mizfit Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Roads in Inverness are as busy as they normally are during the week. Construction is a massive industry here and every second vehicle on the road seems to be be a work van these days. You'd definitely see a difference if construction shuts down. My dads a joiner and said to me as much as he’s uneasy about working during this lockdown he’s glad he’s being kept busy. He was climbing up the walls by the end of August when he went back to work after the last one. I’d imagine there might be a fair few thinking the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gav-ffc Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 37 minutes ago, MP_MFC said: 58 minutes ago, Binos said: The media won't like that They've been dangling the possibility the south african strain resistant They've moved on to some nurse being infected by it about 3 weeks after getting the jag and she doesn't understand how this can be. BBC making a tabloid like big deal out of it despite it, yknow, not being a 100% protection vaccine. Someone at our work tested positive a week after getting the jab (asymptotic) and she couldn’t understand why despite only having the first dose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, mizfit said: My dads a joiner and said to me as much as he’s uneasy about working during this lockdown he’s glad he’s being kept busy. He was climbing up the walls by the end of August when he went back to work after the last one. I’d imagine there might be a fair few thinking the same. I worked in construction last year and my boss lasted 3 weeks before he started doing what he called 'socially distanced homers'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bernardblack Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 In my hours stroll to work today, my fault for living near top of a hill with a car that is pants in snow. Anyway I digress. I walked a lot to work during spring lockdown and the roads were empty. This time though they are packed. Where are all these people going? I presume a good few of them whose work closed last time but are now playing loose with what constitutes a key worker to keep going. Incidentally the amount of white van man cash in hand types doing the rounds is incredible. Don't pay taxes, boast about their income,now can't get furloughed due to lack of records. Never mind, we will work on regardless spreading disease as we go. Twats. Bit of a wild take on “white van men”Lots of my mates are tradesman etc. Don’t boast about their wealth, pay taxes and are generally struggling a lot just now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart87 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 virginton will love this video 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markka Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Bit of a wild take on “white van men”Lots of my mates are tradesman etc. Don’t boast about their wealth, pay taxes and are generally struggling a lot just now. Also, I know of a fair few folk who have got vans to work for Amazon/Hermes/Yodel etc within the last six months as there is/was little prospect of them going back to their normal line of work any time soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 5000 a day seems pretty good at one location. I know they kind of have to justify having the Lousia Jordan but it would be good to know the capacity of other places 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Anyone else seen the videos on twitter of the cops arresting 3 folk in a house in Aberdeen for COVID breaches? Most of the reports seem to say that a neighbour philpyed them for having too many folk in the house, while they claim they were celebrating the return from hospital of one of their kids. Either way, it has elicited the predictable responses of "Sturgeon has turned Scotland into a police state" and "Police Scotland, more like the Gestapo, amirite?". She deserves a baton to the skull for not only that brutal accent, but for using the “I’m a woman of this land” pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWL Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, 101 said: 5000 a day seems pretty good at one location. I know they kind of have to justify having the Lousia Jordan but it would be good to know the capacity of other places It's where my Mrs (a nurse) got her jag and described as production line. She was very impressed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, bernardblack said: I was sure that the police couldn’t enter a house if there was a report that there was a party/too many people? Under common law if there is a complaint of a disturbance or evidence of a disturbance police officers can enter any property without a warrant. There are a few circumstances where police can enter a house without warrant, such as in hot pursuit of a suspect, suspicion of occurrence of a serious crime or to ‘quell a disturbance which is ongoing’. Under covid regulations police officers have a power of entry to investigate a reported breach of covid regulations. Its quite common for people to have the belief that ‘you cant commit a breach of the peace in your own house’ which is essentially a lot of nonsense. Edited January 8, 2021 by Inanimate Carbon Rod 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Seems like the delay in second vaccination don't apply to all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 [mention=59448]D.A.F.C[/mention]I'm sure we will have 40 million vaccinated by next week then.No point testing.At no point did I say it wasn't effective against those strains. Just that it might not be effective every time whereas testing and vaccination is more effective but if you want to try and wind me up then go for it. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry94 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: Anyone else seen the videos on twitter of the cops arresting 3 folk in a house in Aberdeen for COVID breaches? Most of the reports seem to say that a neighbour philpyed them for having too many folk in the house, while they claim they were celebrating the return from hospital of one of their kids. Either way, it has elicited the predictable responses of "Sturgeon has turned Scotland into a police state" and "Police Scotland, more like the Gestapo, amirite?". It's a pointless discussion without knowing the full facts but.... If it's the case as is being suggested that they had people round to celebrate the return of a seriously ill child during a pandemic then it's not just a discussion on covid breaches, it's blatant neglect. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: Under common law if there is a complaint of a disturbance or evidence of a disturbance police officers can enter any property without a warrant. There are a few circumstances where police can enter a house without warrant, such as in hot pursuit of a suspect, suspicion of occurrence of a serious crime or to ‘quell a disturbance which is ongoing’. Under covid regulations police officers have a power of entry to investigate a reported breach of covid regulations. Its quite common for people to have the belief that ‘you cant commit a breach of the peace in your own house’ which is essentially a lot of nonsense. Completely irrelevant to that situation, but where I am (what is called a sub-division on a private estate) the police are not allowed to enter into any of the actual phases without the invitation of a resident. They can be on the service roads through the estate but not actually within each gated section. In my 5 years here I have seen 1 police vehicle in the subdivision. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Under common law if there is a complaint of a disturbance or evidence of a disturbance police officers can enter any property without a warrant. There are a few circumstances where police can enter a house without warrant, such as in hot pursuit of a suspect, suspicion of occurrence of a serious crime or to ‘quell a disturbance which is ongoing’. Under covid regulations police officers have a power of entry to investigate a reported breach of covid regulations. Its quite common for people to have the belief that ‘you cant commit a breach of the peace in your own house’ which is essentially a lot of nonsense.Exactly, the polis have always had the power to break up a house party if the situation requires it. I’ve been at one where they cone to the door and politely ask us to “ keep it down and don’t be arseholes” - it was quarter past 5 in the morning. And another where a large fight broke out which split off into several others spilling into the street. They turned up with 2 van loads and just came straight into the house without announcing anything Pre covid obviously! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 42 minutes ago, bendan said: BBC fear mongering is one of the most ridiculous things about this pandemic. When it's largely over they'll be saying what an important role they played in providing objective reporting. I remember when the news just reported the news Rather than the modern fear mongering and agendised version 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: Exactly, the polis have always had the power to break up a house party if the situation requires it. I’ve been at one where they cone to the door and politely ask us to “ keep it down and don’t be arseholes” - it was quarter past 5 in the morning. And another where a large fight broke out which split off into several others spilling into the street. They turned up with 2 van loads and just came straight into the house without announcing anything Pre covid obviously! People have a right to live their lives, but the same extends to people having a right not to get woken up by their neighbours at 4am every weekend!lol. Ive heard from police officers I know that most people are quite reasonable, dont realise due to the drink either how late it is or how loud they are, a quick chap of the door ‘hi could you keep it down guys’ and jobs a good un, but, told occasionally they encounter people who believe it’s their god given right to have a rave in their flat and ‘im in my own house i can do what i want’ or ‘law students’ who obviously dont pay too much attention to their criminal law lectures. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I’ve decided to close our businesses until the 1st of February. We’re restricted in what we can do so it makes more sense. This ‘lockdown’ is nothing like the March one, it might reduce transmission but I cannot see it being as effective given the number of businesses still operating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: The roads are generally quite a good indicator. You're right, during the original lockdown they were absolutely dead. Autumn/Christmas time they were as busy as ever before and I thought they might get quieter with the latest restrictions. Not so. I've noticed this too but is it possibly due to less car sharing than pre-pandemic? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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