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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Fish said:
If Kharnage hadn’t reduced many services people wouldn’t be as crowded as they find alternative routes, station changes are then crowded, the mans an idiot and has defied the government’s directive not to reduce services!
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Right. This isnt a dig at you so I apologise in advance.

However this is complete rubbish. We have to reduce the service.

Right now im in work. Normally on a saturday we would be running at this time 80 trains. thats fact .

I have counted how many trains on my display there are 33. so more than a 3rd of the normal service

running at 6 mins intervals (normally off peak we provide approx 3 mins between trains)

we have to take a few away to allow for turn arounds at terminus otherwise it wouldnt work. so headways of 6 minutes 19 seconds

thats fact part 1

part 2. the reason the service is this low is due to driver following the guidelines correctly. they have been contacted and told to isolate if needed. so say a depot has 80 drivers for a morning its down to 35 to run the service.. thats rough figures as its changing on a fluid basis and I am not at liberty to say how many are or are not available.

I can assure you now that we are running every single train we possibly can

if, during the peak especially, a depot calls up with an extra couple drivers we instruct them to go the depot and prepare more trains to come into service.

everyone is doing what they can.
 
pauldj42 said:
Mate is a Beefeater and is in lockdown at home in the Tower, he posted a 30 second video of the main entrance outside of the Tower this lunchtime, absolutely gobsmacked at the number of people bimbling, sitting around, out for a stroll and then add in the those out exercising.

How the message is going to get through to some of these people is beyond me! I’m all for those walking the dogs near home or those taking some exercise, but most of these were almost “tourist” like.
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I remember the girl on Love Island who didn’t know what Brexit was!
Some people don’t watch the news apparently .
Can’t see how you could miss this pandemic but some have???
 
bobmac said:
If they don't go to work, can they not claim back 80% of their pay from the government ?
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It's not up to them to decide to do so! So, I believe, the answer to the (worded in the negative, so somewhat unclear) is 'No they can't!' It's up to the employer to specify which employees are being told to stay at home and receive 80% - initially from the company but, presumably, claimed (by the company) from govt.
 
An email from our CEO to say he, the board and executives are all taking a 20% pay cut. Seems a decent gesture. Sure they're well paid but I don't envy them the workload or responsibility, so accordingly don't begrudge them being well rewarded for that.

80% of employees now furloughed.
 
Jamesbrown said:
Yes and dogs need new places to sniff, hear and see for their health and well being. Their primary sense is their nose. No good taking them round the block all the time they’ll go mad. I wish it was that easy!

But I’m a biased people hating, dog lover.
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Well if his owner has an accident it will be sniffing around the RSPCA compound or dogs trust.
So not only emergency services but dog services as well attending an RTA.
 
bobmac said:
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People can't keep their distance in Tescos, never mind a busy train/bus/tram/tube
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Totally agree with this - and some idiots (certainly at my place) can't even abide by the sensible rules at work or on their 'sanity' exercise breaks!
 
DanFST said:
What line is that Paul?
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Northern

Another point I'll add

We have to provide an even service or the service simply doesn't work

During normal week day peak it's 96 trains

Say half drivers are off because of illness you could have 7 trains in a row cancelled due to duty lengths, meal breaks. A whole load of issues . It's not simply a case of right you drive from X to y there are law's you have to obey

Drivers legally can't do overtime either which they want to help out drive extra couple hours but they can't by law

In situations like that where you have so many cancellations and drivers unavailable you have to remove the timetable and put in a special timetable

The depot managers tell you how many trains they can cover and between us and them we work out service patterns to keep even gaps

Can you imagine having a train , then another 3 mins later then not one for 15 mins? Carnage

It's a fluid situation

Anyways I've bored everyone enough with this I just wanted some facts cus the media haven't a clue
 
pauljames87 said:
Northern

Another point I'll add

We have to provide an even service or the service simply doesn't work

During normal week day peak it's 96 trains

Say half drivers are off because of illness you could have 7 trains in a row cancelled due to duty lengths, meal breaks. A whole load of issues . It's not simply a case of right you drive from X to y there are law's you have to obey

Drivers legally can't do overtime either which they want to help out drive extra couple hours but they can't by law

In situations like that where you have so many cancellations and drivers unavailable you have to remove the timetable and put in a special timetable

The depot managers tell you how many trains they can cover and between us and them we work out service patterns to keep even gaps

Can you imagine having a train , then another 3 mins later then not one for 15 mins? Carnage

It's a fluid situation

Anyways I've bored everyone enough with this I just wanted some facts cus the media haven't a clue
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I think one of the reasons people to take issue with the underground is the union. For quite some time now there have been multiple strikes and wage escalations. This frustrates those that use it.

So if service lessens (for any reason) they get targeted.
 
Papas1982 said:
I think one of the reasons people to take issue with the underground is the union. For quite some time now there have been multiple strikes and wage escalations. This frustrates those that use it.

So if service lessens (for any reason) they get targeted.
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you are quite correct there. I dont deny that at all.

I must say during this the unions and TFL have pulled together to their individual credits.

I believe we are providing what a can to the best we can during this crisis. the service is over used and underfunded as it. thats not an argument for today.

The company are asking anyone who used to work on the stations who ever held a licence there who now might be TFL office staff to get in touch if they want to assist our customers best they can.

for me anyone who does that hats off to them. could work from home in their office jobs but instead put themselves front line to help people.

I admire anyone who takes that up.
 
HowlingGale said:
Just wondering what people's thoughts on deliveries from online companies were.

Are you still ordering any old tosh and getting it delivered, or are you keeping it to essentials only? I'm trying to keep it to essentials only but have a real hankering to start spending money.
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I am going to add to my previous post on this something we (mainly I) did this week which was a bit naughty but the companies involved wanted it to happen.

I have been looking for a new car since we found out about the twins. you cant go to show room atm due to covid. their still open for business though. so I did a lot of reviews etc and I settled on a car we liked.

I was just browsing. I found the model I liked for 4k cheaper than anywhere else (apart from supermarkets and such) nice condition.

facebooked the dealer for information. was given option of £500 to reserve it or £200 to deliver it (65 miles)

we reserved it. at that price couldnt not.

we spoke about delivery with them thinking get in a month

they went we can get it there tomorrow........... I will add that this point my old car I was always giving away to my aunt ... turns out their car is broken right now. they cant even get to the shops they been having to taxi which is an extra risk

all fell into place. car arrived thursday.... they sprayed it down handed over.. I cleaned again myself. then my mum dropped the car to my aunts (I left key in my porch so she could not contact me, she filled it with shopping for them then left outside their house and posted key through box)

I will agree the dealers trip could be unnecessary . infact no excuse it 100% is

however my aunt now has a working car

we have our family car sorted.

and a small dealer makes a tiny bit of cash to keep himself afloat
 
Are we losing our perspective or have any idea on the number of people that die everyday in the UK?

This isn’t meant to distract from the crisis we face but I was quite shocked at seeing today’s figure of 708 dying in the last 24hrs.

I looked up how many die on a daily basis in the UK and found the figures from the ONS for England and Wales up until week 12 (20th March) this year. These figures are for deaths registered, hence why they are only up to 20th March:

The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 20 March 2020 (week 12) was 10,645; this represents a decrease of 374 deaths registered compared with the previous week (week 11).

The average number of deaths for the corresponding week over the previous five years was 10,573; this means that the overall number of deaths in week 12 of 2020 was slightly higher than previous years.

103 deaths involving COVID-19 occurred in week 12, during the same period 1,841 deaths involved Influenza or pneumonia.

On average over 1,500 die a day in England and Wales, how many extra we are losing to Covid-19 I don’t know.

Not quite sure what to make of those figures apart from I/we take a lot of things for granted, our NHS is constantly under pressure regardless and sadly that’s a lot of grieving and hurting families out there.
 
Gove speaking for a script like he’s delivering a speech in the HoC is rubbish. The words and numbers mean little coming from his mouth in what is a rather condescending delivery. Hancock brilliant by comparison. Bring him back!

We need to be shocked. We need to see pictures of British people in British hospitals as we have seen of Italian and Spanish hospitals - and as we were shocked by them we need to be shocked seeing it ‘at home’.

And surely a terrible error being made by the BBC in their Breaking News stream which tells us that ...

In Scotland 218 people have died from coronavirus in 24hrs, up 46.

Surely they mean that 218 people have dies from coronavirus, in 24hrs up 46.

Unless 218 people DID die in Scotland in last 24hrs and that would be disastrous - but I very much doubt that.

But it’s still rolling through - someone should be carpeted for that !
 
Imperial College produced a graph earlier in the week showing expected male and female death rates by age - the numbers increase with age, fairly obvious.
They also mapped the death rate from C19 and it, more or less, mirrors the other lines.
The only way to know for sure is to look at the numbers when this is all over.
I would be surprised if there wasn't an increase over normal numbers but how many will have to wait for another day.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Yup......agree with that, here is another who has gone a full 360 on Hancock. Very good performance yesterday compared to his previous cautious, scripted, don't scare the horses efforts.
He is getting closer to Nicola Sturgeon's standards now.;)
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Methinks you’ll end up heading the same way on Hancock if you turn 360deg - if you are like me you may have turned 180 degs on him ?
 
pauldj42 said:
Are we losing our perspective or have any idea on the number of people that die everyday in the UK?

This isn’t meant to distract from the crisis we face but I was quite shocked at seeing today’s figure of 708 dying in the last 24hrs.

I looked up how many die on a daily basis in the UK and found the figures from the ONS for England and Wales up until week 12 (20th March) this year. These figures are for deaths registered, hence why they are only up to 20th March:

The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 20 March 2020 (week 12) was 10,645; this represents a decrease of 374 deaths registered compared with the previous week (week 11).

The average number of deaths for the corresponding week over the previous five years was 10,573; this means that the overall number of deaths in week 12 of 2020 was slightly higher than previous years.

103 deaths involving COVID-19 occurred in week 12, during the same period 1,841 deaths involved Influenza or pneumonia.

On average over 1,500 die a day in England and Wales, how many extra we are losing to Covid-19 I don’t know.

Not quite sure what to make of those figures apart from I/we take a lot of things for granted, our NHS is constantly under pressure regardless and sadly that’s a lot of grieving and hurting families out there.
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A lot of those who passed yesterday did so for reasons unrelated to coronavirus. They still passed away but of course were not included in the daily CV figures. Don’t know how the total figure for all deaths yesterday compares with a typical day at this time of year.
 
Thinking that what so many health and care workers on the front line would like in thanks for their selfless efforts and bravery would be permanent residence without need to apply. By their actions they qualify for full residency in UK without any question...
 
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