D.A.F.C Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: No need to bring the Japanese into it. Impossibru 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, trainspotter said: Come on, ‘Crap for carers’ was an open goal. Running out of steam around here and the pot bangers seem to have disappeared. Bodes well for tomorrow. Yeah, ‘crap for carers’ was so obvious. This lockdown is having an impact on me... ETA - I’ve changed it; that’s how much I care! Edited May 7, 2020 by Granny Danger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 My street is getting louder. Mrs C out in the jammies again but Next door are the ring leaders. Not long before Shiela strips off and does a lap of the cul-de-sac imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 12 hours ago, NorthernLights said: Those much heralded gowns from Turkey haven't been used as they didn't meet safe standards. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52569364 They only went up to size 14, didn't fit the nurses over here. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 6 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: They only went up to size 14, didn't fit the nurses over here. That’s prob true. Size 20 sponsored by quality street. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 15 minutes ago, D.A.F.C said: Impossibru Ah, casual racism. That's always totally hilarious 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Who cares about the Tories importing a plane load of useless PPE from Turkey, when we can bang a few saucepans together at 8pm? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Ah, casual racism. That's always totally hilarious Reported 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 30 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Not right. I could produce a graph that says next Tuesday we will have anywhere between 100 and 2,200 deaths. I'd be right, but it's hardly useful. When projections with such uncertainty are presented to Governments and made public it ties a government's hands. Even if they know it's bollocks and ignore it as worthless, if anything close to the top end is reached, they would be villified. The same institution presented the 500,000 deaths info that caused the current lockdown You think it’s not useful to know that there is a high degree of uncertainty and what the likely ranges might be? I think it is useful. For contingency planning and the like. Do you think that the estimate of 500,000 deaths in a "do nothing" scenario has been disproved? If so, how? It looks to me that it would probably have been right within an order of magnitude, say 100k-1m. That's more useful than thinking it might be like a normal flu or wipe out 50%of the population. What would you like to replace this sort of modelling with? Tea leaves, astrology perhaps? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Saint Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 My missus and I have been working from home since mid March, today she popped out to the Uddingston office to pick up documents and was pulled over not once but twice [emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 minute ago, coprolite said: Do you think that the estimate of 500,000 deaths in a "do nothing" scenario has been disproved? If so, how? If you genuinely believe that 500,000 would have died had we done nothing then absolutely nothing I say will change that viewpoint. If the fact that the Dr who delivered that figure has previous for being a mile out coupled with the current figures doesn't convince you then that's your call 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 42 minutes ago, accies1874 said: Well it's been however many weeks but I'm sorry to announce that some asshole in my street has decided that they must now play the trumpet at 8PM on a Thursday. Thankfully no pots and pans yet, but I'm sure tonight's addition will spark the race to outdo each other. you deserve your misery tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 14 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: If you genuinely believe that 500,000 would have died had we done nothing then absolutely nothing I say will change that viewpoint. If the fact that the Dr who delivered that figure has previous for being a mile out coupled with the current figures doesn't convince you then that's your call The number of 500,000 almost certainly would have been wrong. Complex systems are hard to predict. It is incredibly difficult for a model to accurately predict an exact future state. They are mostly useful for comparative analyses of different scenarios. Tea leaves or astrology? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Theroadlesstravelled Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Considering there are several million people in the UK who are 75 or older then probably a load more of them would have died if we had not locked down. Although the emphasis should have been on them to stay home, not younger people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Says it all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 12 minutes ago, coprolite said: The number of 500,000 almost certainly would have been wrong. Complex systems are hard to predict. Maybe so, but with a track record like this maybe you should stop chucking scaremongering figures about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Turkmenbashi said: Well I got letter through my door today. Apparently on my street we are doing a street bubble blowing for the medical workers tomorrow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, ParsJake said: The 8pm clap seems to have gained in traction in my street, quite a few folk out applauding but they all went in at 8:05pm, so it seems that they can only care for 5 minutes. An unwelcome first was some wipe setting off a firework at 2 minutes to 8. The Mrs is on a local Facebook page for our village and a couple of weeks ago someone was complaining that they couldn't find their dog after some c**t fired a shotgun at 8pm. Edited May 7, 2020 by Tony Ferrino 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 The Mrs is on a local Facebook page for our village and a couple of weeks ago someone was complaining that they couldn't find their dog after some c**t fired a shotgun at 8pm.Korean restaurant in the village? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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