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    Virtual Spring Gathering Saturday

    in Events & What's On

    Posted

    Why should we miss all the elements of a get together?

    To that end, I am sorting a short Zoom for us on Saturday from 8pm to 8.45pm.

    This is open to all members.

    We will be able to see each other and chat.

    if you would like to turn up, please pm me your email address and I will send you the link we will use.

    Boating headgear is a desirable ‘dress code’ ;you may provide yourself with ‘suitable liquid refreshment ’ and a boating tale to share.

    If you sail with crew they may, of course share your screen.

    See you Saturday!

    Rspb - Influence And Intensions.

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    I admit my comment was tongue in cheek.
    Yes I agree with all of the above. We seriously considered buying one ourselves. 
    in fact we went to look at one on Windermere; the sales guy was not about to start with and we went aboard for a look. Having done so we were back on the jetty when he came along and invited us to step aboard.

    ’It’s a really stable little boat,’ he said.

    ’It is while you are standing there holding the mast,’ I replied.

    He was wholly unblushing.

    Corribees are indeed lovely little boats, the lines are very pretty and they are buoyant. Single handed, I would have bought one, but for two? No.

    That little boat was like a rocking horse on the mooring, responding to every movement. With two aboard, you were in danger of being tipped over because the other person shifted balance. It was a bit like that moving platform thing at the end of ‘Grease’. We had already decided not to buy it before he appeared.

    V E Day

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    My Flags are up too. We were lucky that our parents came through. 
    I am guessing that Phill’s dad was in Berlin on the first VE Day as a member of Montgomery’s Staff.9D32F7F2-195E-4D66-B707-2FBBE34FD3AE.thumb.jpeg.ecac8fc632d0e1726e2b36d7573be02a.jpeg2A6C6A8D-BEAB-430C-AC99-460F70CACAB7.thumb.jpeg.7e56080443556678b6a182c1a8936acd.jpeg

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    Corona Virus

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    Well yes and no. If the oxygen % is reported and treated fast it is likely to have a better outcome.

    It couldn’t be easier to clip an oximeter on a finger for less than a minute and get a reading.    

    Which? Scam Alert Service

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    Phill got this today and verified it to be sure it was not itself a scam.

    Looks useful?
     

    ---------- Forwarded message ---------
    From: Which?<info@mail.which.co.uk>
    Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 13:09
    Subject: We've launched a new scam alert service
     

    Almost £2 million has been lost to coronavirus-related fraud*. Unfortunately, we’re not surprised.

    Over the years we’ve seen scammers using callous tactics to exploit people’s fears and vulnerability for their own financial gain.From phoney automated HMRC calls to dodgy texts that look like they're from your bank, we’ve heard them all.

    As the scale of fraud surges to unprecedented levels amid the coronavirus outbreak, we’ve launched a free scam alert service.We want to share practical and speedy advice that will alert you to some new scams to help keep you one step ahead of the fraudsters.

    Sign up today and receive scam alerts directly to your inbox. We hope you find it helpful.

     

     

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    Thanks and stay safe,

     

    Which? team

     

    *across England, Wales and Northern Ireland (source: Action Fraud)

     

     

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    Food Delivery..

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Waitrose click and collect was super-sorted. We drove to a designated place in the car park, and opened the boot. There was a number to ring to say we were there, then a partner brought out the shopping, put it into the boot, closed it and waved goodbye. 
    No butler or silver salver though Steve.

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    Food Delivery..

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Poppy reminded me of a loaf made from a kit by Grandma, who was an ace cook and had made many a loaf in the past. It wouldn’t cut, and when I dropped it on the concrete outside it broke...that is to say, the concrete broke.😳

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    My Day

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    My day in 1978. 
    There was a television on in the corner. I opened my eyes to see Martina Navratilova holding the Wimbledon Trophy. ‘I am so glad she has won at last’ I thought and fell asleep again.

    This was pretty much the first thing I had seen in over three weeks, because I was in an ICU bed at the time, being taken off the life-support that had put me ‘on hold’ while my body fought Tetanus- for which we had preventative vaccine but no cure. 

    Why mention it now? Well all the talk of ventilators and ICU provision may sound pretty frightening...but...


    Nobody is pretending they are used except at great need, of course; but they are there to do what they did for me with Tetanus; hold me in a sort of stasis, protect my life functions and give me the best chance to fight off the infection. 

    I can say that I was not distressed on the whole, not in pain, not aware of the titanic struggle for life going on in my body.

    If you are afraid for yourself or a loved one, please take it from my experience that the outside pictures we see of machines and tubes and so on is not the same perspective as that of the patient, who is sedated and medically relaxed. Also that they are on that ventilator to live if at all possible.

    Keep safe.
     

     

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