Originally posted by teamsaint
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I agree with you TS. And Anastasius was interested in your post on the virus modelling. But I have a busy day, and can't post any further comments until this evening. But thank you both.Last edited by Cockney Sparrow; 21-03-20, 12:01. -
In this current global human health emergency, Iran has been particularly hard hit. Whatever one thinks of the ruling group there, the people of Iran deserve al the help we can offer. Time to suspend the sanctions:
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How about this for a Catch-22 lookalike?
[a] I am in the 'vulnerable age group'.
[b] I self-isolate.
[c] I live in a VERY rural area in the fells of NW England.
so............
[d] As usual, I regularly order online grocery deliveries anyway...........I do not panic buy.
[e] So yesterday I set up my usual monthly order.
BUT, despite all above......vulnerable, trying to self-isolate etc etc.........
[f] not a single delivery slot is available..until mid-late APRIL, so I cannot get supermarket deliveries. .
The kind store offers:
EITHER 'click and collect' / involving catching a bus [therefore mixing]. The local bus does not operate here after 12 noon seven days a week....
OR presumably walk fifteen miles over the tops six times a week and then back over the fells to carry from a store where I will of necessity mix and mix and mix
..............BUT, aha!
[g] click and collect means I would have to meet others helping me with goods at the pick up point.........
[h BUT.............I am a NON-driver,
QED. Hurrah [-not] for online delivery to help keep a person in self-isolation
Snookered.Last edited by DracoM; 21-03-20, 12:36.Comment
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....ooooer Draco....quandry....
....just went to the chemist where i had the assistant extravagantly cough all over my purchases....
....I'm sure you have possibly done this already, but....go on line to local volunteer groups....possibly even local Facebook for likely options....there will be someone near who will help....bong chingComment
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Farmshops, independent shops, pubs and churches are beginning to organise ways of getting supplies to those in need of help, and offer help collecting and delivering things, so as 8thobs says, time to hit the internet/FB to see what might be available in your neck of the woods. Do you have any friends in the area who could pick up a click and collect order for you, or try and get extra items when they do their own shop?
Hope you can find a solution, even if only partial.Comment
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....perehaps get involved with local vicar....Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
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Here, local taxi firms are offering to provide a delivery service for click and collect orders.Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post....perehaps get involved with local vicar....
Might be a bit safer than risking parish gossip.
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I do not wish to sound uncharitable or selfish, but the NHS in Cornwall was stretched beyond its limits even before CV19. We do not want this extra burden on our resources and facilities or the extra source of infection. Please stay put!Originally posted by gradus View PostComment
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[QUOTE=DracoM;783908]Draco...I've sent you a PM....Fewer Smart things. More smart people.Comment
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Is anyone else struggling with the vagueness of gov't advice re travelling and tourist attractions within the UK? Two particular scenarios:
1) Mrs LMP, a close (geographically as well as personally) friend and I have a holiday cottage booked some 70 miles away in Devon starting in a week. We accept that most tourist attractions will be closed but are happy to go for the change of scenery, walks etc. We can if necessary take all our food with us so as not to mix in local shops. Should we, can we, still go? We really can't see any good reason why not as we'd be behaving in exactly the same responsible way in Devon as we would in Cornwall. There is no clear advice yet from the booking company.
2) Local friends own a tourist attraction, one where there need be no close association between visitors. Should they close? The immediate decision isn't helped by the fact that the friends are currently in Japan for a family wedding and the attraction is being run by friends and family. They would probably have insurance coverage if HMG ordered them to close by law but is there any prospect of this? i suspect that current wishy-washy advice may be to ward off such claims, at the behest of the insurance industry.
All comments gratefully rec'd.I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!Comment
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Did she charge for the service, or was she merely profuse? Would it have been better if she'd coughed all over your purchases slightly less vigorously?Originally posted by eighthobstruction View PostComment
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He featured in the penultimate episode of The Middle Classes: Their Rise and Sprawl - a fantastic BBC4 documentary of 23 years ago narrated by Geoffrey Palmer ("As Times Go By") which luckily I taped - the episode which dealt in particular with the huge attraction of public school education to Asian parents - especially those chucked out of Uganda who had been lynchpins of banking and the civil service - by the Amin regime, and even those of relatively limited means such as his, owners of a corner shop pharmacy in Southampton. I well remember the 16-year old Sunak - who looked exactly the same back then - enthusing about his education at Winchester College, claiming that it was far from the social exclusivity alleged by critics, and speaking of making contacts at Eton, Harrow and so on...Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
Well, along those lines, anyway.
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Does the postal service operate? If so, for how long?Originally posted by DracoM View Post
I expect that there would be a way to get stuff to you.Comment
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1) see no reason not to go....Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View Post
2) On Pm R4 last night.....10 minutes about this using a Kennels as an example....insurance Co renneging on policies....bong chingComment
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