Gone Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 37 minutes ago, GboroRam said: Did you just call Ossieram "lover"? What happens in lockdown stays in lockdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 28 minutes ago, 86 Schmokes & a Pancake said: Like your thinking. Others bought a 3 year supply of bum wipes and hand sanitiser whereas I went for a truckload of single malt and well aged rum. What whisky is your preference? A friend treated me to a 25 year old Macallan 5 or 6 years back for helping him out of a tight spot and I thought I'd indulge myself and buy a bottle as a treat thinking it'd be around £150 to £200 squid which is daft enough but as a one off, never to be repeated... £1,500!!! Never gonna happen, even if I win the lottery. £30 max save for my bday and Xmas present to myself. Even a 12 year old Macallan is over £50 ? Some of the prices are scary and you find a lot of people that pay top dollar are collectors. I worked with a bloke that love doing distillery tours and thought nothing of paying a grand for a bottle, but it went into his cabinet and he drank Glemorangie. Lukily for me, the wife spends a few hundred on different single malts for my Xmas, birthday and wedding anniversary and my daughters and son also treat me for Xmas. I can't say I've got a favourite until I've tried every single malt on the market ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaltRam Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 25 minutes ago, Tamworthram said: Are there that many that are just grounds without a single entry point and car park? I'm sure there are some, been to one myself in the Lake District, but I' not sure there are that many. Calke Abbey, for one, oodles of parking in big fields, around the lanes around the park too. Multiple entry points. Any other with one car park...just halve the capacity and stagger the cars, park one bay, miss one bay. Everyone's 2m apart even if they turn up at once. In any event, what's the difference with that and a supermarket or work car park? It's open air, no hard surfaces to transfer virus on...there's no problem whatsoever, and it'd do us all a world of good to get outside. Again though, whatever perceived drawbacks, how can they possibly be worse than a tiny crowded estate park for a walk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Just now, Needlesh said: Calke Abbey, for one, oodles of parking in big fields, around the lanes around the park too. Multiple entry points. Any other with one car park...just halve the capacity and stagger the cars, park one bay, miss one bay. Who do you think is going to do this? But more importantly you've seen the pictures of how people have been behaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaltRam Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: Who do you think is going to do this? But more importantly you've seen the pictures of how people have been behaving. I think we can do it ourselves, or a small number of volunteers. I've seen some pictures of how some people have been behaving. I haven't seen the millions of perfectly drab pictures no-one bothered to take of people behaving respectfully and sensibly...like those 2 up the peak the other day. Anyroad, I respect your opinion, and that of Tamworth, I just disagree. Have a good weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 You really should think yourselves lucky. Over here all outdoor exercise is forbidden. Not even a stroll down to the end of the road and back. I imagine about 5% of people are lucky enough to have gardens. My outdoor "life" is to go to the local supermarket or fruit and veg shop, all of about 100 yards away, with as much of my body covered as possible. And that's every two or three days at the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Needlesh said: I think we can do it ourselves, or a small number of volunteers. If only it was that simple. It's not. ps lots of the NT volunteers are self-isolating or #stayinghome, they're old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 6 hours ago, SchtivePesley said: Yep - and if his symptoms worsen and he requires hospitalisation, I wonder where he will be in the queue for an ICU bed/ventilator? Remember - we're all in it together... I saw Kay Burley quizzing some Health Minister or other yesterday and repeatedly asking him why Prince Charles had been tested showing only mild symptoms... He tried to placate her with 'can't comment on individuals' bluster, but she just badgered away...looking to score points about how poor NHS staff wouldn't be tested and it was classic elitism etc etc. Yawn!!! ...I just wanted him to say 'How wouldI know or care, got bigger things to worry about but probably he has contacts and also cos he's the ducking Prince of Wales you absolute toss pot. He's next in line to throne, he meets famous important world figures every day and his Mum is the bloody Queen. So I guess he is more important to test than Joe Bloggs who is feeling a bit ropey and just wants to know if they have it, so they can decide if they see their Dad this week without worrying'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 10 minutes ago, i-Ram said: Another post that made me smile. Nice of you to defend Eddie, but it is quite odd that it has escaped your notice over the years how Eddie has never been slow to target others with ridiculous and pathetic jibes. I don’t think that fact has escaped several others, but perhaps we others might have a bit tougher skin. Clearly not buddy, so why say as much? Over time you've made it pretty clear what you think of me, which is your prerogative and bothers me not one iota, so feel free to speak your mind now if it pleases. Your post infers plenty but says very little to my mind, certainly far less than your response to Eddie, who unlike me, has taken no issue with you. As for the balance of your post, there's nothing 'odd' about my stance at all. Perhaps you feel more comfortable believing I am thick, blinkered, biased or whatever it is you are inferring, but for my part, while I'm perfectly aware of the 'history', I just don't see how it's relevant in this case. The post to which you responded contained no 'jibes' and was purely anecdotal anyway, so whatever the history, in itself it did not warrant the reaction it elicited. You went after him, not vice versa and in a manner that folk might expect from me, but not from you. And frankly, if others have 'tougher skin' then it's hard to see what it is that in this instance has riled them and for the very little I suspect it's worth and despite our differences, I'd stick up for you too if you seemed genuinely and understandably uncomfortable with something, hard though you might find that to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, 86 Schmokes & a Pancake said: Like your thinking. Others bought a 3 year supply of bum wipes and hand sanitiser whereas I went for a truckload of single malt and well aged rum. What whisky is your preference? A friend treated me to a 25 year old Macallan 5 or 6 years back for helping him out of a tight spot and I thought I'd indulge myself and buy a bottle as a treat thinking it'd be around £150 to £200 squid which is daft enough but as a one off, never to be repeated... £1,500!!! Never gonna happen, even if I win the lottery. £30 max save for my bday and Xmas present to myself. Even a 12 year old Macallan is over £50 ? A nice whisky for the £50 ball park to check out are the blends from Compass Box. Not generally available in supermarkets though. Highland Park 12, Jonnie walker green label, Glenfiddich 15 (the one in the red box) and glenmorange 10 I can personally recommend. I like a Laphroaig, but it's not everyone's cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 46 minutes ago, ossieram said: Some of the prices are scary and you find a lot of people that pay top dollar are collectors. I worked with a bloke that love doing distillery tours and thought nothing of paying a grand for a bottle, but it went into his cabinet and he drank Glemorangie. Lukily for me, the wife spends a few hundred on different single malts for my Xmas, birthday and wedding anniversary and my daughters and son also treat me for Xmas. I can't say I've got a favourite until I've tried every single malt on the market ? Well she's a keeper then mate ? A friend who is a barman (the yoof call them mixologists these days ?) and who worked at a tiny cocktail bar in Jericho, Oxford that was in the Times Worldwide Top 20 got me into fine liquor. Aside from being a really talented barman, he was something of a connoisseur of fine spirits and introduced me to posh rum, mezcal and single malts. I pitched him on a partnership whereby I'd put up the cash and he could use his judgement and contacts to procure bottles that would yield a return after 5 to 10 years. There are booze vaults, believe it or not, where you can rent rackspace for your collection which are temperature controlled and free of harsh light and other harmful elements. Over 5 years we've bought an average of around one or two bottles a month, some of which have already more than doubled in value!! Turns out posh booze is a great investment as well as a very suitable remedy for Coronavirus isolation fever. Anyway, enough of my waffling. Enjoy your time off mate. After 41 years solid, you're certainly entitled to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 minute ago, 86 Schmokes & a Pancake said: Well she's a keeper then mate ? A friend who is a barman (the yoof call them mixologists these days ?) and who worked at a tiny cocktail bar in Jericho, Oxford that was in the Times Worldwide Top 20 got me into fine liquor. Aside from being a really talented barman, he was something of a connoisseur of fine spirits and introduced me to posh rum, mezcal and single malts. I pitched him on a partnership whereby I'd put up the cash and he could use his judgement and contacts to procure bottles that would yield a return after 5 to 10 years. There are booze vaults, believe it or not, where you can rent rackspace for your collection which are temperature controlled and free of harsh light and other harmful elements. Over 5 years we've bought an average of around one or two bottles a month, some of which have already more than doubled in value!! Turns out posh booze is a great investment as well as a very suitable remedy for Coronavirus isolation fever. Anyway, enough of my waffling. Enjoy your time off mate. After 41 years solid, you're certainly entitled to. When this is done, you need to host a forum BBQ and we can smash into your collection. I'll bring the charcoal, and maybe Tom and Mason can give us lifts home, as part of their community service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said: A nice whisky for the £50 ball park to check out are the blends from Compass Box. Not generally available in supermarkets though. Highland Park 12, Jonnie walker green label, Glenfiddich 15 (the one in the red box) and glenmorange 10 I can personally recommend. I like a Laphroaig, but it's not everyone's cup of tea. Think this needs a thread of it's own. Compass Box is lovely and Laphroaig is my go to bottle. Too peaty for most pallets but I love the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Today our Covid staff admitted that what they had earlier formulated as the worst case scenario has now been surpassed. 890 cases now, 2 dead, 100 in medium serious to serious condition, 18 hospitalized and 6 in critical condition on ventilators. We live in a nine floor apartment house. Our neighbors on the floor below us are having a party like it's a regular Friday. They are sitting on the small balcony some of them, coughing repeatedly into each other's faces while downplaying the seriousness of this pandemic. Unbelievable. This is going to get bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Needlesh said: I did, and you're right, but my local park is meant for 20 kids and 2 dog walkers at a time, not serving an estate of 2000 people. The peak district is a big place so long as people have sense enough not to all converge on the Dovedale stepping stones. Those pics from the Derbyshire constabulary, of a couple walking a dog, so isolated they needed a ducking drone to find them? No problem there. It was nonsense to call them out, especially with the two coppers piloting the drone no doubt sat 18 inches apart in a plod car. Coronavirus lockdown: Government updates guidance for exercising outdoors - telling people to 'stay local'https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-lockdown-government-updates-guidance-for-exercising-outdoors-telling-people-to-stay-local-11964636 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 8 hours ago, i-Ram said: Another post that made me smile. Nice of you to defend Eddie, but it is quite odd that it has escaped your notice over the years how Eddie has never been slow to target others with ridiculous and pathetic jibes. I don’t think that fact has escaped several others, but perhaps we others might have a bit tougher skin. Being relatively new to this forum it seems like I'm missing something.....you say over the years yet checking Eddie's "like" count it's only just over 300 and I would expect a much, much higher count than this unless I guess the OP has periodic hiatuses as per the recent incident or they don't post anything that other members like....or they only post very, very infrequently. Or non of the above lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Tyler Durden said: Being relatively new to this forum it seems like I'm missing something.....you say over the years yet checking Eddie's "like" count it's only just over 300 and I would expect a much, much higher count than this unless I guess the OP has periodic hiatuses as per the recent incident or they don't post anything that other members like....or they only post very, very infrequently. Or non of the above lol He had an account that had about 20,000 posts and likes. Think he said that he'd had that one deleted and then after a few months gap he's been reborn. Must have been severely ticked off to not just ignore the forum for a while. He's been around quite a while.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Tyler Durden said: Being relatively new to this forum it seems like I'm missing something.....you say over the years yet checking Eddie's "like" count it's only just over 300 and I would expect a much, much higher count than this unless I guess the OP has periodic hiatuses as per the recent incident or they don't post anything that other members like....or they only post very, very infrequently. Or non of the above lol He was around before and was a very regular poster...definitely not adverse to getting into a spat or two. @i-Ram is a very clever poster and @86 Schmokes & a Pancake is likewise very eloquent so I was quite enjoying their very well phrased disagreement. FWIW.. (as I'm bored) I felt it was a rather harsh initial response and maybe @86 Schmokes & a Pancake thought that was unnecessary so promptly upon @Eddie return. I would say though that 86 did himself say that @smiths_tavrn shouldn't take himself so seriously and that what people say/do/hear on the forum shouldn't define them. Especially in these rather different times its hard to know what's going on in other people's lives though ...... People have got right up my nose sometimes....but I think pointing that out and not posting for a day or two is the best way to handle it... Saying 'that's it, I am outta here' does look a bit 'flouncy' when you don't have to post or log in unless you choose to. Anyway, its a new day .. Virtual handshakes all-round and we go again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 10 hours ago, Needlesh said: Calke Abbey, for one, oodles of parking in big fields, around the lanes around the park too. Multiple entry points. Any other with one car park...just halve the capacity and stagger the cars, park one bay, miss one bay. Everyone's 2m apart even if they turn up at once. In any event, what's the difference with that and a supermarket or work car park? It's open air, no hard surfaces to transfer virus on...there's no problem whatsoever, and it'd do us all a world of good to get outside. Again though, whatever perceived drawbacks, how can they possibly be worse than a tiny crowded estate park for a walk? Calke Abbey is now closed. It was very busy by all account last week so maybe not so easy for people to keep apart Sadly not everyone can be sensible and civilised https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-52034329 But then if they go out locally some can't follow the rules either...https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8159265/Yob-abuses-postman-kicks-van-scolded-coronavirus-lockdown.html Hopefully this weekend wherever people go for their excercise they can do it sensibly and not force the hand of the government even further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 11 hours ago, ThePrisoner said: There address was registered 30 miles away! Let’s say they have a car accident on the way back, or even on the way, or misstep and have an accident on the paths. That’s police, ambulances, maybe even fire engines and then hospital staff tending to two berks who couldn’t follow the rules. This is in fact cobblers, the strain on the emergency services is very real. You forgot helicopter... quite possible out there in the "middle of nowhere", away from the "more common pathways", which is the ideal destination according to some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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