GazCro
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Lake district absolutely rammed today, couldn't believe traffic coming in on a66 this morning. So much for staying in at home
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Alan caddy
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People seem to think it is a holiday from work not a shut down they will all be pissed of if they get stuck up here and not allowed to leave and a gale comes and there camper vans get blown over, half of them don't know what to do on single track roads
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Komatsu
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Thought the same myself, been doing a job today down by the river in the centre of town, and the park was and footpaths were rammed
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Monkeybusiness
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Snowdon's busy too!
www.dailypost.co.uk
Snowdon crowded as rescuers say they can't guarantee help amid pandemic
Snowdonia busy as people urged to consider if they should be risking themselves and aiders as the covid-19 outbreak escalates
JD450A
Feral as Fk 🐾
Well we have BT's MD who has returned to his grockle home locally and despite testing positive is apparently f****ng spreading it round locally.... **** wants a good Beating.
TiltyShaun
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I am going to stick my head up again. The figures of 500,000 or 250,000 deaths are pretty scary if they include people who would die anyway or not. There is an overlap, but again, no one really knows what it is. We are not being told about the underlying conditions, but someone losing there life at 41 with this and an underlying problem that they might have lived with for many years is pretty scary for many. But not scary enough for those walking down Brighton Prom this afternoon. We was asked to stay out of pubs, not everyone did. Now they are closed. Something like 20% of USA is on stay a home orders. How long before we are asked the same?
Over the years I have been in various business forums locally, I have a network of people I regard as friends that bounce different ideas around and also it keeps me in touch with what is going on in different sectors. There are some pretty weird request being made in property at the moment. Warehouse space that has been empty has in the last 5 days been taken, specialist airside property that the industry wants to give the keys back to the landlords is seeing non aviation users suddenly want to acquire. I have an idea what is going on but haven’t yet been able to confirm it. I suspect the pictures of the army moving coffins is a possibility in this country. NHS are panicking. Schools set up to provide day care throughout Easter holidays. Government about to print and spend a whole chunk of cash on keeping the money flowing. Borders and travel restriction throughout the world.
This is either a James Bond plot playing out in real life or perhaps, just maybe, a serious world changing event.
Social isolation when required might just become a new norm. Lock down in Italy doesn't appear to be working!
In Italy it is killing the old, in Amsterdam the hospital is full of young smokers on life support, what underlying condition is your problem, high blood pressure, obesity? There is one big fear in the medical profession. In all the stats, 1% of the people dying are young and fit. They can give you oxygen to keep you alive and hope that your immune system kicks in to clear this mucus on the lungs. But something like 45% of these cases result in death. At the moment they have no answers as to why this is taking men at a far higher rate than women.
Worried, we should be! This is something new.
Over the years I have been in various business forums locally, I have a network of people I regard as friends that bounce different ideas around and also it keeps me in touch with what is going on in different sectors. There are some pretty weird request being made in property at the moment. Warehouse space that has been empty has in the last 5 days been taken, specialist airside property that the industry wants to give the keys back to the landlords is seeing non aviation users suddenly want to acquire. I have an idea what is going on but haven’t yet been able to confirm it. I suspect the pictures of the army moving coffins is a possibility in this country. NHS are panicking. Schools set up to provide day care throughout Easter holidays. Government about to print and spend a whole chunk of cash on keeping the money flowing. Borders and travel restriction throughout the world.
This is either a James Bond plot playing out in real life or perhaps, just maybe, a serious world changing event.
Social isolation when required might just become a new norm. Lock down in Italy doesn't appear to be working!
In Italy it is killing the old, in Amsterdam the hospital is full of young smokers on life support, what underlying condition is your problem, high blood pressure, obesity? There is one big fear in the medical profession. In all the stats, 1% of the people dying are young and fit. They can give you oxygen to keep you alive and hope that your immune system kicks in to clear this mucus on the lungs. But something like 45% of these cases result in death. At the moment they have no answers as to why this is taking men at a far higher rate than women.
Worried, we should be! This is something new.
Lancs Lad
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Same here in Lancs, forest of bowland full of all the usual muppets...not used to single track lanes etc. Honestly like a summers bank holiday. Crackers.
They don't get what stay at home means. Twonks.
Furniss
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Isolate - stay calm - worrying yourself daft is not useful
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Jimoz
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Worked for a bloke involved in a local authority. They've done mock pandemics in years gone by he said the biggest problem was always what to do with the bodies.
TiltyShaun
Well-known member
- To be fair I have been following this with interest rather than worry!! Wanting to get home to see the evening press conference, trying to second guess what comes next!!Daft....been that for years!!!
My wife has worked from home here for 11 years. Because of this she values her once a week trip to the supermarket. It is our chance to get out and see what is going on outside of our little bubble. There will be a major shift in how we work in future. Companies are going to wake up and realise that the shiny office block full of people standing around making coffee can be replaced by home workers getting the job done in a fraction of the time without distraction. How long before schooling starts to be an online attendance rather than line up and come in the classroom.
Very interesting times ahead.... me things!
Quattromike
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Lancs Lad
Well-known member
That...is prob best advice . Find something to do. Enjoy the weather get some jobs knocked ,off try and not get obsessed in the news...
Come on here for a laugh. We probably need to work on keeping each other in good spirits.
(not making light of the situation and very mindful how tough it is for those facing 12 weeks plus on their own, I've got relatives in that situation who aren't that strong mentally 
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doobin
Well-known member
I'm planning to stay at my yard if we have a full lockdown. Loads of stuff to do there, get everything tip top etc. Will suck but better than being stuck in some pokey flat! Biggest killer will probably end up being people going mad.
Grahams
Don't complain - suggest what's better
It will have to be plague pits. They say it has already got to that in Iran.
Grahams
Don't complain - suggest what's better
Wait until the electricity fails and the internet goes down. There will be rioting on the streets - we are all doomed.
craig
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When will people learn
www.bbc.co.uk
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The way people are acting, we`ll be having more restrictions soon.
Coronavirus: Action urged as travel advice ignored
Plaid calls for hotels and caravan parks to be closed, as one council urges visitors to stay away.
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Coronavirus: 'Unprecedented' crowds in Wales despite warnings
Car parks and trails could be shut to stop people visiting Snowdonia, while beaches are also busy.
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
we'll be under marshal law if the tossers don't shape up and do as they're askedWhen will people learn
Coronavirus: Action urged as travel advice ignored
Plaid calls for hotels and caravan parks to be closed, as one council urges visitors to stay away.The way people are acting, we`ll be having more restrictions soon.Coronavirus: 'Unprecedented' crowds in Wales despite warnings
Car parks and trails could be shut to stop people visiting Snowdonia, while beaches are also busy.
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Jimoz
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Be great if the economic handouts were denied to people who flout the isolation rules. Soon get them off the seaside then. They're looking at it as a paid holiday.
Furniss
Well-known member
Luckily my yard is 2 mins down road - so last week been getting into some jobs that have never been high enough up the list.
I am out Monday following guidelines in France that if we work alone and away from customers then for obvious reasons they prefer us to do what we can to keep it all going.
Round here people have been pretty good - I have seen maybe half a dozen cars go past today so far.
Quattromike
Well member-known
Are we out to work tomorrow in the UK? How long until lock down comes here
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