[numbnuts]

I've just watched “Dunkirk” very moving film

 

[Dirk]

I ain't got a TV licence, the last time I used iplayer I got told off

Who by?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Boris Johnson will address the nation at 8PM
I hope he knows I ain't got a telly, maybe on youtube later

Boris who ?

 

[numbnuts]

Who by?

The BBC I had a written warning, just for watching 5 minutes of Remembrance Sunday two years ago