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Send message Joined: 30 Mar 20 Posts: 422 |
Grumble: It's dark at 16:00 hours. Glory: It's dark enough at 16:00 hours, for me to light up some tealights on my window sill. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15567 |
Glory: It's dark enough at 16:00 hours, for me to light upBest not do that! |
Send message Joined: 30 Mar 20 Posts: 422 |
I've done that for years, in special tealight holders, and I know very well the dangers of having too many, too close. The window sill is wide, and made of marble, and it's nothing flammable even close to the tealights. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15567 |
It's worse. Nonessential stores need to close at 18:00h Essential stores and bars/restaurants need to close at 20:00h |
Send message Joined: 26 Mar 11 Posts: 193 |
It's worse. One government's nonessential is one citizen's essential.... |
Send message Joined: 25 Nov 05 Posts: 1654 |
You get used to it. :( |
Send message Joined: 23 Feb 08 Posts: 2494 |
You get used to it. :( Not if you work swing or graves |
Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 2707 |
Certainly would have irritated me when I did shifts from 0700 to 2100 hrs. Mind you, before the Tesco near work started opening 24/7 I was still stuffed of my shift ran over. |
Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 2707 |
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/19/the-netherlands-rotterdam-police-open-fire-as-covid-protest-turns-violent?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1fTyYdZtINhDhYcc7qWmOpFrS9T0iT8SRIryOAYjDLioEZ-dVtAhy4ha8#Echobox=1637407759 And here in UK incompetence continues to reign. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15567 |
Well, if you're being bombarded with stones, street furniture, bikes and heavy fireworks with the power of hand grenades, and warning shots do nothing, then you're allowed to empty your whole gun on the approaching mob as far as I am concerned. |
Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 2707 |
Glory: UK Met Office has added metres per second to the options to view wind speed along with knots, kilometres per hour and miles per hour. Not sure when it changed but metres per second didn't used to be an option. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15567 |
Our newest covid-19 semi-lockdown measures: - Non-essential stores, restaurants, bars, theatres, museums, zoos, events, and theme parks closed between 17:00 and 05:00h - Supermarkets close at 20:00 - All sports accommodations closed between 17:00 and 05:00h; when games are held during the day, no public allowed. - All schools stay open. - Want to visit someone? Use a self test and stay 5 feet apart. It's hilarious. |
Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 2707 |
Our newest covid-19 semi-lockdown measures: Proof the virus is genetically engineered if it only infects people between 17:00 and 05:00. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15567 |
LOL, you'd think that. No, these times are "to spread the movements of people".... because if you have less time to go to the store, there won't be more people in there? 🤔 |
Send message Joined: 25 Nov 05 Posts: 1654 |
And now there's Omicron, and it's reached Belgium. Covid: New variant classed 'of concern' and named Omicron :( |
Send message Joined: 23 Feb 08 Posts: 2494 |
LOL, you'd think that. Absolutely, because you will be more afraid the person next to you is a spreader, so you will take more precautions. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15567 |
And now there's Omicron, and it's reached Belgium.And Italy, and Germany, and the UK and most probably The Netherlands. It's here to wreck Christmas. |
Send message Joined: 10 May 07 Posts: 1447 |
If you rearrange the letters of the new COVD variant "Omicron".... what word do you get? Moronic! |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15567 |
From https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/11/the-netherlands-will-shut-down-from-5pm-to-5am-apart-from-essential-services/ The Netherlands will virtually shut down from 5pm to 5am for at least three weeks from Sunday, as the cabinet struggles to reduce the spread of coronavirus, now at some 22,000 new cases a day. Prime minister Mark Rutte told reporters at Friday evening’s press conference that a year ago, he and government health advisors thought the pandemic would be under control by the summer. ‘The reality is different,’ Rutte said. ‘And I am sure later evaluations will show that there were mistakes.’ In particular, Rutte said he blamed himself for failing to convince people to follow the basic rules. ‘Fewer than 50% of people are now having a test if they have symptoms,’ he said. ‘I take responsibility for that. We should do it better.’ With hospital admissions continuing to rise – there are now 528 coronavirus patients on an intensive care ward – action needs to be taken to reduce contacts between people by at least 20%, Rutte said. ‘All the current rules remain in place and from Sunday, between 5pm and 5am, in principle the Netherlands is closed,’ Rutte said. ‘This means events, concerts, theatres, cafes, bars, museums, gyms and sports clubs, with a couple of exceptions.’ Essential shops and services, such as pharmacies can open until 8pm and restaurants and snack bars can offer a takeaway service.By which time they've found the Omicron variant to be very aggressive and overtaking and that those 3 weeks ain't gonna be enough, so make it 3 months. And follow Israel in locking down the borders - bar for asylum seekers for whom closed borders apparently do not exist. |
Send message Joined: 25 Nov 05 Posts: 1654 |
Not good. Australia has just gone into a panic about a new group from SA, some of whom have Covid. Genomic testing for Omicron underway after COVID-positive passengers from southern Africa touch down in Sydney Welcome to the future. :( |
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