Stagtime

2022 Anzac Day jersey commemorating our service members. I like this years design.

12.30 Friday arvo here and still not a word heard. I’ll hand it back to your side of the world in 4 hours. (Pub time)

Weekend away at Palm Beach, photo looking over Burleigh Beach

689mm rain last night so she’s a bit wet this morning.

8 hours ago, David said:

Oh, this is now, would you look at that view ????????

We’re doing the walk early July, hoping the snow will be gone by then!

4 hours ago, Rev said:

They were surely taking the piss when they christened a caravan Swift?

 

Mine sits on 135kmh easily.

Our UK trip is coming around fast with just a few days to fill. Land at Heathrow May 23 and spend a couple of days in London. We then have 6 days which  we most likely will be in Derby. June 1 to June 30 we have a unit in Edinburgh then most probably Glasgow for a few days before we start our West Highland walk to Fort William. After that most likely wing it till flying home August 3.

On 12/02/2022 at 06:21, Eddie said:

If you want to try a really nice Ambree, try this one (the glass is not necessary to enjoy the beer, which is currently available at Morrisons) ...

I do occasionally drink beer without bubbles.

@David I am hoping you are feeling a bit better this morning mate. I took that statement the same way as you saw it but your reply was a lot more passionate and eloquent  than how I would have replied.

2 hours ago, TomG said:

FYI, Bamford has now been hyphenated.  It's now Gibson-Bamford!

 

A saying we have down here mate, he’s an ankle - three foot lower than a Bamford.

Friday night session, tapas wine and beer.

1 hour ago, Bald Eagle's Barmy Army said:

Good to see things coming out of Australia - not a lot gets into it. 

16 minutes ago, PistoldPete said:

The ginger Ninjas Bairstow and Stokes deserve a lap of honour. Not the rest. 

A bit harsh mate, Simon LeBon bowled well.

8 hours ago, Mostyn6 said:

shocking that it’s even a consideration by the media! 

It’s poo like this that puts a smile on my face first thing in the morning haha. The Morrison govt can’t even organise covid shots or Rapid Antigen Tests let alone internment camps. You do realise that they are as right wing Conservative govt. Words sometimes fail me?.

24 minutes ago, Albert said:

I left this thread months ago as it was just nonstop madness, but my word, it just keeps going. 

This approach would mean that they're treating it with less significance than even the flu, which they do test for, and do report on the numbers for still. Bizarre. 

Realistically, the issue with omicron is the shear scale of infections. Hospitalisation rate is down for it, as are deaths, but the shear number of infections more than makes up for it. 

Honestly, I suspect the UK will do better out of this than Australia, as there are high rates of historic infection, and there has been some effort to deal with things throughout. Honestly, Scomo just forced stuff open with no plan, and is basically now daily saying 'we never could have known it would be like this'. 

The one to look out for with it though is because omicron hospitalises less, what tends to happen is that hospisations hold steady for a bit while omicron cases climb, then eventually the hospitalisations start climbing too. For South Australia and New South Wales, which are driven pretty much by omicron, hospitalisations are doubling every 4-5 days. Victoria saw a period of flat hospitalisations, which are now starting to rise, as omicron has become the dominant variant. This is seen in the UK already, with hospitalisations in England now above the November pre-lockdown peak, and rising. Hopefully, it doesn't get to the January peak. 

I think we can be somewhat hopeful that the UK can ride this out. South Australia is a mess though. The incompetence of the current government is being highlighted dramatically. Their preparation was sorely lacking, and the health system is already showing signs of serious trouble. No idea what'll happen here in the coming weeks, but some of the modelling is suggesting a peak here of around the third week of January. I guess that's a positive with omicron, things are happening so far that the peak shouldn't be that far off. 

I see Victoria has canceled all elective surgery from today. Everything seems to be going ok in our little part of the world here in Qld but as you say the peak is due in a couple of weeks. Still hard to believe we haven’t had a death due to covid since 2020 but we have been warned that is likely to change. The federal election can’t come soon enough.

Queensland 

Brisbane Roar FC

It’s in my DNA (old man born in Derby)

12 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Is @DarkFruitsRam7 going to foul the facilities..... ?

I think David said he was going to give him a hand.

Just now, RadioactiveWaste said:

Thar she blows.

The fat lady is giving it waltzing Matilda, a nice pint of bitter is to be replaced by fosters and it's going to be the usual "we're going to have a review and not change anything" guff from the ECB.

Nobody drinks Fosters over here mate.

Great win but would rather retain the ashes in a contest. It’s telling that the 3rd highest scoring batsman for the Poms this year is extras.

Debbie does Dallas ?

Merry Christmas everyone, 9.20 am so time to open one of my pressies.

It’s looking like a cool and dry test match for Melbourne but take that with a grain of salt. If anyone has been there they’ll know the weather can change 6 times a day.

Ouch! What a poo way to get out.

Lyon looked like every ball would take Pope’s wicket. 

10 hours ago, uttoxram75 said:

Singapore is a privatised system, paid for by wage deductions and insurance - you can't just walk into an A&E without insurance, so its not free anyway.

 You can. however, pay for any treatment, including Covid, with your insurance policy whether you are vaxed or not.

 

I believe part of entry into Singapore is proof of Covid Insurance as well as international vaccine documentation.