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  1. Baldcyclist
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    @Bax some (not enough) is, my brother in laws dad, was operated on in my wifes (private) hospital to have a tumour removed. Urgent NHS cases are going to Spire.

    Opening of non urgent services need to start happening though, or it won't be long before non-covid cases start overtaking covid cases. I can understand why loved ones would/will feel pretty p*ssed off when their relatives start dropping because of services not being available.

    It's even worse in the US. Arround 40% of medical staff have been furloughed because the hospitals are half empty.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  2. minus six
    Member

    it is not helpful for us to refer to the US, not now, not ever

    you should all have realised that by now

    Posted 3 years ago #

  3. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @bax

    A family member has received life-saving heart surgery during lockdown. The services are certainly there.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  4. minus six
    Member

    @iwrats

    it has to be deemed life-threatening by the initial gatekeepers to get through

    there are so many conditions that the gatekeepers make false negative calls for

    i genuinely cant emphasise enough how arbitrary that actually is in reality

    people are dying because of this

    Posted 3 years ago #

  5. minus six
    Member

    make no mistake, brethren.. the world has changed.. and it is no longer fairmilehead vs oxgangs or whatever the [rule 2] you thought your middle class kids schooling entitled them to..

    change your thinking fast and act collective, before the guillotione falls hard on your bourgoise [rule 2]

    Admin edit: Please stop swearing, bax. You know the rules.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  6. minus six
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    Posted 3 years ago #

  7. minus six
    Member

    heard of a van that is loaded with weapons

    packed up and ready to go

    Posted 3 years ago #

  8. acsimpson
    Member

    "my brother in laws dad"

    I only have brothers so it took me a while before I worked out why you were referring to your father-in-law this way.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  9. minus six
    Member

    BURNING DOWN THE HAUS

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    Posted 3 years ago #

  10. Baldcyclist
    Member

    "referring to your father-in-law this way"

    Cos he isn't my father in law ;)

    Posted 3 years ago #

  11. gembo
    Member

    @ Bax san you seen David Byrne’s coronavirus style haircut? Quite long anyway - was with the Brooklyn Choir, made me pen the following

    David Byrne, how do I love ye? Let me count the ways
    You look like a big man fae Dumbarton these days

    Posted 3 years ago #

  12. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    It suddenly occurred to me on waking that there will come a point very soon when this will be said;

    'Well done to all the survivors. Now is the time to not just acknowledge the huge debt you owe to those who financed the furlough and business support schemes but to begin the painful business of repayment. Her Majesty's Government stands ready to schedule and enforce this debt as our principal patriotic duty.'

    Posted 3 years ago #

  13. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/28/government-rejected-radical-lockdown-england-care-homes-coronavirus

    Posted 3 years ago #

  14. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Our mate who is the director of the first care home in France to go into total lockdown with staff and residents has just scored a book deal with Hachette (which is a Big Deal like Penguin).

    Just read the first chapter and it should be interesting. I have not yet dared to tell her that UK of GB&NI care homes are at the centre of the pandemic - I don't think she'd believe me apart from anything else.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  15. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/29/hero-bikes-free-bicycles-transforming-lives-scotland-key-workers-coronavirus

    Most photos are of women.

    Wouldn’t surprise me if most beneficiaries of this scheme/new cyclists were female.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  16. Rob
    Member

    Do they need more bikes? I can point them to several rusty/flat tyred options if they're OK with seizing them.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  17. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @Rob

    The Bike Station is currently taking bikes that are 'close to working condition': two wheels, pedals and handlebars.

    The seizing of apparently abandoned bicycles is a huge and ongoing issue - nobody wants to give the legal say-so just in case and of course TBS does not want to be handling anything that could ever be described as stolen.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  18. crowriver
    Member

    @Bax, those TH outfits look super comfortable. Ideal for the current weather, loose fitting, freedom to move.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  19. fimm
    Member

    There's a bike in out stairwell that has not moved in the decade and more that I've lived there. It has all its bits... I keep thinking I should start the process of getting it to The Bike Station... suggestions?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  20. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburgh-police-chief-says-criminals-could-be-turning-shoplifting-bike-theft-authorities-urge-more-cycling-2867781

    Posted 3 years ago #

  21. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @fimm

    https://thebikestation.org.uk/about/abandoned-bikes/

    Posted 3 years ago #

  22. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    She [The first minister] also asked that people stay local as much as possible – within five miles of their home – avoid crowds at parks and beauty spots across the country, and to go elsewhere if areas are busy. People should still stay at home as much as possible, she added.

    "If too many of us change our behaviour a bit more than these changes are designed to allow, we could see the virus spread quickly again and we will be back to square one."

    It's got to be tried but I fear we'll be back at square one very soon.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  23. steveo
    Member

    Still doesn't answer the questions up thread.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  24. Morningsider
    Member

    Nice article in The Guardian about the Bike Station's "Hero Bikes".

    Well done to everyone involved.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  25. acsimpson
    Member

    Cos he isn't my father in law ;)

    I eventually twigged that you have a sister.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  26. acsimpson
    Member

    EEN: "Chief Sup Scott also urged people looking to buy bicycles on sites such as Gumtree to watch out for inflated prices, as this could be a sign that the bike has been stolen."

    I always thought that the wretches sold them cheaply to reduce the chances of being caught with them.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  27. chdot
    Admin

    “sold them cheaply”

    Perhaps they’ve realised ‘too cheap to be true’ is too suspicious!

    Posted 3 years ago #

  28. chdot
    Admin

    “

    More or Less

    Obeying lockdown, flight arrivals, and is this wave of the epidemic waning?

    “

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000jf6r

    Posted 3 years ago #

  29. Baldcyclist
    Member

    "Cos he isn't my father in law ;)

    I eventually twigged that you have a sister"

    Nope, but Mrs B does.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  30. gembo
    Member

    @baldycyclist are you meaning your wife’s sister’s husband’s dad?

    Posted 3 years ago #

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