When will this shit end?

[Chapple12345]

1 minute ago, efcfanwirral said:

First thing I'll be doing is latitude so I have a feeling there'll be no worries in normal life after that...

Same here! Also have an end of year meal with my work the night before and I also have my birthday the weekend after so I can finally plan things for that. I’ll try and be as cautious of things as I can but in all honesty I’m so excited to get back into it 😄

[Simsy]

1 hour ago, Matt42 said:

only a slither of people make it beyond 5+ years, and usually those move on before they get too expensive to keep hired.

Can't tell if this is a scathing attack on the moral character of these people or a typo.

[gooner1990]

29 minutes ago, rascalpete said:

Looking forward to ordering a pint at the bar, standing round with my pals not having to forward think about how many are going etc and plan the whole day/night bar by bar weeks in advance.

I'm sure the novelty will soon ware off and I’ll be back sat at the table ordering on my app but exciting times!

I wonder whether some pubs/bars will have to decide on app or bar service rather than operating both.

I just have visions of lots of people moaning that their app order is taking longer because of a queue at the bar or people at the bar waiting for ages whilst the app orders are delivered!

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I definitely think our collective energies would be best served persuading as many people to get vaccinated asap rather than argue with each other. We obviously all share the same objective but we also need to remind ourselves that others' journey to get there may differ from our own 

[HalfAnIdiot]

1 hour ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

Not going to downvote you. Just going to enjoy your faux outrage and tears. We are getting our freedom back in two weeks and there is absolutely nothing you lockdown loving weirdos can do about it. Pleasing 🙂 

Taking pleasure in the distress of others. Is that necessary? What do you get out of it? Sad really. 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

6 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

First thing I'll be doing is latitude so I have a feeling there'll be no worries in normal life after that...

Me too. I'm going to rinse out as much enjoyment as possible from those four days and nights. Right now, I can't look beyond that. Despite everything that's been said today, in my eyes, the situation has never been more uncertain 

[zahidf]

Whitty seems clear

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/05/chris-whitty-keeping-covid-restrictions-will-only-delay-wave

[Fuzzy Afro]

6 minutes ago, HalfAnIdiot said:

Taking pleasure in the distress of others. Is that necessary? What do you get out of it? Sad really. 

Plenty of people have taken pleasure out of everyone else’s distress during lockdown 

[Guest]

Just now, Fuzzy Afro said:

Plenty of people have taken pleasure out of everyone else’s distress during lockdown 

Doesn't mean you have to do it as well 🤷

[Guest]

1 minute ago, eastynh said:

Doesn't mean you have to do it as well 🤷

You are right.

I don't think anyone has sat there and mocked/laughed as we got put into any of the lockdowns. I remember people actually being pretty supportive and offering advice.

[Guest]

 

Spain are rocketing along with the vaccinations!

[HalfAnIdiot]

4 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

Plenty of people have taken pleasure out of everyone else’s distress during lockdown 

That doesn't answer my question really. 

We all want out of this. Please don't be so mean to people. 

[steviewevie]

5 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

Plenty of people have taken pleasure out of everyone else’s distress during lockdown 

No they haven't

[zahidf]

Banquet records in Kingston will ask for LTF or vaccine  status

 

 

 

[Fuzzy Afro]

Just now, HalfAnIdiot said:

That doesn't answer my question really. 

We all want out of this. Please don't be so mean to people. 

I’m sorry for being mean.

 

I don’t believe that we all want out of this though. There are posters who have clearly expressed a preference to keep restrictions. 

[zahidf]

2 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

 

Spain are rocketing along with the vaccinations!

They need to

 

[zahidf]

Get ready for your holidays

 

[HalfAnIdiot]

1 minute ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

I’m sorry for being mean.

 

I don’t believe that we all want out of this though. There are posters who have clearly expressed a preference to keep restrictions. 

I belive they are just concerned that this may not be the best path out of this. It probably doesn't always read that way. Emotional times really. 

One day we'll all be sat in a field at a certain farm and look back at these times thankful that's its over and we got through it. 

[Fuzzy Afro]

Just now, HalfAnIdiot said:

I belive they are just concerned that this may not be the best path out of this. It probably doesn't always read that way. Emotional times really. 

One day we'll all be sat in a field at a certain farm and look back at these times thankful that's its over and we got through it. 

Have a greenie 🙂

 

I guess the we will tell our grandkids about the pandemic in the same way they told us about WW2. An absolutely bizarre period in our lives. 

[Fuzzy Afro]

7 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

 

Spain are rocketing along with the vaccinations!

It’s good to see the major EU countries really ramping up their rollouts now. They had a woefully slow start and took some well deserved criticism for it but they’ve gotten their arses into gear now and they deserve a lot of credit for doing that. 

[steviewevie]

Lockdowns and mental health

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/05/lockdown-mental-health-pandemic

[HalfAnIdiot]

2 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

Have a greenie 🙂

 

I guess the we will tell our grandkids about the pandemic in the same way they told us about WW2. An absolutely bizarre period in our lives. 

Yup. No medals this time tho (except for the NHS which was great to see). 

[steviewevie]

Covid v flu

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/05/why-living-with-covid-would-not-be-the-same-as-flu

 

[Matt42]

Germany is opening to the fully vaxxed

[jimmillen]

4 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

I’m sorry for being mean.

 

I don’t believe that we all want out of this though. There are posters who have clearly expressed a preference to keep restrictions. 

Who, exactly? I don’t recall anyone in this thread saying they’d prefer restrictions to stay forever. 

Differences of opinion about when restrictions are lifted, absolutely yes.

Same with a few discussions of longer lasting hygiene measures like masks and wfh. I suppose some people might call that sort of thing restrictions.

But do you really think anyone here wants this shit to last a second longer than it has to? 🙄