Covid-19

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

No major queues in Birkenhead, but the tumble weed was knee deep.

Tip for all - paving stones are normally 2'x3' or 2'x2', so you can judge your 2m separation easily


Cheers all

IanS

[Steve J]

I spent an hour out of the house to do a 10 minute shop. The queue for the NHS, Vulnerable and over '70's was again a couple of 100 yeards long. They were slowly letting people in and once inside I was done in 10 minutes! Chatting to the lady on the till, she was with me in not understanding why everyone appears to still be panicking as the shelves were full, apart from the pasta which was a bit sparse. If everyone just shopped as normal we'd be OK.

[Steve J]

Bill, definitely plat the beard, shave the head and have runes tattoed on it! I would but SWMBO might not agree...

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I've started wearing my wife's Alice band, as I was overdue a trim anyway...

My problem is (when I was younger, I could sit on my hair) my hair goes into sausage curls.
I might need my wife's straighteners...

[toxicpixie]

Our barbers closed the day before my appointment (which was already three weeks late). I've decided to ultimately put my hair in a ponytail (I did it once when the world was young) and then put braids in my beard. If I end up liking the look,  when we get the all-clear I may shave my head and get rune tattoos.

Do it Bill! Also grab a large 2m staff to enforce social isolation and practise growling "Odin says, you shall not pass!"

[flamingpig0]

Based only on the story linked above (which leaves some questions unanswered):
The captain appears to have gone ex-chain-of-command, apparently leaving his immediate superior (Carrier strike group commander) out of his decision loop.
The memo was distributed with such loose security that it ended up being published in a news paper.

Welfare of the crew is of major importance but so is operational security. At this point we would seem to have at least one carrier group that is combat ineffective. Nice to know. 

Volumes can be written about the motivation of whistleblowers.

I am pretty sure that the would have made his concerns evident to the strike group commander and the loose security gambit is a classic way of shooing the messenger.   
I have no reason to doubt his motivation as it would be hard to  see what he would gain from putting his career on  the line

[Raider4]

. . . I'm sure the Ladies will be fine.

Hah! My wife's roots are starting to show and she is Not Happy.

[Steve J]

I forgot about the roots showing issue, so some DIY colouring at home could be interesting, assuming you can get to buy the dye. With 50% arctic blonde in my hair it's not something I worry about; keeping my hair is more of an issue!

[d_Guy]

I have no reason to doubt his motivation as it would be hard to  see what he would gain from putting his career on  the line

In this specific case I tend to agree with you. Hopefully his crew will benefit.

Do it Bill! Also grab a large 2m staff to enforce social isolation and practise growling "Odin says, you shall not pass!"

Bill, definitely plat the beard, shave the head and have runes tattoed on it! I would but SWMBO might not agree...

I will attempt to convince her that I will look exactly like Ragnar (in the series) of whom she has a keen (and possibly carnal) interest.

Hah! My wife's roots are starting to show and she is Not Happy.

Amen to that, brother!

[Techno]

I've started wearing my wife's Alice band, as I was overdue a trim anyway...

That's a good idea, Will....I'm sure Von's got (what I'd call) a sweatband, rather than an Alice band...I might nick that for the time being.

Cheers - Phil

[Leon]

I wonder if we can start selling the Vallejo paints as 'alternative hair dyes'...  I can pop them in a different pot with a fancy label on them...

[Techno]

Von pointed out a facebook video post this morning, of a couple of very young boys who might well have been using the Vallejo paints......They appeared to have had a damn good go at face-painting each other.

They were COVERED.  .....Faces especially, but also their shirts.

Their Dad obviously was managing to take it in very good part, as they kept asking, "Why are you laughing, Daddy ?"
(They'd also managed to do a lot of 'damage' to 'downstairs'.....From the statements their father was making.)

On a somewhat different note.....I'm sure most, if not virtually all of you in the UK have seen the Corona virus 'Advert', featuring Prof. Chris Whitty.
Each time I see that, to start with I think it's not a real person, but a CGI image.
It must be the way the lighting's been done. 

Cheers - Phil

[toxicpixie]

Nah, he's a CGI potato

[flamingpig0]

I am pretty sure that the would have made his concerns evident to the strike group commander and the loose security gambit is a classic way of shooing the messenger.   
I have no reason to doubt his motivation as it would be hard to  see what he would gain from putting his career on  the line

https://youtu.be/uxDkffIKzCs
The crew seem to appreciate him

[toxicpixie]

He's gone to the wall for them, I think they know.