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I'm still waiting to see what people who don't have school age children are getting in the trade off.

The fact the article merely focuses on pubs, restaurants and holidays says it all. People just want to see family, be allowed out their local area and have non essential retail and the livelihoods it supports back open but all the focus on is pubs and holidays. A total puff piece aimed at it's core readership, the majority of which are only worried about what they are going to spend the thousands this lockdown has saved them on ! Speak for yourself and the other old biddies. The rest of the population want the above things and the ability to have a cold, crisp pint and a holiday. It's called 'normality'. The gaslighting that the media and government have gone to in portraying this as an either/or choice when all vulnerable groups will be vaccinated is completely ridiculous, but with gormless fools like yourself around it's not hard to see why it has worked.

My wife is getting hers. She has a second mammogram next week - she needs a second op - they used a magseed but have left the clip in her because the magseed was not placed close enough - the lumpectomy only removed healthy tissue. To say she and I are fuming is an understatement. Thankfully the lymph nodes biopsy they took is clear but it means she won't get radiotherapy until around May/June now. She also got a call from the GP today - she's getting her first Covid-19 jab tomorrow.

An absolute mystery why things were going so well last year until August / September time

Birthday gift received this morning from Mrs TCM, simply deelightful, lol.

I find it thoroughly infuriating that all these things that should've been implemented in March last year are now being thrown upon us with the premise that we need to do it to deal it. It's an admission of how wrong we got things last year being dressed up as "doing the right thing" this year. Jackie Baillie can f**k off. She's been an MP and MSP for pretty much all my adult life and I don't remember her chanting about a pandemic plan at any point before now. She's a sly wee f**k, she started closing down our local hospital when her party was in power and when the SNP took over and continued her work, she turned her entire election campaign on keeping the hospital open. She was stood outside my polling booth in 2014 and the delight I felt smiling at her after I voted could only have been beaten if I'd claymore'd her fat wee toads head straight off her shoulders.

After the chat yesterday about restrictions being eased even slower than last summer I thought it was worth trying to put together a sort of time line of restrictions for comparison: 23rd March Lockdown begins 10th May Once a day exercise limit lifted 29th May Two households can now meet outside 19th June People living alone or single parents with children can form what is described as an "extended group" with one other household, including overnight stays three households can meet up outdoors 22nd June The wearing of face coverings becomes compulsory on public transport Dentists are allowed to reopen for patients in need of urgent treatment Health services increased Places of worship for individual prayer 29 June Non essential retailers reopen in Scotland 9th July Can now meet up indoors with two other households from 10 July, and also in extended groups outside of up to fifteen from the same day 10th July wearing of face coverings becomes mandatory in shops in Scotland 13th July Shopping centres are permitted to reopen in Scotland outdoor contact sports resume for children 15th July Hairdressers and barbers, pubs and restaurants, cinemas, tourist attractions, places of worship and childcare facilities reopen 17th July Shielding can visit holiday accommodation, as well as outdoor markets and gardens 1st August Shielding programme is paused for England and Scotland 5th August Lockdown restrictions are re-imposed on Aberdeen 8th August Face coverings required in libraries, museums and places of worship 10th August Care home visits allowed for three outdoor visitors per person from two separate households. 11th August Schools reopen full time. 24th August Travel & indoor gathering bans in Aberdeen lifted. 26th August Aberdeen bars and restaurants allowed to re-open. 31st August Face coverings become mandatory for Scottish secondary schools Gyms, swimming pools and indoor sports courts are permitted to reopen 1st September Restrictions on visiting other households are reintroduced in Glasgow and the neighbouring areas of West Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire 7th September Restrictions on home visits in the West of Scotland are extended to cover Renfrewshire and East Dunbartonshire 11th September Households in Lanarkshire are banned from mixing from midnight 9th October Bars and restaurants in the Central Belt must close from 18:00 on 9 October, the closure remaining in place until 25 October; licensed premises in other areas can remain open for outdoor service only. 2nd November Tier system reintroduced (tier 3 amended on 12th December to prohibit alcohol)

People that moan about being on furlough. I understand it from the perspective of being concerned about the possibility of not having a job to go back to, but if your job’s relatively secure and you’re off work and still getting paid then you are/were living the dream. This is especially relevant to the period last summer, I would’ve loved to have been on furlough - I had mates/colleagues who were and had a class time. Then you hear other people moaning about being ‘bored’. f**k me man, how tedious is your life that going to work adds some interest to it. There’s so many different things you could be doing/learning/watching with all that spare time. People who moan about being bored in general wind me up. Cretins with zero imagination.

The idea that we should be forever grateful for the good fortune of having elected a leader who is more empathetic and competent than Boris fucking Johnson (or that Welsh Labour goon) at handling a crisis is risible. It's also worth noting that this empathy only ever applies to politically favoured groups and having a good greet about images of people at Portobello beach; rather than for the people losing their jobs and businesses going tits up because of the SG's rolling lockdowns and generally moronic, token efforts to look stricter than England. At best we're dealing with a 4/10 level of performance.

Murray back training and in contention for Motherwell this weekend. Great news

He's actually got some really excellent players but they are up at his Gran's bit; you wouldn't know them.

I like to think I've been fairly level-headed over this ongoing clusterfuck, however if I have to bin a fortnight's hillwalking (literally the easiest activity to socially distance) in middle of fucking nowhere for the second consecutive May, I'll be verging on drawing a cock & balls on the ballot paper. As someone posted earlier, the current existence (and it has over the winter months just been an existence) of waking up, working, going for a walk if the weather isn't pish, then spending the rest of the time in the house is quite frankly shite. I'd be willing to accept it if the roadmap gives some cause for optimism. If not I will quite happily help to construct any rocket with which to fire Jason Leitch and Devi into the fucking sun. I do understand NS's desire to be cautious, but there needs to be a light at the end of the tunnel.

Still, it's better than a 3-0 defeat.

I’m glad that we can finally concentrate on important things like reintroducing the death penalty , blue passports and stopping women from voting. This country’s been going to the dogs for years and people, particularly young people, have had it too easy. They think life is a holiday camp. I died in two world wars fighting for my country and it didn’t do me any harm. #bendybananas

What’s this lunatic on about, we always have and always will be box office. Never a dull moment.

Brilliant

Being an EU Member State in line with the democratic choice of the people of Scotland? Having full fiscal autonomy? Having the same opportunity to elect a government which reflects the way Scotland votes - along the same lines as Ireland, Norway or almost every other country (yes, country) on the planet? That would be a start.

Wednesday 10/10. Only one I didn’t know was the 2006 song as had never heard of it. Good guess though.

8 out of 10 for Tuesday. But never mind that. DRUMROLL PLEASE. So excited was I to discover that there exists a set of Cardinal Richelieu themed set of playing cards ... that I've decided to run CARDinal Richelieu's Cup Quiz this Sunday at 8.30pm! None of that Zoom shite, just 52 multiple-choice questions designed to test and tantalise you. There are some great prizes up for grabs, if you count a +1 in your cup column as a great prize. It should only last about 30 minutes. To register, click this link https://myQuiz.org/i/673793.

We sadly lost our dearest boy near the end of November with a blocked bladder that led to failing kidneys and put to sleep, posted him many times on here but beautiful boy was only 7 few weeks had passed and we had said no more cats until after the New Years as it had hit our daughter pretty hard (first proper pet loss) but my sister told us her friend was looking to re-home one of her cats as he was being bullied by her oldest and the second we saw him we couldn’t say no. Wee Severus has become the biggest sook in the world after a few weeks of spraying everywhere he got his snip and has calmed right down. Albus Severus

That’s just not true. As recently as last month, rightly or wrongly, she advocated elimination over suppression.

The boy missing the flare with the bucket was so, so, so funny. Telling the play-off stories on our live show at Caley union was one of the single best things I've ever done. This is the one, btw;

I miss Buzzcocks.

Again, I’m quite pleased with the way Rangers have handled this, as I was with the Jones and Edmundson fiasco. They were made aware of the alleged breaches, promised to investigate it, kept them away from the squad and have now confirmed they’ll be punishing the players while communicating with the relevant authorities on how best to manage the situation.

Interesting article about Moore in the Record today, worth a read. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/ayr-united-striker-craig-moore-23513105 The guy has had absolutely no luck with injuries, and I was surprised he was as young as 26. Sounds like he wants to stay at Ayr and hopes to be able to play at some point this season. He's clearly a decent player and just hasn't been able to get a run of games together to get any form back. It's hard, given his injuries, to take a risk on him again but I've always liked him as a player and it's not like he's the wrong side of 30.

In all honesty a farce that this was never the case in the first place.

**Fantasy Golf Week 6** "still haven't found what I'm looking for" Week 6 is likely to be one of the quietest weeks this year, but still produced an entertaining tournament. Daniel proved he's the best sporting Berger since Patrik led the Czech Republic to the Euro 96 semis. Jordan Spieth's comeback continued, not enough to win, but progress being made, shown by the fact that his caddie was in a tree looking for his playing partner's ball and not Jordan's. Nate Lashley's head detachment on the 16th after a 4 putt is also worth a mention. Not many points dished out this week, Spieth, Casey, Cantlay, Day and Knox getting their fantasy teams on the scoresheet. There's no change to the overall positions though, but things have tightened up slightly at the top. Standings 464 @J_Stewart 451 @die hard doonhamer 435 @Ro Sham Bo 404 @alta-pete 399 @lichtie23 349 @Tartan Dave 344 @Erih Shtrep 296 @peasy23 274 @Distant Doonhamer 196 @Henderson to deliver ..... 174 @Honest_Man#1 From famine to feast this week in terms of the strength of field, as almost everyone likes to turn out for Tiger's Genesis Invitational. The big man himself is still injured, but this will probably be the strongest field outside of majors and WGC's this year. We're at the timeless Riviera Country Club, an all American classic. Expertly routed through difficult terrain and in the immaculate condition you would expect from a course a mere driver and wedge away from Santa Monica and Sunset Boulevard. I'm willing to overlook the gimmicky bunker in the green on no.6 for gems like the drivable 10th. Alongside Torrey Pines, it's the only course on tour that uses kikuyu grass surfaces, so alongside those who do well at classic US tracks, expect those who performed at Torrey a fortnight ago to go well here. The fantasy league is going to Hollywood baby.

Mental. Can't believe I've never seen this before.

Invergowrie Arab beats @Stellaboz A holocaust of a game with both players pleading for a draw at various times but a first win for Invergowrie. Press conference at 1pm

I was going to do a marathon this summer too, oh well!

Thing is, even though he's hardly healthy, he wasn't anywhere near at death's door. He's had it mildly so it's fucking bizarre that they would roll someone like this out, someone who spent 3 weeks in the house with a cough and a fever to tell a cautionary tale. Cases like his, that did not even result in a hospital bed, much less an ICU or ventilatior are not at all relevant and should not even be in the discussion when it comes to what we are trying to bring down.

I was on furlough March to June last year and it was superb. Spent most of me time in the back garden with some #cans. Getting pished on a Tuesday lunchtime was glorious.

Well after 6 months unemployed I finally have an interview for Menzies on Thursday, really nervous as this is the first interview I will have had in about 20 years, not even sure what to wear. Anyhoo hope everyone is doing as good as they can and anyone who is needing a chat can PM me anytime.

He always seems to take a touch too many. Then gives away a free kick chasing after it. I think Erwin, MacPherson and McAllister really do give it their all, but they are real downgrades in the guys who normally keep them out.

That's like after the Doon Derby with Hoolys salty tears.

You paid £10 A MONTH to play lemmings??

"Jackie Baillie also focuses on the Audit Scotland report saying it makes clear "a pandemic should have been anticipated"." Aye, thats right Jackie.....I recall you going on and on about an imminent pandemic for months before anyone had heard of Covid-19...would they listen?

Human fetch me treats or i will stare at you

I guess we're just not 'George Galloway' box office levels. That'll be him gone now.

He posts on here as ‘Paco’

You've got to admire the sentiment to spam your tattoo shop on a thread dedicated to terrible tattoos, at a time when all tattoo parlours are shut.

Caught this on a dog walking page I'm a member of. This is NOT a service that my dog walking business offers.

not the only thing that's went mental by the looks of it. Nothing shouts "moron" more than a Union flag tattoo IMO

People are more likely to go f**k it with no hope imo

Whose

I'm there. Said they had until the end of the month but f**k this. Will be going to see some mates this week since I'm off work. Will try to organise a few beers with them whilst I am at it. If this is the way they are treating us then they can expect the same contempt back from myself. It's entirely understandable to be concerned about the tone of the announcement today and failure to acknowledge that, even if done cautiously, increasing vaccinations should lead to decreasing restrictions over the coming months. While awaiting the route map appearing next week to get some proper detail on what the plan now is, it's entirely valid to be pissed off at any suggestion that we might end up with further lockdowns even when the vast majority of the population have been vaccinated. However, if your response to that concern is to say that you're just going to sack off the restrictions immediately because you think there’s no need for them and start having house parties, that's not remotely a reasonable reaction arising from annoyance about a lack of clarity or optimism for the months ahead as vaccination progresses. That's effectively saying you think restrictions should all be going in the bin right now, and that would obviously be an insanely stupid position.