Pandemic personal consequences

[nogojones]

p.s. Reading Cloud Atlas on my bus journey to and from work which is proving to be a bit of a treat.

Please tell me it's better that the film

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Please tell me it's better that the film

Haven't seen the film but as a rule books are generally far better than the films they're based on. Perhaps there's a thread in this ; films that are better than their books.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[Proper Tidy]

Haven't seen the film but as a rule books are generally far better than the films they're based on. Perhaps there's a thread in this ; films that are better than their books.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

Godfather (book is shit)
Stand by Me

Must be others

 

[strung out]

Godfather (book is shit)
Stand by Me

Must be others

Blade Runner, depending on whether you think it's the greatest film ever made or a load of pretentious, tedious wank (I'm somewhere in the middle).

 

[Epona]

Godfather (book is shit)
Stand by Me

Must be others

Psycho

(Film better than book, I am not calling you dodgy names!)

 

[Idris2002]

Godfather (book is shit)
Stand by Me

Must be others

LA Confidential, except that it's got Kevin Spacey in it.

 

[Proper Tidy]

See, loads

 

[treelover]

GP thinks i have Corona, been awful, she says many many are presenting with Corona symptoms,

wish the tests were available.

 

[Proper Tidy]

GP thinks i have Corona, been awful, she says many many are presenting with Corona symptoms,

wish the tests were available.

Fuck sorry mate, hope you get the care you need, did GP say how they would monitor you from here on?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

LA Confidential, except that it's got Kevin Spacey in it.

No way! the book is amazing

 

[maomao]

I've just been furloughed on eighty percent of my wage as per slightly unclear government scheme. Have been told I can work for free any time I get bored. That's not going to happen. Will get paid normally for March on Monday and then fuck knows. They say they're not that sure about tax/NI implications. Bit of a shock.

 

[LDC]

GP thinks i have Corona, been awful, she says many many are presenting with Corona symptoms,

wish the tests were available.

Just to know whether it was CV-19 or something else? Having the test wouldn't make any difference to your treatment currently though.

 

[circleline]

'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' - Fucking brilliant book; so tight, controlled. Narrated by the Native Indian. Really wished I'd not seen the film when I read the book..

 

[two sheds]

'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' - Fucking brilliant book; so tight, controlled. Narrated by the Native Indian. Really wished I'd not seen the film when I read the book..

Same for me and Catch 22, book was superb.

 

[Idris2002]

The film version of Catch-22 is respectable, I think.

 

[two sheds]

The film version of Catch-22 is respectable, I think.

Could be right, reading the book first ruined it for me though.

 

[Supine]

6hr journey home tomorrow and I'm a little bit nervous about it. Hope no other fuckers are trying to get out of London at the same time.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

The film of Fight Club is definitely better than the book IMO.

 

[strung out]

Jurassic Park is better than the book too.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Jurassic Park is better than the book too.

Only book I took on holiday once, had to finish it cos had fuck all else to read. Shite.

 

[wayward bob]

ghostbusters and the goonies are both better in film than book form.

the books were adaptations of the films (with glossy pic pages in the middle) and only endured by kids like me who didn't have a cinema within 20 miles

 

[scifisam]

'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' - Fucking brilliant book; so tight, controlled. Narrated by the Native Indian. Really wished I'd not seen the film when I read the book..

They're both amazing, but tell different stories.

 

[treelover]

Just to know whether it was CV-19 or something else? Having the test wouldn't make any difference to your treatment currently though.

what treatment, 'take more fluids'

surely, if i have had it at some point i can go out again, with all the restrictions.

 

[LDC]

what treatment, 'take more fluids'

surely, if i have had it at some point i can go out again, with all the restrictions.

That's what I mean, either way it doesn't actually make any difference at the moment. No, even if you've had it the restrictions apply currently.

Hope you get better soon. Watch out for the ups and downs by all accounts.

 

[Epona]

what treatment, 'take more fluids'

surely, if i have had it at some point i can go out again, with all the restrictions.

No, you can still get the virus on your hands, clothes etc and spread it to other surfaces where other people can get it, even if (and it is still an if, not a definite) having had it does provide you with immunity. You still need to follow the restrictions.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I've just been furloughed on eighty percent of my wage as per slightly unclear government scheme.

Have been told I can work for free any time I get bored.

They say they're not that sure about tax/NI implications.

not sure anyone knows exactly how it's going to work yet. our place has announced it today for front line staff (initially asking for volunteers) but some sort of criteria has been sorted out for priority (for who stays put if too many people volunteer and for who goes if not enough volunteer - that end of it isn't quite my department)

i guess for some people 20% pay cut traded against travel to work costs will be a reasonable deal (i think i would have about broken even when i was commuting to london)

i've been doing bloody silly hours on detailed planning to make a reduced level of business happen as from monday - i've nearly finished, and chances are that as soon as that happens it will be time for the next level of reductions and do it all again.

and while we are considered 'essential workers' the canteen is shut as a result of government directive, so we have to go and queue in crowded shops instead.

 

[Grace Johnson]

Blade Runner, depending on whether you think it's the greatest film ever made or a load of pretentious, tedious wank (I'm somewhere in the middle).

Anything by Philip K Dick tbh. Even the shit films. That man cannot write at all. Its horrendous. Like teeth pullingly bad. Some of the films are alright but all of his writing is absolute gash.

 

[prunus]

I've just been furloughed on eighty percent of my wage as per slightly unclear government scheme. Have been told I can work for free any time I get bored. That's not going to happen. Will get paid normally for March on Monday and then fuck knows. They say they're not that sure about tax/NI implications. Bit of a shock.

If that’s your work telling you you can work ‘free’ for them while you’re furloughed, that’s very much not the case by my understanding - the furloughed worker must not do any work for the employer whilst on furlough. If they (employer) are doing that they risk their claim under the scheme being rejected and not getting any money from the govt.

 

[wayward bob]

hands

 

[likesfish]

We've had are first scare not much we can do
But carry on.
Staff are the main threat to the prisoners. for once
hopefully the vapes arrive tomorrow