richinspain Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 6 hours ago, B4ev6is said: Perhaps try go for a walk behaps some birds or birds of pray like sparrow hawks buzzards or even red kites something perhaps you and wife might enjoy. Shouldn't this be in the "what are you eating " thread? However I would imagine that they are protected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 7 hours ago, B4ev6is said: Perhaps try go for a walk behaps some birds or birds of pray like sparrow hawks buzzards or even red kites something perhaps you and wife might enjoy. I have seen a Buzzard sitting in a tree at the side of the road. I saw a Sparrow Hawks with a pigeon sat eating it in the road. I haven’t seen any Red Kites though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Van Gritters said: I have seen a Buzzard sitting in a tree at the side of the road. I saw a Sparrow Hawks with a pigeon sat eating it in the road. I haven’t seen any Red Kites though. Think this could be a new thread but I've seen a couple of blue tits and a robin in the garden, which was nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezzyram Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Van Gritters said: I have seen a Buzzard sitting in a tree at the side of the road. I saw a Sparrow Hawks with a pigeon sat eating it in the road. I haven’t seen any Red Kites though. A pigeon that eats sparrowhawks! Must be a hard bustard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 12 hours ago, B4ev6is said: Actulley mate they think if go under 0.5 then it could just die out on it,s own. Or it could mutate to survive.......some scientist or other early on said something along the lines of "if you are a pathogen, whose sole activity is to reproduce then you are going to a) attach yourself to the most prevalent species on the planet (ie humans) and b) do whatever you can (reproduce/evolve/mutate) to continue fulfilling that prime motivation It's all highly uncertain and a large element of guesswork will be involved - Governments, having scared us all witless, now have to row back and convince us all that the risk is bearable to live with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 11 hours ago, uttoxram75 said: What to believe..... The Wall Street Journal in the USA is demanding to continue the lockdown (its owned by Amazon owner Jeff Bezos who's personal worth has increased by $24b during the lockdown due to online sales) or The Telegraph who are advocating an end to lockdown (the billionaire Barclay brothers who own the Telegraph have substantial business interests that would benefit from ending it plus they live on a private island so wouldn't catch it themselves). ? don't they also travel to the Ritz from time to time for their family squabbles? Think that was in a recent Private Eye.........? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archied Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 5 hours ago, GboroRam said: Think this could be a new thread but I've seen a couple of blue tits and a robin in the garden, which was nice. Was the robin throbin between the tits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Van der MoodHoover said: Or it could mutate to survive.......some scientist or other early on said something along the lines of "if you are a pathogen, whose sole activity is to reproduce then you are going to a) attach yourself to the most prevalent species on the planet (ie humans) and b) do whatever you can (reproduce/evolve/mutate) to continue fulfilling that prime motivation It's all highly uncertain and a large element of guesswork will be involved - Governments, having scared us all witless, now have to row back and convince us all that the risk is bearable to live with It'll certainly mutate but not necessarily into a more harmful or even as harmful version. For a pathogen that needs a host, it's not a great tactic to then go and kill off said host. There's a good chance it will change into a less harmful version - just as prevalent but with less severe symptoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 14 hours ago, Eddie said: Unfortunately, B4, I am in the 'extremely vulnerable' group, and cannot leave the house for 12 weeks, even if the lockdown is ending. Well you could still bird watching from a window as long keep quite and put some apples or pears black birds like them in the garden or some bird seed like blue tits could come into your garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 21 minutes ago, B4ev6is said: Well you could still bird watching from a window as long keep quite and put some apples or pears black birds like them in the garden or some bird seed like blue tits could come into your garden. Yes, we do that - we have bird-feeders strewn around the back garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 We had barn owl in our garden scared my mum to death with right down her ear she did not know it was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 The bloke at work who contracted covid 19 has now been in intensive care for seven weeks. he has been transferred twice from one intensive care unit to another, to get specialist ventilator treatment via tracheotomy and for complications / kidney failure. It just sounds like hell. he has been sedated after becoming agitated. whilst everyone skips off into the bank holiday weekend and looks forward to an end to lockdown, maybe this can be a timely reminder of the risks and potential consequences of contracting this horrible disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 minute ago, RamNut said: The bloke at work who contracted covid 19 has now been in intensive care for seven weeks. he has been transferred twice from one intensive care unit to another, to get specialist ventilator treatment via tracheotomy and for complications / kidney failure. It just sounds like hell. he has been sedated after becoming agitated. whilst everyone skips off into the bank holiday weekend and looks forward to an end to lockdown, maybe this can be a timely reminder of the risks and potential consequences of contracting this horrible disease. I'm just hoping is pours this weekend - possibly involving raining surly cats and rabid dogs to keep everyone indoors. The number of new cases is falling, but painfully slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 2 hours ago, B4ev6is said: Well you could still bird watching from a window as long keep quite and put some apples or pears black birds like them in the garden or some bird seed like blue tits could come into your garden. I'd imagine he'd need planning permission to build stairs in the garden! Oh hang on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 14 minutes ago, Eddie said: I'm just hoping is pours this weekend - possibly involving raining surly cats and rabid dogs to keep everyone indoors. The number of new cases is falling, but painfully slowly. Eddie - I actually think the number is falling quite a lot but only because so many cases were not officially known in the first place. Now we have quadrupled the testing from the earlier days but the number of discovered cases remains flat, I’m confident it’s on its way down in the current environment. They need to make testing available to everyone but key workers prioritised. It’s painfully obvious the update to 120k isn’t happening so make 80k available to Key Workers and then the other 40k available to anyone who has a symptom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 hour ago, RamNut said: The bloke at work who contracted covid 19 has now been in intensive care for seven weeks. he has been transferred twice from one intensive care unit to another, to get specialist ventilator treatment via tracheotomy and for complications / kidney failure. It just sounds like hell. he has been sedated after becoming agitated. whilst everyone skips off into the bank holiday weekend and looks forward to an end to lockdown, maybe this can be a timely reminder of the risks and potential consequences of contracting this horrible disease. I know someone that once burned to death in their own house because of leaving an electric blanket on. It didnt mean that everyone that stays home will burn to death, just a reminder that take proper precautions ie turn your electrics off at night and you'll reduce your chances of anything bad happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 50 minutes ago, rammieib said: Eddie - I actually think the number is falling quite a lot but only because so many cases were not officially known in the first place. Now we have quadrupled the testing from the earlier days but the number of discovered cases remains flat, I’m confident it’s on its way down in the current environment. They need to make testing available to everyone but key workers prioritised. It’s painfully obvious the update to 120k isn’t happening so make 80k available to Key Workers and then the other 40k available to anyone who has a symptom. I said exactly the same yesterday, if they are claiming demand isnt meeting capacity, then extend the criteria to get more demand. Not rocket science surely. If they are saying there are a large number of asymptomatic cases then open up the testing to everyone. Surely much better to have demand above capacity and know that every possible test is being used. And I'm sure they could put say 80,000 tests a day aside for key workers if they can see that is what the level of demand is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 hour ago, RamNut said: The bloke at work who contracted covid 19 has now been in intensive care for seven weeks. he has been transferred twice from one intensive care unit to another, to get specialist ventilator treatment via tracheotomy and for complications / kidney failure. It just sounds like hell. he has been sedated after becoming agitated. whilst everyone skips off into the bank holiday weekend and looks forward to an end to lockdown, maybe this can be a timely reminder of the risks and potential consequences of contracting this horrible disease. 47 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said: I know someone that once burned to death in their own house because of leaving an electric blanket on. It didnt mean that everyone that stays home will burn to death, just a reminder that take proper precautions ie turn your electrics off at night and you'll reduce your chances of anything bad happening. Regardless of whether "your guy" left the blanket on intentionally or by sheer forgetfulness/negligence, there's no denying there's a firm element of self-blame. Are you inferring the same for @RamNut's "bloke at work". I hasten to add, you could well be right, of course... after all, I don't know the bloke... but it's a lot less likely, wouldn't you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I went past the Prozac Stadium in Chesterfield this afternoon and there wasn’t anyone getting tested there. I don’t know what it’s like in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptherams Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 27 minutes ago, Van Gritters said: I went past the Prozac Stadium in Chesterfield this afternoon and there wasn’t anyone getting tested there. I don’t know what it’s like in the morning Was outside Derby Uni for 15 minutes and not one single car pulled in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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