Will you continue using a face mask after 19 July?
- Thread starter Maggot
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Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
But then...
"The Dean refused permission for the proposed Monday ringing to take place on hearing about it."
We apologise sincerely that the Dean made us act like woke babies. Sorry to spoil the fun.
"The Dean refused permission for the proposed Monday ringing to take place on hearing about it."
We apologise sincerely that the Dean made us act like woke babies. Sorry to spoil the fun.
Oh wow, that's pretty special! Had to look it up on Twitter and the feedback they received was indeed rather robust!
Raheem
Well-Known Member
They'll be running in hysterical circles at GB News when they hear this. And before they hear it, obvs.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
We could hear someone letting of fireworks last night...
We'll continue to wear masks in enclosed spaces - as a courtesy as much as anything else - we won't be eating or drinking inside, we'll be doing the handwash thing, we'll go to outside attractions like ruined castles, and I might see if I can sneak into Durham Cathedrals exhibition of Hogsback grave markers.
We have eaten inside pubs with the social distancing measures in place, but if its a free-for-all then no way, we're out - and we'll be happy to be out.
We'll continue to wear masks in enclosed spaces - as a courtesy as much as anything else - we won't be eating or drinking inside, we'll be doing the handwash thing, we'll go to outside attractions like ruined castles, and I might see if I can sneak into Durham Cathedrals exhibition of Hogsback grave markers.
We have eaten inside pubs with the social distancing measures in place, but if its a free-for-all then no way, we're out - and we'll be happy to be out.
scalyboy
They’re taking the piss now
Oh gawd, I heard fireworks at midnight last night too, didn’t twig until now.
This all reminds me of how divisive Brexit was (and still is).
Just as I find it quite incomprehensible that anyone would want to celebrate the start of a dangerous experiment with the nation’s health, I’m sure there’s many other people who’d be equally mystified as to why anyone would want to keep mandatory mask regulations and other Covid measures.
Maybe I’d feel different and would want to celebrate if I ran a business or worked in a sector that has been severely impacted by the restrictions - however I still don’t get why places could re-open but with masks still mandatory indoors.
This really does feel like pandering to the lunatic fringe of Toby Young-style ‘Covid sceptics’ to me.
And considering Johnson was very ill with Covid, he can hardly be an ‘it’s no worse than flu’ merchant can he? It all points to his desperate need to be liked, just as Trump was obsessed with ratings.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Chicken pox party...
I thought I spotted grim resignation very early on in 2020 with the elderly shopping maskless ...
Up until recently I saw the main threat as being to me from the young, (massively tempered by knowing just how much shite had been dumped on them in recent years compared to my boomer privilege and good luck)...
But seeing some 20-somethings wearing masks in the street in the heat has made me realise that the balance has flipped so now it's the reckless middle-aged putting the unvaccinated young at risk by failing to understand what being double vaccinated does and doesn't mean.
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Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
I feel like the whole cabinet, and arguably anyone celebrating 'Freedom Day' should state now for the record how many deaths they're willing to accept while not going back to precautionary measures.
So few people set the marker up front, it's always played around with after the event.
So few people set the marker up front, it's always played around with after the event.
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
We had the Munster hurling final yesterday.
The spectators were socially distanced and wearing masks. The pitch officials all masked. Managers...masked.
Players...obvs not masked but all tested pre match.
I cant see people ditching the masks here any time soon.
Indoor dining/drinking to start from next Monday for the fully vaccinated.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
How will they be checking that, is Ireland introducing vaccine passports?
maomao
普費斯
In December, with no lockdown there were 4-500 people a day dying and yet no-one dragged Johnson and Hancock into the street and hung them from lampposts. Or made much of a fuss at all really.
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
It's a bit funny. Anyone fully vaccinated will get or has received a qr code in a letter or email.
(I've not received mine but both my parents received theirs last week and have no intention of dining indoors anywhere bar home)
The qr code has to be scanned in the pub / restaurant before you are let in. Children are allowed in without vacc though so it's all going to go to waste.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
My twenty ffp2s arrive today - not sure if I'll bother setting up a PVC UV-sterilising "greenhouse" for them - given I only go out shopping a couple of times a week so will only need a very few in rotation .. I was thinking I might make an ironic WW2 gas mask box to carry them to prolong the life of the edge wire - my informal masks are carelessly stuffed in my cargo pockets ...
I may well revert to my fabric mask for simply walking to the park - unless it becomes politically expedient - but I may still want to make a flat case so I can keep an unused ffp2 in reserve for unplanned shopping ... I'll see what they have in the pound shop that I can adapt ...
I may well revert to my fabric mask for simply walking to the park - unless it becomes politically expedient - but I may still want to make a flat case so I can keep an unused ffp2 in reserve for unplanned shopping ... I'll see what they have in the pound shop that I can adapt ...
Leafster
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There were fireworks going off here too late last night. I don't know why, but I did wonder if it was "freedom" day related.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
If yours are anything like mine, an empty CD case might make quite a good mask holder. Except for their legendary fragility, I suppose...
miss direct
misfungled
When I am making an effort, I keep a mask in a plastic ziplock bag and take care to take it out by the strings.
Will have to try to avoid housemate today. She's already put something up on social media about "happy freedom day" (non ironically).
Will have to try to avoid housemate today. She's already put something up on social media about "happy freedom day" (non ironically).
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Probably on the hour.They were going to ring the bells for 3.5 hours?
Or just once, randomly during that time.
Like all church bells do
Anyway
It's like when William Blake wrote about ye cancel culture
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
As well as being UV-transparent
My new masks turned up just as I has heading out to the shops.
I think I may have to mod them slightly to fit my face better - though it was reassuringly compressing in and out with my breathing by the time I'd worn it a bit ...
I encountered one obvious "freedom day" -type in Tesco .... she muttered something under her breath as I paused by the exit to gel my hands... other than her there was a 20-something hipster-type who came in with a young woman who was masked ...
The pickle shop had thrown caution to the wind, but I expected that ...
Or Eid?
Or is as wierd as all that, but for reasons unrelated to this?
scalyboy
They’re taking the piss now
This is so weird - why can it possibly offend them if you gel your hands? I hope I’m wrong, but I’m getting the sense that - just as the Brexit referendum result empowered certain people to voice their unpleasant anti-furriner & racist views in public, ones they’d previously kept quiet about - this change of law / ‘freedom day’ is going to empower some to express their dislike and scorn for … what exactly? People who are still behaving cautiously because we’re still in the middle of a pandemic?
I know I keep repeating myself, but I can’t fathom it.
miss direct
misfungled
I was pleasantly surprised to find the ratio of masked to unmasked much the same on my local high street. I think the anti mask people had already stopped wearing them.
There was a woman with one on her chin...she was also shoplifting quite blatantly. I didn't get involved.
There was a woman with one on her chin...she was also shoplifting quite blatantly. I didn't get involved.
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mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
Pleasantly suprised today that the huge majority of people are still wearing their masks....most of my colleagues are as well
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
It's a pity "freedom day" had to be so bloody hot.
scalyboy
They’re taking the piss now
I was talking to a Jamaican neighbour earlier today, she said every time she sees the words ‘freedom day’ she wants to kick someone. “What about emancipation from 400 years of slavery”, she said, “that’s a better use of the term ‘freedom’”.
She’s usually amused and jovial, but was proper irate today, and I get it… the sense of entitlement, and the slightest curbs on our pampered, luxurious lifestyles and people think they’re living in North Korea. See also: wearing yellow stars to protest ‘vaccine passports’ when going on holiday.
