Covid restrictions - are you adhering or not?

[gremlin]

Clearly a bunch of people on Clapham Common weren't.

Gotta feel sorry for the Met, damned if they arrest, damned if they don't. Personally, I think they made the right call. The law is quite clear on public gatherings.

[Mussels]

Those people were there to cause trouble and didn't care about anyone else, they are probably more likely to die of covid than at the hands of a stranger on the street.

[Yorick]

Clearly a bunch of people on Clapham Common weren't.

Gotta feel sorry for the Met, damned if they arrest, damned if they don't. Personally, I think they made the right call. The law is quite clear on public gatherings.

Facking do-gooders ignoring the law. They deserved a good shoeing.

[Dodgy69]

Whatever happened to the good old water cannon.

[gremlin]

Whatever happened to the good old water cannon.

Add a bottle of Dettol into the tank and you've got crowd control and disinfection in one easy application.

[Horse]

Whatever happened to the good old water cannon.

There were three, they were sold for scrap.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-london-46258584

Three water cannon bought and refurbished for more than £320,000 while Boris Johnson was London Mayor have been sold for £11,000.

The vehicles were bought by Mr Johnson as crowd-control weapons following the 2011 riots.

They were sold for £11,025 to Nottinghamshire-based Reclamations (Ollerton) Ltd who will dismantle them and export the parts.

[Dodgy69]

[DefTrap]

As the # of vaccinated rises, presumably the most vulnerable we've all been trying to protect, they're now protected - I think this sort of thing is more likely.

My youngest is at uni in Bristol and they're having house parties again - they've all had covid, the majority of their olds have had the vaccine. I was parentally disapproving but you can see why.

[Dodgy69]

These women are saying they don't feel safe on our streets, does anyone.

[weeksy]

These women are saying they don't feel safe on our streets, does anyone.

Which women where ? Because of Covid ?

I feel perfectly safe on my streets... but i don't live where some live.

[gremlin]

These women are saying they don't feel safe on our streets, does anyone.

Men are, so I believe, around five times more likely to be murdered in a violent attack, so making the streets safer, if that's what this week's social media campaign says is what's needed, needs to focus on both genders*.

That said, the Gremlinette is 16. She still wears a a school uniform but tells me that she gets comments of a sexual nature shouted to her on the way to and from school from time to time. That sort of behaviour is simply not acceptable under any circumstances. To her credit, she once told me that she once gave the offender the bird and replied, 'Fuck off, you nonce!' Fair play!





*Don't even go there with the gender identification issue either.

[Mussels]

My missus had a rant about previous workplaces with lots of rough men making her feel uncomfortable, she wouldn't believe me when I said I'd worked in places full of rough women who were just as badly behaved.

[irie]

These women are saying they don't feel safe on our streets, does anyone.

Men are, so I believe, around five times more likely to be murdered in a violent attack, so making the streets safer, if that's what this week's social media campaign says is what's needed, needs to focus on both genders*.

That said, the Gremlinette is 16. She still wears a a school uniform but tells me that she gets comments of a sexual nature shouted to her on the way to and from school from time to time. That sort of behaviour is simply not acceptable under any circumstances. To her credit, she once told me that she once gave the offender the bird and replied, 'Fuck off, you nonce!' Fair play!

*Don't even go there with the gender identification issue either.

Agree with you 100%.

[gremlin]

Agree with you 100%.

I have a colleague who is, shall we say, slightly disturbing in his views on this subject. Comments such as 'I'd smash its back doors in' are the norm. He was once talking about employing female members of staff and made a comment about how only 'young birds with big tits' should be employed and that they should be prepared to suffer a little bit of sexual harassment in order to progress at work. I asked him if he felt that would be ok for his daughter when she started work, to which he started huffing about smashing faces if anybody touched her.

It's funny how a lot of blokes forget that every woman is a daughter, wife or mum of somebody.


Anyway. This is too deep. Back to Covid!

[Skub]

My missus had a rant about previous workplaces with lots of rough men making her feel uncomfortable, she wouldn't believe me when I said I'd worked in places full of rough women who were just as badly behaved.

Absolutely. I worked in a place where some of the women thought nothing of a prolonged tackle grab and an attempt at a tongue down your throat. They took turns to stalk,while the others cheered.

It was quite amusing. When it happened to other blokes who didn't know to be careful.

[DefTrap]

Absolutely. I worked in a place where some of the women thought nothing of a prolonged tackle grab and an attempt at a tongue down your throat. They took turns to stalk,while the others cheered.
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I don't mind that, it just means youre a bit faaanciable.

[Skub]

Absolutely. I worked in a place where some of the women thought nothing of a prolonged tackle grab and an attempt at a tongue down your throat. They took turns to stalk,while the others cheered.
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I don't mind that, it just means youre a bit faaanciable.

Anything that looked like it may possibly have a dick was fanciable.

[weeksy]

SO 2 weeks now, well just under techincally. Before freedom is allowed to an extent.

From 29 March:

People will be allowed to meet outside, either with one other household or within the "rule of six", including in private gardens
The stay at home rule will end, but the government will urge people to stay local as much as possible
Outdoor sport facilities will reopen, including golf courses and tennis and basketball courts, and formally organised outdoor sports can restart
Weddings attended by up to six people can take place in any circumstances

[Horse]

Well, I broke the rules on Sunday.

Went to see my (93 yr old, housebound) mother, not seen her since mid-July last year.

In mitigation:
- I had a negative LF test the day before
- I wore a mask
- kept distance from her
- went outside when carers arrived
- we've both had first vaccination

Should I go to the cop shop and had myself in?

[weeksy]

Well, I broke the rules on Sunday.

Went to see my (93 yr old, housebound) mother, not seen her since mid-July last year.

In mitigation:
- I had a negative LF test the day before
- I wore a mask
- kept distance from her
- went outside when carers arrived
- we've both had first vaccination

Should I go to the cop shop and had myself in?

NO, i don't think you should. I think in the past year we've done a lot of learning about what's right and wrong in this world for the virus spread. I don't see that as an issue.