Random Irritations

[HomerJSimpson]

Apart from the crap golf, I travelled by train today. I thought the message was no mask no travel and yet there were so many people unmasked on the platform and on the train when I got on. Clearly no-one is policing this even from the starting station. Very poor to see

 

[chellie]

Apart from the crap golf, I travelled by train today. I thought the message was no mask no travel and yet there were so many people unmasked on the platform and on the train when I got on. Clearly no-one is policing this even from the starting station. Very poor to see

There are exemptions.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

There are exemptions.

Do you know what these are out of interest. Do they include young males aged approximately 25-30 a middle aged man or a a mother and her 5 year old (assuming the child would be exempt). There seemed no reason, and if these people were exempt, then not a problem but given the publicity and how stringently it seemed rail staff would be monitoring this it was poor to see

 

[AmandaJR]

People who insult others (either directly or indirectly) and then, when called to task on it, claim "only kidding...no need to overreact".

 

[GreiginFife]

Getting an extremely weird Facebook message from an ex girlfriend from about 25 years ago ?

Do what my mate did when his long lost ex popped up like a weed, he went along with the 'reconnect' and started twlling her what he'd been up to for the last 15 years, just one bizarre story after another, at one point in the tale he was a plutonium farmer, breeding pellets of the stuff with uranium, from there he went on a world land cruise using only a skateboard and a bath towel as a sail.

She soon disappeared again ?

 

[Dando]

Fiona onasanya

 

[ColchesterFC]

Do you know what these are out of interest. Do they include young males aged approximately 25-30 a middle aged man or a a mother and her 5 year old (assuming the child would be exempt). There seemed no reason, and if these people were exempt, then not a problem but given the publicity and how stringently it seemed rail staff would be monitoring this it was poor to see

Children under 11 are exempt and I believe that people with breathing difficulties (such as asthma) are also exempt.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Children under 11 are exempt and I believe that people with breathing difficulties (such as asthma) are also exempt.

I understand the kid and of course can't tell if the others I saw had medical conditions but my guess given the number I saw without a mask they were simply travelling without. I can see it being like fare dodging, they'll try and get away with it as much as possible and when confronted they'll come out with a load of excuses as to why they don't need it to avoid the fine

 

[Neilds]

I understand the kid and of course can't tell if the others I saw had medical conditions but my guess given the number I saw without a mask they were simply travelling without. I can see it being like fare dodging, they'll try and get away with it as much as possible and when confronted they'll come out with a load of excuses as to why they don't need it to avoid the fine

I have asthma, albeit fairly mild and well under control but I will wear a mask on transport etc as I feel it isn’t worth the hassle of (well meaning) people tutting and giving me evils for not wearing one.
I do agree with you though, probably not all who don’t wear one won’t be exempt

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Apart from the crap golf, I travelled by train today. I thought the message was no mask no travel and yet there were so many people unmasked on the platform and on the train when I got on. Clearly no-one is policing this even from the starting station. Very poor to see

Bit like the message at the beginning when some NHS workers seemed to be going to all sorts of shops and people questioned their behaviour.

 

[PJ87]

I have asthma, albeit fairly mild and well under control but I will wear a mask on transport etc as I feel it isn’t worth the hassle of (well meaning) people tutting and giving me evils for not wearing one.
I do agree with you though, probably not all who don’t wear one won’t be exempt

On flip side of this I saw two builders walking up to station on my drive in yesterday

Was thinking come on guys you need a mask

Soon as they got to the station out came those surgical type masks from their pockets

Fair play to them

Monitoring the CCTV yest we only saw one per platform not wearing them

 

[Dan2501]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1272789819354161152

This reply to another excellent Marcus Rashford tweet from a Conservative MP. Imagine being in government and thinking that's a good thing to Tweet.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1272789819354161152

This reply to another excellent Marcus Rashford tweet from a Conservative MP. Imagine being in government and thinking that's a good thing to Tweet.

She is correct though. I heard a little bit of his statement this morning and it is hugely laudable. You can not blame the govt, who are being attacked on this, in correcting something which is pretty damning but wrong.

 

[Dan2501]

She is correct though. I heard a little bit of his statement this morning and it is hugely laudable. You can not blame the govt, who are being attacked on this, in correcting something which is pretty damning but wrong.

Correct or not, she decided to ignore the rest of the thread and the main point of that thread and instead make a pedantic point-scoring reply about it not being possible to have water disconnected. It wasn't until she was pulled up on the insensitivity of that Tweet that she decided to reply to the wider thread. Not the best look I don't think.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Correct or not, she decided to ignore the rest of the thread and the main point of that thread and instead make a pedantic point-scoring reply about it not being possible to have water disconnected. It wasn't until she was pulled up on the insensitivity of that Tweet that she decided to reply to the wider thread. Not the best look I don't think.

She absolutely should have congratulated the essence of the post but the threat of cutting off water is quite frightening so I have no problem in the correction. Some may have read Rashfords post and panicked that could have happened to them. You are right though, she should have worded it more sensitively. (she is a minister who has made a few gaffes recently so I think she will soon be an ex-minister)

 

[Deleted member 16999]

She is correct though. I heard a little bit of his statement this morning and it is hugely laudable. You can not blame the govt, who are being attacked on this, in correcting something which is pretty damning but wrong.

He also clarified he was on about hot water, weird how this was the first tweet from him she has ever replied to.

He’s a 21yr old bloke in a priveleged position who could be used by the Government in so many positive ways, and she comes across as smart hat trying to be clever!

No matter how “correct” she is, her reply has embarrassed her.

 

[harpo_72]

He also clarified he was on about hot water, weird how this was the first tweet from him she has ever replied to.

He’s a 21yr old bloke in a priveleged position who could be used by the Government in so many positive ways, and she comes across as smart hat trying to be clever!

No matter how “correct” she is, her reply has embarrassed her.

But honestly do you expect anything less ... half of them live in their own little bubble spouting cobblers.
But hey the British public love cobblers .. aspirations to being well heeled ?

 

[chellie]

Thunder. It had been raining for a bit, one loud clap of thunder which sounded near so we came off after 10. Nothing since

 

[Slab]

He also clarified he was on about hot water, weird how this was the first tweet from him she has ever replied to.

He’s a 21yr old bloke in a priveleged position who could be used by the Government in so many positive ways, and she comes across as smart hat trying to be clever!

No matter how “correct” she is, her reply has embarrassed her.

I think she would be a good fit into the GM forum in recent weeks then (sadly)

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Shaking my head right now.

Went to do some odd jobs at the marital home in Chesham which is sold subject to contract

While I was in the garden, heard an almighty altercation seemingly between 2 women coming from the road to the side of our house
went out the front to see what was going on and there were 2 young women on their phones to 2 separate people each having 2 very loud sweary arguments

I walked up stopped and looked over my specs at them in that “really” tone of look

They both stopped ranting looked at me and said “what”?

I said , “ bit loud ladies, I can hear you from 5 houses away and would you mind cutting out the swearing, there’s young families around. “
Very polite, but to the point,

Then one of them says that the only reason I’m talking to them like that is because they are black,

Well I wasn’t expecting that, but replied that I’d say the same to anyone who was causing a disturbance

Then I got the BLM slogan quoted at me
And I said that blank lives do matter but that doesn’t mean you can do what you like.

They then threatened to call the police on me for being racist

At this point a neighbour opened their door and said to go ahead and call, she would back me up 200%

They then marched past and away shouting obscenities

Nice ?