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So tomorrow some changes, are gonna have to be made. I'm thrown in bed all day last few days eating and won't even mention the amount of drinking I'm doing
So if I go for a walk 2kms and back to my house which is 4km... Can I turn around and do same again. Also can Mia come or is it just me
Otherwise I'm gonna need a liver transplant shortly or stab someone in this houseHer sky-ness
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Takes the lead with a staggering 5/10!Originally posted by mcnugget View Post"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."Comment
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Zoom trad session going on at home and with the family across the world but the Dog has to have his little song too
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17 entries so far in the latest sheep comp. Entries accepted until 9am Tuesday.
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I've owned what I said multiple times. I have a low opinion of the British electorate and their repeated votes against their own interest for decades makes it hard to continue sympathising for their ever declining wealth, services, infrastructure and social protections. That's it.Originally posted by Wombatman View Post"Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard KeynesComment
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I've gone from never using zoom to I couldn't live without it in the space of about 7 days.Profit before people.Comment
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We (mega bank) use it for all meetings now.Originally posted by The Situation View Post"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."Comment
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Yeah their job stats are really good too.Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostDeclining wealth?
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FFS everyone wants to be out now that we are asked not to be, How is this any worse than the lads pilling into the pubs at the start of this... We are being asked nicely I might add to not go out if possible... if you have to go out and exercise only up to 2km from your house... its a limit not a target
Now the whole flipping country is getting into it, are we really mind weak... O I cant do something so now I want to do it.
It is not going to kill anyone not to go running, cycling etc for a couple of weeks lads lets be honest... so Don't have a bit of controlComment
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I have that one, works well minimum dose borders on the large side but ok for me.Originally posted by Opr View Post
Can tend to leave a bit more dust lying about but there's a trick to putting your finger over the hole and tapping the receptacle as you take it out.
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We need a term for this cruel error of piling on too late when we have already piled on and are actively awaiting the next targets. Afterpiling? Maybe have a separate thread like the aftertiming one for this kind of thing?Originally posted by pgodkin View PostComment
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I'm off work 3 weeks so I have severe cabin fever all along I got up at 7.30 went to work came home a few jobs. Tv bed etcOriginally posted by pgodkin View Post
24 hours is, a long day doing nothing. If I do walk 2 kms max. Shur I have to walk back like which is another 2 kms. I won't be walking around the town either.
One has to think of mental health here too. If the government said do not go out for exercise or a walk. I wouldn't. But they haventHer sky-ness
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Believe it or not, you probably won't, but it's true. I can actually get sick if I suddenly stop running.Originally posted by pgodkin View Post
I'm doing the health service a favour by continuing to run.
Didn't do a run of shame today mind, the first Sunday I haven't ran in months. Was 'supposed' to do 14 miles.
Getting up at the crack to get some incognito miles in, hope nobody steps in my sweat.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for thatComment
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2km limit is a load of bollox. You're not going to spread the disease going for a fucking walk in the country. Bunch of pearl clutching arseholes."I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. ThompsonComment
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In fairness, the 2km limit is sound, stops gimps treating it like a bank holiday weekend, and also limits cross community spread. But yeah, you're not gonna catch it off some prick that jogs past you.Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View PostI hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for thatComment
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Trump finally seeing some sense. Now talking about June 1st as an aspirational date that they might be able to start lifting restrictions. They seem to have scared the shit out of him with model data.
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Germany has 60,659 cases and 482 deaths, first case 26th Jan.Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
France has 40,174 cases and 2,606 deaths, first case 23rd Jan.
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If FG had pulled out all the stops like this to treat the homeless crisis they'd still be in power"I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. ThompsonComment
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
I was listening to the same radio programme and when O'reilly came out with that soundbite, when she said "when the plane lands in Dublin Airport, its not the time for photo opps. The ppe equipment must be rushed out around the country immediately"
I remember thinking where the fcuk did that come out of. Is it so hard to say fair play on the current government for organizing not only this Aer Lingus plane full of ppe gear, but also a further 10 Aer Lingus flights full of the same arriving in the next few days.
i presume, with every country short of ppe gear at the moment, somebody in the current government deserves huge praise for being able to source that amount of gear in such a short time amidst what I presume is huge competition for the same gear globally.Comment
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In for a bit of a brag to say I won an Irish Open Poker ticket tonight for a $17.60 investment. One upside to this lockdown as I had pretty much not played online poker in years.
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Friend was flown back to singapore by her government, is staying at a class hotel with free meals for 14 days in isolation before they let her into the country proper, quite enjoying it.Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
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[QUOTE=Hitchhiker's Guide To...;1125207]Jaysus. Who would have thought HSE could be so reactive. Would make you somewhat wonder whether trade unions acting the bollix plays a role[/I][/B].
Got it in one there Hitch. At the start of this crisis there was a news report that Unions were refusing to cooperate in changing work practices without compensation. Quietly dropped from any news coverage before that morning was out when some slightly smarter than the rest of the union heads realised.Comment
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Germany is old but it hasn't hit their elderly population the way in which it has in Italy, Spain & even Ireland. It seems they're testing 500k people a week so they're getting to more mild & asymptomatic cases earlier.Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
Another underappreciated element is population density, Germany doesn't have densely populated cities.
Munich is the most densely populated and closely resembles Dublin, ranked around 30th. 12k people per sq mile.
Spain on the other hand has 8 cities ranked ahead of that which contains 20% of their population. Barcelona for example, 1.6m ppopulation with 41k people per sq mile.
Italy doesn't appear as bad but their 3 most densely populated cities are Naples, Milan & Turin.
Old, densely populated regions are those most at risk, they just don't quite exist in Germany so unlikely to deal with the same as Spain/Italy.
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If you have statistics that suggest your case, then please post them by all means and we can debate. Otherwise, if you're resorting to Trumpian levels of argument by emoji, then there's not much help for you.Originally posted by LuckyLloyd View PostYeah their job stats are really good too."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."Comment
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As per the HSE manager that I live with when I put this question to her:Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
"people don't want to change"
and the unions fight change to the death accordingly. That is the primary reason."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."Comment
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Discovered a homeless guy sleeping in the old stables at the back of my property this morning.
He doesn't show any signs of drug use etc, just a standard down on his luck for. Says he's an alcoholic.
Was apparently sleeping in a tent locally and the Gardai moved him on but arranged for a hostel bed.
He left after one night, said it was eight people on bunks in one room and figured that with all the coughing he'd catch something plus woke up to one lad searching under his pillow for valuables.
My instincts say he's sound but I'm effectively losing access to the garden which feels petty when I say it out loud.
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My post was more spurred on By SatNav's PostOriginally posted by hotspur View Post
The Reason they don't tell you NOT to do something is because of this very point... the min your not allowed to do it everyone would be out on the roadOriginally posted by SatNav View Post
I am the last person to talk about mental health i know nothing about it... but to me it I know I would feel like Shit if i taught i brought the Virus into the house and something happened to someone... I would say that this would have a big impact on ones mental health.... Although I don't believe you can catch it out for a run if you are practicing social distancing etc Issue is how many people will practice correct social Distancing etc
lol... i hating stepping in people's sweat... the only I hate more is the runner out in the road when these is a footpath and cycle track right beside the road!!Originally posted by Lazare View Post
Can we do anything else... Anyone got a threadmill they are not using stick it out in the back garden etc
I F*cking hate living in the city for this very reason... I am seriously re-thinking our living arrangements after this is all overOriginally posted by AndyFatBastard View Post
Yeah sure look at all the people that taught... sure lets go to Howth... no one is going thave that Idea or out to Bray... people are thickOriginally posted by Lazare View Post
In what i do now I change a lot of businesses and there processes, I have lost my fate in people altogether... I always come up against this so what I do is take the person who is complaining the most and automate 60% of there work, then I take the person who is complaining a bit but not much and automate 40% of there job and then tell them in no uncertain terms i can automate the rest of there work no problem!Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
I know this isn't a great approach and the books say you should bring in all stake holders and make them feel part of the decision but this doesn't work a lot of the time!
People are the worst!!
In closing I think we are trying to make what is happening as normal as possible and we shouldn't this is not normal nothing about this normal and we need to make huge changes internationally and nationally... Also Global Warming guys!!Comment
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Using total number of cases is a poor metric to quickly compare how various countries strategies are working, without taking into account other demographics. The original animated graph presented the US as failing because of their growing number of cases relative to other countries.Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
Using total cases, you really can't compare large counties to small countries. Extensive testing is good but it will uncover more cases which you suggest reflects poorly on the country.
As few deaths as possible is the end game. Yes, this figure will change over time, but the dust settles, deaths per million is a much better quick metric for comparison between countries.
Cases per million is better metric than total cases.
US 431
Italy 1616
Spain 1713
Germany 745
France 615
UK 288
Netherlands 634
Belgium 935
Ireland 530
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it's coming..3 weeks 'lockdown' now in Spain and we're not allowed out even for exercise. You can go to the nearest shop to you and that's it. Even medical appointments are only for emergencies, you can't just go to the GP on spec.Originally posted by SatNav View Post
It's been extended now until April 12th at the earliest but to be honest I think it will be extended again, there's been no slowdown yet of cases or deaths.
I wouldn't say I'm quite at the point of cracking open skulls and feasting yet...but it wouldn't take much
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Personally, I think the best indication of a country's ability regarding testing & infection rates is the "positivity rate".Originally posted by Wombatman View Post
You see SK now sporting a dropping positivity rate, currently down at 2.5% now. This indicates that their testing protocols have penetrated quite far into the population. They have tested far more mild cases and since they've gone below I believe 2.8%, their closed cases have exceeded new cases.
Our last check was 7%, you could have a guess at ours having tested 33k people with our confirmed cases in the past week but SK explicitly distinguish between tests "conducted" and "concluded".
We're slower with results so I don't want to speculate based on those numbers but intuitively in light of the priority testing you'd imagine it's gone up a tad.
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Have had to draft some staff in to work.
One of my clients is a large reit, private landlord.
I emailed them this morning to say we couldn't manufacture blinds for one of their projects, and we'll pause things until restrictions are lifted.
They called me to say they're handing over 50x new apartments to the HSE for front line staff who have returned from abroad. We need to kit out their bedrooms at least with blackout blinds.
Will likely need to convince a few guards that window blinds are, in this case, essential.
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I don’t care to get into facetious arguing with cherrypicked graphs. The Telegraph spent the entire Brexit debate referencing high levels of employment, but you know what the counter argument to that is.Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
You’re obviously a very smart and experienced person. I know you’re not going to try and tell me that a decade of conservative government has delivered people in the U.K. better prospects, right? So I don’t really see what the point is."Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard KeynesComment
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The U.K. are actively trying not to test. We were actively trying to test and hopefully we will get back to more widespread testing when our capacity increases.Originally posted by Wombatman View Post
I’d say compare mortality rates as an ultimate indicator of how nations managed the curve but the U.K. are actively fudging the numbers there too.
You can’t trust statistics from rogue states like the U.K., making comparisons in the way we would like to compare impossible. And on a general level with this crisis I think the data all over the place is lacking. Most countries are not testing enough and too many countries have reacted too late to facilitate best practice public health reactions.
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The point, sir, is that you said wealth has declined in the UK. It has not - it has gone up over the last few decades (as it has pretty much everywhere). That is not fake news, it is a fact.Originally posted by LuckyLloyd View Post
So, leaving aside that the current UK government, and indeed the preceding one have been historically dreadful governments - which I fully accept - let's maybe base our arguments on actual facts. Otherwise we're just Facebook ranters.
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He's married to a ballerina. Shell keep him on his toesOriginally posted by Dice75 View Post
I'll get me coat.
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Historically dreadful - completely agreed.Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostThe point, sir, is that you said wealth has declined in the UK. It has not - it has gone up over the last few decades (as it has pretty much everywhere). That is not fake news, it is a fact.
So, leaving aside that the current UK government, and indeed the preceding one have been historically dreadful governments - which I fully accept - let's maybe base our arguments on actual facts. Otherwise we're just Facebook ranters.
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