General Coronavirus (COVID-19) chat

[Diatribe]

What one has to take into account is that the last time the media propagated a scintilla of truth was VE Day 1945 and the only time any British gov. has done anything beneficial for its citizens, albeit unwittingly, was to transport them to Australia circa 200 yrs. ago.

Of course the media are going to run with this mass hysteria propaganda, after all, its the biggest story they've had since the Coronation St. scriptwriters killed off Deidre, not to mention of course that its the perfect detraction from a protracted economic recession. People have far more to worry about the real gov. agenda behind the creation of their media handmaiden's mass hysteria than Coronavirus.

We live in a dumbed down society where the ''Sun,'' a comic strip for retarded under fives is the best selling newspaper(I use the word newspaper in a euphemistic context) hence the reaction to the current propaganda is of little surprise. If Boris, from his Coronavirus death bed were to announce a Mandatory Euthanasia Programme, there would be a not inconsiderable proportion of the population enquiring where they should report to and if they should bring a change of clothing.

Meanwhile, I am holed up in a basement closet for the next two years, being fed with sandwiches and wafer biscuits passed under the door with my eyes and ears fixated on Sky News for the latest developments.

 

[Diatribe]

I hear rumours circulating from the confinement of my basement closet that the BBC are planning a re-run of old 1950's Sci Fi movies, a la ''On the Beach.'' On a more serious note, I've got to state that I jus' love this ''social distancing'' practice, particularly in the vein that one would prefer most people to stay a couple of continents away, as opposed to a couple of meters.

Normally, people are so engaged with talking puerile detritus on their gov. tracking devices, euphemistically referred to as mobile phones, they don't see a foot in front of them, I'm forever bumping into them. Now they walk in the road if even an apparition appears in the distance, its jus' a shame there aren't more cars around at the moment

 

[Teaboy]

What one has to take into account is that the last time the media propagated a scintilla of truth was VE Day 1945 and the only time any British gov. has done anything beneficial for its citizens, albeit unwittingly, was to transport them to Australia circa 200 yrs. ago.

Whatever else happens this is one of the best openings to a post I've seen or urban for a while.

 

[Sprocket.]

I just heard on the radio that Kathryn Jenkins and Vera Lynn are duetting on a new recording of We’ll Meet Again.
When is that asteroid due?

 

[Lucy Fur]

Yeah, it’s tricky to keep a proper distance inside shops. Not least because some shopworkers kinda bimble about doing their work as normal without keeping their distance. I get it. I’ve been doing some releif work in a small shop and if I’m stacking shelves it’s really tedious to keep stepping back or getting off a ladder every time a customer wants something from that shelf, all day long, especially since plenty of customers don’t keep their own distance.

Have you not been into a supermarket at all during lockdown Marty1

Here in France the supermarket now closed a couple of hours earlier, and shelf stacking occurs then. Also the car park is semi roped off to control numbers in the store at the same time.

 

[MrCurry]

I hadn’t seen this before, but googling further it seems there’s a number of articles citing conjunctivitis as a possible first symptom of covid 19. And I was googling conjunctivitis because I’ve had it for the past couple of days

That’s the trouble with googling health conditions I suppose!!

 

[Diatribe]

Since my inception on this planet, I've had at least a couple of viruses per annum, barring one and that was when I had a year in California.

 

[Diatribe]

Here in France the supermarket now closed a couple of hours earlier, and shelf stacking occurs then.

My local supermercado in sunny Woodford was closed for a couple of hrs. the other day with a sign outside stating the reason was for restocking shelves. However, when I passed by an hr. later, the shelves were still bare whilst all the staff were masked up, busily engaged with mops and buckets et al. Heaven forbid how they'll react when Nevil Chamberlain's '' this country is now at war with Germany'' speech filters down to them.

 

[Orang Utan]

My local supermercado in sunny Woodford was closed for a couple of hrs. the other day with a sign outside stating the reason was for restocking shelves. However, when I passed by an hr. later, the shelves were still bare whilst all the staff were masked up, busily engaged with mops and buckets et al. Heaven forbid how they'll react when Nevil Chamberlain's '' this country is now at war with Germany'' speech filters down to them.

are you Tobias Funke?

 

[SheilaNaGig]

I wonder what search terms people are using that gets them onto Urban as a new member right now.

I don’t know how these things work at all. Why is this place popping up on search engines right now? Is it because of all the links we’re posting?

 

[Diatribe]

I wonder what search terms people are using that gets them onto Urban as a new member right now.

I tried engaging in the noble art of repartee on a couple of other forums, but they transpired to be ''Mutual Admiration Societies'' compiled of humourless, politically correct apparatchiks and Orwellian moderators who were deleting my ripostes faster than the ''Sun'' changes political allegiances . Then I just happened across this forum and decided to give it a try.

To get back on topic, this so called ''social distancing'' isn't a new phenomenon designed to counteract Coronavirus, my Belgian Malinois Shepherd has been practising it since he was 3 months old, no-one can get within 20 yards of him.

 

[Gimigimi]

I tried engaging in the noble art of repartee on a couple of other forums, but they transpired to be ''Mutual Admiration Societies'' compiled of humourless, politically correct apparatchiks and Orwellian moderators who were deleting my ripostes faster than the ''Sun'' changes political allegiances .

Then I just happened across this forum and decided to give it a try.

Can't imagine why anyone would ever have a problem with a guy who refers to posting as "the noble art of repartee" and using a phone as "talking puerile detritus on their gov. tracking devices". No matter - forthwith, to enlightenment good sir! Damn the crosseyed protestations of the rabble, there's delectable intercourse afoot presently amidst this fine locale!

 

[Marty1]

‘Zoom bombing’ my becomes a thing for sickos during coronavirus lockdown

Coronavirus: Teachers in Singapore stopped from using Zoom after 'very serious incidents'

One incident saw hackers hijack the stream of a lesson for teenage girls, forcing pictures of male genitalia to appear on screens.

news.sky.com

 

[gentlegreen]

A police car just drove up my street at moderate speed without its siren or lights while my neighbour was reversing ...

 

[SheilaNaGig]

are you Tobias Funke?

Who’s the Viz character thst uses too many words?

 

[SheilaNaGig]

Can't imagine why anyone would ever have a problem with a guy who refers to posting as "the noble art of repartee" and using a phone as "talking puerile detritus on their gov. tracking devices". No matter - forthwith, to enlightenment good sir! Damn the crosseyed protestations of the rabble, there's delectable intercourse afoot presently amidst this fine locale!

Forsooth, verily ‘tis the exemplification of sesquipedalian loquaciousness!

I hope Diatribe sticks around, might force us to up our game.

Welcome on board Diatribe

I can’t believe that’s username is still available! Don't fuck up mate, cos each name can only be used once and you’ve got a good one.

Gorgeous dog you've got there. Jump on the Dog thread to join the pup brigade.

The dog thread is better than the cat thread, because it features dogs.

There are some tunes which Mrs Loom plays on the saxophone to which M.F.M.I. de Robespierre's howled accompaniment is moderately quiet and sedate. Not Baker Street, though. The moment she starts on the Bob Holness classic, the dog drowns her out with impressive harmonies and cunning changes in...

www.urban75.net

 

[Tankus]

Cambridge Police

@CambridgeCops

Officers visited Tesco Barhill this morning as part of their patrols around supermarkets and green spaces this weekend. Good to see everyone was abiding by social distancing measures and the non essential aisles were empty. #1732

non essential policing

 

[Tankus]

a like for the dawg ...not too sure about the post

I've been here 10 years or so ...and I still feel like a newbie ....sometimes

 

[Tankus]

Since we're in this for the long term to some extent, I'm assembling a hand-washing station just inside the front door.
I should have done it sooner since that room is my bike garage / workshop. And hopefully even once this thing has burned itself out I will continue to wash my hands before and after supermarket trips.

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You should aim to change that water at least once a month GG

 

[Marty1]

Got a key worker cake off Amazon.


Just ate it - very nice

 

[treelover]

hearing reports that some of the food parcels have some 'pretty ripe' perishables in them, mouldy bananas, lettuce with slime on them, great people are getting them, but for those with immune issues, it can be dangerous

that cake looks amazing.

 

[gentlegreen]

You should aim to change that water at least once a month GG

I may add a bit of nursery chlorine bleach to the 5 litre container ... I also found a small fountain pump so I may fit that ..
It's by the front door / garden, so disposal of dirty water is not a problem...

 

[Diatribe]

I don’t know how these things work at all. Why is this place popping up on search engines right now? Is it because of all the links we’re posting?

Upon reflection, I came across this site after typing Coronavirus in the Google search machine. I was looking for a site that accommodated alternative perspectives on the aforementioned which is sadly lacking on most fora pertaining to this subject. I'm not in denial that there is some form of virus polluting the atmosphere and one doesn't require the brains of David Lloyd George, or that matter, the mathematical genius of Albert Einstein to comprehend that there will be those falling foul of it. However, as in war, the first casualty is truth and the only matter that even the so called experts can agree upon is that there will be far more casualties from the effect than the cause.

For what its worth, my opinion is that the media are a far greater threat to the British people than the parasites languishing on the benches in the House of Commons. For instance , a headline in a comic strip owned by that tyrannical megalomaniac, Rupert Murdoch, becomes enshrined in the law statute books the following day. I've watched in utter disbelief over the past 30 yrs. as just about every civil liberty our forebears fought and in some cases died for have been eroded by the media driving a misinformation coach and horses through them.

First they came for our animals with the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act, then they came for our guns with the 1998 Firearms Act, then they came for our cash with the 2002 Proceeds of Crime Act, then they came for our right to a fair trial with the 2003 Criminal Justice Bill, then they came for our benefits with the 2007 Welfare Reform Act etc etc. etc.. Now they are coming for our businesses, pensions, homes and any remaining possessions with the Great Coronavirus Scam.

I suppose the only benefit to being a British citizen is that unlike other countries, in the Peoples' Republik of Britain, one doesn't lose any civil rights if criminalised, because there aren't any to lose in the first instance. Its all a tad reminiscent of that old German P.O.W joke, ''Zer vill be no more complaints about ze Red Cross parcels, because zer vill be no more Red Cross parcels.''

 

[gentlegreen]

That post has reappeared

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Upon reflection, I came across this site after typing Coronavirus in the Google search machine. I was looking for a site that accommodated alternative perspectives on the aforementioned which is sadly lacking on most fora pertaining to this subject. I'm not in denial that there is some form of virus polluting the atmosphere and one doesn't require the brains of David Lloyd George, or that matter, the mathematical genius of Albert Einstein to comprehend that there will be those falling foul of it. However, as in war, the first casualty is truth and the only matter that even the so called experts can agree upon is that there will be far more casualties from the effect than the cause.

For what its worth, my opinion is that the media are a far greater threat to the British people than the parasites languishing on the benches in the House of Commons. For instance , a headline in a comic strip owned by that tyrannical megalomaniac, Rupert Murdoch, becomes enshrined in the law statute books the following day. I've watched in utter disbelief over the past 30 yrs. as just about every civil liberty our forebears fought and in some cases died for have been eroded by the media driving a misinformation coach and horses through them.

First they came for our animals with the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act, then they came for our guns with the 1998 Firearms Act, then they came for our cash with the 2002 Proceeds of Crime Act, then they came for our right to a fair trial with the 2003 Criminal Justice Bill, then they came for our benefits with the 2007 Welfare Reform Act etc etc. etc.. Now they are coming for our businesses, pensions, homes and any remaining possessions with the Great Coronavirus Scam.

I suppose the only benefit to being a British citizen is that unlike other countries, in the Peoples' Republik of Britain, one doesn't lose any civil rights if criminalised, because there aren't any to lose in the first instance. Its all a tad reminiscent of that old German P.O.W joke, ''Zer vill be no more complaints about ze Red Cross parcels, because zer vill be no more Red Cross parcels.''

Wouldn't it have been faster to just type "I AM A PRETENTIOUS MORON" and leave it at that?

 

[Diatribe]

Wouldn't it have been faster to just type "I AM A PRETENTIOUS MORON" and leave it at that?

Probably, but that would have deprived you of displaying your superior intellectual prowess whilst expressing your dissatisfaction at the content of my missive.

 

[gentlegreen]

Probably, but that would have deprived you of displaying your superior intellectual prowess whilst expressing your dissatisfaction at the content of my missive.

So - although you claim to approve of the social services as well as personal firearms - so let's cut to the chase ... what of Jordan Peterson and "man" stuff ?

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Probably, but that would have deprived you of displaying your superior intellectual prowess whilst expressing your dissatisfaction at the content of my missive.

If you are going to post in this obviously overblown manner, then you really need to pay much closer attention to grammatical detail and to proof reading. Although, by not doing so, there is at least a consistency between the half arsed style and the half arsed content of your half arsed 'missives'.

Louis MacNeice

 

[ruffneck23]

things lockdown does to you..

Went on a food shop , ended up buying a cake tin , gonna bake me a cake, except forgot most of the ingredients, ,l run out of # before i can get back to the shop , oh well minor problems, I can wait or will find a way

 

[Aladdin]

French police turn back private jet of holidaymakers from UK

Ten flew into Marseille-Provence airport to be taken by helicopter to luxury Cannes villa

www.irishtimes.com

Feckin gobshites