DeeTillEhDeh Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Looks like a promising trendUnless you're a Palestinian. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: We’ll never we get rid of covid completely but I’d be fine with locking down for another year if it meant that 2022 was back to normal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 10 hours ago, Scosha said: You would think so but the mindset of management is very old school. Thankfully there's a few fresh faces that have come in since last year which should bring a more modern approach. I've never really understood the argument against home working. As long as you get your work done on time who really gives a f*ck where and when you do it? My work has a policy that seems to be we don't care how little/much you do but if you arrive 1 Minute late then you're worse than Hitler. They also have this crazy approach to people caught going away a few minutes early. As I say they don't actually ask how much you did in the middle part. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: As much as it disappoints me, it doesnt suprise me that events like Glastonbury have been shelved and NS basically saying no big events will happen this summer. Everybody seems content to sit indoors and have no fun things like gigs, attending sports etc to look forward to. Folk are already writing off 2021 for anything like that, so really we could potentially be existing to work or watch Netflix for almost 2 years. What a depressing way to "live". Cant wait until a vaccine is out that will change things and allow us to do things like that again In honesty, we suspected that this year would be a bit in limbo as we waited on large swathes of society being vaccinated. I hate that we're in this shitty situation but I'm now looking with one eye at the point when restrictions are lifted... When they are, it must be with a degree of finality. There will be absolutely no appetite in a fully vaccinated population to tighten again whatsoever. I would accept no large events or gatherings this year but definitely not keeping the population locked down and businesses closed a fucking second longer than they have to be closed. There is a marked difference between no having 80000 folk at a weekend long music festival and preventing people from going to a pub, cinema or restaurant without restrictions, fear or guilt. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 7 minutes ago, madwullie said: Absolutely noone is content with that. This kind of chat is up there with you would kill a granny just to get a pint. Hyperbolic nonsense. Hyperbolic or not, just how much of our lives will we waste living like this? Especially now that the goalposts seem to be shifting constantly despite the vaccines. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erih Shtrep Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 minute ago, djchapsticks said: In honesty, we suspected that this year would be a bit in limbo as we waited on large swathes of society being vaccinated. I hate that we're in this shitty situation but I'm now looking with one eye at the point when restrictions are lifted... When they are, it must be with a degree of finality. There will be absolutely no appetite in a fully vaccinated population to tighten again whatsoever. I would accept no large events or gatherings this year but definitely not keeping the population locked down and businesses closed a fucking second longer than they have to be closed. There is a marked difference between no having 80000 folk at a weekend long music festival and preventing people from going to a pub, cinema or restaurant without restrictions, fear or guilt. Accept f**k all. We're gonna win euro 2021. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Erih Shtrep said: Accept f**k all. We're gonna win euro 2021. Stop it you filthy tease. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, TheScarf said: The mainstream UK media are fucking arseholes. Knowing that the lowest common denominator lap up everything they tell us and that 70% of us will be dead from COVID within 18 months. You're obviously not using GrannyDanger's calculator ETA: @djchapsticks Edited January 22, 2021 by Jacksgranda 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: In honesty, we suspected that this year would be a bit in limbo as we waited on large swathes of society being vaccinated. I hate that we're in this shitty situation but I'm now looking with one eye at the point when restrictions are lifted... When they are, it must be with a degree of finality. There will be absolutely no appetite in a fully vaccinated population to tighten again whatsoever. I would accept no large events or gatherings this year but definitely not keeping the population locked down and businesses closed a fucking second longer than they have to be closed. There is a marked difference between no having 80000 folk at a weekend long music festival and preventing people from going to a pub, cinema or restaurant without restrictions, fear or guilt. We should move to a model similar to what Sweden were doing last summer, i.e. typical epidemic mitigation measures, once the vaccine starts rolling out to the wider population, with draconian legislation being fired into the sun and responsibility shifting to the individual. The mewling about the impact of vaccines on transmission should also be in the bin by the time this happens - and this transition can then lead back to mass gatherings going ahead once the rollout has had time to be offered and taken up by the remaining population. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 21 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: As much as it disappoints me, it doesnt suprise me that events like Glastonbury have been shelved and NS basically saying no big events will happen this summer. Everybody seems content to sit indoors and have no fun things like gigs, attending sports etc to look forward to. Folk are already writing off 2021 for anything like that, so really we could potentially be existing to work or watch Netflix for almost 2 years. What a depressing way to "live". Cant wait until a vaccine is out that will change things and allow us to do things like that again When it comes I hope you keep us posted of all the fun stuff you get up to. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 My work has a policy that seems to be we don't care how little/much you do but if you arrive 1 Minute late then you're worse than Hitler. They also have this crazy approach to people caught going away a few minutes early. As I say they don't actually ask how much you did in the middle part.^^arrives 15 minutes late and leaves 15 minutes early 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 32 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: In honesty, we suspected that this year would be a bit in limbo as we waited on large swathes of society being vaccinated. I hate that we're in this shitty situation but I'm now looking with one eye at the point when restrictions are lifted... When they are, it must be with a degree of finality. There will be absolutely no appetite in a fully vaccinated population to tighten again whatsoever. I would accept no large events or gatherings this year but definitely not keeping the population locked down and businesses closed a fucking second longer than they have to be closed. There is a marked difference between no having 80000 folk at a weekend long music festival and preventing people from going to a pub, cinema or restaurant without restrictions, fear or guilt. Either way I absolutely cannot wait for the "its discustin that peepul are stull goin for pints when 2 peepul ur diein from covids every day. Have sum respect " type rants once we do reach that acceptable, manageable, stable level and are living normal lives again. Edited January 22, 2021 by Todd_is_God 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 hour ago, PWL said: For what's worth, my cynical view is that they are using this as an 'excuse' for being so badly caught out in the second wave. They'll say the reason for the excess deaths and infections down south is this deadly super strong variant. Not Boris and Co fecking around about the whole Christmas thing. We share the same views on the Christmas nonsense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 The Euros are going to be cancelled, aren't they? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Gaz said: The Euros are going to be cancelled, aren't they? I'd say if anything they are more likely to be played in one country than cancelled. And that country would quite likely be the UK due to the number of games already scheduled here. Be a bit rich playing the Champions and Europa League to a finish, then cancelling the Euros due to travel concerns. ETA that's before even considering the impact it looks likely the vaccine will have. Edited January 22, 2021 by Todd_is_God 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWL Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Gaz said: The Euros are going to be cancelled, aren't they? Or moved to Germany and played behind closed doors. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Todd_is_God said: I'd say if anything they are more likely to be played in one country than cancelled. 1 minute ago, PWL said: Or moved to Germany and played behind closed doors. Maybe. Either way, they're going to be absolute horseshit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Gaz said: Maybe. Either way, they're going to be absolute horseshit. They will certainly be a bit of a let down after waiting 23 years to get to one. But I don't have tickets anyway. Providing I can watch it in a pub or outdoor fan zone (socially distanced, of course) i'll absolutely make the most of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 I’ve got tickets to one Scotland game so I’ll be devastated if I can’t go. If I had to guess, I reckon they’ll have some games with reduced capacity, some with no crowd, but all played in the stadiums they’re slated to be played in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Either way I absolutely cannot wait for the "its discustin that peepul are stull goin for pints when 2 peepul ur diein from covids every day. Have sum respect " type rants once we do reach that acceptable, manageable, stable level and are living normal lives again.If you’re seeing that type of rant, you probably want to look at the people you follow on social media.They are not reflective of real life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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