Off Topic Coronavirus - 606 tales from the Inquiry

The oracle on all things whisky is a Millwall fan.
And he used to post on the old 606.

 

While I agree the Government has generally done a good job so far, I too don't really see the need for swipes at the opposition based on things they did and said months before this crisis began (which feels like another lifetime now).

I think it would be much fairer to criticise only what we see said and done now.
In that spirit I have criticised Emily Thornberry for her attitude on Question Time last week, and I haven't been overly happy at some of the general background noise on TV about how services and the NHS have been "run down" during the decade of Austerity.
There is some truth in it, but it has been argued as though those saying it A) somehow knew in their wisdom that this crisis was coming, and B) anybody who did not see it coming was a fool.
That kind of hindsight is very tedious.

But I've tried to hold back from cheap shots at public figures I happen to dislike because of old issues*. Especially if I'm aware my point of view on them is not a universal one.

As is said all the time now but is still the truth; we are all in this together.

I was a terrible antagonist last year regarding Brexit.
I ranted on and on, and some members here may have been driven away by my paranoid polemics.

That was bad enough, but at least in those days, members who turned their backs had somewhere else to go.
They could walk away from the forum and their computer for a while and go to the pub, or go out to any of a hundred different places, then come back later in a better frame of mind.
Now I think we have much more of a duty to consider each other's feelings and try not to wind each other up needlessly.

That doesn't mean we cannot disagree. But perhaps it means we should not indulge in petty spats over politics and the like, which can lead to feelings of frustration and injustice, and bad temper.





* with the exception of Donald Trump.

If I have gone overboard on him to the extent that I've offended any fellow members here I apologise.
My anti-Trump posts have sometimes strayed into mocking things he did before this virus crisis.
I'll follow my own advice in future and restrict my comments about him only to his present actions.

 

Here's a thought;

Perhaps we should have a "no holds barred" thread where members can let rip at anybody in the public eye they don't like, or rage against anything that is aggrieving them, without having to hold back at all (for fear of offending other members).

Others can argue points made there, but everybody would be aware that no quarter is asked or given in that thread, and nobody should take personal offence at anything posted there.

The only rule perhaps could be that members of not606 don't attack each other in that thread (and of course we don't cross the line into obviously racist or obscene language that would breach any forum's rules).
Everybody or everything else is fair game for attack, and no need to hold back.
A thread for letting off steam. A public safety valve.

If everyone knows in advance what the thread is for, hopefully nobody will get upset by its contents and let bad feelings spill out into other threads.

In normal circumstances I think this would not be necessary.
But perhaps now, it might be a good idea? At least until the lockdown is lifted and life can begin to get back to normal...

And of course all other threads can continue just as they are.

 

James Dutton ?

 

Registered Coronavirus deaths per 24 hours since Saturday in the UK

260 ... 24 hours to Saturday (28th March)
209 ... 24 hours to Sunday
180 ... 24 hours to Monday
180 ... 24 hours to today

Still very early to be sure, but the trend seems to be leaning towards leveling out rather than rocketing upwards.
Huge thanks to our brave Doctors, nurses, hospital support staff and everybody who is looking after Coronavirus victims
And all the volunteers helping elderly and vulnerable folk

 

J

A big difference, we must cling on to every bit of good news.

 

I have totally switched off from the 24/7, Coronavirus rolling news agenda. Both on TV and on social media. Some broadcasters, particularly Sky News, GMTV, and the Guardian in the print - are relentlessly downbeat & negative. Fortunately I get the factual news digest that I need through work, and all that matters is what a handful of experts are saying. Not Beth Rigby, Piers Morgan and Owen Jones.

Try tuning out for 24 hours - you won’t go back ​

 

I'll stick with the BBC.
Not getting my news from anywhere else right now.

I didn't trust them on Brexit but I trust them on this. And I think it's our duty to keep informed as to the latest developments.

 

Watching it relentlessly can be a bit depressing (I’m not saying you are ) as they have to fill their time with talking heads, who offer pejorative opinions, not facts.

 

I take it in short doses.

An hour in the morning, maybe some a lunchtime, then 6pm and 10pm.
They do repeat a lot of stuff naturally.

Before all this began I used to miss all new programmes some weekends. From Friday evening to Monday morning I wouldn't see any news, just sport and other TV. Carefree days...

 

Stick the news on for an hour is sufficent. It keeps you sane as well.

 

Spurs have disgraced themselves by cutting by 20% the pay of 550 non playing staff.

Under the pretext of “protecting their jobs during the Coronavirus outbreak”

Their owner is worth £4 billion

Their chairman earns £7m a year

Their average weekly player wage is £76,000

 

Typical of the greed of top Clubs. Have the Spurs players had the decency to take a wage cut?

 

30 minutes of each their salaries would save mass unemployment.

 

Hows Levy on £7m a year ? They haven’t won a trophy in 20 years.

 

The most hated club in London, no contest.

 

Good morning folks.

Just to let you know I won't post any more distressing daily stats updates regarding the Coronavirus crisis in this thread.
From now on I'll just keep those figures in the Corinavirus INFORMATION thread.
And I'll update without 'bumping' that thread to the top of the list.

So the information is there if anyone wishes to keep up to date, without searching the internet for it.
But it isn't in the face of anybody who doesn't wish to know.

 

Something to note;

The upper limit for Contactless use of credit/debit cards is going up from £30 to £45.
Contactless payment is best from the point of view of not transmitting the virus.

 

Yes, the news on deaths wasn't good yesterday (31/3/20) was it Lardi

 

I hope the youngsters take heed of yesterday’s news and start taking this seriously