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What is it with people today? Just had a last look at the BBC News website to see the headline "Coronavirus: Hundreds at Dudley Tesco priority early opening" and comments like "It was mob rule" The store opened early Sunday morning for NHS workers ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-51998512
 
dianefairhall said:
You watched Boris? You have a stronger stomach than me. Thinking of getting a TV that changes channels when he comes on.
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He followed on from Nicola Sturgeon on her own giving a crisp overview of the situation and direct clear instructions about what to do. What a contrast.
 
Not one of my heroes but she does say it how it is. Like the draconian restrictions on who can travel on the ferries here. My husband works away down south. It appears that he will not be able to return because he is not an island resident. I’m not complaining. After all we all have to make sacrifices. But it’s a heart wrencher for all that.
 
That's what makes you a better person, being able to sacrifice something, not like the selfish lot treating it as an extending holiday and flocking to the beaches.
 
Do you use Skype or Facetime or anything Marigold, its a great help, we have found we are using the video with everybody now, it makes it more real.
 
Straight after Boris gave those very clear, concise, instructions to all of us, I saw this 20 minutes later on our local village Facebook forum:
Beggers belief how STUPID some people really are...(offering a lift)
 

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How stupid are people, crowd of kids tried to get on our buses, just to roam around a closed Lakeside, and jump on bus and cough at the driver. Just imagine if we did that to them
Drivers are refusing to take them as buses are for essential workers and people to get shopping. It's going to be a long day. Still I got made redundant Friday, put on two day week Saturday, now looks as though we will be busier, our company has been nationalised by the government to keep us going.
The company is already registered as a fast response team in case of emergency, like rail replacement, moving people in a national disaster, so looks like we may be moving people around hospitals
 
What a rotten time for you, BYM, I sincerely hope the work situation resolves itself into whatever you want it to be. I must confess I am slightly puzzled at certain policitians complaining at the number of people on public transport as I would have thought it was the only way to travel in our big cities and so many people will be key workers - not just NHS or social care, but shopworkers, factory workers, food processors, logistics people, emergency plumbers and electricians to name just a few occupations. Its not clear to me how/if the complainants know the transport users shouldn't be there. I would have thought anybody in their right mind wouldn't get on a rush hour tube if they didn't have to! But seriously, I am a bit perplexed.

On the behaviour of some people, the coughing is a good example, then words fail me, unfortunately all over again. I just can't believe what goes on in some heads.
 
If your company has been taken over under the new Govt schemes does that mean you may be back in employment BYM? I do hope so. So many people have suddenly lost their jobs through no fault of their own. The whole nation feels really insecure at the moment I think.
 
If they were putting you through all that stress BYM, I hope you got to keep the redundancy cheque as well as getting your job back!
 
Well my boss did it as buses have been pretty deserted, and being a small independent company he relies on money from school buses, private hire and has a big contract with the local cruise terminal. So by doing that he could let us all have redundancy money. Yesterday all change with the government 80% money and now they want buses and vans the company owns to shift medical equipment around and possibly medical staff, those of that want to work are back, and those that want to stay at home on 80%, we have several colleagues who have family members with cancer so they have opted to stay home.
So hopefully we can get through this. back at work Saturday.
M & S have given us key worker status to help us get shopping, as we are all at work when the shops are open as they are on limited hours, and Morrisons are bringing down food boxes
Some people don't get isolating though do they ? We went for a long walk along the local lanes, 3 people in cars offered us a lift. Highlight of walk a Long eared Owl in a bush
 
Well that is good news! A friend of mine is a nurse somewhere which is going to be a new 'field hospital', probably going to deal with trauma patients rather than CV. She says they are spending money 'just like that' on kit to get it up and running so I am not surprised at money being spent on logistics as well. We need to!

I now have a lovely mental image of a long eared owl in a bush - particularly as I am not sure what a long eared owl actually looks like without looking it up. So, I have the luxury of a very cute image, something you'd find in a children's book. In fact, there's an idea for a new career!
 
We get heritage aircraft over garden and Apache helicopters on patrol, but today yelled at OH, a military plane, it was a Hercules military transport plane heading low towards Heathrow I guess, and since then more have gone over same way. We are guessing medical supplies, or troops being moved into place.
Here is a pic of the Long eared Owl MrsBiscuit
 

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What a perfect owl, an archetypal wise owl. Did you take the picture, if so you must be very proud to have got so close. If it was my photo it would be all over my mobile and my computer!
 
"promptly educated with a set of handcuffs" Love it! :lol: :lol:

A drunk man has been arrested after allegedly coughing in a security guard's face to "cause panic" after a shop refused to serve him.

Leicestershire Police said the man coughed at the guard at about 10:00 GMT on Wednesday in a shop in Belgrave Gate, Leicester.

The 55-year-old was "promptly educated with a set of handcuffs", according to the force.

He remains in custody after being held on suspicion of a public order offence.
 
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