Seat68 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 My street has been dead for weeks and weeks. Today everyone seems to be out. In celebration I had a shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 7 hours ago, Xela said: Grey squirrels deserve to be chased. They've invaded and forced the red squirrels out! Red Squirrels have made a triumphant return in my locality in recent years when there used to be grey squirrels. All down to an increased population of Pine Martens apparently. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Yer man @bickster has a load of red squirrels in his locale. During one of my frequent visits I saw them myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 8, 2020 Moderator Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, Seat68 said: Yer man @bickster has a load of red squirrels in his locale. During one of my frequent visits I saw them myself. Yep, they are on the way back, they got the dreaded squirrel pox a few years back from those bastard grey things. We have one of the few pure red squirrel collonies in Britain. Good fun to go and watch them and feed them in the Squirrel Reserve Grey squirrel are vermin in these parts, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 25 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Cheers. I do get that but there are shit loads of businesses that are seasonal and need to be opened ASAP so I still find it amusing. It’s probably just me It's not just the seasonality, though, it's the stock that they would have to bin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 40 minutes ago, blandy said: Just been for my exercise walk. VE day Brexit throbbers having **** street parties. Bastards everywhere. Set up on the pavement, tables and chairs, bunting and booze, playing old music. Words removed. Are they words removed because they’re not social distancing, or for celebrating the defeat of fascism and the ending of the largest conflict in human history? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted May 8, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Awol said: Are they words removed because they’re not social distancing, or for celebrating the defeat of fascism and the ending of the largest conflict in human history? Yeah because VE Day 2020 really is a celebration of the defeat of fascism isn't it? If it was, I'd have no truck with it. Having VE day in 1945 made complete sense, having it as "VE Day" in 2020 only serves one agenda and it's got shite all to do with the defeat of fascism. VE Day 2020 is jingoistic bollocks, serving one agenda and one agenda only 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, bickster said: Yeah because VE Day 2020 really is a celebration of the defeat of fascism isn't it? If it was, I'd have no truck with it. Having VE day in 1945 made complete sense, having it as "VE Day" in 2020 only serves one agenda and it's got shite all to do with the defeat of fascism. VE Day 2020 is jingoistic bollocks, serving one agenda and one agenda only Celebrating the end of the war and the defeat of fascism is literally what it is. Any other interpretation is projection of people’s own views, usually more grounded in contemporary politics - hence “VE Day Brexit throbbers.” Sad to see. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 BBC just had on its homepage BREAKING Italy highest deaths in EU - because it's gone to 30,200. And literally at the same time we are 31,200. They spent the whole day yesterday trying to say we shouldn't pay attention to death rates in different countries. There is clearly a mahoosive Tory in charge of BBC.com. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 8, 2020 Moderator Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, Awol said: and the defeat of fascism You are the only person I've seen in favour of it that has actually mentioned the F word. Not once in any of the propaganda has it been mentioned If this was truely a celebration of the defeat of fascism, we'd be celebrating the multicultural society we've become after that defeat not having Union Jacks all over the place.in the most white middle class way possible. Your idea that this is a celebration of the end of fascism is an utter nonsense 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 It’s nice having two poppy Christmas’s in the same year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Street parties to celebrate genuine sacrifice and upheaval or death over 6 years and the words removed can't go 8 weeks of social distancing. Spackers the lot of them. Shops are a joke too. Unofficially Lockdown is clearly already over. What price a new spike in 3 weeks? Tits. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just taken dog for a lap round the estate, several biggish gatherings on driveways, no social distancing at all. I wonder if we see the impact of this in 3 weeks time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Someone mentioned VE day the other day and I mocked them saying it was 75 years ago. But when I called the chemist earlier they were shut for Bank Holiday, and it said “ VE Day”. Now having seen the comments here it feels like I’ve woken up in a poor Sci Fi film I had noticed in passing the odd headline online about it but just thought it was referencing the date, not an actual event. People are outside ‘ celebrating’ it ? WTF ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Genie said: Just taken dog for a lap round the estate, several biggish gatherings on driveways, no social distancing at all. I wonder if we see the impact of this in 3 weeks time. As long as it was just them they put in ICU, I'd have no issue with it. If we just spent an extra week in a far more harshly enforced lockdown, with the caveat "if you want to avoid lockdown, one of the few permissible activities is to go on a cruise", this problem might solve itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 40 minutes ago, bickster said: Yeah because VE Day 2020 really is a celebration of the defeat of fascism isn't it? If it was, I'd have no truck with it. Having VE day in 1945 made complete sense, having it as "VE Day" in 2020 only serves one agenda and it's got shite all to do with the defeat of fascism. VE Day 2020 is jingoistic bollocks, serving one agenda and one agenda only I hadn’t got as far as this Post and the one it replies to when I commented above, but, yes, quite. Im genuinely staggered it’s an actual thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) 31 minutes ago, bickster said: You are the only person I've seen in favour of it that has actually mentioned the F word. Not once in any of the propaganda has it been mentioned If this was truely a celebration of the defeat of fascism, we'd be celebrating the multicultural society we've become after that defeat not having Union Jacks all over the place.in the most white middle class way possible. Your idea that this is a celebration of the end of fascism is an utter nonsense Indeed. Just one of a variety of thoughts that spring instantly to mind. Where on earth did the idea come from to do it ? ( Rhetorical as I think I will go back to blissful ignorance) ( it’s odd, I’ve two daughters in the Forces and they’ve not mentioned it, I usually hear all about military things) Edited May 8, 2020 by terrytini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Jareth said: BBC just had on its homepage BREAKING Italy highest deaths in EU - because it's gone to 30,200. And literally at the same time we are 31,200. They spent the whole day yesterday trying to say we shouldn't pay attention to death rates in different countries. There is clearly a mahoosive Tory in charge of BBC.com. Imagine if remain had won, you can be absolutely certain the UK having the highest death toll in Europe would be the EU’s / EU membership fault Edited May 8, 2020 by Genie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 You cannot get Covid from a VE Day Street Party, get out there and mingle, you commie bastards. They didn’t sacrifice their lives so miserable lefties can be mildly critical of social gatherings during a pandemic lockdown. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 It was Earth Day two weeks ago. It’s Red Cross day today. I guess those aren’t considered as important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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