Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Dawson Park Boy]

8 minutes ago, Snafu said:

So did they make you wear a mask?

Not as such but as there appears to be 100% adherence I have succumbed with regards to going into restaurants but NOT around the pool.

Don't want to ruin our holiday with anymore stress than necessary but happy to continue the fight on return to Scotland.

I know people come here in January/February and they are currently on tier 4 .

Just be aware.

[Elixir]

5 hours ago, 101 said:

Brilliant 

That means a lot coming from the most tedious and nonsensical poster if not in this mental thread, perhaps the entire forum. 

Keep up the good work champ x.

You're advocating for further divisions in society which are utterly futile - and for what? To prove a point to a tiny minority of dirty anti-vaxxers?

Yeah, it's certainly not my input needing questioned.

 

5 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said:

I know it's not.

To say what Oaksoft did, however, is.

It's incredible to see it receive such support from people who ought to know better.

I can certainly understand anyone telling governments to get fucked in the current context.

 

5 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said:

Wow.

More right wing bonkerdom.

That's what Rees-Mogg was saying during the week.  The Tories' behaviour in no10 apparently showed how silly the rules were, rather than how despicable the party goers were.

Great to see such sentiment endorsed on here.

If you still think the state ever had any business in things like seeing your family, or indeed inhumane shit like people being unable to see loved ones on their death bed, I think you need to re-evaluate things. It's clearly ludicrous and I could care less if someone like Jacob Rees-Mogg, unsurprisingly, also agrees with that.

 

43 minutes ago, Stellaboz said:

I don't know anything about the difference between the vaccines, but when we got our booster yesterday we went for Biontech (we had for the first 2) but were both offered Moderna instead. 

Any idea why that would be, except for some horrible, hidden scheme by Moderna?

It's what Klaus Schwab and the WEF decided for you.

[deegee]

@Dawson Park Boy....best wishes to you both for your holiday. I hope this is a tonic for your wife, who has been suffering a wee bit going by your recent posts. Hopefully the sunshine and break lifts both your spirits.

...and don’t let the goons from Europe in their masks by the pool get you down!

[deegee]

1 minute ago, oaksoft said:

A reasonable suggestion would be that the SG restrictions banning people from pubs and outdoor arenas forced tons of people indoors to socialise thus defeating the very point.

It's as though they simply do not understand people at all.

... that was my initial thought too. You’ve got to assume some of the idiots making these decisions have no understanding of human interaction.

[HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows]

4 hours ago, Snafu said:

Outside drinking areas on Cockburn Street upsetting the local residents who just want a good nights sleep.

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/edinburgh-residents-nightmare-because-of-outside-eating-and-drinking-areas-in-old-town-3529360

Council seems unwilling to bend toward temporary permits and seem happy to ruin the street to make the decking permanent, what choice do businesses have if they want to survive?

The Old Town community council, Edinburgh World Heritage and the Cockburn Association have all come out strongly against the outdoor seating areas.

John Mitchell, a member of the community council, said: "They're being used at night as late-night drinking places, so residents being kept up till 3 or 4am.

 

Haven't been to Cockburn Street for years but last time must have been around 2012 the street was moving away from the student/alternative image it had for years towards more tourist orientated shops and small eating places.

Used to be great for Vynl, Unground S'lousion, Avaalanch Records and a Fopp(?)all within a few doors from each other.

Plus Wiplash Trash for bongs and a look at the alt girls!!

[Monkey Tennis]

1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said:

Condescending c**t. 

Christ Man, the 'C' word.

I didn't have that down as your style either.

You're full of surprises these days.  You ok?

[HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows]

5 minutes ago, Snafu said:

Used to spend hours in Fopp and Avalanche.

Once spent over £350 in one day on cds in those two shops and when I realised what I'd just done I had to go and sit down somewhere quiet for half an hour to recover from the shock and take in the reality that I would be living on 30p Co-op Moussaka and pasta for the rest of the month, totally worth it.

How many of these shops are still there? Vinyl I think was still there the last time I had a look around. I remember Whiplash Trash, it was a lot of Goth and stoner stuff in there, nice glass bongs in the window. I used to buy my Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers magz from that place. There was a good skateboard clothing store about half way up and across from Fopp there used to be a shop that sold posters and art prints. Nice wee take away at the top of the hill that sold the nicest baked potatoes.

Last time I was down don't think any of them were left.

Hogs Head records had shut last time I was down last year too.

Underground S'loution was a cracking shop for hop hop records, one of the staff was pretty well known scratch dj, Plus One iirc. Was always more than happy to recommend decent lps and scratch tools. Halcyon days.

[Monkey Tennis]

32 minutes ago, Elixir said:

 

If you still think the state ever had any business in things like seeing your family, or indeed inhumane shit like people being unable to see loved ones on their death bed, I think you need to re-evaluate things. It's clearly ludicrous and I could care less if someone like Jacob Rees-Mogg, unsurprisingly, also agrees with that.

Why yes.  Those Downing Street hypocrites, as defended by Rees-Mogg were all about the death bed farewells.

[Dons_1988]

18 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:

Christ Man, the 'C' word.

I didn't have that down as your style either.

You're full of surprises these days.  You ok?

It’s a well established part of my vocabulary thanks, both in jest and to be brought out to call out folk who have spent a good part of their day posting that I don’t seem to understand what I’m agreeing with. 

it has been another good example of your approach to this thread though. Someone makes a point about state intervention to protect people from a virus, someone agrees and you can a) engage the point and give your views on it b) disagree but move on with your life or c) take it off on a tangent about a wider anti state agenda that only really you seem to understand what’s actually going on here.

You really need to get out of your own arse. 

[Monkey Tennis]

3 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said:

It’s a well established part of my vocabulary thanks, both in jest and to be brought out to call out folk who have spent a good part of their day posting that I don’t seem to understand what I’m agreeing with. 

It's more that you're a little careless.

This topic seems to blind people a bit.

[alta-pete]

2 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said:

Once again, the post from Oaksoft did not refer specifically to the latest restrictions in Scotland.  It reflected a much wider antipathy towards the state and its right to intrude in his life.  

It's amazing that people who don't generally see things that way, are prepared to dive in to support a wider view that is destructive.

Haud oan - am I really reading that right? What you are saying is the state has a right to intrude into everyone’s lives and if they don’t - ie they are prepared to think for themselves about the relative risks involved - their point of view is ‘destructive’?  

[Barney Rubble]

23 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:

Christ Man, the 'C' word.

I didn't have that down as your style either.

You're full of surprises these days.  You ok?

Dons_1988 is one of the most measured posters on this thread.

Although your postings are generally decent MT, you have been a little 'unhinged' in some of your recent contributions.

Maybe a little self-awareness on your part might help??

The above is meant in the spirit of being constructive and conciliatory.

 

 

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

1 hour ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

Arrived inTenerife yesterday to find that their restrictions are even worse than Scotland.

Even to enter the hotel restaurants, proof of vaccination is required.

Moving about the grounds and pool area, masks are required. The only exception seems to be sunbathing.

Determined to keep calm and enjoy things but a bit of a downer.

Was going to the pool and was shouted at by another guest (Western European) - MASK!!

Ignored him and pointed to the pool which seemed to calm him down.

Just shows how this has got to some people. Terribly sad and gives total credence to Oaksoft’s views.

Anyway, noticed that this guy and his wife are both heavy smokers. You couldn’t make it up!

The restrictions in Spain are pretty well publicised for tourists prior to going. We were there in September, nice enough place, read somewhere that you need to wear a mask going down a slide at the waterparks now though. 

1 hour ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

Believe what you like but I’m just telling folks who may be thinking of coming here shortly to be aware of the situation.

Its very authoritarian more so from European visitors than Spanish hotel staff.

If only there was some kind of history which pointed towards the spaniards being somewhat more authoritarian?lol. 
Bloody spaniards, ruining spain so they are. Hope you and the mrs have a lovely time, mind pop down the rovers return for egg and chips, dont be eating any of that foreign muck! 

[Dons_1988]

2 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:

It's more that you're a little careless.

This topic seems to blind people a bit.

I get that you need to try and discredit people when you have nothing to say but you forget I’ve seen you dig this hole many times. 

[Monkey Tennis]

2 minutes ago, alta-pete said:

Haud oan - am I really reading that right? What you are saying is the state has a right to intrude into everyone’s lives and if they don’t - ie they are prepared to think for themselves about the relative risks involved - their point of view is ‘destructive’?  

No, you're not reading it right.

I'd say the state doesn't just have a right to intrude into our lives.  It has a duty to.

I can think that while preserving a right to think for myself.  Look, I'm doing it now.

[MP_MFC]

Do you have some links?
Aye, know what you are thinking P&B, greeny for the first smart arse.

Here’s a link. Aubameyang tested positive within the last few weeks and has myocarditis, a common side effect of having a covid infection.

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/gabon/story/4563287/covid-19-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-tests-positive-after-night-of-partying-on-eve-of-afcon

Which we’ve known about long before vaccines were getting punted about, of course that won’t fit with the antivax moon howling agenda https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29633697/heart-condition-linked-covid-19-fuels-power-5-concern-season-viability

[itzdrk]

4 hours ago, Snafu said:

Outside drinking areas on Cockburn Street upsetting the local residents who just want a good nights sleep.

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/edinburgh-residents-nightmare-because-of-outside-eating-and-drinking-areas-in-old-town-3529360

Council seems unwilling to bend toward temporary permits and seem happy to ruin the street to make the decking permanent, what choice do businesses have if they want to survive?

The Old Town community council, Edinburgh World Heritage and the Cockburn Association have all come out strongly against the outdoor seating areas.

John Mitchell, a member of the community council, said: "They're being used at night as late-night drinking places, so residents being kept up till 3 or 4am.

 

Haven't been to Cockburn Street for years but last time must have been around 2012 the street was moving away from the student/alternative image it had for years towards more tourist orientated shops and small eating places.

The one good consequence of covid restrictions is all the new beer gardens and on street drinking places.  Must stay.

[Detournement]

1 minute ago, MP_MFC said:

Here’s a link. Aubameyang tested positive within the last few weeks and has myocarditis, a common side effect of having a covid infection.

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/gabon/story/4563287/covid-19-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-tests-positive-after-night-of-partying-on-eve-of-afcon

Which we’ve known about long before vaccines were getting punted about, of course that won’t fit with the antivax moon howling agenda https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29633697/heart-condition-linked-covid-19-fuels-power-5-concern-season-viability

Myocarditis is a dangerous condition that many people don't fully recover from. It's not a common side of Covid at all. 

 

[badgerthewitness]

The Cockburn Street nostalgia is an unexpected upturn for this thread. 

[the snudge]

6 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:

No, you're not reading it right.

I'd say the state doesn't just have a right to intrude into our lives.  It has a duty to.

I can think that while preserving a right to think for myself.  Look, I'm doing it now.

How far do you think it has a duty to intrude? Where does the line get drawn?