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Post by chelstongull on Mar 22, 2020 20:50:14 GMT
chelstongull I hope you've not had to interrupt a meal to come and ask me that question, Chelston  Turn back one page (to page 4) and a little short of halfway down there's a short post on the subject of hoarded food, and where it might end up. You inform us that your hoarded food will, in the fullness of time, make it's way to the homeless, via Sainsburys. Please don't follow up by asking me to provide proof that you've ever appeared in Casualty  Stay safe and healthy, and your consideration for the homeless is a good example for us all to follow. Sorry but the word or words hoarded were NEVER used - any left over food will go to the homeless box at Sainsbury’s like we donate EVERY week |
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Post by rjdgull on Mar 22, 2020 22:30:39 GMT
A good example from Chelston and nice to know that he isn’t sitting on a billion pound food mountain at home!
Really worrying looking at news pictures with many not social distancing and those infections occurring today will be really hitting home in a fortnight when we could be where Italy is now. Torbay has gone up to 16 official cases from 10 yesterday but the actual cases will be much higher. Think a lockdown is pretty much inevitable now.....
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Post by rjdgull on Apr 6, 2020 19:55:43 GMT
The news from this is getting progressively worse, the impact on so many levels could be devastating. When the Prime Minister is in intensive care it gives an indication as to how bad things can get. Hope and pray for a swift recovery both for him and anyone else afflicted by this virus. The darkest hour can be just before dawn..... |
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Post by plainmoorpete on Apr 6, 2020 23:12:47 GMT
The news from this is getting progressively worse, the impact on so many levels could be devastating. When the Prime Minister is in intensive care it gives an indication as to how bad things can get. Hope and pray for a swift recovery both for him and anyone else afflicted by this virus. The darkest hour can be just before dawn..... One would hope that the news of the PMs hospitalization would convince the idiots that have chosen to ignore the social-distancing/stay indoors advice that this is not a joke and is deadly serious. |
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Post by rjdgull on Apr 7, 2020 9:25:21 GMT
When the Prime Minister is in intensive care it gives an indication as to how bad things can get. Hope and pray for a swift recovery both for him and anyone else afflicted by this virus. The darkest hour can be just before dawn..... One would hope that the news of the PMs hospitalization would convince the idiots that have chosen to ignore the social-distancing/stay indoors advice that this is not a joke and is deadly serious. Absolutely, I saw Jake Andrews tweeted yesterday that he saw five lads on bikes congregating together and there are those idiots who cannot grasp the consequences of their actions. |
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Post by rjdgull on Apr 7, 2020 9:33:51 GMT
On a lighter note I saw this from the Times diary that made me smile;
It was heartening to see that political point scoring was suspended when Boris Johnson went into hospital. It reminded me of the story when Eric Morecambe had a heart attack in 1968. Des O’Connor who was mocked by Morecambe every week, heard the news during a gig that his tormentor was unwell and stopped to wish him well. Later Morecombe was told that O’Connor had asked his entire audience to pray for him. He was touched but not changed. “Those six or seven people might have made all the difference” he said.
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Post by rjdgull on Apr 17, 2020 12:42:51 GMT
Seriously though, I wonder if football could restart under a closed door scenario but being televised. Even lower league would have demand for a live feed and a highlights package to generate revenue. Would need a lot of support from the top of the game though. Below National League level with a couple of hundred spectators may be more manageable going forward next season for the game to restart. - as I speculated looks like the EFL are going to do just that in June with the big difference to the National League being the date of expiration of their contracts . If lockdown restrictions are eased next month then those players that are furloughed can be brought back and have time to work up to full match fitness, it will need a degree of testing to work though otherwise squads could be devastated by this virus just at the wrong time. |
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Post by rjdgull on Apr 17, 2020 13:14:54 GMT
link - bit more on this from EFL chairman reported on BBC now.
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Post by stewart on Apr 17, 2020 13:15:05 GMT
Seriously though, I wonder if football could restart under a closed door scenario but being televised. Even lower league would have demand for a live feed and a highlights package to generate revenue. Would need a lot of support from the top of the game though. Below National League level with a couple of hundred spectators may be more manageable going forward next season for the game to restart. - as I speculated looks like the EFL are going to do just that in June with the big difference to the National League being the expiration of contracts . If lockdown restrictions are eased next month then those players that are furloughed can be brought back and have time to work up to full match fitness, it will need a degree of testing to work though otherwise squads could be devastated by this virus just at the wrong time. I'm afraid that there are millions of people who should be tested before footballers. Personally I can't see any football returning to this country before August at the very earliest. As long as even just one person might have the virus, social distancing will have to continue, which will not be possible on a football pitch. Although I don't agree with what is left of this season being written off, I believe that it is inevitable. I actually enjoy the quiet atmosphere resulting from there being so few people out and about, no noise from cars and you can even hear the birds singing all day. Not good for people who want to get back to work, though, or those who are having problems in dealing with the lack of football! |
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Post by rjdgull on Apr 17, 2020 14:44:45 GMT
Absolutely agree that footballers are well down in the testing pecking order but we do not know what the capacity and demand for testing will be at that stage. It may even be the case that some employers will have to cover at least part of the cost of testing as part of their duty to ensure it is a safe environment for their employees to work in.
It may well prove impossible to completely eradicate this virus, with mutations even a vaccine has a limited shelf life, the good news is that generally as they mutate they get less fatal but that will be scant consolation for many. A degree of social distancing will be in place for a long time, whether reduced stadium admissions can be implemented next season similar to those seen in supermarkets remains to be seen. Economically the consequences of this virus are dire. I think the way forward is testing and isolation of all those that have been in close contact to the positive cases.
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Post by rjdgull on Apr 18, 2020 12:29:53 GMT
link - As well as the English football league, discussions have been ongoing in the Premier League and looks like a 40 day window is required to complete the remaining nine games for most with four clubs having 10 left to play.
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Post by rjdgull on Apr 25, 2020 23:50:09 GMT
link - EFL statement on latest developments as they look to play out their season behind closed doors and as talked about previously on here, the testing that would be necessary to facilitate this.
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Post by stewart on Apr 26, 2020 1:09:00 GMT
link - EFL statement on latest developments as they look to play out their season behind closed doors and as talked about previously on here, the testing that would be necessary to facilitate this. The problem with this solution is that there are many millions of people who deserve the ability to be tested because they do more worthwhile jobs than footballers. Even if the target of 100,000 tests per day were somehow achieved, where does that leave footballers in the general scheme of things? Perhaps being able to start playing again in the 2021/22 season, if they are lucky? We really have to put all of these statistics into a sensible perspective. |
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Post by rjdgull on Apr 26, 2020 12:37:23 GMT
As I said previously, I think commercial testing will become a thing, currently positive tests are between 4000 and 6000 a day and will fall. Testing will be for those displaying symptoms and for those in close contact and probably isolation for others that have been in contact with positive cases in conjunction with a raft of social distancing measures. There will be a time coming soon where I think capacity will be available for sport and other businesses in addition to servicing those millions of people as and when they need it. A test to confirm that someone has already had this virus will also be another very useful tool that will go hand in hand with all these other measures.
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Post by rjdgull on Apr 26, 2020 17:06:27 GMT
link- Foreign Secretary Raab said the Government looking seriously at professional sport resuming in a matter of weeks because of the scale of testing that should be introduced. Amateur sport on the other hand looks like it won’t be back at all this summer.
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