invergowrie arab Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, super_carson said: I saw somewhere this morning that Fringe organisers are hopefully the festival will go ahead in some form this summer. Absolutely no way should the Edinburgh festival be allowed to go ahead. This is not a COVID related post. Re Euros I don't agree with flying teams all over the place with no fans but I would imagine the selling of sponsorship packages in those stadia are still part of UEFAs considerations 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Elixir said: Not to mention the alluring appeal of two weeks in the balmy Skegness sunshine. Mate, absolutely, the money you pay for these places you can easily get a better holiday in the sun. I get the appeal of a holiday in the highlands if you’re into outdoor sports etc but for me its not somewhere i’d be able to afford to visit for 2 weeks and guarantee a good deal and good weather. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Snafu said: Possible, maybe because as far as we go in Scotland do we take a risk allowing the tourists back during the summer? 19 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: So long as they are vaccinated and there is evidence of reduced transmission from said vaccines then yes, we should. Pretty much what ICR says. Providing there is evidence that the vaccine works as it is meant to, and there is evidence it reduces transmission too, there is really no reason why a vaccinated person could not travel. If it turns out it is less effective at reducing transmission, then it becomes an issue for individual governments to determine what percentage of their population needs to vaccinated before allowing quarantine free international travel again. That also, perhaps more crucially, seems to be the views of both Chris Whitty and Jacinda Ardern. Edited January 23, 2021 by Todd_is_God 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: Could someone else not have unlocked them in the morning? This was about 25 years ago. The person concerned has now retired and the company in question no longer exists. Nonetheless if somebody mentions this problem to me any time soon, I will be more than happy to pass on your suggestion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 You are 100% correct. Can you imagine how much more of a rip-off they will be this year? So I'm staying at home and watching the football instead. It it's cancelled, I'll probably.... f**k probably find a tall building to jump off. In October, after our holiday to Turkey was cancelled, I looked to see what we could get - it was cheaper having 4 days away in Rome than 2 days away in Scotland. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Assuming the tournament is BCD then playing it across Europe is a massive waste of money, but from a virus point of view I’m not sure it makes a massive difference. As long as each team has their 23 players plus coaches, back room staff, physios, team chefs etc held in a bio secure bubble and tested beforehand, then flying across Europe and staying in different self-contained hotels shouldn’t be a major issue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 22 minutes ago, Snafu said: Anyone ever had the smell in their nostrils of cigarettes burning that just won't go away? Let's try to get to the bottom of this. First question - are you a chain smoker? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 17 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: 1 hour ago, s_dog said: You are 100% correct. Can you imagine how much more of a rip-off they will be this year? So I'm staying at home and watching the football instead. It it's cancelled, I'll probably.... f**k probably find a tall building to jump off. In October, after our holiday to Turkey was cancelled, I looked to see what we could get - it was cheaper having 4 days away in Rome than 2 days away in Scotland. We had the chance to either have 3 nights in Rome or 3 nights in a caravan in Northumberland, roughly similar prices but the wife didnt fancy the hassle of flying (and made me drive down south). We’d been at the caravan park for two hours before she apologised and admitted we should have gone to Rome. Spent a fucking fortune on shite food, shite weather, shite caravan and the ‘friendly’ customer service. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 39 minutes ago, Snafu said: Anyone ever had the smell in their nostrils of cigarettes burning that just won't go away? Yes. I get it all the time. It's called "phantosmia". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Fullerene said: This was about 25 years ago. The person concerned has now retired and the company in question no longer exists. Nonetheless if somebody mentions this problem to me any time soon, I will be more than happy to pass on your suggestion. I'm not surprised if they couldn't organise getting their gates unlocked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Elixir said: Probably Z-listers coming back from Dubai and journalists returning from Washington, tbf. I thought the Celtic party had already returned? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, craigkillie said: I've seen this sort of opinion a few times, but the tournament isn't just for the fans who attend games, it's for the players and the spectators at home too. Unlike club football, most of the fans wouldn't be at the games anyway, and (1) the experience of watching a BCD game on the TV probably isn't going to be hugely different to watching a game with fans on the TV. (2)I am completely opposed to the idea that you ask a group of players to wait 3 years to play at a major tournament, by which time the likes of David Marshall, Craig Gordon and several other guys who have essentially spent their entire career building up to this won't be able to play, (3) purely to satisfy people who think it's a bit shit to watch it at home. 1) I completely disagree with this - especially for a tournament. I think games can often have an eerie atmosphere when BCD (particularly in huge stadiums), crowds can mask a poor game, celebrations etc are way worse BCD, things like last-minute winners, clinging onto a lead, thumping tackles, shocks and embarrassing results are all so much worse with no fans in the grounds. Maybe it's just me but watching a game without fans on TV is a much worse, more boring and less emotive experience. One of the best things about tournaments - albeit less so the Euros - is seeing all the different cultures in the stadiums, fan parks etc which won't happen with no fans. 2) This is a fair point and it would be incredibly shite if someone like David Marshall had retired, became dreadful or something, and there would be a greater disconnect between the qualification and tournament itself were it to be delayed. 3) Your final point is stupidly dismissive and I wouldn't have been surprised if Granny Danger wrote it. I don't think "it's a bit shit to watch it at home"; it really depresses me that something that I've waited my entire life for will be reduced to just another few games on the TV. What will the difference be between our triple headers in October and November and the tournament itself? Having something that probably would've been one of the best experiences of many of our lives become the football equivalent of Love Island or I'm A Celebrity isn't "a bit shit". 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 51 minutes ago, Honest Saints Fan said: Yes. I get it all the time. It's called "phantosmia". I went to the pictures to see that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Snafu said: Anyone ever had the smell in their nostrils of cigarettes burning that just won't go away? Have you tried picking it to see if it goes away? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) On 22/01/2021 at 14:35, superbigal said: Todays summary Now accessed the other home nations for the cases per 100K latest. These are a little behind the Scottish cases. England 472.9, Wales 289.9, Northern Ireland 353.1 all 3 dropping but slower than Scotland. For interest Portugal 725, Spain 502, Czech 500 are the big hitters. Scotland peaked at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan So our peak is still lower than where the other nations currently stand. From 13th to 19th January we were down to 192.9 Todays figure for 14th Jan to 20th Jan is 190.0 Another single Day drop of 1.50%. Infections have dropped every day (16 days in a row) since the aforementioned peak. Total drop is now 37.06% Click cases by neighbourhood to see the spread on the geographical map. As todays drop is rather low I thought it would be interesting to look at each councils performance since their own Doomsdays around 4th-6th January and against the Scottish drop of 37% https://public.tableau.com/profile/phs.covid.19#!/vizhome/COVID-19DailyDashboard_15960160643010/Overview North Lanarkshire 402.2 to 298.5 Down 25.78% Renfrewshire 414.9 to 292.6 Down 29.48% Glasgow City 370.7 to 280.2 Down 24.41% East Ayrshire 366.4 to 265.6 Down 27.51% Clackmannanshire 248.4 to 254.2 Rise 2.33% poor performance North Ayrshire 321.4 to to 249.4 Down 22.09% East Dunbartonshire 301.9 to 243.9 Down 19.21% South Lanarkshire 288.6 to 230.9 Down 19.99% Inverclyde 578.4 to 228.8 Down 60.44% West Dunbartonshire 271.0 to 227.1 Down 16.20% Dumfries & Galloway 536.1 to 222.4 Down 58.14% Falkirk 269.7 to 212.6 Down 21.17% South Ayrshire 222.9 to 204.2 Down 8.39% Dundee City 382.4 to to 195.6 Down 48.85% Magnificent figures for an Urban area. Awarding them the Lockdown Silver Star. Aberdeen City 277.3 to 174.9 Down 36.93% Another fine effort for a city East Renfrewshire 365.3 to 166.4 Down 51.98% Terrific are these Posh Weegies ? Western Isles 48.7 to 164.7 Barra and South Uist recent events completely responsible for this Angus 230.6 to 154.9 Down 35.00% Perth & Kinross 231.7 to 152.7 Down 34.10% Stirling 165.6 to 151.8 Down 8.33% from a low starting base Fife 207.7 to 135.7 Down 36.11% Moray 125.2 to 134.6 Up 7.51% no real explanation West Lothian 175.3 to 132.7 Down 24.30% Scottish Borders 432.0 to 128.1 Down 70.35% Aberdeenshire 259.2 to 122.5 Down 52.74% Midlothian 204.4 to 117.9 Down 42.32% City Of Edinburgh 239.1 to 117.0 Down 51.07% Absolutely take the lockdown Gold Star award with the numbers involved. East Lothian 146.6 to 110.2 Down 24.83% Highlands 186.2 to 88.6 Down 52.42% Shetland Islands 240.0 to 74.2 Down 69.08% Argyll & Bute 86.2 to 62.9 Down 27.03% Orkney Island 9.0 to 35.9 Numbers not worth talking about Edited January 23, 2021 by superbigal 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Fullerene said: I suggest they use green screens all around the pitch and use CGI to add in a crowd that isn't really there. I am sure it would work. Maybe cartoon characters would do the trick. Watched a game back in Sept from Canada using CGI. Forge v Pacific. It was pishe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Snafu said: Anyone ever had the smell in their nostrils of cigarettes burning that just won't go away? Sounds like you've had a stroke, bud. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 50 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: I'm not surprised if they couldn't organise getting their gates unlocked. Don’t think unlocking was the problem. That’s been established. i reckon no-one locked them so someone has come in a nicked all the gear. Insurance won’t pay out so no more business. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Pish. Freeman must walk. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Snafu said: Anyone ever had the smell in their nostrils of cigarettes burning that just won't go away? Yes. About 24 hours before I had the Rona. Difficult to tell if the two were linked (see cooker fags etc). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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