Slowlycatchymonkey

Gonna say Happy New Year now cos got some celebrating to do and if all goes well I wont be able to remember my log in details or type later See you next year. Be good and if you cant be good… (as my kids used to shout back at me from the school bus much to the disapproval of the school staff) BE BAAAAAD

Could be worse you could be looking at this… dreaming of this… when Ryanair cancel your flights and this turns up to brighten your day

Rip up the rule book, itll be a lot more fun promise.

Ive logged inn this morning specially to say happy birthday to you so youre gonna have to suck it up.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYMMYAAAAAY

Well thats this forum fecked then

Dont get why thats a big deal. Wales and England often share supplies what with it being in the same NHS system for the two countries.

Let’s be honest Sir Fallsalot is a would be runaway winner nearly every time, we have to keep him on his toes

Read a very sad story about a teenager who had to have yearly scans for tumours. They cancelled and cancelled and its now an inoperable brain tumour. Two fucking years theyve had. I know politics is off limits but having a laughing clown partying and stuffing his friends pockets with taxpayers money while people suffer… I cant help but wonder if theyre aiming to use the pandemic to finish the NHS off, private enterprise and more public purse looting to follow. The guy theyve just appointed to oversee the NHS is an American who said the NHS has a lot to learn from the American system. What? corruption you say, nonsense. Makes me wanna cry. Sorry your wifes having a shit time.

He cant crack a smile, dont understand why not

I am interested to know if you consider yourself at all British after 16 (I think you said 16 years) of leaving and never having liked the place or people. I wondered if its a weird hinterland or maybe you feel more Spanish now?

Its to do with their proposed covid restrictions its not an outright long term ban. Eurotunnel are obviously trying to sway things back the other way before an official announcement. What do you mean “We’re” you eschewed all things British long ago, are you telling us you still consider yourself British? What a coup More to do with England having 56 milllion populating a tiny area. It means without artificial controls it should disease wise spread throughout the population much faster and plateau quicker. The UK is one of only 4 countries that the World Health Organisation uses to indicate what may happen in other countries, albeit at a slower rate. So if its true and not the results of a cautious population then its great news for everywhere.

That is one of the most disturbing gifs Ive seen in a long time!

Looks like most people do Pete … Population of England Wales and Scotland Wales 3.7 million Scotland 5.5 million England 56 million

Yep the vast majority of over 50’s. Some had other varieties but only the under 40s were deliberately offered something else if they wanted.

This ones for @XTreme to feed his obsession with what vaccine is best and for anyone else that had Astrazenica and was susceptible to the pharma war that trashed that vaccines reputation. The figures are showing the UK death rate just hasn’t increased as expected. We have a very high infection rate as youd expect in a densely populated country but our death rate is not rising commensurate to the infections, its just flat, unlike the rest of Europe where deaths are rising as infections go up. Why? Well the only conclusion they can draw is the Astrazenica vaccine (that the majority of the population and all the older vulnerable were given) is more effective. How is this possible when vaccine effectiveness percentages are constantly bandied about showing Pfizer as great? Big pharma are big on PR. In reality there is no reliable way of measuring the T cell immune response Pfizer and Moderna rely on and the lab results they have are not being backed by real world data. Astrazenica works differently and currently looks like it gives a far more durable response. So there you are yet another which vaccine is best story to add to the mix. I hope Astrazenica come back to the party and start producing boosters. They had said no way after the way they were treated but fingers crossed. ps if this becomes a widely known news story you should expect another Astrazenica is shit story to follow, pharmaceutical companies are aggressive in their pursuit of the money god.

What a nice comment. Its lovely to have you here. Really enjoy your updates, keep ‘em coming.

Correct.

Not 100% cos Ryan air have switched my flight on the 10th Jan to an earlier one on the 8th that I cant do, gotta ring em up. They probably dont have enough passengers to fill their quiet midweek flights because most sensible people moved into “wait n see what happens” mode where as Ive moved into the much more fun, fuck it risk it biscuit mode If it doesnt happen, it doesnt happen its no loss. The test are fine for another time, the airline gives you the opportunity to rebook (or have a voucher) and the car hire can be cancelled with no charge.

They are going to have to make a break from it at some point, when the boosters are done people will be as protected as they could possibly be so then its either going to have to be get used to living a restricted life (not fond of that option myself) or use judicious testing and live with it. No Im not saying that because I just spent £150 on travel Covid tests that I may well not need when they review the figures after New Year.. ok yes I am

Blimey 2019 seems like a long time ago!

She sure is. Shes good company too.

My mum sent me a photo of my 3rd birthday in a very pretty liberty print smocked party dress and baseball boots I refused to take off, in one hand I have a picnic basket and the other a plastic machine gun, she said that pretty much sums you up. As one of my friends said “youre kick ass in a nice wrapper” so no Im not girly but I appear that way.