[michael21]

Originally Posted by Kate!

So Boris has announced that in effect I can't go to bingo for the foreseeable future. Was supposed to be going tonight. Not now.

Well pissed off.

Bloody brois

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

It's ruining everything

jeez you would have been great in the War Goldie

[user104658]

Thing is, I totally get it if all of this really is just temporary (until we get health services bolstered to handle it as an ongoing disease), but I just don't really see how it can be "just a few weeks" or "just a few months"... and so, I am conflicted. It feels a bit like in exchange for the best chance at staying alive, we all have to give up living, and so what is the point? The ironic part being, the people I see mostly agreeing with that attitude are the over-70's that all of the isolation is designed to protect. We can't isolate forever. Even right now this is a totally untested phenomenon - we have absolutely no idea what the damage of essentially suspending society for months is going to be. I think it's going to be an absolute disaster if I'm being entirely honest. I currently feel VERY, VERY privileged that I can work 100% from home, and that more than 50% of my wife's income is freelancing from home as well.

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

I was out tonight and everything seemed normal. Plenty of people out and about.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I was out tonight and everything seemed normal. Plenty of people out and about.

Stupid and selfish people then

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Stupid and selfish people then

We're not on lockdown yet.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

We're not on lockdown yet.

That’s not the point

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

We're not on lockdown yet.

Just because the government haven’t enforced it doesn’t mean we can’t start.

For someone who has ties to Italy, surely you understand the importance of locking down and self isolating before things get to that point

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

Originally Posted by Morgan.

Just because the government haven’t enforced it doesn’t mean we can’t start.

For someone who has ties to Italy, surely you understand the importance of locking down and self isolating before things get to that point

I never go out. This was the only time.

[Smithy]

Screaming, sorry Vanessa, I didn’t mean for it to seem like I was coming for you, I just meant a lot of people clearly don’t think about the bigger picture

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Screaming, sorry Vanessa, I didn’t mean for it to seem like I was coming for you, I just meant a lot of people clearly don’t think about the bigger picture

I usually go straight home after work. But I needed a few things from the shops.

[Peppermint]

Originally Posted by Kate!

Bah. I can't even have a drink cos of our CapriKate teetotal pact.

Do you smoke? I've smoked quite a bit tonight with some people and it's really chilled me out and it's even got an effect of feeling tipsy slightly?

[Peppermint]

Originally Posted by Morgan.

Just because the government haven’t enforced it doesn’t mean we can’t start.

For someone who has ties to Italy, surely you understand the importance of locking down and self isolating before things get to that point

If everyone else is going out why can't we too? Like one person isn't gonna make that much difference lmaoo

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by caprimint

If everyone else is going out why can't we too? Like one person isn't gonna make that much difference lmaoo

Because if everyone goes by the logic ‘one person won’t make much difference’ then suddenly 400 people are out and the virus spreads again

[Peppermint]

Originally Posted by Morgan.

Because if everyone goes by the logic ‘one person won’t make much difference’ then suddenly 400 people are out and the virus spreads again

But it's already spreading... if we're not in lockdown and pubs/bars stay open then you might as well just go. If we end up having to all be in self-isolation then sure, but as of now that's not the case. If it was such a bad thing to be doing, we wouldn't even be discussing whether we should or not because the rules would've been put into place straight away.

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by caprimint

But it's already spreading... if we're not in lockdown and pubs/bars stay open then you might as well just go. If we end up having to all be in self-isolation then sure, but as of now that's not the case. If it was such a bad thing to be doing, we wouldn't even be discussing whether we should or not because the rules would've been put into place straight away.

If it was safe to be out and about then almost every country wouldn’t be in lockdown ...

We’re just run by literal boomers who don’t know what they’re doing so it’s best just to avoid their advice and use common sense instead

[Peppermint]

Originally Posted by Morgan.

If it was safe to be out and about then almost every country wouldn’t be in lockdown ...

We’re just run by literal boomers who don’t know what they’re doing so it’s best just to avoid their advice and use common sense instead

I think it's just more for the people who are older/living with older family members that should probably be more sensible about what they're doing.

It's debatable really... because supermarkets will have to stay open I don't really think that everything else should be avoided as well because... that's just going to run into even more problems in the long-run.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by caprimint

Do you smoke? I've smoked quite a bit tonight with some people and it's really chilled me out and it's even got an effect of feeling tipsy slightly?

Poor Stace had her blunt spiked.

[Mitchell]

YEAH Morgan! That told you x

[Marsh.]

"Yeah, back in ma day we had coronavirus. None of this going t'shops whenever you feel like it..."

[Peppermint]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Poor Stace had her blunt spiked.

AHHHH it wasn't even weed tho just a normal cigarette... it always kinda gives me that feeling when I haven't done it in a while.

[Marsh.]

Put a nicotine patch on. That'll give you a rush.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by caprimint

AHHHH it wasn't even weed tho just a normal cigarette... it always kinda gives me that feeling when I haven't done it in a while.

You have addictive personality hun

Be aware or soon you'll start sniffing household detergents

[ChristmasNeeve]

A friend of mine who is a bar manager in London made the point that advising people not to go bars while not ordering the shut down of bars is going to put them out of business with no social welfare support

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Kate!

So Boris has announced that in effect I can't go to bingo for the foreseeable future. Was supposed to be going tonight. Not now.

Well pissed off.

Sadly this could've all been avoided if every country had've decided to temporarily shut down the boarders with China whilst they were dealing with the Coronavirus, and the funny thing is that China are recovering now as well so life would be continuing as normal for the most part if the leaders had've done what I said. But sadly they favoured money over health which has put people like you and my Nan in this position.

I think at this point it is the right decision, but it could've been easily avoided imo.