Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Louis Litt]

11 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-couple-abandoned-wrong-airport-23226227?fbclid=IwAR3hkfYSZqrg7NDE4NTKLzVUmfde0ucjtC3kDL8YXggvy5V2nwQCgoIGB0I

Brings a tear to the eye

Realy puts things into perspective 

[doulikefish]

22 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-couple-abandoned-wrong-airport-23226227?fbclid=IwAR3hkfYSZqrg7NDE4NTKLzVUmfde0ucjtC3kDL8YXggvy5V2nwQCgoIGB0I

Brings a tear to the eye

A real life tragedy having to wait 2hrs for a taxi 

Hopefully a 60min special by stv awaits 

[Guest]

17 hours ago, DiegoDiego said:

Nonsense.

No, it wasn't.

[Sergeant Wilson]

4 minutes ago, doulikefish said:

A real life tragedy having to wait 2hrs for a taxi 

Hopefully a 60min special by stv awaits 

Sitting looking at her dial for 2 hours would leave me suicidal.

[Michael W]

At least the woman has made a decent go at a compo face. Shameful effort from the bloke, there. 

[Caledonian1]

18 minutes ago, doulikefish said:

A real life tragedy having to wait 2hrs for a taxi 

Hopefully a 60min special by stv awaits 

seriously, who are these people booking holidays during a global pandemic.  They get no sympathy from me for their "horrendous" 2 ghour wait for a taxi.  Home at 1.45am but managed to fill the time by phoning the Daily Record and looking sad in photos

[mizfit]

seriously, who are these people booking holidays during a global pandemic.  They get no sympathy from me for their "horrendous" 2 ghour wait for a taxi.  Home at 1.45am but managed to fill the time by phoning the Daily Record and looking sad in photos

I hope they’re self isolating.

[NotThePars]

13 minutes ago, MixuFruit said:

I think there is enough evidence now to suggest any group with the title '[thing] Alliance' is full of cranks. UK Medical, Countryside, LGB alliances are all cranks

Alright Emperor Palpatine

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Nae word on the oxford vaccine today? No one else got a ‘vaccine guy’?

[Caledonian1]

4 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Nae word on the oxford vaccine today? No one else got a ‘vaccine guy’?

more likely to get approval later in the week....so not exactly long to wait (esp with this being a "short week")

Assuming Scotland will get a proportionate share of the 100m ordered by UK government.....this will be a really significant positive move forward.  Think it is scheduled to be administered from 11th January if approved.

[welshbairn]

16 minutes ago, Caledonian1 said:

more likely to get approval later in the week....so not exactly long to wait (esp with this being a "short week")

Assuming Scotland will get a proportionate share of the 100m ordered by UK government.....this will be a really significant positive move forward.  Think it is scheduled to be administered from 11th January if approved.

4th of January mentioned too, probably a bit optimistically.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/27/oxford-coronavirus-vaccine-10000-medics-volunteers-recruited/

[DiegoDiego]

No, it wasn't.

You would have been entitled to job seekers allowance.

[D.A.F.C]

Nae word on the oxford vaccine today? No one else got a ‘vaccine guy’?

He says its grand

[Honest_Man#1]

I’ve always erred on the side of not being a grass, and so have never grassed on anyone. The neighbours below me are having fairly regular large gatherings in their flat, and if it was just neighbouring houses I wouldn’t even consider it, but in a flat building that does have some elderly people living in it I think it’s pretty out of order tbh when all these random visitors are using the shared doors, bannisters etc. After consideration I still won’t philpy them though.

How far would you need to be pushed to philpy your neighbour? A single person inside? A full 100 person rave?

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

4 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said:

I’ve always erred on the side of not being a grass, and so have never grassed on anyone. The neighbours below me are having fairly regular large gatherings in their flat, and if it was just neighbouring houses I wouldn’t even consider it, but in a flat building that does have some elderly people living in it I think it’s pretty out of order tbh when all these random visitors are using the shared doors, bannisters etc. After consideration I still won’t philpy them though.

How far would you need to be pushed to philpy your neighbour? A single person inside? A full 100 person rave?

You could always just ask them to give it a miss because theyre being c***s? Dont necessarily need to go full blown Lee Wallace right away? 

[Honest_Man#1]

4 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

You could always just ask them to give it a miss because theyre being c***s? Dont necessarily need to go full blown Lee Wallace right away? 

To be honest I’m actually far too lazy to go down the philpy route and would speak to them first as you say, so won’t be doing it in this scenario. Just wondered what different people’s opinions on grassing were.

[vikingTON]

5 hours ago, Granny Danger said:

The fact that you think it’s “birthday caird pish” says far more about you that the quote.

You’re a sad, lonely, unhappy person who probably deserves the sadness, loneliness and unhappiness because you bring it all on yourself.

 

Pop psychology from the Brexit-voting jakey who challenges people to physical fights over the Internet, I've seen it all now.

Back into your box you go.

[Granny Danger]

12 minutes ago, virginton said:

Pop psychology from the Brexit-voting jakey who challenges people to physical fights over the Internet, I've seen it all now.

Back into your box you go.

Snappy comeback from the oddball.

[Alert Mongoose]

On 27/12/2020 at 17:03, Frankie S said:

I realise this wasn’t aimed at me, but I’ll tell you a few things that are different for me.

I run four businesses - a provincial nightclub / live music venue, a live music promotions company, a live music venue / bar / restaurant in Edinburgh and an events services company. The first two have been shut since March and will be shut until at least next March, and prob late 2021 if the drivel Leitch is spouting ATM turns out to have any substance /  the vaccine rollout takes longer than it should / SG continues to adhere to Devi Sridhar’s pie in the sky elimination strategy rather than move forward on the basis that once the most vulnerable sectors of society have been vaccinated we can all get back to something like normal. 28 members of staff furloughed for the nightclub in an area of comparative economic deprivation with little prospect of picking up alternative employment for many of them. Despite not attracting government support from various over-subscribed funds (GMV / COVRF etc.) we’ve retained all staff and topped up all management’s / full-timers wages to 100% throughout, at our own expense. With no end in sight and no clear exit strategy, despite vaccines coming onstream, it’s just a matter of sitting tight and burning through reserves in the hope that we’ll get the green light to trade again before the business exhausts its reserves.

The live music promotions company has had no support other than furlough, despite being closed for business for 9 months and counting, with summer 2021 looking like the earliest we’ll be allowed to trade again. Live music promoters haven’t even been eligible for Strategic Framework grants for businesses that have been forced to close or otherwise restricted by government restrictions, although I believe this loophole (one of many egregious funding gaps) will be closed in January.

My third business (the live music venue / bar / restaurant) was allowed to open briefly in Aug / Sept at greatly reduced capacity due to social distancing, and despite spending a ton of cash on perspex screens and other mitigations has been closed since all hospitality was shut down in central Scotland at the start of October. We declined to take the opportunity to open up again when Edinburgh was moved into Tier 3, as opening until 6.00pm serving food to people at a time almost no-one wants to eat, while not being allowed to serve alcohol even with a meal (neither of these restrictions applied in the second highest tier in England where bars / restaurants can serve alcohol with a meal and stay open until 11.00pm), and being forbidden from playing background music, thus sucking any atmosphere out of the place (a ridiculous restriction that applied only in Scotland and took 4 months to overturn) would have meant losing far more money than staying shut. Another 40-odd staff on furlough since March (bar the 2 month period we were allowed to open), and while we have received some significant grant funding here, with sky high Edinburgh city centre rent asphyxiating hospitality throughout the city and SG scapegoating the entire industry, the prospects for the future, and the medium to long term job security of the staff, are fairly grim, unless SG rolls out the vaccine pronto.

My fourth business, an events services company, has traded at approximately 20% of previous levels since March, since there are precious few events left to service. We’ve lost almost all of our turnover, and attracted a derisory 10k in grant funding from SG to date.

I’m glad things were ‘close to normality’ for you, as they sure weren’t for me and the circa 80 people I employ.

Frankie has a go at Holyrood.

[8MileBU]

1 hour ago, Honest_Man#1 said:

I’ve always erred on the side of not being a grass, and so have never grassed on anyone. The neighbours below me are having fairly regular large gatherings in their flat, and if it was just neighbouring houses I wouldn’t even consider it, but in a flat building that does have some elderly people living in it I think it’s pretty out of order tbh when all these random visitors are using the shared doors, bannisters etc. After consideration I still won’t philpy them though.

How far would you need to be pushed to philpy your neighbour? A single person inside? A full 100 person rave?

Think of all the rising covid. Way I see it you’re as good as gone tbh.