User20204
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The pension is about to be cashed, for all it is, but needs must, when I get it through I'll be straight up to my club and shove it all through their letter box.
When do you think you will next play golf?
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The pension is about to be cashed, for all it is, but needs must, when I get it through I'll be straight up to my club and shove it all through their letter box.
HomerJSimpson
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I can't see anything until after Easter at the earliest as it would be a four day free for all, According to the briefing tonight there are "green shoots" but having taken the decision to close 95% of businesses and get as many as possible working from home or furloughing where possible it would be madness to give that up now whether that were to be on a religious ground (for those that believe) or because its a major bank holiday. Keep it as is for another 2-3 weeks when the peak is predicted (that I'm not 100% convinced about personally) and then look again
User20204
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Didn't watch the briefing but today was the country's highest death toll to date of 381 and Italy is still huge daily numbers, 800+ today so I'd be interested to know where the green shoots are.
HomerJSimpson
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Apparently the rate of infection is down. Not my words and only applicable to the UK
User20204
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I don't know the rate but 3000+ new "confirmed" cases doesn't fill me with much enthusiasm. I think we are in for a tough 2 or 3 weeks of high death toll, but we have been told repeatedly, this is long term so them giving out green shoots info may be just spin, big mistake bojo made was mention the 12 week timeline, there will be millions holding on to that.
HomerJSimpson
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Same with Trumps original claims about getting licked quickly. We aren't near the epicentre yet and there are some dark days ahead. I don't know if the green shoots was to keep the public onside regarding isolating and social distancing. Only repeating what was said. If I can find any positive, we had a huge influx of new COVID patients in the last 2-3 days but a good number have now been moved from ICU and their escalated care needs to other areas to continue their recovery. Either we got our preparation spot on (bar the chronic lack of some PPE and which seems extremely optimistic at best) or people are getting poorly but able to fight it. Sadly some haven't made it but we are down on patient numbers
User20204
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Ye appreciate you are only calling what was said, I wasn't challenging you personally on it.
HomerJSimpson
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I get that. No probs from this side
Sports_Fanatic
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Barbaric as it may seem I think you can get green shoots even with deaths rising. They know that deaths will be the slowest indicator to turn given the delay between catching it and struggling with the symptoms. Yes it's a large number still catching it, but I think they were trying to say it's not doubling etc like others and actually the rate of increase is slowing - that will presumably be from people catching it pre-"lockdown" when it was more basic social distancing. Hopefully the lockdown, given figures showing how little public travel there has been compared with normal, means the increase will reduce even more or even flatten. So people will still be catching it just at a more "manageable" rate below NHS capacity.
I'm out of guesses, part of me thinks a relaxation of lockdown would start with recreation and outdoor spaces (then staggering to work places which can't be done from home before finally larger social gatherings such as pubs) but then you see the numbers of ventilators and hospital spaces they're creating which sets a very different expectation.
I'm out of guesses, part of me thinks a relaxation of lockdown would start with recreation and outdoor spaces (then staggering to work places which can't be done from home before finally larger social gatherings such as pubs) but then you see the numbers of ventilators and hospital spaces they're creating which sets a very different expectation.
bladeplayer
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I think we will get back out early June .. hope rather informed date tho
With 2 fresh deaths of much younger people, previously 21 but now 13 & 19 with no underlying health problems, maybe all those I see daily still out and about may start to think it's not isolated to the older generation, and nobody is immune to this virus, especially seeing so many children/youths out on their own and in small groups, especially in and around London where these 2 latest fatalities have come from.
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Prior to the lockdown my club was working very hard to keep people on the course. Strict controls regarding clubhouse, pro shop, halfway hut etc but at least we could get out. I'm hopeful that we may be able to get back out by the end of this month in a similar controlled manner if the slowdown of infections starts to kick in over the next week or so.
Or I may be miles off the mark.........
Or I may be miles off the mark.........
pendodave
Tour Rookie
https://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/news...pens-with-restrictions-could-uk-follow-194482
It's the hope that kills you....
It's the hope that kills you....
Doodle
Active member
Like I said all along.
Golf, if tightly regulated & policed is entirely possible, in fact desirable to relieve boredom, stress & for health reasons.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
GM really are pushing it aren't they, haha. I don't know what the infection rate is in Denmark but I've never heard them mentioned in the news coverage so I'm guessing not high when compared to us. I still think we're a long way off courses reopening here. As I said earlier, the British mentality is eye-for-an-eye, once you reopen golf courses you open a can of worms as every footballer, tennis player, gym-goer will be saying "why do they get to play and I don't?" irrespective of the clear differences.
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ferenezejohn
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The population of Denmark is roughly the same as Scotland, they have more cases of the virus than us.
The UK on the whole is about 11 times the population of Denmark withe cases about the same pro rata.
At least articles like the one you posted the link to are better than the doom and gloom norm
We just have to hope things will get better sooner than later, stay safe.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
I've put my clubs upstairs in the spare room out of the way. They are no longer needed by the front door.
I cant see us being allowed to play golf for some time yet. At least till we are over peak and well down the other side.
I cant see us being allowed to play golf for some time yet. At least till we are over peak and well down the other side.
ferenezejohn
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If your married, your wife must be a golfer?
garyinderry
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hovis
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