Corona Virus

[Margaret Pilkington]

Over to you then Less.

[taddy]

Originally Posted by Less

This member of society won't, if you don't want to take advantage of the many useful apps and devices that can be used with this device that is fine but please, stop being so judgemental about something you obviously know nothing about.

Oh, Come on Less, I was taught from a young age that the female of the species knows everything about "Well", Everything. Back to the Corona virus. Sorry Ladies.
Yours, the Luddite,

[Margaret Pilkington]

and Taddy I am sure that has saved your bacon on many occasions...not that you nbelieved it...but you knew enough not to challenge that wisdom.
(No wonder you have had such a long marriage)

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by taddy

Oh, Come on Less, I was taught from a young age that the female of the species knows everything about "Well", Everything. Back to the Corona virus. Sorry Ladies.
Yours, the Luddite,

Not only do they know everything about everything, the recall ability (of all your sins & misdemeanors) makes an elephant look like a major scatterbrain!

[taddy]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

and Taddy I am sure that has saved your bacon on many occasions...not that you nbelieved it...but you knew enough not to challenge that wisdom.
(No wonder you have had such a long marriage)

Been Together for 57 year's and Married for 53 of them, so Marge, I cannot and would never fault your logic,I Must admit that I would be totally lost without the old girl.
Your's, Taddy

[taddy]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

Not only do they know everything about everything, the recall ability (of all your sins & misdemeanors) makes an elephant look like a major scatterbrain!

I can see you getting a bit of flak from the ladies Dave but as the Sargeant Major in "It aint half hot mum", used to say, (Oh dear, how sad, never mind).
, Taddy.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Taddy, like you....we have been married for 53 years(54 if we both survive until October)
So it looks like we are both in it for the long haul...

[taddy]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Taddy, like you....we have been married for 53 years(54 if we both survive until October)
So it looks like we are both in it for the long haul...

I certainly hope so Marge, all the best to you and your other half.

[monkey hanger]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

. I can think of no-one that would want to contact me if I was out and about....I do not feel the need to be connected to the internet all of the time.....for those who use them...I am sure they are a boon,(from what you tell me anyway).
Thanks, but no thanks.

the only ones that seem to want to contact me now is car insurance companies who want me to take out their policies after i changed companies yet again. at least its a change from energy companies who took over prom PPE and no win no fee boys. do not do internet banking and i find the best place for any mobile tracking divice{i mean phone** is actually in the glove compartment of the car locked in the garage.

[DaveinGermany]

I must admit I really didn't want a "smart phone", my brick was ideal for my doings I could call folk, they me or on ocassion a text with details/address when vocal comms were difficult.



Since Feb last year I inherited a "smart phone" & it still gets pretty much used like my old brick (& that is still used & underway when I am), I don't do the banking thing on it but it does have other convenient uses which are ideal when I'm on tour, the routing is more up to date & accurate than a SatNav & the locating aspect is ideal for the fuel stations we have a card for, furthermore opening times & the likes of relevant firms/customers can also be ascertained which helps with punctual delivery.


There are other useful aspects to these things & now that I've got one I can see the benefits & advantages which I had previously waved off.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

I must admit I really didn't want a "smart phone", my brick was ideal for my doings I could call folk, they me or on ocassion a text with details/address when vocal comms were difficult.



Since Feb last year I inherited a "smart phone" & it still gets pretty much used like my old brick (& that is still used & underway when I am), I don't do the banking thing on it but it does have other convenient uses which are ideal when I'm on tour, the routing is more up to date & accurate than a SatNav & the locating aspect is ideal for the fuel stations we have a card for, furthermore opening times & the likes of relevant firms/customers can also be ascertained which helps with punctual delivery.


There are other useful aspects to these things & now that I've got one I can see the benefits & advantages which I had previously waved off.

same sorta thing happened to me dave, to be honest i wouldnt like to be without one now and once i was dead against em. mind in the main i blame stanley for that lol

[Less]

https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2020/04...id-19-victims/

What a wonderful thought, yes a memorial for those that have died because of the pandemic not just those of the NHS but for all victims, there are many other essential services that have had losses and even the victims that weren't part of an essential service deserve just as much recognition as the rest.

Everyone of the 'fallen' leaves friends and relatives that will miss them, rememberance mustn't be for a chosen few but for all.

[Hill Walker]

I’m sure we all remember the shelves being stripped bare by the pan(dem)ic lemmings just before the lockdown started. Well here is a bit more of the story which I’m sure nobody would have predicted at the time. Of course as the story progresses I will not be surprised to hear ‘its a planned restructuring that was all planned in advance and the timing is pure coincidence’.

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nor...oilet-18326424

[Margaret Pilkington]

Apparently if you visit hospital, are in hospital, or work in a hospital.....the rules are you must wear a mask AT ALL TIMES.....really?
Poor patients, poor staff....how will they go on at meal times?

This edict might have been useful at the start of the lockdown(though there is some who believe that the peak had already passed by the time lockdown started) but now?

And anyone wanting to get on a bus or train will have to wear a mask.....well, no....not a mask, but a face covering.
How does that prevent the spread of the virus?
The answers is it doesn't...but it makes it look like the powers that be are taking some decisive action.
Wearing a mask will not prevent you picking up the virus(it might even make you more likely to get it...people warring masks, face coverings touch their faces more frequently so may transfer the virus from hand to their mouth accidentally.

Once a mask or face covering becomes moist with exhaled breath, it makes it easier for bacteria and viruses to pass through it.

[monkey hanger]

again is this face covering all about london once again. is it another way to attempt to make travel on the tube especially seem safe. in my neck of the woods those on buses have gone from zero passengers to about 6 max. do not know what its like over the hill but cannot see it being much different.