Coronavirus Death Thread

[Magic]

Do you have any means of checking your blood pressure? If it's bloody and frothy you might need to go to hospital.

No. I called NHS 24 but they just lolled at me and told me to phone the GP tomorrow.

[randomlegend]

I went to the hospital and left a urine + blood sample, but they didn't have a lab on site so I don't know exactly what I had, haven't called to check. CRP was around 60 I think, the doctor just told me to take Bactrim for a week and it should be good. Kidneys started aching progressively over Monday but woke up feeling a lot better Tuesday morning already.

Antibiotics are always warranted for UTIs regardless.

[randomlegend]

No. I called NHS 24 but they just lolled at me and told me to phone the GP tomorrow.

Is NHS 24 the same as 111? I have literally no clue.

[randomlegend]

If you can't get a GP appointment tomorrow Magic then you should go to A and E in my opinion.

[Lewis]

lol at Magic blood pressuring his piss into actual froth.

[Magic]

Is NHS 24 the same as 111? I have literally no clue.

Yep.

[Dquincy]

The white man's inability to clean his arse properly probably sets our climate change efforts back significantly. Be better.

What if it's a half poo? Those never wipe clean regardless of how many times you wipe.

But I am with you on the using toilet paper to wipe off skids. Anything if it means I don't need to manhandle a bog brush. :sick:

[Spikey M]

You're either using a toilet brush wrong or you have a scat fetish.

[Dquincy]

For some reason I use the bog brush when there is shitty toilet paper still in the pan, so both chugnuts and wet brown toilet paper get stuck to the brush. It's a right pain.

[Shindig]

A flush should deal with that. Or a well-aimed piss.

[Giggles]

Do you not have handles on your toilet brushes?

[Spikey M]

Do you not have handles on your toilet brushes?

I live in the country and I have no idea what these retards are up to, so you have no chance Giggs.

[Shindig]

I don't get it either. The brush does the job.

[Kikó]

A flush should deal with that. Or a well-aimed piss.

Who pisses after a shit?

[Shindig]

Whose morning shit is their last visit to the toilet for the day?

[Kikó]

That's worse than I possibly imagined.

[Shindig]

Who doesn't flush after a morning shit? We're talking about toilet paper.

[Manc]

Everyone is obviously shitting incorrectly to be hitting the back board with such frequency.

[Spikey M]

Can we have a YouTube Tutorial plz

[Disco]

Am I reading this correctly, some people are leaving shit on their toilet bowl and tying to piss it off later in the day?

[Manc]

1. Feet on the seat
2. Maintain optimal squat
3. Howl at the Moon

[Spikey M]

Am I reading this correctly, some people are leaving shit on their toilet bowl and tying to piss it off later in the day?

Shinners gonna Shin.


1. Feet on the seat
2. Maintain optimal squat
3. Howl at the Moon

How many KG for the squat?

[Ian]

I was once in a public toilet where somebody had clearly shat in a urinal so God knows what people are getting up to in the privacy of their own home.

[Manc]

How many KG for the squat?

2x bodyweight to ensure a clean and powerful release.

[Kikó]

I went to the loo before football training the other day and it was one of those "how the fuck did you do this" type of shit. Literally lipped the bottom end of the seat and smeared all the way down into the bowl. Clearly they thought that was fine and left it at that, probably still caked in shit.

[Manc]

Nothing a bit of tissue paper couldn't solve. :cab:

[Magic]

I'm glad my kidney failure is bringing such revelations out on the board.

[Spikey M]

Shinners needs to get his revolting backside in here and answer for his crimes.

[Spikey M]

Deepti on BBC News answering questions about Double Jabbed people not having to isolate is beautiful. :happycry:

She not only doesn't agree (obvs) but wants isolation to be extended to 14 days +. :drool:

[7om]

I always thought there was something off about her. Turns out she has a small kid and is immunocompromised herself. She doesn’t even pretend to talk objectively anymore.

[Shindig]

Shinners needs to get his revolting backside in here and answer for his crimes.

What crime is that? If the piss doesn't do the job, I've got a brush. If I had other people living with me, I'd be more bothered. It's a toilet.

[randomlegend]

Magic

Update?

[randomlegend]

My money's on IgA nephropathy.

EDIT: I actually meant post-infectious glomerulonephritis. Two mistakes in the space of half a page. Bad doctor.

[Luca]

This is who you lot were clapping for?

[Magic]

No traces of blood or infection.

Full bloods on Friday and a referral to Urology.

They haven't got a clue what's caused it.

[randomlegend]

https://i.imgur.com/Zr9YOFC.png

[randomlegend]

The girl jokes, but I think probably kind of believes, that I'm like the special needs doctor they give special jobs to to keep me out the way so the real doctors can do the real work.

"There we go Andy, why don't you go and count all the blood tubes, that would be really helpful!"

[Shindig]

My wild theory is Magic's lass is into punching his kidneys when he's asleep. But then I guess there would probably be more blood.

[Spikey M]

I'm 90% sure it was beetroot, but he doesn't know he's had beetroot because the Scots probably call Beetroot "NeepyTatties" or some shit.

[Lewis]

My money's on IgA nephropathy.

EDIT: I actually meant post-infectious glomerulonephritis. Two mistakes in the space of half a page. Bad doctor.

This three minute edit window was him reading on to the second Google result.

[Magic]

My money's on IgA nephropathy.

EDIT: I actually meant post-infectious glomerulonephritis. Two mistakes in the space of half a page. Bad doctor.

And what are you basing that on?

[randomlegend]

This three minute edit window was him reading on to the second Google result.

It was. The geekymedics page on glomerulonephritis.

In my defence they are both forms of glomerulonephritis which present the same and have very similar causes/preceding events. I had a nagging doubt I'd got the wrong one so checked. The finer print of renal conditions is not my day to day.

[randomlegend]

And what are you basing that on?

I'm being a twat and you should ignore me. Blood in pee has lots of possible causes and I should not be making wild guesses over the internet. Let your actual doctors sort it out.

[Shindig]

I'm 90% sure it was beetroot, but he doesn't know he's had beetroot because the Scots probably call Beetroot "NeepyTatties" or some shit.

IRN Broot.

[Waffdon]

I'm 90% sure it was beetroot, but he doesn't know he's had beetroot because the Scots probably call Beetroot "NeepyTatties" or some shit.

That’s some patter

[Queenslander]

People from NSW must have been jabbed at least once before they cros the border into the People's Republic of Quoinsland.


Oooooofffffff


. NSW freight services and producers are worried that Queensland's new border rules will seriously disrupt the supply chain and their livelihoods


https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-08-16/queensland-border-rules-spark-supply-chain-fears/100379766

[Queenslander]

Fortress Queensland :cool:


.Ms Palaszczuk said police had stopped and checked 10,000 cars at the Queensland border in the past 24 hours, and turned back 1,000 of those cars.


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-17/queensland-coronavirus-two-new-cases/100378722

Th UK should move it's Embassy to Brisbane.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Heads have gone part 81 (heads have gone down under special):

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[Queenslander]

Melolbourne.

[Offshore Toon]

My best mate from uni is in Melbourne and he's finally had enough of their shit so he's moving back to the UK later in the year. That's a huge win, especially given my 'Australia looks a bit shit' stance.

[Spikey M]

People fall victim to Australia because of Home & Away, Neighbours and the various programmes where Brits get some TV bod showing them around nice looking houses at half of what we'd pay over here. It all paints a tempting picture of sunshine, beer and barbecues.

But scratch the surface and it all falls away. It's too hot, it's permanently on fire, all the animals want to kill you and even the Koalas are dripping with STD's (https://www.livescience.com/62517-how-koalas-get-chlamydia.html).

[Disco]

Deadly magpies too apparently, I never knew about them.

[Spikey M]

Deadly magpies too apparently, I never knew about them.

I had to look this up. (https://mashable.com/article/australia-magpies-swooping-season-masks)

They remember people's faces and hold a grudge. :happycry:

[Queenslander]

If you feed them they will love you.

YouTube is full of magpie human socialising.

[Queenslander]

My best mate from uni is in Melbourne and he's finally had enough of their shit so he's moving back to the UK later in the year. That's a huge win, especially given my 'Australia looks a bit shit' stance.

Has he asked the Federal Government for permission?

[Jimmy Floyd]

New Zealand into a 3 day national lockdown over one case, just 24 hours after their PM urged the Taliban to uphold human rights.

Heads. Gone.

[Offshore Toon]

Has he asked the Federal Government for permission?
No idea. Are they genuinely stopping people from leaving the country?

[Queenslander]

No idea. Are they genuinely stopping people from leaving the country?

Yes.

"COVID-19: Leaving Australia | Smartraveller" https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/COVID-19/leaving-Australia#travel-ban

[Offshore Toon]

Yes.

"COVID-19: Leaving Australia | Smartraveller" https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/COVID-19/leaving-Australia#travel-ban
What a place.

[Disco]

If you feed them they will love you.

YouTube is full of magpie human socialising.

Have the magpies succeeded?

[Queenslander]

Indian Miner has run off the Maggie's in my street. There are definitely problem magpies at the closest park to me.


https://youtu.be/jX7s9SnHm4c


Lol

[Offshore Toon]

Yes.

"COVID-19: Leaving Australia | Smartraveller" https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/COVID-19/leaving-Australia#travel-ban
"...you must meet at least one of the following:


your travel is as part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including the provision of aid
your travel is for your business/employer
you are travelling to receive urgent medical treatment that is not available in Australia
you are travelling outside Australia for a compelling reason for three months or longer
you are travelling on compelling or compassionate grounds
your travel is in the national interest
you are ordinarily resident in a country other than Australia"


He should be okay on #4, but #2 is ridiculous. You can leave as long as it's for work.

[Queenslander]

Yeah fair enough. Lucky bugger a change of country would be mind blowing after what Victoria have been through.

[Offshore Toon]

His gf is Aussie so there may be problems there, but you'd think it'll be fine with the same reasoning assuming they start making logical decisions some time soon.

[Jimmy Floyd]

There is an Aussie guy I know (who lives here) who decided to go to his family in Aus in January to avoid our covid shit.

Guess who landed back in the UK last week.

[Spikey M]

We should set up a swap deal. They can have our bedwetters, we'll have their people that can't be arsed with it anymore. Win:win.

[Queenslander]

Feel free to take all our anti-vax loons.

[Queenslander]

New Zealand into a 3 day national lockdown over one case, just 24 hours after their PM urged the Taliban to uphold human rights.

Heads. Gone.

People entering Queensland from NZ must now spend 2 weeks in hotel quarantine at their own expence.

That'll learn em for being mean to me about Rugby Union on social media.

[Queenslander]

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/torrid-three-months-qld-faces-single-case-lockdowns-until-jab-rate-jumps-20210818-p58ju7.html


."One case of Delta means we need a lockdown ... until we get 70 per cent of our population vaccinated,” she said on Wednesday. “If we don’t find the first case, we won’t be locking down for one or two weeks, we’ll be locking down for months.”

Our longest lockdown was a month last year.

Edit: The ADF will be patrolling the QLD/NSW border untill NSW are out of lockdown.

Fortress Queensland aka People's Republic of Queensland. :cool:

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/zero-cases-for-queensland-but-too-many-people-cross-nsw-border-20210819-p58k3a.html

I think it is time we set up our own Embassies around the world. The PRQ wishes Australia well with their ongoing battle with Covid. We claim the Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea as our own Territories. We invite New Zealand to join us when they are covid free.

We also offer an air Bridge to Britain and humbly offer Port Douglas as the location for a new British Embassy.

[Kikó]

Vaccine rollout seems to be improving at least.
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[Spikey M]

Feel free to take all our anti-vax loons.

Anti-Vaxxers are to be included under "bedwetters" so you will actually be keeping them and receiving all of ours. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

You are welcome to come over here as a non-bedwetter, but please leave the temperature gun at home. It will only upset you.

[Queenslander]

Anti-Vaxxers are to be included under "bedwetters" so you will actually be keeping them and receiving all of ours. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

You are welcome to come over here as a non-bedwetter, but please leave the temperature gun at home. It will only upset you.

:D

I would love to visit England during your summer.

[Kikó]

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Lol

[Queenslander]

:D

[Spikey M]

:lol:

[Shindig]

Beds have gone.

[Dquincy]

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-delta-variant-can-still-be-transmitted-by-people-who-are-double-jabbed-but-protection-against-illness-and-death-is-high-12384933

Baz

Professor Sarah Walker, Chief Investigator for the Survey, said: "We don't yet know how much transmission can happen from people who get COVID-19 after being vaccinated.

:drool:

[Spikey M]

https://my-plumber.co.uk/blog/how-to-fix-a-dripping-tap/

Baz

Leaking or dripping taps can be a serious issue in daily life. Not only do they produce an annoying sound, but the leaking can also result in wastage of 3 gallons of water every day. One day, you’ll realise your water bills are rising and what you are paying for is simply draining out. Repairs might involve some up-front expenses but save you money in the long run. If you have some handyman skills, you can fix the dripping tap yourself. This blog post is for all of you who wish to fix this maintenance issue on their own.

:drool:

[Shindig]

Nice of Quincy to cut that sentence short.


- for example, they may have high levels of virus for shorter periods of time But the fact that they can have high levels of virus suggests that people who aren't yet vaccinated may not be as protected from the Delta variant as we hoped..

And furthermore:


Overall this study is excellent as it shows that although Delta is better at infecting vaccinated people than previous variants, the vaccines still work remarkably well.

[Queenslander]

Jeeez a National Party MP from Queensland has appeared on Fox News where he spoke to Laura Ingram about covid.

[Baz]

Nice of Quincy to cut that sentence short.



And furthermore:He’s a lost cause.

[Dquincy]

You've all been infected in the head.

[Kikó]

Sure. We're the problem here.

[Dquincy]

Sure. We're the problem here.

Your attitude is sunshine.

I need a full apology from Barry and Spikey.

[Shindig]

We finally have a case in the office. What a run.

[Don]

The study may well be hinting that the vaccine doesn't reduce transmission of Delta variant but keep calm and get jabbed, Quince because it still reduces it for the earlier variants.

[Waffdon]

No side effects from either vaccine. Just an elite human being.

[7om]

Good job this board has quincy to keep us up to date with all the Sky News links. God knows what we’d do without them.

[Spikey M]

I read a cracking article about Mark Noble on Sky News once.

[Lofty]

Work thread cross posting, our top bods announced we can go back into the office next month but it will be masks on when not at a desk, every other desk not in use and only 20% of desks available to use via prebooking. I would surmise there will be about 12 desks available next month, down from the pre covid 80.

[Raoul Duke]

My work has cancelled any mandatory in-office expectations until Feb 2022 at the earliest :thbup:

[Manc]

I'm anticipating a similar announcement next week. Any request to wear a mask and I won't be showing up Lofty

[Ian]

My work has cancelled any mandatory in-office expectations until Feb 2022 at the earliest :thbup:

Ooft, nice. Best we've heard so far is that it's apparently now unlikely to be this side of Christmas.

[Shindig]

Our situation gets reviewed in September. I honestly can't tell which way they'll side with. We wear masks away from the desk which always feel daft for the sake of a few yards.

[Giggles]

Has DQ gone full magic?

[Disco]

He's yet to piss his own innards out but mentally I think they're on the same page.

[Kikó]

Quincy is just asking what his 'mate' is saying. Not his beliefs.

[Dquincy]

Good job this board has quincy to keep us up to date with all the Sky News links. God knows what we’d do without them.

I think you're being genuine, so thank you. Are you and I friends now? Probably, yes.

[Dquincy]

Quincy is just asking what his 'mate' is saying. Not his beliefs.

Jokes on you, I have no mates. Apart from Zom.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's utterly bizarre to me hearing about all these more corporate/public sector offices. We had a while where you needed a mask in some parts of the building, but even that went months ago. Completely as normal since, like, May.

[Lewis]

We are back to normal and actually took the stupid signs down today. Anyone still milking it wants their department closing.

[Queenslander]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/covid-19-qld-nsw-border-troops-essential-workers/100388548?fbclid=IwAR08daUFZmWY9v5-PxPFKM17c-4XRF_kw29aSi7yfdRhQd4_QFtzhRocFug


Last night, a spokesperson for the Premier said she was delighted with the federal government's agreement to the deployment, but the timing of the soldiers' arrival was still to be finalised.




:lol:

https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/84ae241e18c0b152e0b132f290903ef2?impolicy=wcms_cro p_resize&cropH=2001&cropW=3000&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=575

[Waffdon]

I doubt I’ll be back in the office until early next year if ever at all again.

WFH is the greatest thing ever.

[Queenslander]

The NSW Government reckon they will be over 1000 cases a day come next week.

[John Arne]

We're entering a stricter lockdown on Monday for 2 weeks. Considering our current lockdown only allows us only to leave our gaff for food (using vouchers assigned for certain days), the next lockdown should be fun. Rumours that the military will be on street to enforce a complete lockdown with no one leaving their homes. Oh fun.

The government are rightly taking a kicking for this, and their decision to fuck around procuring vaccines is gonna come back an bite them big time.

[Queenslander]

We're entering a stricter lockdown on Monday for 2 weeks. Considering our current lockdown only allows us only to leave our gaff for food (using vouchers assigned for certain days), the next lockdown should be fun. Rumours that the military will be on street to enforce a complete lockdown with no one leaving their homes. Oh fun.

The government are rightly taking a kicking for this, and their decision to fuck around procuring vaccines is gonna come back an bite them big time.

How is your day to day going?

I'm still massive fan of those vouchers assigned for a certain day and shop. The Eastern Suburbs of Sydney deserve at least that for fucking up the whole State.

[niko_cee]

Much as it may amuse you to think it, it's not really the people who have fucked it up in Australia.

Also, considering your stance on various demographics I'm not sure you should be pining so much for zero covid (I appreciate there are probably concerns closer to home that may inform your viewpoint).

[Queenslander]

Much as it may amuse you to think it, it's not really the people who have fucked it up in Australia.

Also, considering your stance on various demographics I'm not sure you should be pining so much for zero covid (I appreciate there are probably concerns closer to home that may inform your viewpoint).

I really only amuse myself on here, in the real world I refuse to talk about covid. Both the NSW and Federal Liberal Party (and the media both mainstream and Murdoch) are all responsible for the current state of things.

When Labor gets in next year they will without a doubt push for a Royal Commission into the Liberal Party's handling of the current outbreak.

I also don't believe in zero covid we should open up forever after the acceptable amount of people have been vaccinated.

Untill that happens we need to protect the ICUs around the Country. We have fuck all from my understanding.

[John Arne]

How is your day to day going?

I'm still massive fan of those vouchers assigned for a certain day and shop. The Eastern Suburbs of Sydney deserve at least that for fucking up the whole State.

It's not too bad. We have a supermarket within our apartment complex that is a life saver. Apart from that, it's just boring. Work is pretty stressful, trying to keep things open and make sure nobody loses their job.

The army have arrived, which seems like a little overkill to me.


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What is the situation like for you now?

[Queenslander]

It's not too bad. We have a supermarket within our apartment complex that is a life saver. Apart from that, it's just boring. Work is pretty stressful, trying to keep things open and make sure nobody loses their job.

The army have arrived, which seems like a little overkill to me.


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What is the situation like for you now?

Back to normal for the last couple of weeks which means a lockdown is around the corner.


I'm sure the QLD Government would love to some of that razor? Wire.

[-james-]

Just flown to London for a wedding this weekend, then had a phone call from girlfriend's brother to say he's tested positive today after we saw him yesterday.

I'm double jabbed, she's not. Is she supposed to shack up in a hotel for a week? :cab:

[Jimmy Floyd]

The contact rules are different now aren't they? i.e. she can do lateral flows and it's alright if she's negative. In England, anyway, which you are now in.

Or do you have to be double jabbed for that?

[Spikey M]

I think you have to be double jabbed, but just take a test and enjoy yourself. The shite is everywhere anyway.

[-james-]

PCR tests if you are self-isolating as a contact

If your PCR test result is negative, you should still stay at home and self-isolate to avoid putting others at risk, unless you are not required to do so. This is because you could still become infectious during the 10 day isolation period.


"Should" is weaker than "must", but it's about as clear as mud.

[Magic]

Are people still self-isolating lol.

[Yevrah]

"Should" is weaker than "must", but it's about as clear as mud.

Seems utterly pointless taking the test in the first place if one is then expected to do that.

[Spikey M]

We should be at "take a test if you feel ill, stay at home if it's positive" level now. It's all a bit silly bollocks at the moment.

[Don]

James' girl having the nous to not take that shit :cool:

[-james-]

The problem is that it's really not a great look if we rock up knowing we may have covid and all the grannies end up dying. It's a PR issue.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just do LFTs and if you are negative then job's a good un.

[-james-]

Just done them, but it's a bit lol considering there's no way you'd come up positive within 24 hours of contact.

[-james-]

Brighton beach, 2021 (https://i.imgur.com/B34taIC.jpg)

[Don]

I think you're getting confused, it's not about what makes sense, it's about taking the required number of arbitrary steps that you can to appease others and yourself that you're being sensible. See Baz's tale of the ex director of health strategy and pandemic law and her fantastic quote.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I haven't been there in a while. An odd city that becomes odder the further uphill you go.

[-james-]

It's got a singular vibe that I quite enjoy. I don't like reggae though so I don't think I'd be allowed to live here.

[Yevrah]

Is Mama Cherie's Soul Shack still there?

[randomlegend]

Is Mama Cherie's Soul Shack still there?

Nah it shut down. Looks like she's doing catering and stuff now.

[Spikey M]

. I don't like reggae though

Your music taste gets more laughable with each post on the topic.

[Offshore Toon]

It's got a singular vibe that I quite enjoy. I don't like reggae though so I don't think I'd be allowed to live here.
It's more drum and bass than anything.

[Manc]

Brighton is the one imo.

Is this a new Mrs? -james-

[Lewis]

Brighton needs a right fascist running it to give it a lick of paint, kick the deadheads around, and make sure the bins actually get collected. The entire city stinks of piss and/or weed.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Well he looked down at my music taste
He said "I'll give you one dollar"
I said you've got to be jokin' man
It was a present from me mother

He said "I like it, I want it
I'll take it off your hands
And you'll be sorry you crossed me
You'd better understand that you're alone
A long way from home

etc.

[Reg]

Nice to see Lewis is fond of Brighton.

There are, like most places, positives and negatives but the general vibe (man) is great. The houses are also more beautiful than any other English city's* I'd argue.

*I have been to about five cities.

[Lewis]

I like Brighton, it just needs a good wash. A lot of it is probably down to it being too expensive for the people who live there (Bath is a similar story), but overflowing bins and piss smell are very much solvable problems.

[Spikey M]

Don't you live in Portsmouth Lew? I thought that was the biggest shithole in the South Coast?

[Offshore Toon]

Lewis is bang on with the smells, but there's also chip fat as the third smell you'll come across very, very often.

From what I've seen on Reddit a lot of people are pretty angry with the Greens at the moment so I'd expect a change in the next election. It's a great city but it depends what you're looking for. It's very friendly and an amazing night out, but it's run down, expensive and has a seedy underbelly that gets ignored. It's basically a city trying to be a festival.

[Disco]

Plymouth has to be worse than Portsmouth.

[Lewis]

Don't you live in Portsmouth Lew? I thought that was the biggest shithole in the South Coast?

Portsmouth is also a bit similar. It's the most densely-populated city in the country, and the locals would rather die than ever leave it, so they all live in crummy terraced houses with a downstairs bathroom and damp problems, and then the 'posher' areas are full of people/pensioners who can't afford to maintain their now very expensive houses (and who prevent any more ever being built). It's basically Hull/Southend with a defence sector and a bit of money dribbling in from the Home Counties, but everyone here thinks it's amazing for some reason.

[Offshore Toon]

I liked the harbour/shopping centre part of Portsmouth, but the rest looked absolutely awful.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If you think Portsmouth is the biggest shithole on the south coast, you've clearly never been to Hastings.

[Spikey M]

Portsmouth is also a bit similar. It's the most densely-populated city in the country, and the locals would rather die than ever leave it, so they all live in crummy terraced houses with a downstairs bathroom and damp problems, and then the 'posher' areas are full of people/pensioners who can't afford to maintain their now very expensive houses (and who prevent any more ever being built). It's basically Hull/Southend with a defence sector and a bit of money dribbling in from the Home Counties, but everyone here thinks it's amazing for some reason.

Southend is a bit like that, although for the most part people hate it and White Flight seems to be increasing as London Councils continue to kick the homeless / people with housing needs as far down the nearest trainline as possible.

What you're describing is pretty much what Southend used to be though and I loved the place as a kid (again 'for some reason')

[-james-]

The whole of the UK has a litter/bins problem. It does my nut in in Glasgow and I'm not sure how you fix it.

[Spikey M]

If you think Portsmouth is the biggest shithole on the south coast, you've clearly never been to Hastings.

You'd be right. I've pretty much only been to Dover for the ferry (which is a dump), Southampton for Peppa Pig World (seems alright) and Lyme Regis on a school trip 25 years ago.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Litter everywhere is the signal of the broken consumerist society. Companies sell things, people consume things, consumers drop the litter because they have no stake in the place, and no one wants to pay for it to be picked up afterwards.

[Spikey M]

Public litter bins per square mile is probably as good a measure of how nice an area is as anything else.

[Lewis]

The Brighton bin issue I referred to was more corporate/household bins erupting into every street, which apparently get emptied when they're 'full' rather than on a fixed schedule. Bins in the street are very rarely overflowing anywhere except the most popular areas of places.

[Offshore Toon]

Hastings is much nicer than Portsmouth. Eastbourne is the worst I visited.

[Kikó]

Litter everywhere is the signal of the broken consumerist society. Companies sell things, people consume things, consumers drop the litter because they have no stake in the place, and no one wants to pay for it to be picked up afterwards.

This.

I really fucking hate littering.

[Pepe]

Once, some hipster friends of a friend asked me after lunch if I wanted to join them on a picking litter across town expedition. I politely declined.

[Baz]

There’s some sad cunt where I live who goes out everyday litterpicking and posting what he finds on Facebook. Literally everyday. I went through a spell of replying to his posts with ‘report this on the council app and they’ll send someone out to clear it’ but he went from ‘I shouldn’t have to’ to just ignoring me. Definitely takes pleasure in rifling through other peoples rubbish and/or hanging around kids playgrounds “litter picking,” the dirty nonce.

[Reg]

That was a good page. Bins and Brighton > Covid.


Hastings is much nicer than Portsmouth. Eastbourne is the worst I visited.
Heh, Eastbourne is pretty run down in some parts. Is that what you mean? I've only walked through bits, but the Eastbourne tennis tournament was pretty nice.

[Giggles]

Is there a tennis tournament that’s not nice? Like, it’s tennis.

[Spikey M]

as London Councils continue to kick the homeless / people with housing needs as far down the nearest trainline as possible.
As if by magic. (https://www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/news/news/2021/august/southend-six-arrested-after-incident-at-adventure-island/)


We can now confirm six arrests have been made:

-A 15-year-old boy from London has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker
-A 29-year-old man from Stockwell was arrested on suspicion of assault
-A 17-year-old boy from London was arrested on suspicion of obstructing a police officer
-A 17-year-old boy from London was arrested on suspicion of assault
-A 24-year-old man from London was arrested on suspicion of assault
-A 15-year-old girl from London was arrested on suspicion of assault

:happycry:

[Offshore Toon]

That was a good page. Bins and Brighton > Covid.


Heh, Eastbourne is pretty run down in some parts. Is that what you mean? I've only walked through bits, but the Eastbourne tennis tournament was pretty nice.
Yeah, run down and full of absolute scallies with nothing of note going on.

Hastings was quite nice, I thought. I walked along the front, through the old town and up some big hill. It was also some weird festival called Jack in the Green so it was pretty lively.

[Reg]

Yeah, the beach is quite nice. From searching it looks like that’s just an excuse to paint each other green, and, well, I was gonna say drink in the streets - but I can’t see any drinks in the photos so maybe just the green thing.


Is there a tennis tournament that’s not nice? Like, it’s tennis.
At this year’s Wimbledon, heated arguments meant several strawberries were dropped.

[Queenslander]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-21/anti-covid-lockdown-protesters-clash-with-police-in-melbourne/100396458?utm_medium=social&utm_content=sf248776692&utm_campaign=fb_abc_news&utm_source=m.facebook.com&sf248776692=1&fbclid=IwAR2kv1KE0dihWJh9wWEospcaHnn2zO3xVJETq4t-pkJKYhjP6C8x5-MxW7o



https://twitter.com/JoshBavas/status/1428905744452046867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1428905744452046867%7Ctwgr% 5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2021-08-21%2Fanti-covid-lockdown-protesters-clash-with-police-in-melbourne%2F100396458

Big felllas.


2000 loons are protesting in the Botanical Gardens next to the Queensland State Parliament.


Edit: Hmm 1.9km away...

https://i.ibb.co/Rznry1q/239480685-10159949751159669-2420494248280814520-n.jpg (https://ibb.co/4PyvdcH)

The sun has big sting it today plenty of beetroots tonight.

[niko_cee]

Brighton bin discussion.

:drool:

It certainly feels like they go out more in hope than expectation. Someone sees one go out and it's like a LIGHT THE BEACONS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LGJ7evrAg&ab_channel=engchi93) moment. Someone with video editing skills should do a put the bins out version of that.

[Shindig]

So you know how Euro 2020's kinda been credited for the earlier spike in infections? With the football leagues being back to full capacity, that's going to cause a much more consistent problem, right?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/58284983


But data for the Euro 2020 final shows 2,295 people at or near Wembley were likely to have already been infected, while another 3,404 potentially acquired Covid-19 around the event.

So that's probably 9% of the attendance. That's a chunk. I know 'around the event' can cover pub staff, tube staff, etc but that's still something to think about now mass events are a nationwide thing.

[Dquincy]

Hastings isn't so bad. Although I did write off a convertible audi tt on my way down there once. Crashed outside a garden centre and the air bags went off, which turned on the car horn constantly. So all of the garden centre customers and workers came out to have a look. Quite a surreal moment being watched by a load of people whilst I'm trying to get my (now) ex girlfriend to stop crying. She was suffering from minor woman's whiplash.

The old couple who caused the crash lied about who was driving; I think the lady had been on the sauce. A fire engine, police and road closure later meant we had pissed a lot of people off travelling to Hastings for the day.

[Yevrah]

So you know how Euro 2020's kinda been credited for the earlier spike in infections? With the football leagues being back to full capacity, that's going to cause a much more consistent problem, right?


I doubt it. Euro 2020's spike would have mostly been caused by people socialising in each other's houses to watch it and caring less and less about whether they or anyone else had COVID as each round went by.

[niko_cee]

Was in Rye earlier in the week, can see why they stuck all [well, some of] the nuclear power shit down there, it already looks like a post apocalyptic wasteland so I guess they figured a nuclear disaster probably wouldn't have changed much.

[John Arne]

I went for an emergency dash to the supermarket just now, before Monday's shutdown, 200 odd people in the queue. Came home.

[Magic]

I'm glad you clarified with the (now) ex-girlfriend.

[Dquincy]

She died.

[Spikey M]

No reason to dump her, you monster.

[Dquincy]

She didn't really. But she could have died of a broken heart when she lost this heartthrob. :cool:

[Magic]

I'm sure she was gutted at losing a man that drove his convertible 2nd hand TT in to a garden centre.

[Kikó]

I doubt it. Euro 2020's spike would have mostly been caused by people socialising in each other's houses to watch it and caring less and less about whether they or anyone else had COVID as each round went by.

Anecdotally, I caught it from friends at a pub watching the final who caught it the night before when they went out with a different group. It was probably just rife for those weeks after release and the inevitable spread from close contact rather than the Wembley games themselves.

[Dquincy]

I'm sure she was gutted at losing a man that drove his convertible 2nd hand TT in to a garden centre.

:lol:

Was not my fault.

Have you found a new love yet? Or is the red piss putting them off?

[Magic]

I've been with someone for nearly 2 years.

[Spikey M]

:lol:

Was not my fault.

Have you found a new love yet? Or is the red piss putting them off?

His spunk comes out pink and the fairer sex think it's cute.

You could have made a killing on OnlyFans before the rule change Maggers.

[Dquincy]

I've been with someone for nearly 2 years.
But do they know about it?

[Magic]

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/grave-warning-dad-34-dies-24808383

"Fit and healthy".

:harold:

[Dquincy]

A fatty.

But the Newcastle gk you'd think is relatively fit...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9914205/Newcastle-goalkeeper-Karl-Darlow-opens-Covid-19-battle-saw-lose-nearly-TWO-STONE.html

[Baz]

Just because he had a BMI of 27 and undiagnosed diabetes, it does not mean he wasn’t fit and healthy.

[Shindig]

A fatty.

But the Newcastle gk you'd think is relatively fit...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9914205/Newcastle-goalkeeper-Karl-Darlow-opens-Covid-19-battle-saw-lose-nearly-TWO-STONE.html

Yeah, it's still a weird disease. Saint-Maximin didn't come back for two months, Ronaldo caught it and then walked straight back into work, Lewis Hamilton is still knackered, etc.

[Magic]

Typical BAME.

[-james-]

We went to the wedding lol. Weird to think the extent to which we were having kittens yesterday.

*gets covid*

[Queenslander]

QR code to be mandatory in Taxis and ride share going forward in Queensland.

The Queensland health app has been downloaded 4.8 million times...




https://fb.watch/7xq5bjDX5C/

[Queenslander]

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/anti-lockdown-protesters-gather-in-coolangatta-on-nsw-border-20210822-p58kvk.html?fbclid=IwAR1FGzYrfdRJYLk6Fwk3lY8SSICMO RMvaOlCRDOeELN1eQM3eCJrQA6YSF0


Anti-lockdown protesters gather in Coolangatta on NSW border


Where is the military?

[Magic]

We went to the wedding lol. Weird to think the extent to which we were having kittens yesterday.

*gets covid*

My man. :cool:

[Kikó]

NSW, probably including Liverpool hospital data:
1429307646100664325?s=19

[Queenslander]

That is pretty grim.

[Queenslander]

https://fb.watch/7xE7PIEUOw/

People are trying to break through the Police and cross into NSW.

[Kikó]

What's the end game there?

[Spikey M]

To cross into NSW.

[Queenslander]

Yep. Be funny if they are all forced into mandatory quarantine for 2 weeks at their own expence after today.

[niko_cee]

What's the end game there?

The Thunderdome.

[Queenslander]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/p93lyk/a_crowd_in_midcheer_immediately_goes_silent_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Weird from Trump to turn heel on his on crowd by being pro vax.

[John Arne]

Pretty quiet on the streets here. The VN military have to be the least imposing military in the world.

https://gyazo.com/803909766987d9db17ff6f6667d7a1c1.jpeg

[Kikó]

NSW looks like it's having their Delta outbreak:
1429971913477017601?s=19

[Queenslander]

Glads reckons they will ease up on some restrictions next week. It will be interesting to see what that means... My bet is the construction industry is good to go again as they are the shadow NSW of government.

[Magic]

Hope it goes nuts and they start shooting infected people.

[Jimmy Floyd]

South Australia marking out the doors of Covid isolating houses, in the hope that people will report any breaches of quarantine by their neighbours, is heads have gone part 83.

[Yevrah]

I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that anyone trying to adopt a strategy that's anything other than 'vaccinate as many as we can and then learn to live with it' is just a bit thick.

[Shindig]

South Australia marking out the doors of Covid isolating houses, in the hope that people will report any breaches of quarantine by their neighbours, is heads have gone part 83.

A couple of the student digs in Durham marked their houses as 'Residents are self-isolating' and I it all felt a bit 1666.

[Queenslander]

The hard border with NSW will be in place for another 10 weeks at least...

I guess they have to protect their sporting investments, the Rugby League Grand Final and the Rugby Championship.

I'm sure this won't last long but our rolling 7 day average in QLD for community transmission and deaths is currently 0,0.

https://i.ibb.co/cQfV9zM/FB-IMG-1629799201184.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)

Fingers crossed we open up for good by Novemberish.

[Lewis]

What do Australia/New Zealand intend to do when, even after vaccinating everybody, there is still loads of it swirling around?

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's classic tactics vs strategy. They can do all the contact tracing and waste water testing they like, but they don't appear to have a strategy in either country, particularly NZ actually.

[Queenslander]

What do Australia/New Zealand intend to do when, even after vaccinating everybody, there is still loads of it swirling around?

Open up forever I assume. If vaccinated people aren't dieing they have no choice.

Both sides of Federal Government have said we have to live with Covid when the majority of the population is finally vaccinated.

[Lewis]

You would think that, but all of your Twitter traffic seems to be people seething that Sydney could have locked down earlier and prevented the five deaths or whatever it is.

[Queenslander]

It's classic tactics vs strategy. They can do all the contact tracing and waste water testing they like, but they don't appear to have a strategy in either country, particularly NZ actually.

Probably sell themselves to an American Venture capitalists.

[Spikey M]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CovIdiots/comments/pa8qnr/the_worst_acting_job_ive_ever_seen_to_fake/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

:D

[Manc]

32 seconds in is the interntational sign for spastic.

[Kikó]

Poor girl. Where do I donate?

[Boydy]

Still would.

[Manc]

Still would.

Still couldn't.

[Spikey M]

:D

[Queenslander]

Queen Anna has paused/temporarily banned all incoming travellers from hotspots within Australia.

They must be making a fortune from professional sport and all the movie and television production that is in the State from America. AndI guess our limited Quarantine spaces must also be allocated to said industries.

New Zealand is a real backwater place if Brisbane is better at the zero covid game than them. #bants

Edit: Obviously preventing vaccinated people from entering QLD is a disgusting abuse of power.

The amount of people(women) who are going to rage when we do open up forever is going to be very amusing for me personally.



. Illegally entering Queensland could result in fines of up to $4,135, a court-imposed penalty of $13,785 or six months in prison.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-25/qld-covid-border-restrictions-troops-crackdown-on-border-hoppers/100368916

[Jimmy Floyd]

The fella I know who just came back from Melbourne reckons they won't even open up when it's past 80% vaccinated.

[Queenslander]

The fella I know who just came back from Melbourne reckons they won't even open up when it's past 80% vaccinated.

One of the main medical wankers in Western Australia was having a cry today about all the unvaccinated children that might die of covid if they open up at 80% adults jabbed.

Time to put the entire State of Western Australia in the bin.

Edit: I actually understand why the QLD Government are freezing all incoming as we are experiencing an Unprecedented amount of migration from Melbourne and Sydney to the point where it might be a bit of a crisis next year.

[John Arne]

If you bin off WA, would you still keep the name Australia? Use the opportunity for a national rebrand... New Wales?

[Queenslander]

Good point.

WA can be renamed to East Bloemfontein.

NSW can be 'Old Tyre Fire'

Probably need to workshop other names.

[Queenslander]

Another for the bin.

https://i.ibb.co/PWm5sWf/FB-IMG-1629882848570.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58335109

:happycry:

[Raoul Duke]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58335109

:happycry:

Lol @


In recent weeks since the rise of the B.1.617.2 variant, all Delta employees who have been hospitalised with Covid were not fully vaccinated.

Call it the Delta variant, bitch

[Magic]

This stuff is mental. Fuck getting vaccinated.

[Dquincy]

Close the board.

[Shindig]

I had no idea Israel had done over a million of their populace with third jabs already.

[Don]

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/aug/26/bbc-presenter-lisa-shaw-died-of-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-complications-coroner-finds

Brutal, a life taken to accomodate Giggles' Greggs habit.

[Offshore Toon]

Who is our COVID/vaccine expert at the moment? I wouldn't say I'm fully recovered yet (only really tiredness and shortness of breath atm) and they're trying to jab me for the second time tomorrow. Surely I'll have some natural immunity built up to at least tide me over until the new year?

[Dquincy]

I think it's Zom. He's always been there for me when I needed him most.

[Dquincy]

In other news, this is madness.

1430819947584921604

[niko_cee]

Who is our COVID/vaccine expert at the moment? I wouldn't say I'm fully recovered yet (only really tiredness and shortness of breath atm) and they're trying to jab me for the second time tomorrow. Surely I'll have some natural immunity built up to at least tide me over until the new year?

Don't they ask you at the vaccination centre whether you have recently had covid? [I assumed the point of this question is that they don't jab you if you have]

I'm sure I read something earlier that the clotting events were about as common in the Pfizer as in AstraZeneca which is quite funny if true.

[Kikó]

It's not madness. We give the young vaccines all the time.

Re the covid second jab. I think they recommend waiting something like 30 days between having it before having the vaccine. The vaccine gives you better coverage of all variants so it's worth having even if you have had covid.

[Offshore Toon]

Yeah, I don't think it makes sense to go till I'm clear of symptoms so I've cancelled.

[Yevrah]

With 130 dead and another 30,000+ cases today I fear the clamour for more utterly pointless restrictions is going to grow somewhat over the next few days/weeks.

[Magic]

With 130 dead and another 30,000+ cases today I fear the clamour for more utterly pointless restrictions is going to grow somewhat over the next few days/weeks.

Not a coincidence when you see how bad BREXIT is shitting on us.

[Lewis]

I was just about to post that seeing a hundred people dying a day and nobody (other than the professional cranks) giving a shit is great to see and where we want to be.

[SvN]

Unless a variant pops up that the vaccine is totally ineffective on, I can't see any new restrictions ever coming in.

[Manc]

Famous last words.

[Yevrah]

Unless a variant pops up that the vaccine is totally ineffective on, I can't see any new restrictions ever coming in.

They absolutely shouldn't, but at this point (winter is coming), who the fuck knows.

[7om]

Who is our COVID/vaccine expert at the moment? I wouldn't say I'm fully recovered yet (only really tiredness and shortness of breath atm) and they're trying to jab me for the second time tomorrow. Surely I'll have some natural immunity built up to at least tide me over until the new year?

I don’t think you’ll need the second one yet. I’d discuss it with your doctor if possible and get their opinion but I’d expect they’d want you to fully recover first.

[Giggles]

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/aug/26/bbc-presenter-lisa-shaw-died-of-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-complications-coroner-finds

Brutal, a life taken to accomodate Giggles' Greggs habit.

Would you rather she had her head cut off or blown up with a backpack?

[Disco]

28 days from when your symptoms started, at least that was the advice my niece got when she had to delay her first jab.

[Magic]

Only me and Taz that have been brave enough not to succumb to virtue signalling and public pressure?

[Spikey M]

Only you and Taz have been affected beyond a mild illness.

[Bam]

What are the reasons for not having the jab?

[Giggles]

What are the reasons for not having the jab?

Having a stage 3 case of being a mong.

[Manc]

Poor delivery.

[Baz]

What are the reasons for not having the jab?The only reason not to get the vaccine is if you have covid, or have had it within the past 28 days. Literally everyone else not getting it is a moron.

[Don]

The case numbers are going off the chart in the next fortnight thanks to this weekend. Schools reopening soon too, ya? :harold:

[Don]

The only reason not to get the vaccine is if you have covid, or have had it within the past 28 days. Literally everyone else not getting it is a moron.

:happycry:

[Dquincy]

With confirmation that the vaccine protection starts to wane after 6 months, I hope all you cucks are looking forward to getting your booster jabs in the near future.

[Don]

And in turn killing a load of people in developing countries who need it more.

[niko_cee]

With confirmation that the vaccine protection starts to wane after 6 months, I hope all you cucks are looking forward to getting your booster jabs in the near future.

Why wouldn't you? Not that I think they'll be forthcoming for the lower risk categories. Also not surprising that you would be incapable of understanding the 'waning immunity' story beyond being able to read the headline (kudos on that).


And in turn killing a load of people in developing countries who need it more.

So you believe in the benefits of the vaccination program then?

[Dquincy]

Why wouldn't you? Not that I think they'll be forthcoming for the lower risk categories. Also not surprising that you would be incapable of understanding the 'waning immunity' story beyond being able to read the headline (kudos on that).


Aggro isn't it. And if you're offering booster jabs to the frail then this first phase of jabs demonstrates that the boosters will also need to be given to the remainder of the adult population.

And what is there not to understand? The vaccine wanes. It doesn't go to zero, but it's effectiveness reduces. Nothing startling about that.

[Andrew]

Are the Taliban immune to Covid no masks no social distancing? I'm amazed their ranks have not been decimated from it.

Australia doing its best to make China blush and reverting back to its former penal colony status.

[Kikó]

I love seeing the "done my research" talking points come into the forum like the taliban one above. Who knows how many people in Afghanistan have had covid or impacted by it? It's not the most advanced nation so unlikely to have the ability to test and treat people.

Or maybe covid is just made up.

[Spikey M]

I wonder if the fella that fell from the plane had tested positive in the last 28 days.