RogerS wrote::text-bravo:
Thanks, Steve...a voice of sanity in these troubled times.
...and from me. Excellent! - Rob
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RogerS wrote::text-bravo:
Thanks, Steve...a voice of sanity in these troubled times.
Woodbloke wrote:RogerS wrote::text-bravo:
Thanks, Steve...a voice of sanity in these troubled times.
...and from me. Excellent! - Rob
TrimTheKing wrote:Or it never did exist...
Phil wrote:We are back onto no booze at all.
Restaurants can serve food - no booze. That is where they make their money, on the booze.
Curfew 9PM to 4AM
Woodbloke wrote:Phil wrote:We are back onto no booze at all.
Restaurants can serve food - no booze. That is where they make their money, on the booze.
Curfew 9PM to 4AM
Big, huge time mistake IMO. It was called Prohibition in the USA and the proceeds from illicit, bootleg booze funded the rise of organised crime, which is still widespread to this day. The 'murricans found out the hard way; you can't keep people away from alcohol. If it can't be consumed legally then the only way is illegally - Rob
Woodbloke wrote:Phil wrote:We are back onto no booze at all.
Restaurants can serve food - no booze. That is where they make their money, on the booze.
Curfew 9PM to 4AM
Big, huge time mistake IMO. It was called Prohibition in the USA and the proceeds from illicit, bootleg booze funded the rise of organised crime, which is still widespread to this day. The 'murricans found out the hard way; you can't keep people away from alcohol. If it can't be consumed legally then the only way is illegally - Rob
RogerS wrote:
Is your daughter still living in Carlisle, Rob. I hope not as they've got a large spike(s). I'm certainly not driving there.
RogerM wrote:RogerS - please DO get yourself tested, if only so that you know whether this is the real lurgy or just a summer cold. Just knowing will make you feel better.
mj80 - interesting. I think in fairness, Boris has handled the lifting of lockdown better than going into it, which was clearly too late. You only have to look at what is going on in India, Brazil and USA to see that we are still in the early stages of this crisis. We may have been our own worst enemies in the early stages as when we watched the news of the lockdown in Wuhan, everyone here was saying that's the way to go, but you would never get away with that in the UK - and even if you could, it would unravel very quickly, and probably at the worst possible time. As it turned out, having had the fear of God put in them, the UK public has been only too happy to stay at home in the most part, and the problem will be getting some of them to come back out.
RogerM wrote: I think in fairness, Boris has handled the lifting of lockdown better than going into it, which was clearly too late. You only have to look at what is going on in India, Brazil and USA to see that we are still in the early stages of this crisis. We may have been our own worst enemies in the early stages as when we watched the news of the lockdown in Wuhan, everyone here was saying that's the way to go, but you would never get away with that in the UK - and even if you could, it would unravel very quickly, and probably at the worst possible time. As it turned out, having had the fear of God put in them, the UK public has been only too happy to stay at home in the most part, and the problem will be getting some of them to come back out.
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