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While I partially support the bin men's argument, it most certainly isn't the time for anything more than a nominal show of strength, if they start a prolonged strike they surely realise they will lose all public support and do themselves no favour.

LCR have lifted the 9:30am concessionary travel limit, this will enable pensioners etc to travel to get their shopping on the pensioners hour.

I just don’t understand why they are doing this ...I realise it’s to try and help because of all the panic buyers but to put all these high risk people together in quite a small space surely is madness! Think it would be better for them to have designated time and stuff delivered..

I've just been watching Aljazeera . 627 deaths in Italy today. They also reported that WHO are saying that a significant number of under 50's are being hospitalised, and children are also susceptible . So as time passes it is looking as if the original prognosis could have been wrong.

There is a worldometer.info/ coronavirus giving all the figures . I will try to post it, but it's not coming through on here as available for myself (don't know why.).

So if someone can repost it, it's a very eye opening chart.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

(No its not working for me on here).

There does seem to be conflicting accounts of the severity, some they say they have had it with mild symptoms and others struggling to breathe, and then we have the fatalities, it could be some have a stronger immunity system or there are varying degrees of infection, or those that believe they have had it may have mistaken their symptoms, but without testing to clarify everyone's in the dark about the true picture, but I do believe it is being played down a lot.

Thanks for that assassin.

Just logged into my Virgin media to check on things, and find they are still sending engineers out to install virgin cable and carry out repairs, our engineers will wear masks and gloves and and use hand gel and not stand too close, if you are self isolating you can cancel any visits, oh apparently they have been given training also, so much for not spreading the virus,calling on customer after customer in different locations on Wirral and North Wales it could be on clothing, shoes, tools, isn't Branson rich enough?

I thought about people such as plumbers, gas boiler repairs etc. More specifically Estate Agents and house sales. Nobody is about to welcome viewers of properties into their home for a long period of time and the volatile market indicates house prices cold drop . Still, estate agents have made a packet over the years. Time for change.

I see John Lewis are to close ALL their stores on Monday and they probably won't be the last. A huge swing to shopping online, which will more than likely become the norm after this, being the next step into a Futuristic 21st century. Masks, white suits, clinical sterilization of all buildings...no sex, I'm sure I saw a film just like that back in the 70's .

Oh Granny you make me laugh and that’s hard to do in these sad times...back to this bloody corona I really do wish that they would order a lockdown NOW!! Just seen on news people flocking to the seasides, caravans arcades etc...people won’t take this seriously until they get ordered to and there must be army personnel on streets to stop everyone and make sure their trip is essential. Gangs of kids today wandering around and people and I got to say it old people talking in groups , overheard one say “oh well if we get it we get it, not going to stay in”...I felt like saying something but bit my tongue..I’m not against the oldies here because I’m one and maybe I shouldn’t have been out but I did keep my distance but I know without being ordered we will go out...horrible times these but I just want us all to get through it and I soppose can’t say back to normal as will it ever be again. Stay safe folks...

I was in a CED Stone yesterday they had a barrier one metre in front of the counter to keep staff and customers away from each other, I think everybody thought it reasonable. Only problems was using the card machine (most purchases there are over £30) but staff were wearing gloves, I guess I should set up apple-pay, google-pay or something to do contactless sales greater than £30 using my phone.

I was thinking Logans Run, where they all twirl round on a carousel and off you pop, have mask and white suit will travel.

Poor simple minded Trump, he says ....



Medical world say

Just a thought.

, Casper. We could do with a few more funnies to keep us all in the normal world.


DD, Trump humour is pretty baffling. Not sure if he's serious or not, most of the time.