Which Tyler Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: I cant wait to see how we enforce those rules. They leave a lot of wiggle room for the determined fuckwit. They'll have to be pretty determined, and expect most of the loopholes to be closed with the usual clarification a few hours later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSumm Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Werthead said: All remaining non-essential businesses ordered to shut immediately. Non essential shops, anyway. But non-essential businesses where you can’t work from home, still open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 My work closed today anyway. Bloody hell this is going to be a shit few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 minute ago, ljkeane said: My work closed today anyway. Bloody hell this is going to be a shit few months. I was thinking this and we shouldn't belittle the situation - putting essentially the entire UK population under house arrest with exercise time is the most stunning - but previous generations and in previous centuries we've had far worse shit to go through. This is an extraordinary moment for us, but it is something we can get through. I'm hoping like hell that the downward trend in Italy is real and will continue, because that will give us real hope that we can overcome this in a reasonable timeframe (under 2 months) and not taking years to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Doesn’t change my life too much, daily run and shopping trip seems to be my life now anyway. Shame it’s come to this. Other bit of news, we can stop talking silliness about Boris and power grabbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Just so you all know, I'm not a target driven boss, but every one of my staff will be told to issue 247 fines to wankers who break the rules, per hour. So if you are one of those cretins, avoid NW London. I may even get my pen out myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 The realisation that I have just been made bankrupt is quite a sombre one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaircat Meow Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 14 minutes ago, Heartofice said: Doesn’t change my life too much, daily run and shopping trip seems to be my life now anyway. Shame it’s come to this. Other bit of news, we can stop talking silliness about Boris and power grabbing You should get deliveries - I only go out for my run and that's it. 8 minutes ago, SeanF said: The realisation that I have just been made bankrupt is quite a sombre one. Sorry to hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, Chaircat Meow said: You should get deliveries - I only go out for my run and that's it. If I put in an order now I might get a delivery in 3 weeks if I’m lucky and they’ll substitute toilet paper for a cabbage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Chaircat Meow said: You should get deliveries - I only go out for my run and that's it. Sorry to hear that. You can service your debts when you have income, but when you are barred from earning the income, the debts remain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Quote You should get deliveries - I only go out for my run and that's it. The delivery services are rammed. Tesco, Asda, Ocado etc are pretty much now out of commission. I booked a slot on Wednesday eight days ago and it's been whack-a-mole every single day as stuff goes in and out of the cart. I have 17 days worth of food, which is a reasonable start, and I might get another week out of this Tesco shop but after that it's going to braving the supermarkets on foot (this isn't new, I've always tried to have 14 days of food at any one time and then shop ahead of that by one or two weeks, ever since I was wiped out for a month by a case of the ordinary flu and then a bronchial infection a few years ago). There is a local farmer's market which does home orders and also does essentials as well as meat, I'm just waiting to hear from them what their delivery time is. Anecdotally I'm hearing a lot of these small local services have tons of stock and reasonable delivery times, because a lot of people can't seem to use Google. I also suspect the supermarkets will be absolutely rammed tomorrow as this reality hits home for people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 hour ago, BigFatCoward said: I cant wait to see how we enforce those rules. They leave a lot of wiggle room for the determined fuckwit. I'm curious how they enforce the one form of exercise per day in particular. Is it just pot luck whether someone recognises that you were out earlier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen'ari Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Things are going to get very boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSumm Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I was confused for a second, official U.K. PM tweet said that only key workers can go to work ... but while I was posting it here it got deleted. So maybe it was an error. A pretty polished looking gif, but hopefully an error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, HelenaExMachina said: I'm curious how they enforce the one form of exercise per day in particular. Is it just pot luck whether someone recognises that you were out earlier? I think this is going to be taken somewhat on trust and will be more vigorously enforced if necessary. I have a garden (a lot of people don't) and a running machine (most people don't) so I probably wouldn't bother. I'm just going to assume I'm in prison, but with my favourite pyjamas, internet access, 300 books I haven't read, 30+ movies on DVD and Blu-Ray I haven't watched and streaming subscriptions. 5 minutes ago, Jen'ari said: Things are going to get very boring. Unless you or a loved one get the virus, at which point you'll happily swap it for a year of being incredibly bored indeed. And even if the spread of the virus stopped dead tomorrow, it still has 2-3 weeks for the already-infected to burn through the stages of the virus, so regardless of what happens, the NHS is very much not going to have a boring time for the next few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 hour ago, BigFatCoward said: Just so you all know, I'm not a target driven boss, but every one of my staff will be told to issue 247 fines to wankers who break the rules, per hour. So if you are one of those cretins, avoid NW London. I may even get my pen out myself. Can you just club them instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSumm Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 28 minutes ago, DaveSumm said: I was confused for a second, official U.K. PM tweet said that only key workers can go to work ... but while I was posting it here it got deleted. So maybe it was an error. A pretty polished looking gif, but hopefully an error. Yep, they just sent out the corrected tweet: you can go to work if you can’t work from home. I’m already seeing a lot of confusion about this, they need to make sure everyone understands it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Heartofice said: If I put in an order now I might get a delivery in 3 weeks if I’m lucky and they’ll substitute toilet paper for a cabbage In a pinch one can use cabbage leaves to wipe but one cannot eat the TP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Let's be honest, the one form of exercise a day- it really doesn't matter if soemone sneaks out twice, as long as they're sticking to the advice that they shouldn't be going near anyone. The point of putting it that way is really just if you make it sound more strict people are less likely to take absolute liberties and end up outside in hordes for hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Well, no change for me because I’m a key worker (banking). Hopefully fewer people on the train, but based on this morning it seems unlikely to go much lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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