Covid-19

[Raider4]

Perhaps the telephone sanitisers will once again be proven right

Yes, the Golgafrinchians were wiped out by a virulent disease caught from an un-sanitized telephone IIRC?

Now everyone's got a mobile, and this disease is spreading everywhere.

Coincidence . . . ?

[Orcs]

I'm absolutely sure that that's the case, Paul.

Around here, there are a good number of farmers who are my age.....or a good bit older.

Practically, they wouldn't be able to self isolate....They have to keep checking their animals and collect feed and 'meds' for their animals from the local 'co-ops'......There wouldn't be enough 'young' farmers available to pick up the 'slack'.

But surely if its only them in a field or barn miles from anyone else they are still "self Isolated" .  I suppose the sheep might ask them to use hand sanitizer before touching them.

[Techno]

Mark.

Sheep are probably (genuinely) the most stupid (thick) animals on this Earth.

Though it's a close call between sheep and chickens......(Trust me... I know of what I speak.)

But from what I see of the 'so called' top tier of evolution.....Homo Sapiens ?

I despair, too.

Cheers - Phil.

[Ithoriel]

Homo Sapiens (vocat ipsum) Sapiens

As a retiree living alone I'm not sure there's much difference between "self isolation," "sociial distancing" and "life as normal"

Congrats mmcv! Mine's a pint of alcohol based hand sanitiser, barman!

[d_Guy]

Congrats, mmcv. I'll have a Corona with lime.

[flamingpig0]

Congrats, mmcv. I'll have a Corona with lime.

Sadly the beer doesn't appear to have been reduced in price

[barbarian]

Keep an eye on the numbers in Italy, watch the curve, and when your country is taking action. Then forge your own opinion.

+368 deaths in Italy today, 1809 total.

[paulr]

Congratulations mmcv

[Techno]

Oh, Yann.

I think (here) we all know it's going to get a good deal worse before we start winning.

All we can do is be as sensible as possible in cutting down the risks for ourselves and those around us.

We will 'win' in the end, my friend.....It's going to be a right load of 'merde', for a while yet, though.

You take care.

Cheers - Phil

[Steve J]

Daughters Uni in Edinburgh going to video lectures from Wednesday and already have plans for exams either online or in the post. Whether I can get her home is another matter entirely.

[Ithoriel]

Daughters Uni in Edinburgh going to video lectures from Wednesday and already have plans for exams either online or in the post. Whether I can get her home is another matter entirely.

I believe we're going to rebuild Hadrian's Wall .... and make the English pay for it

[mollinary]

I believe we're going to rebuild Hadrian's Wall .... and make the English pay for it

Good Luck with that, it's in England!  So not  sure it will do you much good. 

[Ithoriel]

It may be in England NOW ... but only because they stole bits of the country. We'll start by taking back Berwick and work south from there!

[jimduncanuk]

It may be in England NOW ... but only because they stole bits of the country. We'll start by taking back Berwick and work south from there!

Bollocks to that.

Go by sea and take Yorkshire, the only bit worth having.

[mollinary]

It may be in England NOW ... but only because they stole bits of the country. We'll start by taking back Berwick and work south from there!

Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough!   Scots invasions have a pretty poor success rate.   Does 'The Flowers of the Forest'  mean anything?

[sultanbev]

A much better option would be an independent Confederation of northern states - Yorkshire, Lancashire and Scotland, and any others up here that want to join. Anything has got to be better than the abusive rule from the Westminster neoliberal village. Flogging the nuke boats back to them with back payment for the dockyard rent will more than pay for it all.

Latest update from Aussie goverment on Covid-19
https://youtu.be/Hks6Nq7g6P4

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

In other news, looks like I just got promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Drinks are on me lads.

Cheers sir.
Mines a beer

[hammurabi70]

A much better option would be an independent Confederation of northern states - Yorkshire, Lancashire and Scotland, and any others up here that want to join. Anything has got to be better than the abusive rule from the Westminster neoliberal village. Flogging the nuke boats back to them with back payment for the dockyard rent will more than pay for it all.

A new variant VBCW.  Just remember to keep it as a Westminster bubble.  For us Londoners it is also a strange and far away country whose inhabitants seem to live in a different world to the rest of us. 

[Leon]

I've just put up a quick bit of info regarding Covid and how we're adapting our business: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,19551.0.html

[paulr]

A well written statement Leon, I wont clutter up that thread with this comment