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Norn Irn to use MOT centres to "ramp up" the tests.

Hmmm ...

Any word of our good friend Baggy in Spain? How is he managing? "Bored stupid in lockdown, otherwise as fit as a robber's dog!!" Interestingly the Region where he resides has the lowest incidence of Covid in mainland Spain. https://covid19.isciii.es/ The virus is self-isolating from Baggy!

Jackie Brown wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 02, 2020 11:23 am

Go Garage in Carrick, 99.9p for unleaded

Most of us have no excuse for driving! Still, makes cutting the grass a bit cheaper!

Heating oil is also well down.

The prototype Dyson ventilator has been tested on a Covid19 patient ...and he's picking up nicely!

Jackie Brown wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:57 am

https://www.independent.ie/sport/maxime ... 84106.html

mid ulster maestro wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:41 am

justinr73 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:57 am

Boarding school?

Are you posh, Rum?

It was the Bad Boys Boarding School at Hydebank.

It used to be in Millisle back in the day MUM. My Ma used to threaten to leave me in it if I was bad! Parenting in the 60s eh?

The Spanish flu of 1918 killed 228k in the UK and 7.5k in Ulster (9 counties). That was about 5 in every 1000 people. Maybe the numbers would have been lower if the country han't been weakened, and so many doctors lost, in the Great War. Maybe vetilators would have helped? The advice in 1918 was "wa...

Our SF/DUP leaders have been a disgrace. Under a thin veneer of unity they have disagreed on loads of fundamental issues with Snarlene slavishly following UK govt policy with no regard to the local circumstances in NI. Jim Allister is right . Stormont in it's current form is not fit for purpose. I ...

Our SF/DUP leaders have been a disgrace. Under a thin veneer of unity they have disagreed on loads of fundamental issues with Snarlene slavishly following UK govt policy with no regard to the local circumstances in NI. Jim Allister is right. Stormont in it's current form is not fit for purpose. I do...

Jackie Brown wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:17 am

Kingspan telling employees they're getting a 40% paycut. Surely they'd be better taking advantage of the government's 80% pay and furlong their Northern Staff?

They wouldn't get a full weeks workfor 60% pay then ...

So ... Hastings reemployed staff after the govt underwrote 80% of their wages. Tim Martin basically told his employees to feck off and work for Tescos.

The lockdown is a deal softer than the Spanish one where you are not allowed out for a walk except to exercise a dog within 100m of your house; where only one member of a household is allowed out, even in a car; where the list of essential shops is more restrictive - no hardware stores for example; ...

I take it training has been suspended. Do the players still have individual access to gym facilities? If, as looks likely now, we move into something approaching total lockdown, conditioning ia going to nosedive.

I'm home now MUM. A bit more isolation from close family just to be safe.

Good luck Tender. I had the fever and severe cold-like symptoms for 3 to 4 days, started to feel better again and the constant cough didn't kick in for another 4 days after that. Of course this was back in January, so despite the symptoms being identical, it couldnt have been COVID19. Or could it? ...