Morning Everybody - Hope all is well? - What have we got on, how are we all doing?

[Murdoch]

I've been keeping an eye on the news but I do find very quickly I get burnt out with it and have to turn it off. I like Jeremy vine but watching him on a morning and then listening to him on the radio is a bit much. It's just covid covid covid.

I'm a bit sick of it.

gosh, I’m impressed you can watch and listen to Jeremy Vine - he’s a very overpaid presenter who peddles rubbish

 

[Lou]

He does do my head in sometimes, it's not like I am a religious follower of his lol.

 

[Murdoch]

He does do my head in sometimes, it's not like I am a religious follower of his lol.

when I hear his voice on the radio I change the channel

 

[Alan Wright]

I choose not to visit customers because of my personal preference however my income is not dependant on visits. The construction industry including plumbing is fully open with no restriction on what jobs you can take and with no compensation for not working. There may be many covid plumbers visiting customers.
The hospital are full, the roads are crowded, the death rate is at its highest, the number of cases keeps rising after and during these so called lock downs.
Nice one Boris.

 

[Keefy]

Quotes here, quotes there and not very many wanting installations to happen until lockdown restrictions are lifted. Actually been looking at part time driving/delivery jobs to help pass the time but haven't gone as far as applying for one. Wow, I sound like a bag of fun after reading my own reply...

 

[townfanjon]

Workwise , obviously weird times now guys , but when this ****’s over you had better get ready because I think it will go absolutely mental .
So many jobs “on hold” , I have loads pencilled in for the summer.
Customers , friends , family etc etc talking about , extensions, windows , kitchens , bathrooms etc etc . In other words wanting to spend money
Ok theres a huge section of our country that will not be in that position , you have to feel for those people .

 

[plumbingdoctor]

Morning everybody.

1. Hope you are all well. What have you got on today / the rest of this week?
2. How are we all feeling? I think we need help each other out a bit when we're in times like these. Hope you're doing okay.
3. When are you up for your jab? - Do you know yet?
4. How's work, is it still trickling through or has it dried up? Or perhaps you're booming at the moment with boilers breaking left right and center.
5. What PPE extras are you taking?
6. Which suppliers are open physically? Which are online only? Where are you getting your stuff from?

Answer all or any or nowt. Let's see if we can check in and help each other out.

Hi Mate!

Thanks for updating we're all ok and still moving on, fixing stuff

Cheers !

 

[townfanjon]

I choose not to visit customers because of my personal preference however my income is not dependant on visits. The construction industry including plumbing is fully open with no restriction on what jobs you can take and with no compensation for not working. There may be many covid plumbers visiting customers.
The hospital are full, the roads are crowded, the death rate is at its highest, the number of cases keeps rising after and during these so called lock downs.
Nice one Boris.

Dont get me started on this one Alan, the problem is not Boris , its the thoughtless selfish retards in this country that either dont think there isnt a virus , or belive there is one, and wont conform with the restrictions .
I would have preferred an Australian type Lockdown, ruled with a rod of iron bit it will never happen here because the snowflake Leftys would kick off.
I have Two sets of neighbours ( long story) I constantly see mixing in some of these houses , both our Two girls and granddaughter have not been in our house since this Rubbish started .
Dont get me wrong Boris and his pals have fect up plenty but I honestly think he cant do anymore, the public are the main problem here.

 

[Lou]

Morning all.

It is Friday and its sunny here this morning.

Got a bit of work to do this morning..

@Alan Wright nice to see you back

 

[Ric2013]

The hospital are full, the roads are crowded, the death rate is at its highest, the number of cases keeps rising after and during these so called lock downs.
Nice one Boris.

Not entirely Boris' fault, I agree, townfanjohn. Most governments have handled this badly.

In fairness, this situation is hardly typical, and I'm not saying a Corbyn-led Labour government have would necessarily handled it better: certainly the Conservative Party would be directing all the blame in that direction. But to be honest, to my knowledge, it's not us 'snowflake lefties' who are arguing the toss about wearing masks and shutting pubs (actually I'm typing this from a storeroom of a shop and am not in contact with the public so legally I do not have to wear a mask, but I'm still wearing one). Couldn't we argue that it's the 'snowflake' right who are obsessed with their civil liberties being trodden on at this time?

However, if we ignore the ideology, when Dominic ***mings decided to go for a drive after suffering Covid himself and then and his eyesight was so bad he ended up driving some distance in the wrong direction entirely (libel teams: this is called satire) and MPs decided to make the government look stupid by being interviewed saying his actions were reasonable rather than forcing him to say his actions were wrong, what sort of message does it give?

When the police say they won't enforce customers wearing masks, what message does this give?

What possible sense was there in initially making customers wear masks and not shop workers too? What sense in announcing that Colchester and another town nearby were a lower tier than surrounding areas and allowing those from higher-tier nearby towns to attend to do their Christmas shopping and infect the Colcestrians instead of closing access between regions as Italy did? Or the 'eat out to help out' scheme to boost the economy in the summer when we needed to keep infections as low as possible? And I've been saying this sort of thing consistently all year: a bit of iron rod admittedly wouldn't have gone amiss.

Can anyone wonder that individuals make bad personal decisions when there is a lack of clarity in above? If the authorities hardly inspire confidence, how can we expect individuals to maintain a collaborative and organised approach? Far too easy to blame selfish individuals!

 

[townfanjon]

@Ric2013 , no person or government on earth knows what to do , every country is in the same boat , there is no answer to it , we all just have to work through it , be patient , look after each other and “ stay safe “ .

On another note where in Italy are you ? , I have been going to ask you for ages lol

 

[Ric2013]

To be honest, I don't think we'll ever know how well countries come off, until we see the excess deaths for this period compared with other years. When you look at the stats, the problem is that every country has its own way of testing and reporting so I'm reluctant to accept at face value that, say, Taiwan has only 37 cases per million and only 7 deaths in total. Even if true, the fact that Taiwan recently had SARS means compliance and understanding in the general population is likely to be very good.

I'll PM my location.

 

[Lou]

Morning everyone! Its snowing!!!

 

[king of pipes]

Well chaps you all know my situation covid 19 this second time round has really hit my family hard my brother is still suffering the effects of long covid, all his close family have been infected but have got over it reasonably well, my elderly mother she's 80 this year is absolutely shot to bits mentally she's frightened of everything shakes from head to toe and is severely depressed, I am supporting her the best way I can we have appointments in place for a specialist mental accessment and she's now on antidepressants but 2 weeks in and she's not much better, I took her to get her first covid phizer jab yesterday a visit to the opticians, doctors and dentist just to try and make her life a little easier you just have to deal with it the best way you can.
I have kept well as I am almost sure I had covid last December before all this came out it took weeks to get over the symptoms and load of test came to the conclusion it was a virus. No way Sherlock
Work has still trickled in but customers are very wary of having you in and I take all the precautions I can to avoid contact, i had a customer pass away this week from cancer and my close friends mums funeral so a crap week their life's were definitely shortened by covid and the restrictions in place for the specialist treatments they needed to keep them alive . Keep well and look after your loved ones chaps kop

 

[Murdoch]

Morning everyone! Its snowing!!!

its not down here -