Current Affairs

[oldbluefox]

Any excuse

[Kendhni]

I see Putin is being his usual reconciliatory self ... implying Russia expansionism may not be limited to Ukraine.
Obviously his 'yes men' surrounding him are not giving a true reflection of the situation in Ukraine.

[oldbluefox]

I see Putin is being his usual reconciliatory self ... implying Russia expansionism may not be limited to Ukraine.
Obviously his 'yes men' surrounding him are not giving a true reflection of the situation in Ukraine.

The consequence of which his fear of NATO on his doorstep draws ever closer.

[towny44]

I see Putin is being his usual reconciliatory self ... implying Russia expansionism may not be limited to Ukraine.
Obviously his 'yes men' surrounding him are not giving a true reflection of the situation in Ukraine.

Perhaps we should send him a small horse, so he can lead his troops into battle just like his idol Napoleon.

[Manoverboard]

Lloyd's Bank are due to pay their staff a £1,000 ' cost of living ' bonus in August. Nice one

[Kendhni]

Indeed ... several companies have done similar, it would be nice to see more doing it as well.

[david63]

Here we go again - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-61785553

Just let her have her own way - but no running back when it all goes pear shaped

[Stephen]

…….or coming cap in hand for money when it all turns sour. They want independence then they have to stand on their own two feet.

[oldbluefox]

Agreed Stephen
If that is what Scotland wants (also Wales and N Ireland) then I have no problem with it but it shouldn't be a half in/half out situation. They would have to stand on their own two feet for good or for ill.

[towny44]

Agreed Stephen
If that is what Scotland wants (also Wales and N Ireland) then I have no problem with it but it shouldn't be a half in/half out situation. They would have to stand on their own two feet for good or for ill.

With no free access to our NHS.

[oldbluefox]

With no free access to our NHS.

But maybe we could nip over the border to access theirs..................

[Manoverboard]

I was told by his daughter of an ex colleague who moved to bonny Scotland cos they don't make one sell one's house when the time comes to move into a care home ... no idea if he was right or wrong.

[Mervyn and Trish]

I believe that is true. And they don't pay university tuition charges. But on the other hand this is all paid for through the Barnett formula under which Scotland gets significantly more per head from the public purse than England. May be a different story when they have to raise their own tax revenue to pay for it.

[david63]

I see that the NHS do not require mask wearing any more, except in a few areas. Another step towards normality.

[Manoverboard]

Saw the Doc on Wednesday, we were both wearing masks until he asked if we needed to ... decided that we didn't so took them off

[Stephen]

Saw the Doc on Wednesday, we were both wearing masks until he asked if we needed to ... decided that we didn't so took them off

You rebel

[Gill W]

Be careful everyone, looks like another Covid wave is coming in.

Zoe figures have been trending upwards for the last couple of weeks, and ONS report that 1 in 50 people would have tested positive on 11th June, up from 1 in 70 the previous week.

They think it's the BA5 or BA4 version of Omicron, but its difficult to be precise as not much testing / sequencing is done now.

[barney]

I must admit that I’ve gone full circle and am now totally ambivalent to it.
We were quite worried about catching it but when we did, we were both fine.
I’ve had much worse to be honest, so don’t really care if I get it again.
It’s just one of life’s challenges and we’ll just get on with living as normally as possible.

[david63]

Be careful everyone, looks like another Covid wave is coming in.

And there will be another one after that, and another, and another etc.

Life has to go on - we cannot spend the rest of our lives worrying about each and every wave of Covid any more than we do about any other condition.

If people are too stupid to have the vaccine then that is their problem - those that are vaccinated will, in most cases, only have mild symptoms, the same as all other conditions.

[Gill W]

I still hope to get Covid as few times as possible in my life.

Even if it's not too bad in the acute stage, there are still associated health risks afterwards, such as Long Covid, blood clots, organ damage, strokes, heart/kidney/liver disease,

Also, we don't yet know what years of repeated Covid infections will do to peoples bodies.

I think the majority of the population have been convinced that it's 'mild', or it's 'over', but I can't help thinking we are storing up problems for later.

I'm living normally, but mindfully, to reduce risk.

[towny44]

I still hope to get Covid as few times as possible in my life.

Even if it's not too bad in the acute stage, there are still associated health risks afterwards, such as Long Covid, blood clots, organ damage, strokes, heart/kidney/liver disease,

Also, we don't yet know what years of repeated Covid infections will do to peoples bodies.

I think the majority of the population have been convinced that it's 'mild', or it's 'over', but I can't help thinking we are storing up problems for later.

I'm living normally, but mindfully, to reduce risk.

At 78 there is not a great deal that covid can do to shorten my lifespan, and even if it does I have had a good innings so far.

[Gill W]

According to ONS, your life expectancy is 88. You have a 1 in 4 chance of living to 92, and a 1 in 10 chance of living to 96.

Don’t write yourself off just yet!

[oldbluefox]

I had Covid and was pretty ill for a few days. Perhaps what was equally difficult was the self isolation afterward so I didn't pass it on to my wife who then found she had to do all the jobs I would normally be doing. Effectively it was a double whammy.
I don't particularly want it again but I am not going to cocoon myself away and instead will take every precaution we know to avoid it. Covid has certainly not gone away (contrary to what some people seem to think) but as they say, you have to learn to live with it.

[barney]

We both felt rough for about 24 hours.
Mrs B took to bed.
I just flopped on the sofa and watched hours of boxing on YouTube.
All the old classics from the era.
I reckon I felt about the same as I did the day after the covid jab.
We consider ourselves very very lucky that neither of us has any health conditions.
We were having a drink last evening on the upstairs terrace of the Boathouse at Instow and the waiter taking an order from four older ladies asked if any of them had any food allergies.
That’s about the only thing I haven’t got, responded one

[Ray B]

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At 78 there is not a great deal that covid can do to shorten my lifespan, and even if it does I have had a good innings so far.

Cheer up, I'm sure you still have a few miles left in the tank yet, Towny.