November Lockdown (Two threads merged)

[matty40s 4376]

It seems Matt Poppycock has won and the gang of 4 are going to bring in Tier 4 of a 3 Tier system....anything to beat the Sturgeon 5 plan starting with zero..

So, get to a decent place near a waterpoint, its going to freeze like 2010 from end November anyway (SuperNina) so you can expect to be there until Easter.🤪

For those who got stuck at home last time, is the  boat a better bet for the first home status.....looks from European cities like some may burn with protests!!...

 

 

[TheBiscuits 4342]

30 minutes ago, matty40s said:

It seems Matt Poppycock has won and the gang of 4 are going to bring in Tier 4 of a 3 Tier system....anything to beat the Sturgeon 5 plan starting with zero..

So, get to a decent place near a waterpoint, its going to freeze like 2010 from end November anyway (SuperNina) so you can expect to be there until Easter.🤪

For those who got stuck at home last time, is the  boat a better bet for the first home status.....looks from European cities like some may burn with protests!!...

 

 

 

Ah, it's not that bad.

 

Bickering with CRT on Twitter earlier today gave us this thread:

 

 

If the official @CRTContactUs twitter account is saying publicly that CC movement is suspended in Tier 3 areas, we'll be staying put and bickering with the local EO later!  The fact we happen to be one bridge away from the services is helpful...

[Jen-in-Wellies 1908]

Tier 4 is only going to be used in a limited and specific way.

Jen 😁

[IanD 1661]

24 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Tier 4 is only going to be used in a limited and specific way.

Jen 😁

Except they're going to expand it from Marcus Rashford to the whole of England on Monday... 😞

[Athy 901]

25 minutes ago, IanD said:

Except they're going to expand it from Marcus Rashford to the whole of England on Monday... 😞

Where did you get that idea? The Daily Telegraph, usually a paper to be trusted, says categorically that the Prime Minister is keen to avoid a nationwide lockdown.

[Alan de Enfield 7875]

7 minutes ago, Athy said:

Where did you get that idea? The Daily Telegraph, usually a paper to be trusted, says categorically that the Prime Minister is keen to avoid a nationwide lockdown.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/30/save-christmas-with-covid-lockdown-in-england-experts-say

National Covid lockdown expected across England next week

Boris Johnson has bowed to pressure from his scientific advisers for new national lockdown restrictions, which are expected to be announced early next week, the Guardian has been told.

Sir Patrick Vallance and Prof Chris Whitty, who head the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), are understood to have warned the prime minister that the time has come for national action across England. Sage scientists presented Johnson with evidence at a meeting in Downing Street, where they explained that Covid-19 is spreading significantly faster than their worst-case scenarios.

The scientists, who are supported by the health secretary, Matt Hancock, and Michael Gove, are understood to have argued that local measures are no longer enough and that the virus could kill 85,000 people this winter. Sage’s proposals for a two-week “circuit breaker” over half-term were turned down by ministers. It is now thought something longer will be needed.

However, the exact extent of the new lockdown restrictions have yet to be decided. That will be thrashed out this weekend as Johnson and the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, try to work out what can be imposed across England without major damage to the economy.

[Athy 901]

Ah, the Graun. Say no more.

[Alan de Enfield 7875]

1 minute ago, Athy said:

Ah, the Graun. Say no more.

Plus :
BBC News

Sky News

INews

Mirror

 

The Guardian was just the one at the top of the list.

 

 

[Tonka 265]

13 minutes ago, Athy said:

Ah, the Graun. Say no more.

Bury your head like you normally do and ignore everything else apart from what suits you

[Athy 901]

Just now, Tonka said:

Bury your head like you normally do and ignore everything else apart from what suits you

Is this general advice, or specific to me? If the latter, please explain your remark.

[Tonka 265]

1 minute ago, Athy said:

Is this general advice, or specific to me? If the latter, please explain your remark.

Specific to you.

[Ange 1381]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/10/30/fourth-tier-covid-restrictions-beckons-scientists-pressure-boris/

[Athy 901]

15 minutes ago, Tonka said:

Specific to you.

So, you do not approve of people who take an optimistic view of life?

Your "as you usually do" suggests, though without citing examples, that I have been guilty of optimism before. If that is the case, then I'm pleased to have a glass half-full rather than half-empty outlook, and I'm sure that plenty more CWDFers take a similar stance. So your (still unexplained) dig is far from being specific to me.

Edited October 31, 2020 by Athy

[Loddon 2358]

9 hours ago, matty40s said:

For those who got stuck at home last time, is the  boat a better bet for the first home status....

That's a difficult choice

 

Boat in a marina with a hundred others on a river that goes into flood at the blink of an eye.

 

House in a quiet village with socially spaced housing a decent sized garden and Waitrose deliveries booked until December.

 

Think the house might just edge it as a better place to be

 

[Alan de Enfield 7875]

7 minutes ago, Loddon said:

That's a difficult choice

 

Boat in a marina with a hundred others on a river that goes into flood at the blink of an eye.

 

House in a quiet village with socially spaced housing a decent sized garden and Waitrose deliveries booked until December.

 

Think the house might just edge it as a better place to be

 

 

Unlimited water

Unlimited 'leccy

Unlimited toilet flushes

 

The house may just have it ................

[Tonka 265]

1 minute ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Unlimited water

Unlimited 'leccy

Unlimited toilet flushes

 

The house may just have it ................

And according to Mark Drakeford we are coming out of lockdown Monday week

[matty40s 4376]

2 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Unlimited water

Unlimited 'leccy

Unlimited toilet flushes

 

The house may just have it ................

I dont think those are rationed......yet....

[Loddon 2358]

1 minute ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Unlimited water

Unlimited 'leccy

Unlimited toilet flushes

 

The house may just have it ................

It doesn't have a multifuel stove so we do miss that. 

[matty40s 4376]

Just now, Tonka said:

And according to Mark Drakeford we are coming out of lockdown Monday week

Into something resembling...lockdown

[Alan de Enfield 7875]

1 minute ago, Tonka said:

And according to Mark Drakeford we are coming out of lockdown Monday week

We were just discussing that.

England goes into lock down, Wales comes out of lockdown on Nov 9th 

 

Can we visit the boat ?

Will Wales fall into line and join in the 'National Lockdown' ?

 

Questions, questions ................

[Tonka 265]

Just now, Alan de Enfield said:

We were just discussing that.

England goes into lock down, Wales comes out of lockdown on Nov 9th 

 

Can we visit the boat ?

Will Wales fall into line and join in the 'National Lockdown' ?

 

Questions, questions ................

I know . Hospitality have been told that can reopen but for who if England in lockdown.

[Victor Vectis 833]

53 minutes ago, Athy said:

Where did you get that idea? The Daily Telegraph, usually a paper to be trusted, says categorically that the Prime Minister is keen to avoid a nationwide lockdown.

Keep up at the back there Athy.

[Athy 901]

14 minutes ago, Victor Vectis said:

Keep up at the back there Athy.

Do you mean that you don't think the Telegraph is trustworthy? When I used to read daily papers, I always found it a good source of news.

[frahkn 323]

28 minutes ago, Athy said:

So, you do not approve of people who take an optimistic view of life?

Your "as you usually do" suggests, though without citing examples, that I have been guilty of optimism before. If that is the case, then I'm pleased to have a glass half-full rather than half-empty outlook, and I'm sure that plenty more CWDFers take a similar stance. So your (still unexplained) dig is far from being specific to me.

 

Well, he said that it did so I for one, would be reluctant to gainsay him.

 

I wouldn't dream of speaking for Tonka but I read his post as aimed less at your alleged optimism than at your alleged tendency to "ignore everything else apart from what suits you".

 

Of course I may be completely wrong, in which case I welcome Tonka telling me so.

[Athy 901]

10 minutes ago, frahkn said:

 

 

 

I wouldn't dream of speaking for Tonka but I read his post as aimed less at your alleged optimism than at your alleged tendency to "ignore everything else apart from what suits you".

 

Of course I may be completely wrong.

"Alleged", but of course not true in the slightest although, in common with most people, I like some things more than I like other things; don't you? For example, following cricket suits me, but following horse racing doesn't, so I ignore horse racing. So I wouldn't be so uncharitable as to say that you are "completely wrong".

 

I must say that I'm no longer sure that I like the Telegraph at the moment: since I looked at their predictions regarding lock-downs, they have changed their story!

Edited October 31, 2020 by Athy