Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

[spongebob59]

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sleeping on the beach is one thing, rocking up in a council car park is another. None of the camp sites are open so no where for any of these CV to empty the Toilets, so i suspect it will be like last year, people dumping it in laybys and car parks.

There was a group of travellers who have been camped in one of the council car parks by the sea all lockdown and too everyone amazement they left in the week and left the place spotless.

 

[patricks148]

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There was a group of travellers who have been camped in one of the council car parks by the sea all lockdown and too everyone amazement they left in the week and left the place spotless.

these are not travelers they are campervaners. saw their dirtywork first hand last year, the old bridgekeepers cottage on the canal has a layby behind it, had two lots dumped in last year and the smimming pool car park and that was when the two camping sites close by were open

 

[Deleted member 15344]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1378362666264186886

 

[D-S]

Back to early September levels, when I was thinking about booking winter holidays and we were away on golf trips - seems a lifetime ago.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1378363873422626816

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Sorry to come back to this post but it has irked. I was furloughed (easy life!), then returned to work under huge pressure and then made redundant. I'm currently walking the streets knocking on doors for the Census. It's not glamorous, it's not saving lots of money and having a nice time but it's a job. Just for 5 weeks but it's a job. They are out there if you look hard enough and take what's offered.

Sorry you were irked. My lad also applied for a census collector job. He did it last census in a difficult area and got a lot of hassle but still applied this time and was hopeful. Didn’t even get an interview. Tough. Adds it to the pile of job application failures and ploughs on.

 

[AmandaJR]

Sorry you were irked. My lad also applied for a census collector job. He did it last census in a difficult area and got a lot of hassle but still applied this time and was hopeful. Didn’t even get an interview. Tough. Adds it to the pile of job application failures and ploughs on.

That's a shame for him. In this area they didn't get enough applicants at first. Wasn't an interview as such rather than an online confirmation of right to work and that was it. He could try again for the next ones that start later this month. It is frustrating work - good on him for trying for it again!

 

[D-S]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1378740921295122441

 

[Hobbit]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1378740921295122441

Not doubting the actual numbers but here's a thought. If they tested, say, 200,000 people last week and only tested 100,000 this week the ratio of positives would be higher this week although the number of actual positives would be less.

Sometimes the detail behind the numbers could give a clearer picture. Not saying that's what's happened here, just that its possible to paint a better picture when they reality could be very different.

 

[D-S]

Not doubting the actual numbers but here's a thought. If they tested, say, 200,000 people last week and only tested 100,000 this week the ratio of positives would be higher this week although the number of actual positives would be less.

Sometimes the detail behind the numbers could give a clearer picture. Not saying that's what's happened here, just that its possible to paint a better picture when they reality could be very different.

The government data dashboard also gives number of tests per day, it’s averaging mow just below a million per day. It has progressively been increasing since September last year when it was around 200,000 per day - through January and February it was around the 500,000 per day.

 

[D-S]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1378745453597102081

 

[Voyager EMH]

Had my second Pfizer jab on Saturday afternoon. No problems after first jab, but this time I felt like crap all Sunday - headache, aching limbs and overall tiredness. Slept for a full 8 hours and a lot better today. Wednesday will be third game and first comp with returned score.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

That's a shame for him. In this area they didn't get enough applicants at first. Wasn't an interview as such rather than an online confirmation of right to work and that was it. He could try again for the next ones that start later this month. It is frustrating work - good on him for trying for it again!

It is...and some of the roads he did he had to have an escort...doubling up...anyway...

 

[AmandaJR]

It is...and some of the roads he did he had to have an escort...doubling up...anyway...

Well my allocation on Saturday had me feeling quite uneasy and not entirely safe. I've told them if that's my allocation moving forwards then I'm not prepared to do it. I was told my patch would be more rural and wandering round Huntingdon centre and its rather dodgy estates is not what I signed up for.

 

[NearHull]

Well my allocation on Saturday had me feeling quite uneasy and not entirely safe. I've told them if that's my allocation moving forwards then I'm not prepared to do it. I was told my patch would be more rural and wandering round Huntingdon centre and its rather dodgy estates is not what I signed up for.

Oxmoor?

 

[AmandaJR]

Oxmoor?

Bit of that. Bit of town centre and an area that looked ok but did not feel at all comfortable walking around never mind leaving my car!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1379087188269355012

 

[D-S]

Not bad numbers considering they are 48 hours worth of data for Wales and NI.

 

[Imurg]

Back to work next Monday then.....

 

[GB72]

Only a week until I can get a haircut. Very happy as not had one since early October.

 

[AmandaJR]

Hairdresser due on the 14th - happy days!