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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

maxfli65 said:
Is it 852 deaths since yesterday across all UK, Sky news listing separately, seems like a larger than expected increase given a drop from Monday to Tuesday - analysts views?
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From what I’ve read/heard Monday’s have been lower figures due to the lag of reported deaths over the weekends. Look at the trend over the week rather than individual days.
 
Ross61 said:
From what I’ve read/heard Monday’s have been lower figures due to the lag of reported deaths over the weekends. Look at the trend over the week rather than individual days.
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I had read that weekend thing, still seemed a move off flattening the curve, hopefully a blip and it'll reduce. Tbh I thought it was Wednesday today? is it?
 
maxfli65 said:
I had read that weekend thing, still seemed a move off flattening the curve, hopefully a blip and it'll reduce. Tbh I thought it was Wednesday today? is it?
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I hope not, if it’s Wednesday I’ve missed my Uncle’s online funeral.:eek:
(Unrelated to Coronavirus and expected for over a year)
 
fundy said:
Why?
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Cost of living will go up once everyone's back at work, petrol demand will return. The price of oil will return to normal forcing up transport cost of food etc

The dreaded b word is still on the cards so expect interest rates to rise

I'd be surprised of RPI below 4% and interest rates below 1% by the end of 2021
 
fundy said:
Online Poker has got a whole lot softer these last few weeks albeit most of the sites are creaking under extra traffic. Just need to find a way to play more than twice a week without going crazy lol.
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Steve, what is the best platform these days? not played online for years!
 
pauljames87 said:
Cost of living will go up once everyone's back at work, petrol demand will return. The price of oil will return to normal forcing up transport cost of food etc

The dreaded b word is still on the cards so expect interest rates to rise

I'd be surprised of RPI below 4% and interest rates below 1% by the end of 2021
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Id bet my house that interest rates are 1% or lower by the end of 2021.

I understand the inflation to some degree, albeit surely weve got to benefit from the lower oil prices first before we suffer the inflation effect of them rising year on year next year. Will also be some suppressors to inflation with the recession and a severe decrease in demand in a lot of industries and areas. That said I just cant see how interest rates are going anywhere for a while, there seems to be this assumption that we need to return to higher interest rates in the medium to long term (before this started) and couldnt see it then and even moreso cant see it now.

This is going to lead to failing business, unemployment, falling house prices, a high level or mortgage defaults etc, cant see it being made harder for everyone by increasing interest rates
 
pauljames87 said:
Cost of living will go up once everyone's back at work, petrol demand will return. The price of oil will return to normal forcing up transport cost of food etc

The dreaded b word is still on the cards so expect interest rates to rise

I'd be surprised of RPI below 4% and interest rates below 1% by the end of 2021
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Understand the first half, but the downward pressure on interest rates will continue...... taxes will have to rise which will deaden inflationary pressure. But I can think of several reasons why the opposite could apply, all bets off at the mo!!
 
Rooter said:
Steve, what is the best platform these days? not played online for years!
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and another fish returns to the water ;)

the right answer is probably it depends, based on what you want to play. pokerstars (uk client) probably the best option (especially if you want to play home games with friends etc) and offers the widest range of games, partypoker is now the number 2 site (but been a bit unstable of late), otherwise its the microgaming network via grosvenor or similar
 
pauljames87 said:
Cost of living will go up once everyone's back at work, petrol demand will return. The price of oil will return to normal forcing up transport cost of food etc

The dreaded b word is still on the cards so expect interest rates to rise

I'd be surprised of RPI below 4% and interest rates below 1% by the end of 2021
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By if people are succeeding at working from home and are as productive if not more .. why should we have a fixed work place .. pushing the demand for fuel back down.
Also credit is a key issue, surely those that have lived unnecessarily on credit have learnt a lesson ?
How we are living is not sustainable and we cannot keep absorbing costs, electronics is filling up landfill with people just updating because they want the latest shiney..
or are you expecting us to return to old habits and the world to go back to its bad behaviours ?
 
Our local shop having to shut due to lack of 'staff'... Family business and one member has been diagnosed as having covid and the rest are self isolating... Not good news for the family and of concern for those of us that have shopped there recently...
 
MegaSteve said:
Our local shop having to shut due to lack of 'staff'... Family business and one member has been diagnosed as having covid and the rest are self isolating... Not good news for the family and of concern for those of us that have shopped there recently...
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Hillingdon has had more cases than Manchester, I'd try not to worry too much and take care, assume everyone is infected.

You'll tear your hair out if you worry every time there's a link to a new case. Definitely found that out when it started breaking out in the Wharf.
 
harpo_72 said:
By if people are succeeding at working from home and are as productive if not more .. why should we have a fixed work place .. pushing the demand for fuel back down.
Also credit is a key issue, surely those that have lived unnecessarily on credit have learnt a lesson ?
How we are living is not sustainable and we cannot keep absorbing costs, electronics is filling up landfill with people just updating because they want the latest shiney..
or are you expecting us to return to old habits and the world to go back to its bad behaviours ?
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People will not agree with my inflation and interest predictions (won't be betting on it. I'll prepare for it and hope it never happens)

However the habits of people won't change, people will return to type soon as possible! All the over the top trips around the world will carry on raising pollution back to previous levels

Maybe the ability to get credit will drop but people will just revert to type
 
Motorways quiet today, M6,M1,M25, M2,M20 Chatham, Croydon & Mitcham relatively quiet, Merton busy, M40 quiet, but Birmingham very busy and Wolverhampton silly busy, far too many people and youths on the streets in groups in the West Midlands, cars everywhere full of families! It’s no wonder the figures are high in the West Mids!!

And can someone tell me how Uber cars are allowed to be out working, no social distancing can be achieved, no protection screen, you won’t know who’s been in the car before, and not been cleaned between fares! The list is endless!!
 
DanFST said:
Hillingdon has had more cases than Manchester, I'd try not to worry too much and take care, assume everyone is infected.

You'll tear your hair out if you worry every time there's a link to a new case. Definitely found that out when it started breaking out in the Wharf.
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Cheers Dan... Wise words... Thank you ?...
 
Old Skier said:
Well that's my Jet2 holiday to Kos gone on 14th June, Jets2 cancelled all holidays until the 17 Jun at the earliest.

Now we have BBC reporters outside of St Thomas's reporters outside No10 and reporters at Westminster. Which bit of essential journeys has confused them.
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Can't they offer a postponement rather than cancel?
Agree re reporters, said very same to Mrs earlier.
 
maxfli65 said:
Can't they offer a postponement rather than cancel?
Agree re reporters, said very same to Mrs earlier.
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Will be contacted in cancellation order. Unfortunately HID is essential worker in her field and is expecting things to get busier once this is over so cannot come up with any dates. She was retiring 1st July but has been asked to consider staying on.
 
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