Poppy

Amongst others.....

Somehow V, there are a number who can't seem to understand that.

Meanwhile, the schools remain open. My five year old grandson is again in isolation (second time this term, he only started in September) because another in his school 'bubble' has contracted the condition ! OK, kids seem not to suffer badly with covid if and when they get it, but they sure as hell can transmit it. Oh, and he, along with his class mates can't have a test.....

And in other news....

Those who claim that we should not visit our boats, even for winterising may care to reflect on the fact that this morning in Great Yarmouth both Argos and Tapis Carpets and Flooring on the Pasteur Retail Park considered themselves to be 'essential' and were open and trading !

Excellent post ! My mother in law suffers from glaucoma, a condition of increased pressure within the eyeball which can lead to blindness. She is regularly seen at her local hospital for the problem to be monitored, a visit which amongst other things involves measuring the pressure in her eyes. . She has now been told that her next appointment will be " a telephone consultation". We await with interest to find out how the phone will be used to measure eye pressure.

Helioproctosis I'm afraid.

SAILING Sailing alone soothes me because the wind is fair, not cruel... It judges only your ability. It does not care who or what you are. It does not ask your age, color, sex, address, sexual orientation, education or IQ, but only your competence. It requires only that you can sail. If you can, you survive. If you can't, better stay ashore. That's fair, more fair than most of us experience on land...

You are surely forgetting repeatedly bending the arm and lifting it mouthward.

Together with mental and physical exercise....

There are loads of 'em too on Yarmouth seafront in the season. Usually with a bag of chips in the hand not holding the White Lightning, not forgetting the battered sausage

Come on Broadland Tom - WASS GOIN OON ?

Most Broads yachts come out around now - even in a 'normal' year. For me and probably a number of others my insurance requires the boat to be ashore from mid November until March.

Then perhaps the government should be taking notice itself of this https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/osr-statement-regarding-transparency-of-data-related-to-covid-19/ And this "The prediction of up to 4,000 deaths a day is the kind of thing that brings government communications into disrepute. No country has hit such a rate. 4,000 deaths per day is three times higher than peak death tolls in India whose lockdown policies have collapsed and which has a population 20 times the size of ours. According to the July document from SAGE leaked to The Spectator, SAGE is working on a case fatality rate of 0.7%. So 4,000 deaths per day equates to about 4 million new cases per week. These are Noddyland numbers. They are designed to frighten, not to inform." https://www.stevebaker.info/2020/11/02-11-2020-briefing-with-mps-scientists-and-other-experts-lord-sumptions-speech/ It is worth remembering that the SAGE minutes recorded back in March that their opinion was that the government messages need to convey a greater level of threat to the general public so they fear for their own safety. In this they appear to have been very successful !

It's my assertion that such as 'could' and 'may' are very far from 'false information ' . However, the suggestion that Trump could be included with 'the greatest amongst us' most cetainly is . (IMHO of course )

That lookas like a 'spoof' site in itself

Thank you. Pehaps I am not as much of a Pollyanna as most here ( and not just on this topic. ) Be prepared is my stance.

We shall have to see, won't we?

Can you point out where I have criticised any extension of the furlough scheme? I was unaware that I had,either actually or by inference.

Of course it does ! My point is that he wouldn't be extending the furlough scheme unless there were plans afoot to extend lockdown.

Looks like the Lock down wil go on .. and on.. and on... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54824120?at_custom1=[post+type]&at_custom3=%40BBCBreaking&at_custom4=3AC58AE8-1F62-11EB-8335-C4D439982C1E&at_medium=custom7&at_campaign=64&at_custom2=twitter

There are many things that are 'crass and stupid' . For example. Our 'local' started take away fish and chips in the last lock down. It's still doing so, We ring up and order for a particular time, go along and collect them. If I want a beer too, I may not enter the premises according to the regulations, I can order that by 'phone ,announce my arrival and have it passed to me through the window of my car ! https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2020/11/03/What-are-the-rules-on-takeaway-drinks-from-pubs?utm_source=copyright&utm_medium=OnSite&utm_campaign=copyright We are ruled by b***dy idiots !

"However, at this moment in time it is Natural England’s view that any fishing outside of the permitted area could cause disturbance to the waterfowl." The would have to prove it. I would suggest that willful obstruction of fish breeding (bream) is much more of an issue !

GOOD !

So behave in future