Nightcrawler Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 53 minutes ago, Sherlock said: Not sure where you're getting your info, but its not correct. Once you've finished your meal, you are meant to be finishing off your drinks as well. Definitely can not order more drinks before you finish eating so you can stay. Read something yesterday that your last mouth full in your glass should be gone before you eat the last of your food. No idea how that will be policed! So no drinking after your meal has finished! Piss taking by leaving food on your plate I wouldn't think would be acceptable to most businesses! Just means that you wont leave so they can get more money spending customers through the door! Groups of 6 outdoors in a beer garden, would still have to be 6 people from your family/support bubble. You still cant mix with your mates, even in beer gardens. Last orders at 10, will be for all food and drink orders, of which you then need to be finished and out by 11pm. My restaurant is closing the kitchen at 10pm as of Wednesday, so you have an hour to finish off tjhatn food and drink! Thanks. Even worse than I thought. Hardly worth going out in that case. F#ck it,. May as well be in Tier 3. Just order a take away and tins from the fridge if you can't be arsed to cook. All the social aspects of going out for drink are all but meaningless. Pubs will in effect become licenced restaurants if they serve food and those that don't will have to stay closed. I suspect a lot of pubs may bend the rules as much as they dare. I shall still venture out and see for myself on Thursday just to see how it is working in reality. I am all for taking precautions to lighten the spread of C19 but One can walk into a Supermarket (wearing a mask) and whilst in there stocking up on beer, wines and spirits etc, will likely encounter a few dozen strangers, some not even masked up in the process. I would imagine that a couple of people sitting in a pub with social distancing and table service might be a little safer. Maybe I am wrong. Going shopping in a busy high street is even more risky. Being stuck in doors most of the time is starting to do my head in. I have more chance now than ever of going insane than I have of getting the virus. I have already started having conversations with myself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 2021 Isle of Man TT cancelled. That's a massive blow to the hospitality industry there, its said to be worth £30m to the local economy over the fortnight. Covid is gonna have a longer effect than most people think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 We are most certainly in for a few turbulent years..a few years could be 10. it could get real messy. Better Hold Fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Well, the boom has finally lowered in my remote part of Canada - we were doing really well here for months but a recent surge in cases put the panic into the population and now the gov't has mandated mask wearing in all indoor public places starting tomorrow. Out of a population of around 38000, we have had a total of 45 cases with 16 being currently active and one death - that death being an old man with many other problems, of course. The pubs and restaurants are being allowed to remain open, with social distancing restrictions; one must wear a mask into the venue and can remove it when seated within one's "bubble" but you're not supposed to interact with other bubbles and must put your mask back on when going to the toilet and back. I don't think there is any restriction on hours of operation or the serving of food. I guess we should consider ourselves fortunate that the pubs are allowed to be open at all but it sounds a little like adult kindergarten to me and the staff will have their hands full trying to enforce these rules, methinks...my main local is supposed to start imposing these new rules today so I may drop in just to see how silly it is but I think this will provide me with the impetus to just give the bars a break for a while, go on a diet and hope for better times ASAP - not to mention the fact that "Silly Season" (my term for Xmas) is starting and it won't be safe to drive home anymore for the next month or so... 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 1 hour ago, andyajn said: Who would have thought just 8 months ago that we would be living in this Orwellian nightmare being told when we can go out and who we can/cant meet and what we can/cant do when we do go out. My youngest son who isn't the worlds deepest thinker or greatest orator has summed it all up quit succinctly, in his opinion "its a load of bollocks" The government has gone control crazy. Filling the news with fear mongering stories to keep people in line. And the bullshit predictions that were flat out lies. Yet anyone who don't toe the line is treated as a criminal 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 8 hours ago, fygjam said: Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca/Oxford are all two jab vaccines, primary and boost. Johnson & Johnson are trialing a viral vector vaccine similar to the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine except it uses Ad 26 as the vector instead of Ad 5. It is a single jab vaccine. The number of jabs may be modified depending upon what the trial data says. The Russian Sputnik V vaccine, a viral vector, had two bob each way and used Ad 5 for the primary and Ad 26 for the boost. Does this mean we'll have to vector to the sector ? 🐸 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 No alcohol to be served in Welsh pubs come Friday and shut by 6..merry Christmas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Hey...in the USA...time to put on the food bag! Obese Americans Could Receive Priority for Coronavirus Vaccine https://www.nationalreview.com/news/obese-americans-could-receive-priority-for-coronavirus-vaccine/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, lazarus said: Hey...in the USA...time to put on the food bag! Obese Americans Could Receive Priority for Coronavirus Vaccine https://www.nationalreview.com/news/obese-americans-could-receive-priority-for-coronavirus-vaccine/ Same in uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Just now, Washedup said: Same in uk Send me some butter cookies & shortbread... It'll liven fatten up lockdown tea time. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 People who refuse to get vaccine could be denied entry into venues minister suggests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Any of you UK guys need to fatten up to jump the queue a bit? How about an In-n-Out Double Double Animal version..? America's finest. https://dinnerthendessert.com/in-n-out-cheeseburger/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 18 minutes ago, Washedup said: People who refuse to get vaccine could be denied entry into venues minister suggests That might be a little difficult to enforce unless there are proper vaccine cards or certificates issued once you have received the full vaccine. I certainly think that there should be some incentives to get vaccinated. Travel abroad being an obvious one and insurance discounts etc. I suspect BoJo is thinking about Football matches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumper63 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 We too have gone into code red. Takeout only for restaurants and all bars closed. Mandatory facemasks inside an outside with a $45.00 dollar fine for first offense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 My goodness, what a load of bollocks and debility. Rules more strict than during WW 2 ! And everybody happy and applauds with both hands FFS .... Happy to live here, far away from this madness ! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 7 hours ago, Washedup said: People who refuse to get vaccine could be denied entry into venues minister suggests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Arcadia group about to collapse with 13,000 jobs at risk. Debenhams group about to collapse with 12,000 jobs at risk. Yet let's bring in tougher restrictions tomorrow than before the lockdown to ensure the total destruction of the retail and hospitality industries. Fucking madness. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 6 hours ago, galenkia said: Arcadia group about to collapse with 13,000 jobs at risk. Debenhams group about to collapse with 12,000 jobs at risk. Yet let's bring in tougher restrictions tomorrow than before the lockdown to ensure the total destruction of the retail and hospitality industries. Fucking madness. Covid is the straw that's broken the camel's back for Arcadia. Now let's see what state Philip Green has left the pension schemes in! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 56 minutes ago, Bazle said: Covid is the straw that's broken the camel's back for Arcadia. Now let's see what state Philip Green has left the pension schemes in! £250m shortfall apparently. Man's a crook, but a lot of people rely on on his company for a living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 High street retail was on its arse before covid..online shopping continues to grow, the perfect storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I wish that I could support local businesses more, but it's difficult even when shops are open again. I would love to take my grandson shopping for Christmas but it's to much of a risk for me to visit a busy High Street. So I will be using Argos online to order his presents. It's not out of laziness. Last year I took him to Wimbledon High Street where the is a fantastic toy store. He loved it and my wallet ended up £130 lighter, but it was a wonderful experience seeing him so excited. So many shops, especially independent, that have been hit hardest and now some of the larger chains. I hope that for those who have survived, that landlords will reduce or cap rents and that the government will freeze business rates to help them get back on their feet. Otherwise, high street shopping could soon become a thing of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Pfizer vaccine approved for use in the UK and first shots to be given in the next few days. So much for the middle to end of next year. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 UK to be the first country to start vaccination..did I hear that right? Whatever it is this is great news and a way back to a normal life..and wont that feel amazing, to be able to do what you want when you want. That's going to feel bloody good. 👍 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roomark Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 2 hours ago, KWA said: Pfizer vaccine approved for use in the UK and first shots to be given in the next few days. So much for the middle to end of next year. I think by the time everyone gets them (or those that choose to) it will be mid 2021 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, roomark said: I think by the time everyone gets them (or those that choose to) it will be mid 2021 Come Easter I think we'll be in a lot better place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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