Covid-19

[Techno]

Hmmm......I'm thinking of shooting some of the flying rats, as well.
(Not to eat......Just can't stand the wretched things....There's so many of them... they need culling......They scoff 90% of the food I put out for the little garden birds.....The swine !!  )

Cheers - Phil

[Orcs]

Hmmm......I'm thinking of shooting some of the flying rats, as well.
(Not to eat......Just can't stand the wretched things....There's so many of them... they need culling......They scoff 90% of the food I put out for the little garden birds.....The swine !!  )

Cheers - Phil

They taste quite nice. Bit like liver.   Don't bother with the full carcase, just pluck the breast, run a knife down the breast bone and take each side of the breast off.  If you don't fancy it, just cook them up for the dogs.

[Techno]

Liver ?......I thought everything tasted of chicken.

(The things you learn on our esteemed forum.) 

Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

Liver ?......I thought everything tasted of chicken. :-

(The things you learn on our esteemed forum.) 

Cheers - Phil

No, coffee tastes like..... Paint water?

Not again...

[paulr]

 

50 or so of the trees I salvaged have been replanted in the nearby park, and the rest have been saved for dead hedging around the allotment.

Something else I've learnt about through our esteemed forum

[Last Hussar]

All those Zombie games are going to have to publish updates where the players scavenge for toilet rolls, aren't they?

[toxicpixie]

I do like a nice pigeon breast, marinated in red wine and a little herbs, then flash fried. Need half a dozen for anything even snack sized tho!

[petercooman]

All those Zombie games are going to have to publish updates where the players scavenge for toilet rolls, aren't they?

was a chap yesterday on facebook who had made objective marers. 5 bases with stacks of loo rolls 

[Raider4]

Aside from being "attrition pets" and mostly ex-industrial ladies who've been very roughly handled by our arsehole food production systems

Yeah, I don't think the great British public really knows - or wants to know - exactly how "industrial" real-world food production is.

There's a reason there are no webcams in abbatoirs . . .

The one's that really piss me off are the adverts for "luxury" expensive chocolates, that show a kindly old man in a white chef's hat hand-churning your chocolate, while a message written in white on a light-grey background proclaims "product development kitchen".

Well, you now what, dearie? There is no kindly old man. Your "luxury" chocolates were produced in a factory/warehouse the size of Paddington station, that employs 7 people, 3 of whom are security guards.

[Raider4]

And this is exactly the sort of thing that will cause real trouble.

The "We're all in this together" thing starts to fall apart when the general public thinks that the rich 'n powerful are not only suffering as much as the rest of us, but actually making money out of the problem.

[Leon]

We've just been out in the car to see how many people were taking notice of today's announcements.  Answer = not a lot...  A lot of the pubs and restaurants are still open, some of them almost crammed full.  I don't think these people understand that the longer they ignore the advice, the longer we have to keep these measures in place.  It's not fun for any of us, but it needs to be done.

[pierre the shy]

Yeah, I don't think the great British public really knows - or wants to know - exactly how "industrial" real-world food production is.

Have to agree with that...I worked the night shift at a biscuit factory in Broxburn (West of Edinburgh) in the 90's when I was back in the UK for a while.

H&S requirements were generally quite rigidly observed but was still somewhat of an eye-opener to see how the lines worked (and what ingredients goes into some of the stuff they made).

   

[Sandinista]

NZ governments reaction to cases reaching 53
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2003/S00154/nation-steps-up-to-covid-19-alert-level-2.htm?fbclid=IwAR3sIDm1l6SUkB-7AfTeHA8WiZrt1myYFIY06SMBg3lPFsEx-Laro9gizxI

Cheers
Ian

[flamingpig0]

We've just been out in the car to see how many people were taking notice of today's announcements.  Answer = not a lot...  A lot of the pubs and restaurants are still open, some of them almost crammed full.  I don't think these people understand that the longer they ignore the advice, the longer we have to keep these measures in place.  It's not fun for any of us, but it needs to be done.

I note that the ever tiresome Brendan O'Neil has just denounced the Gov't for shutting down pubs; apparently a  North Korean style measure.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/boris-s-pub-ban-makes-this-a-dark-day-for-britain

[mmcv]

I note that the ever tiresome Brendan O'Neil has just denounced the Gov't for shutting down pubs; apparently a  North Korean style measure.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/boris-s-pub-ban-makes-this-a-dark-day-for-britain

Interestingly contradicting his previous article where he declared the youth were too fragile to survive this due to being too coddled, now they'll be fine because they have TikTok and Google Hangouts...

If he's so concerned about this why not write an article telling those lonely older people how to set up video chats with their mates from the pub or sourcing them second hand tablets that could be used for such... Rather than "naval gazing" on the institution of the grand old British pub of bygone days.

[Techno]

Did you know......?

If you store loo-rolls for more than three months, they go all soggy and fall apart. 
Neither did I until I made that up.

I'm trying to think of a feasible rumour to give the hoarders some pause for thought.
Spontaneous combustion ?

Any bright ideas that we can put on facebook ?

(Well.....You really...... as I don't do faceache)

Cheers - Phil    (Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.)

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Could they be infested with weevils ?

And no they don't go soggy if your store them properly ! I keep mine for 18 months, bought a 12 pack roughly 2 months ago. And before you ask I always do it that way.

Report on retail front - ASDA Birkenhead opened 2 hours late, meat aisle, burger aisle (including the vegie stuff), not much on the ood shelf, and tissues of any type. Al;so they was only lettin peps in 10 at a time.

MASSIVE OVER REACTION AGAIN !!!! 

[FierceKitty]

Actually, I'd be happy to see loo rolls made with unbleached paper - release fewer halogens into the environment. Ditto tampons. I'm surprised the feminists have missed that one - heard of toxic shock syndrome, sisters?

[toxicpixie]

There's quite a buzz about toxic shock and tampons, Kitty. It's just people want what the people get, and we have had bright white associate d with clean so tampons are bleached (in general), and the manufacturers have zero interest in hitting profits by moving from that.

You should get a moon cup instead

[Techno]

Could they be infested with weevils ?

Not bad.

And no they don't go soggy if your store them properly !

Some would believe that they DO go soggy.........I did say I'd made that up. 

Just been down to the village to get a paper....I want my money back !  .....There was no Sports section.

It was a bit bizarre......I only really only needed to go to the pharmacy, to get Von's next month's worth of pills.
Note on the door......Only three customers in the shop at any one time....No unaccompanied children......I think that's totally fair...Folk who are ill are the ones most likely be going to visit the 'chemists', so the staff really need to protect themselves.

Thought I'd have a 'nose' in the mini-supermarket......They had some very strange loo 'rolls' (Only one pack per person.).....Looked more like someone had been into MacDonalds and half-inched/pinched/stolen a load of their 'serviettes', and then bundled them up.

We are going through 'strange' times.

Take care, Gang.

Cheers - Phil