Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36027938)

Eastenders to be rationed. I wonder how many will get withdrawal symptoms.

Never watch soaps anyway.

Originally Posted by gba93 (Post 36027908)

UK education secretary to make statement at 17:00GMT

Looks like you were right.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-51939591

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36027876)

The streets are empty but the supermarkets are rammed this is not isolation.

Originally Posted by peanut (Post 36027943)

Schools to close but not for kids with parents that are 'key workers'. Who are classed as key workers. Supermarket staff? They are right in the thick of it and should be classed as key workers.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36027946)

My local was pretty sparse but in mid afternoon that's not unusual. Easy to be 2m+ from the nearest person. Went to Sainsbury's afterwards and the place had been stripped. Even the wine aisle was damaged.

Good thing I keep well stocked cupboards and freezers. Probably got a dozen different types of pasta and noodles, I like to have a choice. Only real pain is lack of fresh veg: I wanted an Iceberg lettuce but made do with a couple of little gem. Very similar. No whole mushrooms but got a punnet of ready sliced. Mainly get cooked down with noodles and other flavourings.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36027953)

Frozen cabs were also stripped.



I like to keep things well stocked as you never know what is around the corner. They had someone on the radio lunchtime complaining they only had 3 days food in the house. WTF.

We probably have enough for 4 months.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36027956)

One thing I did notice in the store was the food donation box had nothing in it. Normally has quite a lot of stuff.

Originally Posted by peanut (Post 36027955)

How many days does a food parcel last from a food bank?

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36027960)

Originally Posted by peanut (Post 36027961)

It was a rhetorical question... :rolleyes: Though that it was blatantly obvious..

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36027944)

Indeed supermarket staff are very important in these times and should be classed as key workers as you can't feed the nation otherwise..

Originally Posted by Chad (Post 36027965)

Chinook and Apache helicopters apparently arriving and departing Edinburgh Airport dispatching troops. Reports of military vehicles full of soldiers on motorways surrounding Edinburgh and Glasgow

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36027973)

Err no. No disrespect to them but most most supermarket work is unskilled or low skilled, many of them work variable hours that can be increased and additional casual labour can easily be procured. Especially as other sectors of the economy are now making large numbers of people redundant. Supermarket staff are not key workers.

NHS staff on the other hand are with only relatively few exceptions skilled, highly skilled or professionally qualified and their absence at a time like this will not lengthen food queues, it will put lives at direct mortal risk.

There is no comparison here whatsoever.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36027974)

Any links, otherwise this is just scaremongering.

Apache helicopters are used for close-air support ground-attack roles - unless there has been a zombie outbreak in Glasgow (I know, how could you tell?), it’s unlikely they would be deployed on mainland U.K..

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36027973)

Err no. No disrespect to them but most most supermarket work is unskilled or low skilled, many of them work variable hours that can be increased and additional casual labour can easily be procured. Especially as other sectors of the economy are now making large numbers of people redundant. Supermarket staff are not key workers.

NHS staff on the other hand are with only relatively few exceptions skilled, highly skilled or professionally qualified and their absence at a time like this will not lengthen food queues, it will put lives at direct mortal risk.

There is no comparison here whatsoever.

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36027986)

A lot of panic and speculation about the army is being fuelled by the usual ignorant bolleaux doing the rounds on Farcebook and Twatter.

Here’s the UK Defence Journal’s take on that.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/no-t...-for-lockdown/

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36027988)

There are plenty of army and RAF bases in Scotland. There’s no need for them to use Glasgow Int’l even if they are planning to deploy on riot suppression. It’s unnecessarily complicated and costly for them to use civilian runways when they have their own, conveniently located next to their barracks and their vehicles.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36027990)

Also, using an Apache for riot suppression is like using a steamroller to iron your shirt... ;-)

Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36027993)

According to my source the Apache is for people spotted coughing.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36027956)

One thing I did notice in the store was the food donation box had nothing in it. Normally has quite a lot of stuff.

Originally Posted by Julian (Post 36028005)

I went to Tesco after work tonight to pick up some Oxo cubes.

I got three boxes and put them on top of each other on the belt at the checkout only to be told I couldn’t have them as I was stockpiling........ :(

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36027986)

A lot of panic and speculation about the army is being fuelled by the usual ignorant bolleaux doing the rounds on Farcebook and Twatter.

Here’s the UK Defence Journal’s take on that.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/no-t...-for-lockdown/

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36028007)

Tesco have sent shareholders (and I assume customers) an email- the jist of which is:

All Tesco stores to start closing at 10pm- no more 24 hour opening.

All Fish/salad/meat/deli counters closed until further notice.

Online customers who can are to be asked to shop instore to free up online delivery slots for elderly/disabled/vulnerable people.

Rationing introduced on goods. Customers will be asked to buy only what they need and max of three items on every grocery item.

Distancing measures to be introduced at checkouts. Customers to be asked to pay by card if they can.

Mon, Wed, Fri 9am to 10am instore will be reserved for elderly/disabled/vulnerable customers.

All multibuy offers immediately cancelled.



So I don't know why you were refused those three items??

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It's now been on the news that 20,000 army personnel are on standby. It was said that they are going to assist the police and will shortly be taking over the guarding of no 10.

The PM looked tired, stressed and confused at todays briefing- it must be a tremendous burden having this responsibility on his mind, so he probably isn't sleeping.

As he will obviously be taking advice from experts, we are now effectively in a wartime situation, party political dogma has been ripped up and opposition parties have dropped rivalries in an effort to help as much as they can I think that it might now be an idea to form a coalition government of solidarity.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36028007)

<SNIP>

As he will obviously be taking advice from experts, we are now effectively in a wartime situation, party political dogma has been ripped up and opposition parties have dropped rivalries in an effort to help as much as they can I think that it might now be an idea to form a coalition government of solidarity.

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36028011)

I have no doubt that Boris has his best biro poised over the Civil Contingencies Act as we speak. There is obviously a risk that critical services are going to run short of personnel if too many people are off sick at once. What is obviously fanciful is the idea that the army is flying front line combat hardware into civilian airports, or using heavy lift helicopters to drop personnel or equipment off in our cities. This isn’t Kandahar.. They can just use the motorways.

Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36028012)

Originally Posted by downquark1 (Post 36028024)

Boris has almost turned the country into a communist dictatorship overnight and McDonnell is still complaining he should just nationalise everything. The only thing stopping me from freaking out is the belief Boris will at least try to put things back to normal after this is over.

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 36028025)

People are openly flouting government advice thinking 'it won't happen to them' (see people celebrating St. Patricks day in pubs as an example) and they're either to thick to realise or don't care about the potential consequences of their actions on others.

I'm no Boris fan, but what do you expect him to do?

Originally Posted by downquark1 (Post 36028027)

I'm not disputing this is necessary, but governments have a habit of being slow to return power (a la WWII). A labour government would be inclined to be far slower.

Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36028044)

Just had a nice call to my 81 yr young mum. She is well.

She shared that my sister who runs a small cafe was worried that she would have to let staff go as people aren't coming in for evening meals. So she started to look at deliveries to elderly in village starting with one or two then expanding if interest increased. She now has to venture out to get more stock as demand has gone through the roof and others in village have offered to deliver for free.
So she can keep going while also supporting vulnerable people and the village will keep their cafe and folk keep working. Much better than the me first shown in the media and in the supermarkets.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36028049)

Nice letter (in my email) from the Morrisons CEO.

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36028055)

You work for Morrisons ?

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36028056)

No, I have an online shopping account, so I assume it was sent to all customers who have one.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36028065)

Up at the local today for a couple of pints and one of the regulars was getting 1/2 a dozen eggs from the kitchen staff. I guess trade supplies are getting through OK.

If this keeps up the black marketeers will have a field day.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36028065)

Up at the local today for a couple of pints and one of the regulars was getting 1/2 a dozen eggs from the kitchen staff. I guess trade supplies are getting through OK.

If this keeps up the black marketeers will have a field day.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36028071)

@Hugh. Being in the local at least 2m away from the nearest punter is much less risky than going to the supermarket with those parents of snotty nosed children that are virus factories.

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36028072)

Message from Her Maj.

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36028070)

We just had a order delivered from one of the supermarkets and 17 items were out of stock or were not able to be substituted.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36028056)

No, I have an online shopping account, so I assume it was sent to all customers who have one.

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36028082)

As do I, just not received that particular email yet. :)

Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36028083)

Might depend on your marketing preference settings.

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36028077)

But did you get bog roll Den is the big question ?

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36028124)

Just had my weekly visit from a very frazzled Asda delivery man who has horror stories a-plenty from his base supermarket, where they’re queueing round the block from dawn, despite the ban on non-pensioners entering the shop for the first hour, and entire families (adults and kids) are attending the shop together so they can load 4 or 5 trolleys with stuff.

We as a nation have disgraced ourselves this week.

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36028128)

If you haven't been in a supermarket lately you would be horrified at what's going on,i haven't seen anything like it in my lifetime,but on the plus side you're completely safe if you have over 50 toilet rolls :(

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36028128)

If you haven't been in a supermarket lately you would be horrified at what's going on,i haven't seen anything like it in my lifetime,but on the plus side you're completely safe if you have over 50 toilet rolls :(

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36028128)

If you haven't been in a supermarket lately you would be horrified at what's going on,i haven't seen anything like it in my lifetime,but on the plus side you're completely safe if you have over 50 toilet rolls :(

Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36028132)

Thank heavens for our local independent bakery and fruit and veg shop who will deliver.

Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36028132)

Thank heavens for our local independent bakery and fruit and veg shop who will deliver.

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36028140)

Social distancing restrictions need to be in place for "at least most of a year", according to scientists advising the government.


https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...isers-11960920

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36028146)

I can't see people keeping social distancing up for nearly a year. We are by nature social animals.

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36028146)

I can't see people keeping social distancing up for nearly a year. We are by nature social animals.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36028141)

To support our local restaurant, we're ordering a delivery meal tonight (we're "socially distancing" because 4 days ago we passed through multiple busy airports and travelled on packed airplanes, so if we have caught it, we don't want to infect others whilst we (if we are) in the initial contagious stage).

Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36028149)

What is the problem with staying still for a few minutes?:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36028160)

A
People keep comparing it to the "spirit of the war".
In the war period you still had pubs open, plays, concerts etc, you could still go out.

Originally Posted by Paul

I dont see how it would be practical to follow the current "advice" for a year.