leighavfc Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I can't believe how quickly it's become acceptable to need to give the police a letter from your employer to justify your travel. I'm on board entirely with them being able to break up public gathering, but this seems absolutely insane. Unprecedented times unfortunately, normally I would be questioning and arguing with them if I was stopped etc. Now I'm happy to just hand them the letter and let them decide and do the checks into it themselves. It's right what they are doing imo, only in situations such a s this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Not sure handing handing letters back and fore is a brilliant idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 hours ago, leighavfc said: Unprecedented times unfortunately, normally I would be questioning and arguing with them if I was stopped etc. Now I'm happy to just hand them the letter and let them decide and do the checks into it themselves. It's right what they are doing imo, only in situations such a s this though. The police are **** loving it. Give the **** a sniff of power and they'll use and abuse it until it's seized back. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighavfc Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Davkaus said: The police are **** loving it. Give the **** a sniff of power and they'll use and abuse it until it's seized back. Dont get me wrong mate I've had plenty of fall outs with the police over the years. I have complained to the IPCC about a couple in the past. There are plenty of good ones but a very equal amount in my experience of bad ones too for various reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 18 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I can't believe how quickly it's become acceptable to need to give the police a letter from your employer to justify your travel. I'm on board entirely with them being able to break up public gathering, but this seems absolutely insane. I had to do that before corona crossing the border to the US lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Not just the Police either unfortunately. Neath Port Talbot council very proudly showing off their drones that have a PA message for people to disperse and go home. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Not sure handing handing letters back and fore is a brilliant idea. Microchips in the taint. Just to lighten those random roadside scans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 54 minutes ago, Awol said: Is he really, didn’t know that. What did he do? Oh Man, he is rather special. He offered to change his name to something more Middle Eastern so the Tory members list looked a bit less white. You'll find him telling that story somewhere, and boggling everyone's minds in the room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 27, 2020 Moderator Share Posted March 27, 2020 12 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: hopefully the pensioners have had all week to do their thing They have, every pensioner this side of Calais has been doing what they do best, blocking supermarket aisles, gawping at food picking it up having a conversation about it and putting it back on the shelf with a tut then walking out of the shop with a loaf, a tin of mushy peas and fray bentos pie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 US numbers are coming in now. It's scary, it's ticking up by the 1000 every 5 minutes or so. They are passing 100.000 confirmed cases any second now and almost all are still active. Passing 27.000 dead world wide as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 27, 2020 Moderator Share Posted March 27, 2020 I have a letter (and a bunch of business cards) I was thinking about this though. What could they say if you said... "I'm going up the by-pass, past the two roundabouts, where I will turn around and come straight home because I'm making sure the car battery stays charged in case I need to get to work" I'm not interacting with anyone, I'm not even getting out of my car until I get home again and as far as I can tell, it doesn't break any of the rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: What do folks expect from a middle aged bloke that wears white socks! What a complete word removed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Xann said: Oh Man, he is rather special. He offered to change his name to something more Middle Eastern so the Tory members list looked a bit less white. You'll find him telling that story somewhere, and boggling everyone's minds in the room. That’s clearly inappropriate, death seems fully justified under the circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighavfc Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, sne said: US numbers are coming in now. It's scary, it's ticking up by the 1000 every 5 minutes or so. They are passing 100.000 confirmed cases any second now and almost all are still active. Passing 27.000 dead world wide as well. America will probably have as many deaths as most countries combined I would think! Man this virus is f****d up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Dubai in complete lockdown with drones cleaning the streets. AI has definitely arrived there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Just now, Awol said: That’s clearly inappropriate, death seems fully justified under the circumstances. I'd have settled for exile, but death works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, sne said: US numbers are coming in now. It's scary, it's ticking up by the 1000 every 5 minutes or so. They are passing 100.000 confirmed cases any second now and almost all are still active. Passing 27.000 dead world wide as well. Not trying to downplay how serious it is there, but this may be almost entirely a consequence of them - finally - getting their acts together on testing: This wouldn't be massively good news, because it would mean the data on case numbers is pretty much worthless: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 31 minutes ago, av1 said: Same here, apart from fact that I went at 18:00 was freezing my balls off Doesn't global warming have the potential to kill millions aswell? Yes, the hope was that we'd act before it gets to that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Awol said: Dubai in complete lockdown with drones cleaning the streets. AI has definitely arrived there. Between that, Amazon and the ones in Wuhan flying up and taking peoples temperatures on their balconies I'd say you are correct. Or as William Gibson put it: "The future has arrived it's just not evenly distributed yet" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighavfc Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) The only thing with all out testing is you could be tested today and pass, but tomorrow get the virus from somewhere. I think that's why it's not entirely logical to test everybody asap or when the tests are finally available etc and maybe wait until certain symptoms etc Edited March 27, 2020 by leighavfc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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