The G Man

I was at Pets at Home this morning @ 10 and it was pretty well stocked up with pet food, which some morons have been panic buying. Went over the road to Asda and there seemed to be a lot less panic buyers, most trolleys were not full to bursting and this particular Asda is 24hr but closes at 2200 now, was pretty well stocked. We’re probably a bit luckier up here in hoop Hoo land as we are not as densely populated as some areas of England are. So far, it’s not been that bad. I work shifts on the railways and my wife is retired, but we have two grandchildren that we’re watching full time, their parents are nurses, so it’s tough on us all. I’m knackered from finishing late (tonight I finish at 0140) and getting up early to shop for four households. One daughter working from home (with her two year old not now in nursery) and her partner now under 30days notice (hospitality), youngest is a cop, on shifts and her partner runs his own business (arborist) and the other two are nurses as said. its been particularly difficult for them to work round their shifts to get essentials so I try my best to help out. I make a point of NOT over-shopping in any one shop and my priority is stuff for the toddlers (two grandsons 2 yrs old). So far it’s not been too bad but I’m pooped. I also go out my way to tell the staff in the shops how much I appreciate what they’re going through and that they are as important as any of the emergency services, we should all do the same.

You’re all probably aware of this and given the current situation re Coronavirus, the new date for Le Mans is as above. https://www.fiawec.com/en/news/the-24-hours-of-le-mans-postponed-to-19-20th-september-2020/6671 Four of us were planning to go to go to the 6hrs of Spa in April, ferries and tickets already bought and paid for, sadly that’ll not happen now. We have been given credit for the ferry to be used later and our tickets are still valid, for the new 6hr date TBA. I doubt if I’ll be going to that, it’ll be date permitting for leave. If we get back to normality by the time of the new Le Mans dates, it sits bang in the middle of my Autumn leave (no holiday booked at the mo), then we’ll be doing a Euro tour with Le Mans in the middle weekend. Hopefully we’ll all have something to look forward to this summer/Autumn and May see some of you there Oh, if you any of you do go, don’t forget fine money....

Top exhausts, have had them in my RX8 and my Mustang, no use to you but my FRPP by Borla Touring is up for sale

No one is arguing anything else other than the gutter press is sensationalising. The insatiable appetite to consume stuff has always been there and will always be there.

No, the point is that it’s a contagious virus. Not a genetic or self inflicted disease. the two people I’ve been watching and listening to, in the media, is the PM and FM, they are not sensationalising. Theirs is a very solemn set of pleas and advice. The tabloids and some other outlets are, without doubt, fuelling fear and disinformation.

Agreed, but what I’ve said is fact

Seasonal flu DOES NOT predict a worse case scenario of 80% of the population contracting ‘seasonal’ flu. This new virus does, no vaccine, vulnerable people, elderly, those with underlying health conditions are all in danger. Seasonal flu on the other hand WILL have some in those categories that are: a. Vaccinated or b. Have immunity. For those that believe that this is over dramatised, think again, no vaccine, no immunity, deaths could be in the 100’s of thousands if not millions. For some who do over compensate with higher levels of panic, can’t help it. The threat of death does that. THIS WILL BE LIFE CHANGING for untold millions, financially as well as in terms of health. The ‘blitz’ spirit won’t beat this, but taking the precautions being advised might.

Glad I’ve been buying old cars then

Is this peculiar to the 350? Both my 370’s used near to no oil in between services, my RX8 used nowhere near this amount and it was considered an oil guzzler Same with the Stang, it’s used virtually no oil, between services. I’d be concerned at the 1L/1000miles rate. I’d certainly be doing the card detection hack

Press release event cancelled.....

Send me your excess cigars

That feeds into what the original thread is about, dumb people Unfortunately, there are about 17.4million dumbasses in the country that we know of

Yes, but even if it weren’t high flu season, delay would still be used if, like now cases are building. My point is, flu season or not, it’s part of the process.

What I’m saying is that your own body’s immunity will prevent you catching C19 again, it won’t stop you catching a different strain

.......and still people voted for these bastarts

Also, we are about to reap 10 years of ‘austerity’ with a massive impact on our NHS

Not sure that it’s delay due to ‘high flu’ season. My understanding is that it’s the next phase to stave off a massive impact on emergency services and resources. Not a ‘deliberate’ action to do anything other than follow the infection/ contamination model. Contain, delay, mitigate

Article here https://apple.news/AOSm1aKHiRxKWnm-XYcnpvg

What a weapon

*antidote was the wrong word, vaccination was what I should have said

You need to look at how a virus works. You will not get Covid 19 again, you might get covid 20, or in other words a different virus. Same idea that you can’t catch aids twice. The experts in charge, pick a virus when it comes to winter flu, that they think will be the most common, then use the antidote that works with that particular virus, we both had flu jabs last year, we both got the flu, just a different strain. Corona virus covid 19, is a particularly virulent virus and, new. It’s a mutant of something that already exists, but completely different. Hope that makes sense?

My Mrs, now a retired biomedical scientist, was musing the exact same thing last week Hugh.

Next on the list is a mini humidor

We had an upright fridge freezer in the garage for a couple of years, most aren’t suitable for ‘outside’ use, as low temps during winter just kills them. The little beer cooler will only have drinks in it and there’ll be no temptation to store food in it. I can also switch it off and just leave the drinks in it. I could do this with a normal fridge I suppose, but aesthetically, the Husky will look better