LDC
On est tous des pangolins
It's not going to happen that suddenly. Work need to risk assess places and put measures in place. There won't be expectations that suddenly people are going to be back tomorrow morning.
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It's not going to happen that suddenly. Work need to risk assess places and put measures in place. There won't be expectations that suddenly people are going to be back tomorrow morning.
Mogden
I like tea
But none of that was conveyed. I imagine there are companies who just expect people to turn up and will penalize you if you don't by either sacking you or docking your wages. Sunday night is no time to be trying to work out if you've got to go back, even a Friday afternoon would be ill advised for that sort of speech. I believe he said there would be clarification tomorrow but if he knows that, why not clarify it tonight.
People will hear what they want to hear and a good amount will hear go straight back to work and the rest of you go and play in the parks and have a few drinks and a chat and ignore that that doesn't come into being until Wednesday.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
He's applying pressure to Johnson's Adam's apple, but while maintaining social distancing.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Just looked at the traffic cams round here - inner ring road and other main roads seem pretty quiet - mainly commercial vehicles/buses rather than private cars. Be interesting to see how many people actually go to work today.
Seems sensible
www.independent.co.uk
French passengers to be exempt from UK quarantine rules
Britain and France say there will be reciprocal arrangement
www.independent.co.uk
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
You can do it yourself pretty cheaply, but it obviously does void your warranty and risk fucking it up completely if you make a mistake.
2hats
Dust.
Any phone repair shop will do it for you. You'll just have to prove your COVID status via the NHSX app first.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
They're opening everything up today. You can get your hair cut or eat out with some minor restrictions (limited numbers entering a business and 50% capacity in the seating area). I think its a bad idea, especially considering that we still haven't seen the peak here. The Ricketts family needs those billions of dollars coming in, so get out there and shop til you drop!
Where are you based?
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I haven't heard anything about this anywhere else, apologies if pearoast - projecting movies on building walls for Berlin apartment dwellers under lockdown:
www.theguardian.com
Reno?
Berlin's Windowflicks film projections – in pictures
The Windowflicks project is hosting film screenings in Berlin’s courtyards, as cinemas are closed
www.theguardian.com
Reno?
clicker
nanook rubs it....
So sorry Sugar Kane are visitors allowed into hospitals over there?My aunt went into hospital last Thursday and she was disgnosed today with Covid 19. She is 85 with heart problems.
She lived alone. Her husband died 5 years ago. She had a carer coming in every day for an hour. Which may well be how she got it.
Reno
The In Kraut
I've read about it but it's not happening in my part of Berlin. Makes it sound like Berlin is this hive of cultural activity despite the lockdown, but 99 % is dead like everywhere else.I haven't heard anything about this anywhere else, apologies if pearoast - projecting movies on building walls for Berlin apartment dwellers under lockdown:
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Berlin's Windowflicks film projections – in pictures
The Windowflicks project is hosting film screenings in Berlin’s courtyards, as cinemas are closed
Reno?
No. Nobody is going near hospitals.
My brother works in the same hospital. He heard from a colleague and phoned my dad.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
TBF your projector's probably not much smaller anyway
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SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Mogden
I like tea
Workplace have confirmed furlough is continuing, and they may need to furlough more people, as the need for what we supply is taking a downturn. There are also quite heavy suggestions this might be the end of the business. This does not surprise me in the least, my clearing out of my locker before I left for furlough suggested that.
Last place I worked at have just announced they've called in the administrators. At this time I'm still very grateful I am a frugal person. Don't drive, don't need life insurance to cover dependents, have very little in the way of outgoings. Some people living monthly pay check to pay check and being coerced into the champagne lifestyle must be shitting bricks right about now and realising having a flash car, a second home and luxury holidays isn't all that in the grand scheme of things.
Last place I worked at have just announced they've called in the administrators. At this time I'm still very grateful I am a frugal person. Don't drive, don't need life insurance to cover dependents, have very little in the way of outgoings. Some people living monthly pay check to pay check and being coerced into the champagne lifestyle must be shitting bricks right about now and realising having a flash car, a second home and luxury holidays isn't all that in the grand scheme of things.
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
I've got used to seeing a few people (~teenagers) every day climb up and over a ~10 foot fence, to get into a locked sports ground in the park. Had my heart in my mouth with the last two 
The first one got close to the top, then clearly had second thoughts but wouldn't go back down. Took a loooong time to gather himself (just having a nice sit down, straddled over this thin wire fence
) and then, oh so cautiously (good!) came down the other side.
His mate followed. Decided at the top that he definitely wasn't afeared, oh no, and stood up, hands-free, with just his (shod) tootsies hooked into the mesh, keeping him in place. Nonchalantly adjusted his hoodie, wobbled
then (very, very carefully) climbed down.
They're going to have to do it all again, soon.
The first one got close to the top, then clearly had second thoughts but wouldn't go back down. Took a loooong time to gather himself (just having a nice sit down, straddled over this thin wire fence
) and then, oh so cautiously (good!) came down the other side. His mate followed. Decided at the top that he definitely wasn't afeared, oh no, and stood up, hands-free, with just his (shod) tootsies hooked into the mesh, keeping him in place. Nonchalantly adjusted his hoodie, wobbled
then (very, very carefully) climbed down.They're going to have to do it all again, soon.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
Its 7 weeks and numbers aren't going down in the UK like I was expecting. I'm puzzled, where are all these people getting infected? Is it because we are pretty high density to other countries?
Is there any reason not to start tracking and tracing now? Clearly, there are too many cases for that to be effective in reducing numbers, but it might get a handle on where people are catching the virus. Knowing this may give us something that would be effective in lowering the numbers catching c-19, getting us to a point where decent track and trace would become effective.
Is there any reason not to start tracking and tracing now? Clearly, there are too many cases for that to be effective in reducing numbers, but it might get a handle on where people are catching the virus. Knowing this may give us something that would be effective in lowering the numbers catching c-19, getting us to a point where decent track and trace would become effective.
chainsawjob
Kipping in the dunes
Wasn't sure where to ask this... we've been contacted to say an electrical safety check needs to be carried out on our home (private rented), and are implying it's to comply with mandatory legislation. They said they'll have to go into every room, presumably to PAT test electrical sockets? And will be wearing PPE.
I can't find anything that says this check is mandatory. It is for gas checks, but not electrical. Legislation is being brought in in July to make them the same I think.
Should I refuse? What would anyone else do? I'm not keen on this, we can keep out of the way, but they'll be touching things in every room in the house, including kids' bedrooms. And presumably any furniture they have to move out the way. 2 people are coming. I feel almost sure this is something they're doing that benefits them (estate agent can charge the L/L?) and me not so much rn (well, except safety checks are obv important, but right now I'm more concerned about virus transmission).
Edit: is there anywhere better I could ask this on here? Could check with Shelter I guess.
I can't find anything that says this check is mandatory. It is for gas checks, but not electrical. Legislation is being brought in in July to make them the same I think.
Should I refuse? What would anyone else do? I'm not keen on this, we can keep out of the way, but they'll be touching things in every room in the house, including kids' bedrooms. And presumably any furniture they have to move out the way. 2 people are coming. I feel almost sure this is something they're doing that benefits them (estate agent can charge the L/L?) and me not so much rn (well, except safety checks are obv important, but right now I'm more concerned about virus transmission).
Edit: is there anywhere better I could ask this on here? Could check with Shelter I guess.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Something similar came up already with the council doing a gas check iirc. I think it is mandatory (at least it is for gas as you say) but if you really don't feel comfortable just tell them to postpone it, or say you're self isolating? I'm very careful generally but if you stay 2m away and give things a wipe down afterwards this would come under an acceptable level of risk for me.
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