wingcoax Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Peter, They haven´t enough police to catch real crims, So you are pretty safe even if as they say those not self isolating could be arrested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 Posted by wingcoax on 15/03/2020 14:09:17: Peter, They haven´t enough police to catch real crims, So you are pretty safe even if as they say those not self isolating could be arrested. That is the problem. It is much easier to catch "isolation evaders" than real crims so they can keep their arrest rate up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Campbell Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Quite a clear explanation of the governments strategy here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nl6tTwxzCi8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3WQbuSMbEDzjn5VHv-Q7BBRPSEJ0jm41hBHqzXFP3QaNmUwrqk3zlY3FI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cooper Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 If the over 70s are confined to their homes for four months, at least it will remove the multitudes of Honda Jazz cars clogging motorways and dual carriageways at 40mph. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR 71 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 whooooer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan p Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Stops the youngsters speeding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 No 65s feeling smug Erf, we have families/friends in that age group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingcoax Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I´m not that much different to Peter and Erf in age and find my way blocked by younger drivers. The difference is that here in Portugal the motorways are nearly empty due to toll charges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Never do less than 80 on a motorway - but then I drive a B Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I hope that was a joke mate. I have mind worms that I keep out of my head, where a car travelling at the speed limit, (what is the speed limit here guv?), and I end up bagging the bits of ex human beings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Posted by SR 71 on 15/03/2020 15:48:40: whooooer I second that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devcon1 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 As I said to my daughter, just living through a bit of history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob Cotsford Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Love it Pete. Who would have thought that all those Mad Max films should have shown them guarding a lorry loaded with bog rolls and beans, not water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 joking apart,we were in morrisons yesterday doing our normal shop(or trying to)….it was like the end of the world,the queues were massive and most were panic buying and also complaining of the time to get served...the management had called in extra staff ….most had enough loo rolls to last a fair while... ken anderson...ne..1....end of the world dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 Back in the 60s in Aden we could buy LPs by Oscar Brant whose songs were, shall we say, bawdy. I can still sing one called "Abilene." The first line started off "There is no paper in the bogs in Abilene" IT was one of his milder songs. Some of his songs are on You Tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Do you remember the 1950's film " Panic in the Year Zero" starring Ray Milland? For some reason this film has never been shown on TV as far I know. Not really too horrific but it shows roughly what we see today - panic. Then the panic was an atomic bomb on LA and people rushed to the hills and reverted to primitive violent ways. Should be shown now as a warning! It remains to be seen whether the year 2020 will be remembered as Year Zero or just an unnecessary panic like the Millenium Bug in 2000...... My prediction --- by next year we will have forgotten this virus but only remember the year as the year house prices crashed and returned to sensible levels........ we will see........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cooper Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I wonder......... if there was a threat of a nuclear attack, everyone would stockpile loo rolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Had a phone call this morning from a 80+ year old customer, when you coming to cut my grass ? No panic buying for this lady, she'll not tolerate long grass though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon H Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Posted by ken anderson. on 16/03/2020 08:53:09: joking apart,we were in morrisons yesterday doing our normal shop(or trying to)….it was like the end of the world,the queues were massive and most were panic buying and also complaining of the time to get served...the management had called in extra staff ….most had enough loo rolls to last a fair while... ken anderson...ne..1....end of the world dept. I had a similar experience on Friday. As i said though, my 'essentials' for getting through consisted of steak, cider and ice cream so i was fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 What was that item on the news every day last year ? Started with a B I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Whitehead 1 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Posted by Doug Campbell on 15/03/2020 14:54:05: Quite a clear explanation of the governments strategy here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nl6tTwxzCi8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3WQbuSMbEDzjn5VHv-Q7BBRPSEJ0jm41hBHqzXFP3QaNmUwrqk3zlY3FI Thanks for the link Doug. I've emailed it to our daughters so that they can show it to our grandchildren. Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickw Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 BMFA statement re flying at Buckminster here. Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Posted by Dickw on 16/03/2020 10:48:54: BMFA statement re flying at Buckminster here. Dick 10 out of 10 for common sense ! I go into to the local town (12 miles away) every 2-3 weeks or so to shop and fill my freezer. Usually on a Monday morning as it is quiet and it was. Until I went to the supermarket !!! I'm glad I went to the other shops first. It was a sea of grey and bald heads with hardly a spare trolley to be found. Fortunately I had no problems getting my usual provisions apart from potatoes and carrots (?). The staff were looking really (and I mean REALLY) stressed. I wonder if it will be as bad when I go next time in 3 weeks ? I then called in at the Post Office to drop off a parcel and there was no queue, which is most unusual for "all of it" day (if you have ever been in the Post Office on Monday morning, you will know what I mean). Just to add insult to injury, on my way home (country roads) I got stuck behind a Honda Jazz and you guessed it, driving at 35mph in a 60mph area ! Edited By kevin b on 16/03/2020 13:07:38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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