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rudebhoy said:
How do you know it "just media crap"? Us being 2 weeks behind has been quoted extensively at Govt briefings. If was just media crap, I would have thought the Chief Scientific Officer might have had something to say about that.

The 2 weeks is obviously not an exact measure, but I've no idea why you are quoting the Italian figure for 19th March which is 12 days ago, not 14.

On March 17 (2 weeks ago yesterday) the figure for Italy was 2503. Our figure for yesterday is 2352, so we are pretty damn close to them.
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the fact that two weeks ago Italy had more deaths than us and the government chart shows a clear deviation from the Italian trend. how much more clear can that be?
id like you to post one link from the government that says we are two weeks behind Italy. you might find one from February saying we "might" be but that hasn't been repeated because we are clearly not two weeks behind them. we are aligned to France according to the governments stats
 
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Wolf said:
Was definitely some well needed good news and means less stress all round plus means no need to dip into the savings pot and gives me something to focus the mind during the day.

If it hadn't been for the good news call I would really have been tempted to return to service and as a Submariner at least that would be paid quarantine ??‍♂️
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All ways fancied subs, if I had started all over again I think that would be a first choice
 
Lump said:
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can be found in almost every super market for about £7 a tube.
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Hacker Khan said:
Aldi do some good hand moisturiser at a very competitive price. Look for the max strength stuff with the red cap on the tube.
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Cheers guys ?...

My working life involved the use of chemical processes and after fifty years my hands were as tuff as the proverbial old boots... Two years into retirement and I've now got fairy hands ?... All be it currently all dried out...
 
Old Skier said:
All ways fancied subs, if I had started all over again I think that would be a first choice
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I've been on a sub before, did some launch drills with ribs on them few years back and asolutely loved it.

Its something that has always intrigued me and would have been a route I would have fancy if I hadn't succeed as an RM. Even now the opportunity is sorely tempting I'd love to give SET a go and earn the Dolphins to give the full set of Commando Dagger, Parachute Wings & Dolphins. That would be the ultimate complete collection. Plus a 5k golden handshake wouldn't hurt ?
 
hovis said:
the fact that two weeks ago Italy had more deaths than us and the government chart shows a clear deviation from the Italian trend. how much more clear can that be?
id like you to post one link from the government that says we are two weeks behind Italy. you might find one from February saying we "might" be but that hasn't been repeated because we are clearly not two weeks behind them. we are aligned to France according to the governments stats
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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Sunday that a surge of coronavirus cases over the next two weeks could cripple the country's National Health Service (NHS), Reuters reports.

Why it matters: Johnson said the U.K., in terms of cases, is only "a matter of weeks — two or three — behind Italy," which overtook China last week as the country with the most reported deaths from the virus.

That's from 22nd March (last week), that good enough for you?
 
rudebhoy said:
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Sunday that a surge of coronavirus cases over the next two weeks could cripple the country's National Health Service (NHS), Reuters reports.

Why it matters: Johnson said the U.K., in terms of cases, is only "a matter of weeks — two or three — behind Italy," which overtook China last week as the country with the most reported deaths from the virus.

That's from 22nd March (last week), that good enough for you?
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yes that's right. he said that will happen if we don't stick to the advice. it was a warning of what will happen.
What he's saying: “Unless we act together, unless we make the heroic and collective national effort to slow the spread — then it is all too likely that our own NHS will be similarly overwhelmed,” Johnson said, according to Reuters.
turn on your TV.

not only 30 seconds ago they said we are not on the same path. litteraly 30 seconds ago. the fact are facts.
 
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Hard to think we are not on a similar path:-
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Hope its a wrong indicator tho.
 

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hovis said:
yes that's right. he said that will happen if we don't stick to the advice
turn on your TV. not only 30 seconds ago they said we are not on the same path. litteraly 30 secs ago. I'll take their advice over yours thanks.
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Dear me. You really are clutching at straws. You challenged me to post a link where the govt said we were 2 weeks behind Italy. I did exactly that. Give up gracefully.
 
rudebhoy said:
Dear me. You really are clutching at straws. You challenged me to post a link where the govt said we were 2 weeks behind Italy. I did exactly that. Give up gracefully.
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you posted a link where the priminster said if we don't act we'll be in the same position as Italy. how is that being in the same position? you're reading between the lines.
don't take my word for it. watch bbc news on +1 and see all the facts for yourself in their full glory. when you've finished please post if you think we're on the same path or not
 
Wolf said:
It's a day of phone calls today

Further to this one I made the call, turns out was for recruitment due to Covid-19 there is unsurprisingly a record low number of enquiries for recruitment and because they're having to make allowances and waivers for certain aspects of training & recruitment process they've been contacting former RN/RM personnel still within the active service age range to enquire if they'd like to rejoin with a preference of getting those Rejoiners to re-trade into Submarine service trades where there's a specific shortage. Have to admit I found the idea quite tempting not sure the Mrs likes it though ?

But on the positive side, I've also had a 30mins call with my boss from my new MOD role, despite lock down my new job is going ahead with effect from 6th April but because of lock down I will be starting on full pay but working from home. So today has solved any potential financial problems we may have faced in one hit.
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Good to hear on the job front ?
 
hovis said:
you posted a link where the priminster said if we don't act we'll be in the same position as Italy. how is that being in the same position? you're reading between the lines.
don't take my word for it. watch bbc news on +1 and see all the facts for yourself in their full glory. when you've finished please post if you think we're on the same path or not
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how about you look at the graph above and honestly try to tell me we are not on the same path as Italy? Or are you suggesting the graph and the data behind it is wrong?
 
rudebhoy said:
how about you look at the graph above and honestly try to tell me we are not on the same path as Italy? Or are you suggesting the graph and the data behind it is wrong?
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WHAT!!!!! a graph from "true publica" or the graph that the government just put on the TV for the World to see. watch the daily briefing!
here is the problem. getting info from the Web and spounting it about. I have given you the opportunity to look at the governments stats and your choosing a random screen shot instead
 
hovis said:
WHAT!!!!! a graph from "true publica" or the graph that the government just put on the TV for the World to see. watch the daily briefing!
here is the problem. getting info from the Web and spounting it about. I have given you the opportunity to look at the governments stats and your choosing a random screen shot instead
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The graph above is from the FT.

Why don't you post the latest govt one instead of asking me to watch TV for an hour in the hope of seeing it?
 
rudebhoy said:
The graph above is from the FT.

Why don't you post the latest govt one instead of asking me to watch TV for an hour in the hope of seeing it?
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because they quoted it 20 minutes ago. I wouldn't know how to find it. it was shown at about 5.10 so at 6.10 you'll have it all see
 
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