Coronavirus outbreak

[rualexander]

I wore gloves to sign yesterday. I'm now keeping my own stylus in a coat pocket near the door.

Royal Mail suspended signatures on their PDAs last weekend, your postie should not be asking you to sign anything.
https://www.royalmail.com/coronavirus

 

[tom73]

Did she throw a tin at you then pick it up and leg it before you recovered.

If she had she’d have to be quick I went to Salford uni it was common to have to dodge the odd firework on the way home in the evenings. So it become second nature.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Just guessing, but Italian bed-swervers probably don't need the services of Pornhub.

Maybe they are on live webcam?

 

[pawl]

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There for community arse wiping.

 

[AuroraSaab]

It's not just the ''worst'' cases that we should be heeding. Why does Germany have 11,973 identified cases and 28 dead when the UK has only 2,626 but 104 dead? That's comparing a mortality* rate of under 0.3% with almost 4%. They're clearly doing something far better than we are. And we should be learning from there.

*It's only a mortality rate for identified cases. Identify more, i.e test, test, test and the mortality rate will fall because more will be identified.

I think the discrepancy is because Germany has been doing a lot more testing, whereas the UK has only been testing people with symptoms (ie more likely to actually have it) so the fatality rate will appear higher.

Delivery wise, I have had 3 deliveries this week and all 3 couriers had abandoned signing for stuff. They just noted my name. Common sense really. It seems such an obvious, easy precaution. Bit like putting till staff behind perspex screens - could be done fairly quickly and easily I would have thought.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Bit like putting till staff behind perspex screens - could be done fairly quickly and easily I would have thought.

This was done over the weekend just passed, I'm too lazy to highlight them but you can see Lexan screens mounted on the checkouts, all 19 of them. Oh and you will get spoken too if you snuggle in behind the person occupying the run in.

 

[pawl]

Apparently you can't get a Fray Bentos for love nor money.



Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing

Hope they don’t run out of Marmite.That would be a disaster.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Maybe they are on live webcam?

Those blocks you see on the TV news, the ones facing each other, binoculars, for taking in the sky at night.

 

[pawl]

This is going to get really complicated especially if utilities start to have power and supply breakages relying on back-up engineers.

Friend rang to say his wife's devastated that Coronation Street and Eastenders actors have said they are stopping production... though if that happens across the board that's all live broadcast TV up the creek in a few weeks. Home isolation maybe isn't going to be as exciting for families as they first thought.

Just add Emmerdale to the list Enough bad news around with out those miserable programs.

 

[All uphill]

Absolutely.

I can understand why occasional visitors to courts find them boring.

But when you get under the skin of a court they are fascinating places because of all the different characters and various running stories running behind the scenes.

As I say to people who ask about the job, I've no need to watch Coronation Street because I spend eight hours a day involved in a real life soap opera.

I expect Mrs BB would say the same about hospitals.

Agreed! I spent quite a bit of time in Magistrates Courts before retiring. Always interesting. Also took my son when he was 16 to the County Court for him to see what happens if you feel you are above the law.

 

[Poacher]

Just asking for trouble: "A crew member of cargo ship MV Corona is suspected to have the virus."
Full story, mainly about cruise ship MV Aidamira, here:

 

[randynewmanscat]

If she had she’d have to be quick I went to Salford uni it was common to have to dodge the odd firework on the way home in the evenings. So it become second nature.

Jesus wept! I can't remember the names of the three horrendous early 70's pubs arrayed along the A6 near the Albion St junction, the "Woolpack" was one. All three contained life forms you did not want to make eye contact with. Mind you, fair play, not one of them had a flat roof, pubs with flat roof and all that entails including mandatory Rottweiler or Rhodesian Ridgeback. The Brass Handles and the Mechanics Arms are two pubs I will remember until I croak.

 

[Johnno260]

Will key workers children under the age of 5 still be taken? Only asking because school isn't legally required untill 5. Many in foundation class are still 4.

The education minister said school and nursery/day care, they need key workers so I think they will be covered.

I'm already getting emails from the school/nursery so contact yours ASAP.

 

[lazybloke]

A colleague was off today (fever). I was working alongside him all yesterday so am now banned from the office for a fornight.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Just asking for trouble: "A crew member of cargo ship MV Corona is suspected to have the virus."
Full story, mainly about cruise ship MV Aidamira, here:

Was the ship carrying pallets of this by any chance?