Dons_1988 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: Drunk bams being fannies/scaring kids/making long train journeys an ordeal. We'll agree to disagree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 1 minute ago, MixuFruit said: Drunk bams being fannies/scaring kids/making long train journeys an ordeal. ...because Scotland has a culture of binge drinking to excess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Just now, renton said: Aye. The problem being that policy makers, particularly in treasuries baulk at lockdowns because of the economic impact, then that delay means they end up imposing far longer lockdowns than if they had just done so in the first place. Over reaction is far safer than 'wait and see' in this context. There was obviously a lot of naivety about this in the West, vs. Asia where they have dealt with SARS and then Bird Flu and have standing policies for how to deal with public health emergencies. That's it, if we'd experienced the panic of SARS1 or bird flu to any significant extent there wouldn't have been such a catastrophic delay. I'm sure the attitude in Downing Street was just, well these things usually blow over and turn into a damp squib don't they, rather than a deliberate decision not to act until it was too late. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 1 minute ago, MixuFruit said: No. I'm right you're wrong. Shit, you won the internet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: No. I'm right you're wrong. Nah, can't beat a few tinnies or some MD2020 on the train to a game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: hire a coach. More flexibility with a train. You can choose to stick around for a bit after. Train is more comfortable as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Just now, Stellaboz said: Nah, can't beat a few tinnies or some MD2020 on the train to a game. It's all about taste. I'd have you keel hauled from the train. A few discreet cans or bottles is fine, if I was in charge I'd prohibit certain drinks. I'd publish a list of course, I'm not the world's most snobbish megalomaniac. I'd probably introduce some kind of face recognition system as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: Drunk bams being fannies/scaring kids/making long train journeys an ordeal. I remember my first trip abroad when I was 18. A mate and me got on the London overnight station in Dundee and a couple of guys were already sitting with a bevvy in front of them and inside them. We didn't even make it over the bridge before they started hassling us and the few other passengers in the carriage - we were a couple of wanky 18 year olds so this was a wee bit scary. The though of 8 hours or so on the train with these 2 guys wasn't the best start to our holiday. A few minutes later a Geordie walked through the carriage and the two guys made the mistake of squaring up to him - he brushed it off but a minute later he returned with another mate and he proceeded to kick f**k out of the two arseholes single handedly with his mate simply observing to see fair play observed. The police came on at Leuchars and lifted the two drunk guys and nothing was said to the Geordies. I Never forgot that experience so not a fan of drunks on trains. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I think there's a fashionable miserablism sometimes in modern life. I am lucky in that I like the people I work with, I enjoy my job. I used to quite like going into the office, for both work and social reasons, quite a few of my colleagues in the past have become my good friends. To read some people you'd think that going into an office to work is a massive punishment. Hit the nail on the head here mate.It's much more challenging trying to make my way round the birds at work via Microsoft teams than it was in person tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, welshbairn said: That's it, if we'd experienced the panic of SARS1 or bird flu to any significant extent there wouldn't have been such a catastrophic delay. I'm sure the attitude in Downing Street was just, well these things usually blow over and turn into a damp squib don't they, rather than a deliberate decision not to act until it was too late. I disagree, I think most of us on here and the public at large would have been seething if we had shutdown borders and lockdown the country over 2 dozen cases in northern Italy. hindsight is 2020 ( haha get it!) but it would have been met with outrage if we had just gone ahead and done that, perhaps it would have saved us a world of grief tho, the 2nd part tho I think you've hit the nail on the head, they wouldn't want to be the ones who panicked and massively over reacted given that, as has been stated many times, these measures have serious adverse effects in their own right! history says they waited until it was too late . Also the same public/ p&bers who demand the lifting of restriction are calling the government murderers over the death rate ( care homes not withstanding) Edited January 21, 2021 by effeffsee_the2nd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: hire a coach. you hire a coach 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: hire a coach. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Just separate the coaches better. Quiet coach, family coach, off your face coach. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, MixuFruit said: Drunk bams being fannies/scaring kids/making long train journeys an ordeal. Banning kids from trains would help with the third point and completely stop the second one. Edited January 21, 2021 by accies1874 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 5 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: hire a coach. It won't do him any good, he doesn't have the basics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Just now, MixuFruit said: Chucking a football about a coach, it lands in a wee kids colouring book haha aww sorry pal sorry wee man *offers a can to the mum* here no take it, take it c'mon Giving an example of shite behaviour due to alcohol isn't a reason for a blanket ban. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 Incidentally, the MOderna vaccine design was finalised before this thread was started. Worth remembering when people worry about the vaccine being rushed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Aye because nobody at all can drink on a train without ruining everyone else's trip. If you're going to ban anything, ban hen do's on trains, or full stop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, ICTChris said: I suspect we might digress in to the conversation where there is an element who don't believe drinking on a football hire bus is illegal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Just now, MixuFruit said: yes it is Presumably you have to ban drunk people from trains as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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