Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[daktulos]

Originally Posted by Kenzie

Where is that new advice? All I have seen is the same old advert that has been about since the start.

The information above is the interpretation of the law by the police - in an effort to make sure that police act in a consistent manner. It's a good step forward, as people (particularly media outlets) are consistently and probably intentionally conflating the law, government advice, and off-hand comments made by ministers.

[Seeker]

Stargazing! Despite a lifetime of disappointments I keep trying to observe these astronomical events and nothing ever changes.
This week:
1) The Lyrid meteor shower, peaked on 22nd - 10-20 per hour they said. I get up at 1:30am and see 1 in 30 mins - back to bed.

2) The Starlink satellites. Last night at 9:34 pm supposed to appear in the west (255°) at 10° elevation (too low for me) but climbs to 72° elevation and sets in the east (88°). They will be bright and look like a string of pearls. Started watching at 9:25 pm gave up at 9:40 pm. I read this morning they're sometimes 10 mins late (what? we can't predict a string of satellites to within 10 mins).


If you want to waste your time, here's the Starlink finder - it's set to Hull, so you'll need to change it (assuming you're not in Hull) https://findstarlink.com/#1525;3

[SV650rules]

Why do these viruses always seem to coincide with Chinese new year, millions of Chinese from western countries flock back to China, mix well with everyone, then get on a plane which takes them to the four corners of the planet in less than a day - also millions left Wuhan before it was closed down and disappeared into the rest of China. If you wanted to devise a scheme to spread a disease as quickly as possible that is the plan you would adopt.... aided and abetted by the Chinese hiding the true nature of the virus and the WHO falling down on the job -

[Bibio]

my Tefal Actifry biting the dust and lack of not being able to get a new one easily.

[Craig380]

Originally Posted by SV650rules

Why do these viruses always seem to coincide with Chinese new year, millions of Chinese from western countries flock back to China, mix well with everyone, then get on a plane which takes them to the four corners of the planet in less than a day - also millions left Wuhan before it was closed down and disappeared into the rest of China. If you wanted to devise a scheme to spread a disease as quickly as possible that is the plan you would adopt.... aided and abetted by the Chinese hiding the true nature of the virus and the WHO falling down on the job -

And then people in Western Europe flock to Italian and Austrian ski resorts in February, despite knowing the virus is spreading in Europe .... or go to Cheltenham .... or the Liverpool v Atletico game ... or the seaside in March.

You can't just blame the Chinese government and population. Every other Government in the world (apart from Germany and New Zealand, it seems) has been equally ignorant and negligent in failing to take serious action when they could clearly see what was happening in Asia.

I would argue that the actions of Western governments make them more to blame than the Chinese government: the Chinese weren't sure what was really happening until it was too late. However, every Western government could clearly see what was happening in China, and had the chance to respond with measures to control infections before they got out of hand, but chose to ignore or dismiss the virus' spread.

[SV650rules]

The Chinese hid the truth from the world, they knew what was happening and suppressed the doctors in China trying to tell the world, the WHO were useless ( Trump is right to withdraw funding ) it looks like Australia and new Zealand did not trust China and put measures in place as soon as rumours started... Maybe they are cynical of China with good reason. When the truth comes out about German infections and deaths will anyone be shocked ? Germany seems to be bending the truth a bit as well. As for the mighty and benevolent EU, they have left member states to fend for themselves.

[DJ123]

Originally Posted by SV650rules

The Chinese hid the truth from the world, they knew what was happening and suppressed the doctors in China trying to tell the world, the WHO were useless ( Trump is right to withdraw funding ) it looks like Australia and new Zealand did not trust China and put measures in place as soon as rumours started... Maybe they are cynical of China with good reason. When the truth comes out about German infections and deaths will anyone be shocked ? Germany seems to be bending the truth a bit as well. As for the mighty and benevolent EU, they have left member states to fend for themselves.

we can only really judge everything after this has ended/subsided and all the data has been collated in a manner the means each countries figures are represented in the same way.

[Bibio]

the gov will change the rules around social distancing as time goes on. social distancing is all about filtering sick people into the hospitals in dribs and drabs rather than overwhelming the NHS. its nothing to do with keeping us safe, there is nothing that can be done for that.

everywhere you go there are viral and bacterial contamination. usually these are at sort of safe levels as most people have immunity to them but now and again people get the flu, common cold, sore throats etc.etc as our body's immune system takes a little sleep usually due to stress. just think about people in your household who have the cold, not everyone in the household contracts it from that person and even if they do it might not manifest.

the symptoms of the C19 are not the actual virus but your body's reaction to fighting it just like any other viral infection.

some people catch a cold and have a sniffle, some people are bed bound with the exact same cold. this is exactly the same for C19.

its time for the world to wake up to this kind of thing... it could be a full on human extinction the next time.

china knew what they were doing by not publishing the facts soon enough so yes i agree that to teach the chinese gov a lesson china should be segregated for a minimum of 10years. nothing in/out. after all this is not the first time they have done it.

[DarrenSV650S]

I broke my cars gearbox

[maviczap]

Posted a small parcel using my Royal Mail 'Click & Drop' account. All labels generated using the postcode given to me by my buyer. Address was correct on cross checking too.

24hr service

So my buyer contacts me to say on checking the tracking shows could not deliver as address was incorrect or incomplete? It's using Royal Mails own info WTF?

They didn't even try a second delivery, or check the postcode. It's being returned to me.

Baffled?