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Astute

Astute

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Brighton Sky Blue said:
I was being facetious dude
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Is that the same as when you told someone who has higher qualifications than yourself that he is wrong about something and you know that because you have a degree. So he shows you the proof that he is right. Then you go silent on the subject?
 
pipkin73

pipkin73

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Astute said:
I'm off.on a long walk sometime next week. Going to walk around the outside of the island I live on. Wanted to do it for years. It is 13 1/2 miles long. But is a much longer walk than 27 miles as nowhere near a straight line. Also two nature reserves that add distance. Would guess a total of 35 to 40 miles mainly on sand. And will hardly see anyone all day.
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Wow, i thought i did well yesterday.
Enjoy it mate, something you have always wanted to do so no better time.
Think it would kill me though.
 
pipkin73

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Astute said:
Certainly not surprising when we are supposedly not allowed to go out to buy non essentials. Most people have had their pay reduced or work ended.

And I can't see them getting anywhere near back ti the previous levels for a long time. Most cars are 'sold' as hire arrangements. Look at how many people have been left with contracts they now can't afford. Can't see that many being desperate to take out new contracts once their present one runs out. On top of that a lot of people will lose their present income. The car industry is the one I see as being hit the hardest.
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Think i read something like only 23 cars sold out here in March, car market will be hit hard.
 
shmmeee

shmmeee

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Tommo1993 said:
Don’t know why companies aren’t being fined for running unnecessary business. KFC and Aer Lingus to name a couple.
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SkyBlueDom26 said:
Which one mate??? Gonna take a trip up
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Pick us up a Zinger box meal.
 
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djr8369

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Grendel said:
Er you raised the pension not me. I’m not wrong about everything and I’m glad I occupy your thoughts as seriously you don’t occupy one second of my thoughts. I vaguely recall your boring slugfest with David - I wouldn’t otherwise have any thoughts whatsoever - that’s the difference I guess - people notice me and you just go through life being - well - unnoticed
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Oh no, how will my wounded pride ever recover.
 
Astute

Astute

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pipkin73 said:
Wow, i thought i did well yesterday.
Enjoy it mate, something you have always wanted to do so no better time.
Think it would kill me though.
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Was in decent shape until shutdown. Still keeping up with the youngsters in the boxing ring who are over 30 years younger. But have decided not to go through the pain of getting to their fitness levels again. Will still help with their training but is time to call it a day for myself.

But I have the lakes on my doorstep. This 30 odd mile walk will be a warm-up to walking up all the peaks around here. Not ready to sit in the corner slobbering all over myself just yet.
 
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djr8369

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shmmeee said:
Seems to me everyone’s seeing what they want in this crisis.

Environmentalists saying well all work from home and reduce consumption: not going to happen

Technologists saying well all do remote work and online learning: not going to happen

Left wingers pushing UBI: not going to happen

Isolationists pushing reduced globalisation: not going to happen.

The economic forces driving all those things will still exist post virus.
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Interesting take shmmeee. Although I agree with your core point I think some of these will stick to an extent due to the behavioral influence but there are aspects of a couple that will also have economic drivers, For instance, some businesses reporting productivity rises from WFH and will see an economic benefit in reducing office footprint.
 
pipkin73

pipkin73

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Astute said:
Was in decent shape until shutdown. Still keeping up with the youngsters in the boxing ring who are over 30 years younger. But have decided not to go through the pain of getting to their fitness levels again. Will still help with their training but is time to call it a day for myself.

But I have the lakes on my doorstep. This 30 odd mile walk will be a warm-up to walking up all the peaks around here. Not ready to sit in the corner slobbering all over myself just yet.
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The opposite for me. Had very bad back problems for years (one of the reasons for moving out here to the heat) and put a lot of weight on.
Since the Mrs has passed i've lost 3 stone and up untill this lockdown been making an effort to exercise more and more.
Still don't find walking any sort of distance easy but the more i do it the easier it becomes, so i just fight through it.
Talking of which 9 mins to go and out time again :) easier walk today than yesterday though, friggin killed me (best sleep in months though lol).
 
Astute

Astute

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pipkin73 said:
Think i read something like only 23 cars sold out here in March, car market will be hit hard.
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Our shutdown has been nowhere near your lockdown. I had the normal comments made on here when I said ours should be much stricter. Now the same people are saying about how high our numbers are.

Reality hasn't hit hime in the UK. We are used to seeing people carrying on as usual other than keeping a few feet apart. The realisation of our economy being shafted is still a week or two away.

This comment isn't aimed at those on here..... people are more interested in agendas and point scoring than actually looking at what is going on. Too many people are in their own bubble. They are only looking at their own angle. It is different to yourself where you will have seen and personally seen what is happening. It is shocking what an illness can do to an economy.

But I still think the UK will be OK. It will get bad but could be worse. I fear more for the countries that rely on tourism. Less money to spend on holidays and less to spend when there. Keeping up with the neighbours with a new car? Not a necessity. My 3k car will last me 4 years from when I bought it and put on over 100k miles in this time. And I will still get half my money back.
 
Astute

Astute

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pipkin73 said:
The opposite for me. Had very bad back problems for years (one of the reasons for moving out here to the heat) and put a lot of weight on.
Since the Mrs has passed i've lost 3 stone and up untill this lockdown been making an effort to exercise more and more.
Still don't find walking any sort of distance easy but the more i do it the easier it becomes, so i just fight through it.
Talking of which 9 mins to go and out time again :) easier walk today than yesterday though, friggin killed me (best sleep in months though lol).
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Keep it up. Don't push yourself too hard. It is much harder in the heat anyway. The good thing about walking is you can enjoy the views. Keep on more level ground until you build up your back muscles a bit. It will help to take the strain.

Have a few old injuries myself. A lot of the left side of me is knackered. The main reason I kept my fitness up. Starting to feel old injuries again. Time to do something about it.
 
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djr8369

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Astute said:
Reality hasn't hit hime in the UK. We are used to seeing people carrying on as usual other than keeping a few feet apart. The realisation of our economy being shafted is still a week or two away.
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The government don't help talking about a quick recovery. How they can say that based on some of the economic indicators is beyond belief.
 
Astute

Astute

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djr8369 said:
The government don't help talking about a quick recovery. How they can say that based on some of the economic indicators is beyond belief.
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The government is full of shite. We all know that they are full of shite.

It also comes down to what you count as recovery.
 
Astute

Astute

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wingy said:
Hatchet Job?
Jealous Husband?
I'd imagine this is posing a problem in wider society .
The illicit workplace affair etc .
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More like caught out not social distancing when a part of those who preach social distancing.
 
Sky Blue Pete

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MusicDating

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Sky Blue Pete said:
Can’t work our what the article is saying. Not much balance and if he was so bad at his job would he still be in it? Also how wrong was he on this? We are looking at 53000 extra deaths in a month. We could easily get to 100000 within a month or two
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Do you not think they're reasonable questions to ask?
He admitted that the CV predictions were based on 13yo flu code...

Seems to me like he's had a history of wildly overestimating potential impacts.

We should have just protected the vulnerable at all costs. The failure to protect care homes was/is scandalous.

But that's not to say the scientists shouldn't be challenged too.
 
David O'Day

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Fergusons predictions were based on non mitigation so we are unlikely to see anywhere near the figures in them.

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