Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,865
Well said Captain #19 far to many.
"There is only one RNLI tasked with 'saving lives at sea' which somehow manages to cover offshore, inshore, beaches and even the River Thames, and for all its faults seems to have almost universal support."
I support them and WHPS all the other money grabbing charities get nothing unless a friend is actively collecting for one of them, then they get a nominal amount. My pet hate are the charities that advertise on TV with emotive images of starving children, just think how many meals that ad's cost could provide.
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Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,050
You want a pet hate? How about the millions a year 'we' give to the Donkey Sanctuary!
Revenue: £37m (2017)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2003/feb/18/animalrights.fundraising"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,050
Back on topic, with the government talking about cancelling sporting events which attract large crowds, at least Dover Athletic's home games are safe.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,050
Sorted!
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,061
Greetings Pop Pickers!
And here it is, the Pick of the Pops top 10: up five places at 10 it's coronavirus; climbing two places to 9 it's coronavirus; straight in at 8 it's the US Democrats with 'How to throw an election, part 2'; staying at 7 it's coronavirus; down one to 6 it's coronavirus; straight in at 5 it's coronavirus; there are new entries at 4 and 3 for celebrity gossip with 'Who GAF?' and 'Who GAF Again?'; and still there at 2 it's coronavirus. But for the third week in a row at number 1 it's...you guessed it folks...coronavirus.
Let's have a bash.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,050
Bloody Hell!
That WD40 stings ....
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,865
For those of a nervous disposition avoid the Maidstone area.
"On Monday, North East London NHS Foundation Trust confirmed a case of coronavirus at Vinters Business Park - home to Maidstone Studios and an office suite used by the trust.
The trust said its staff member did not come into contact with patients, and its employees are working from home.
ITV Meridian, which uses Maidstone Studios, has also sent home staff who were at the site last week."
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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Over reaction at Cheshum?
At Western Heights Dovorians still relying on hand gel and singing 'Happy birthday to you twice'
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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- Posts: 8,050
Sorry. That should have read Chesham. Problems with copy and paste from SatNav.
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Apparently all we need to do is wash hands and sing Happy Birthday (obvs).
Seriously, how do we now turn off the virus sodden tap which has been turned on before other people washed their hands?
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Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,254
Just wash your hands you'll be fine, sneeze in a tissue, you can spend up to 15 min with someone who has it safely, and other bits of nonsense designed to stop us worrying about the simple fact there is absolutely bugger all we can do to stop it!
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
Pablo- Registered: 21 Mar 2018
- Posts: 614
And several numpties all over the country have pitched up at A&E or doctors surgeries with symptoms, causing panic.
Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
- Posts: 1,299
We just need to be more positive about it. Sing rule Britannia, put the kettle on and ignore the experts. That's how it works, right?
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,254
The experts know what's likely coming, and their advice is about calming hysteria. (I'm sure they said sing happy birthday.)
But on a brighter note, being self employed I'm looking forward to my 2 weeks paid holiday once citizens advice gets their way.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-government-urged-to-help-low-paid-workers-who-need-to-self-isolate-11948753Arte et Marte
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,865
Unfortunately I think it is the experts who are helping to fuel the hysteria together with the media who seem to have little else on their blinkered little minds at the moment.
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,061
Perhaps if we stopped calling it coronavirus (because there are a shed-load of those buggers) and called it SARS-CoV-2 instead (or 2019-nCoV if you're old-fashioned) it might stop people talking so freely about it.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,051
Captain Haddock wrote:Seriously, how do we now turn off the virus sodden tap which has been turned on before other people washed their hands?
As with Norovirus, you use a disposable paper towel if the tap and/or soap dispenser is a hand-operated one. (Incidentally, Norovirus remains valid on surfaces for hours and hand gels, as opposed to hand washing, are not particularly effective.)
(Not my real name.)
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus