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  1. 15 minutes ago, 101 said:

    And if it needs protecting against a good flu season then the UKg need to get the purse out and pump it full of money. Allowing time to tackle the ling term societal ills that make us rely on the NHS so badly to start with.

    The furlough scheme was a good experiment in how massive government spending in an advanced economy doesn't lead to the end of days (mind the hot takes about Weimar hyperinflation in this thread? lmao). 

    But instead of focusing on investing in the health service (and the wider social services more generally) it's back to conversations about balancing books and paying off debts.

    And folk just let them change the conversation. The pandemic has exacerbated a lot of problems brought about from austerity. But instead of driving change, nobody seems to be too bothered. Culture wars over masks are apparently a better thing to be outraged over.

  2. I watched Drive My Car over the weekend. It's good. Very good. But it stumbles a bit in the third act. An enjoyable way to spend 3 hours of an evening though - I sat back and just lost myself in the film.

    Two of the better films I've seen in the cinema over the past few years have been based on Murakami short stories (this and "Burning"). Food for thought, certainly. Or more likely a coincidence.

  3. 2 hours ago, welshbairn said:

    I'm wary that the coffee aroma in Velocity might be overwhelmed by sweaty cyclists, but as the owner of a brand new and wonderful bean to cup machine, what do you think of the Inverness Coffee Roasting Company on Chapel Street?

    I've not bought beans from them but they've got some good stuff. The Yirgacheffe is my go to one, plus whatever their monthly special is.

     

    2 hours ago, Highland Capital said:

    Another one I like is Cup & Cone in the Crown.

    +1 for Cup & Cone. I think they use the Roasting Company coffee.

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