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2 pointsFirst of all i give you the inimitable, the incomparable, Mr. ian Dury. These are my people, people. Please pay close attention to the last line. Secondly something I've only just found. It's beautiful & unmistakable as to the composer. Thirdly an old John peel favourite. I feel enormous affection for this guy. So sweetly naive - but was he? He got played a lot. Fourth starts & ends with a big fat overdose of brass - amazing! The composer was chasing a woman 40 years younger than himself in his 70s. Whaddaguy.
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2 pointsA 1970s fiesta for this evening. Van Der Graaf...my first gig to see a band... deaf for an hour after Tom Verlaine...enigmatic Caravan...love this clip Steely Dan..."at the grotto with the greasy chair sits the Charlie with the lotion and the kinky hair" and a guitar solo simulating a couple (filter prevents)
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2 pointsStarmer is intelligent, thoughtful, principled, honest, self-made from a working class background and goes by his first given name. He is everything that the current Prime Minister is not. He is the anti-Johnson.
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2 pointsIt’s nothing they aren’t entitled to do, along with other much more wealthy businesses. I do wish people could get out of this ‘it’s not moral’ mindset; there’s a lot more (and worse) immoral to be vexed by (use of sweat shops, tax avoidance, tax havens etc) than a company using a government scheme for the precise purpose it was set up.
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2 pointsIs it because the Germans are the absolute mustard.....and the UK are actually wurst?.....
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2 pointsFor every counter argument you make Ron, there are replies that can be made. But despite the calls for non political, your arguments are based on your politics. And my dislike and distrust of Johnson no doubt will taint any points I could make. But the fact remains, anyone working in a hospital at the moment is potentially putting their health and life on the line. That while others are at home on 80% wage and spending it in Tescos. Life ain't good or fair at the moment.
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2 pointsI'm not sure that many are saying that. I think the main points have been 1. That years of enforced (and unnecessary) austerity have left the NHS less able to deal with the crisis than it might other have been. (e.g. massive staff shortages) 2. Staff who have been denigrated for the sin of being non British, have been vilified by some (not you) yet are now heroes. The question is asked as to why their contribution was not recognised earlier. 3. The govt was slow to respond in critical areas. The lack of provision of PPE for NHS staff and key workers being a case in point. It is a world crisis, and nobody knows what is going to happen. What is clear though that some of the people who have been almost criminally under-recognised for their contributions in the past are crucial to our efforts to maintain society. Some are understandably imo, irritated that their contribution is only being recognised now.
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2 pointsI haven't seen anyone say that. Apart from anything else the US administration would take that prize. What is undeniable, based on all the evidence, is that the UK government squandered the time advantage it had over other countries by not preparing when it had the chance, and that there was a significant hurried change of policy away from the herd immunity strategy. And it is hardly just posters here. The Daily Mail, which would normally be a cheerleader for any Tory government, has been more critical than any other paper.
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2 pointsIMO, he is constructing a straw man argument. I don't think anyone thinks that ventilators are a "panacea". Rather they believe that they may be a tool on the armoury that might help. Therefore if there is a shortage of this tool, we should address it. he gives some figures in the article that I thin k are illustrative: "New England Journal of Medicine published a case series of very ill Covid-19 patients in Seattle with data up to March 23: of the twenty patients who went on a ventilator, only four had so far escaped the hospital alive. Nine had died. Three remained in suspended animation, going on three or four weeks of ventilation. Four escaped the ventilator but remained in hospital." So out of 20 - 4 escaped hospital alive and 4 are now in hospital but off ventilation. 4 remain on ventilation after 3-4 weeks. Nine died. Of course we don't know how many would have survived without ventilation but the fact 8 seem significantly improved and 3 remain alive with some hope is surely better than not being able to ventilate people at all? I don't think that ventilators are a panacea, but if I catch it very badly and ventilation might help, I would want there to be a ventilator available.
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2 pointsJust had a listen to your two FW : triffic! 1st one particularly would get this granddad on the floor struttin' his stuff (provided the appliance holds up of course). Second put me in mind of Martha & The Vandellas; Nowhere To Run was a particular fave of mine. Keep that groove goin'!!
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2 pointsBy acknowledging that football can not restart at the beginning of May the idea of finishing by June 30 is now effectively off the table.
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1 pointHere's a Motown puzzle for you... This track was released on a Motown compilation in 2002, It's called 'Lead Me And Guide Me' by Holland and Dozier, recorded I think in 1963. Now, this track is actually called I've Got A Right To Cry, and it has been speculated it was written (and probably produced) by Holland and Dozier - they certainly didn't sing it. Then the fun really starts! Motown have stated that it's LaBrenda Ben singing, although Motown aficionados have stated they think it's a lady called Gloria Jean Williamson... Answers on a postcard! Anyhow, it's a great track and, I would guess at the time this was recorded Motown were fighting against Phil Spector's 'Wall Of Sound', which results - I think - in a Phil Spector sounding arrangement. See what you think...
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1 pointI've got the penalty spot somewhere. Looks like half an ounce of Old Holborn these days.
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1 pointDominic Cummings advised him to stay in the fridge for a few more days or weeks. Just to lower his temperature mind.😉
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1 pointMain messages if you live alone and you have symptoms of coronavirus illness (COVID-19), however mild, stay at home for 7 days from when your symptoms started. (The ending isolation section below has more information) after 7 days, if you do not have a high temperature, you do not need to continue to self-isolate. If you still have a high temperature, keep self-isolating until your temperature returns to normal. You do not need to self-isolate if you just have a cough after 7 days, as a cough can last for several weeks after the infection has gone This is what the Gov website says. If you do not have a high temperature you do not have to continue to self isolate so Boris is actually following the advice that is posted on the site because he still had a temperature.
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1 pointI've often wondered that if I was to walk into the room where the current cabinet was meeting then my presence would raise the collective IQ. And I'm as thick as **** Whilst I am making a joke....anyway, I might welcome some new talent and serious thinking people coming into a shadow government. I was never convinced by Corbyn (perhaps he might have been okay on a former polytechnic board of trustees), nor MacDonald or Abbott. Maybe even more.
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1 pointPerhaps a return to having a properly funded science /biomed sector will be a major bonus if/as and when we come out of this as Hancock intimated.
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1 pointThanks for the info. I confess I didn't check, since Alistair Haimes seems legit & neither his nor Piffer's statements expressed any information likely to further causes such as you mention above.
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1 pointI swore to myself I wasn't going to get involved on here again...but... Who are these "UK nationalists" you talk of in such a condescending way? Tad vague. Your general remarks would appear to be taking a very nasty and sinister tone. I can't say I like it. As you're clearly a fan of all things German, shall I refer to you as a German nationalist then? I doubt you'd like that label, would you? Especially if we take it in the same negative context of your earlier remarks. It would be a shame if people started to ignore your thoughts on this issue because you appeared to have a massive 'splitter' on your shoulder. OTBC
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1 pointThey're scared Herman - they knew they could easily beat Corbyn, they know that Starmer will be a far tougher opponent. That's why good 'ol Rock The Bot is straight in there. 😂
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1 pointCould this be true? Alistair Haimes @AlistairHaimes Two consecutive days of net Covid-19 hospital admissions down in England, London and Midlands. Fingers crossed this continues. /1 10:05 AM - Apr 4, 2020
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1 pointThis started my adoration for Todd Rundgren. Not the same as the album version but such a well written song and the beginnings of Utopia. Only Kasim Sulton missing. And a couple of years later, the Hermit of Mink Hollow just completely left me speechless (what do you mean, impossible) and I played it until the groove went through to the other side.
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1 pointI try to be as independent as possible sonyc. Until my 20s I mostly used to read the Observer, Times & Guardian. Growing up Orwell was my main political influence. In the end I got disenchanted with the one-eyed viewpoint of The Observer & Guardian so stopped buying them. I still like some of their pieces; John Harris is probably my favourite journo on the staff. From a very young age i realised the world is an impossibly complex place. It led to an inability to make any sort of decision; getting married forced me to make all sort of choices, which was a good thing. I think I might have ended up like Shelley (the tv one) otherwise! Even now, believe it or not, every time I state an opinion on here a dozen different arguments flood into my mind. I try to counter them pre-emptively, but inevitably there are things I haven't considered - & people pull me up on them, which is good, because it stimulates me to think more clearly & consider other possibilities. I've often had my point of view modified, if not totally changed, by discussion. REASONED discussion! What really gets my goat is the certainty of opinions expressed as fact here (as everywhere else). Very few situations in everyday life are clear cut. It applies to football as much as any other subject: "we'll smash them easily" "we haven't got a chance" "So-&-so is rubbish, a useless player". And sometimes you have to agree to just disagree & let it go.
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1 pointI looked up to see what made Ryan Adams a "disgusting man". Oh!! OH!! Not pleasant at all. This did meke me laugh though; At a concert in October 2002, at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, someone in the audience yelled out a request for "Summer of '69", a hit by the similarly-named Bryan Adams. Ryan reacted with a stream of expletives, and ordered the house lights turned on........😀
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1 pointJust in case you were actually serious, most sanitary products have a use by date of 3 years from the date of manufacture. No worries there. 🥱
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1 pointSome of the govt's actions and that if its predecessors is inexcusable. The "magic money tree" argument was of course deeply flawed and recognised by many at the time, but exploited a lack of economic understanding of many of the electorate. Similarly the treatment of NHS staff and other "unskilled" staff has been deplorable. My point here was a very specific one about the way that Johnson and Cummings seemed to trying to centralise government, away from the traditional power centres within the civil service. As illustrated by de facto sacking of the Chancellor, they wanted to by-pass the machinery of govt that might provide a differing opinion. It is likely therefore that information that and opinions thatmight have come their way was unavailable because of the way that they had chosen to try to organise govt.
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1 pointI would suggest that if you're not really looking to get any cash for them, then donating them to "On the stall city" might be a good option to ensure they end up somewhere useful.
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1 pointWhy would anyone believe any of the figures from anywhere including the UK - we have been lied to frequently in the last few weeks. Nevertheless, the evidence of what is actually happening on the ground is still very clearly saying that China and some of the other Asians states have coped with this crisis much better than most European states and of course the US who have failed horribly. I think the obsession with the figures is driven by the prominence given to the modellers and what they can supposedly tell us about the spread\control of the virus but the models aren't that good and they are using data of spurious accuracy. We'd be a lot better off if we ditched the modellers and started listening more to the medical and public health experts who live in the real world and have hands on experience.
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1 pointthat Thanks for posting this. I'd never seen any footage of the game before. I was only 12 at the time and didn't go. Years later I heard one of the players say they could hardly hear Saunders in the changing room before the game because of the crowd noise. Everything that has happened to our club since stemmed from that season and those last 2 games
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1 pointMaybe if some read up on that 1918 flu pandemic we might not get these 'astrological charts', horror scopes and face palm readings. What this wiki article and upteen writings elsewhere show is that one hundred years later we do not have much in the way of conclusive answers. Theories abound, as does evidence....but not the answer. So to speculate on a daily basis what will happen, and when, maybe a harmless pastime but it does have the concern that folk will place too much expectation on what should happen and become mistrustful when it doesn't. My suggestion is to have a read of this, rather than study the form of this virus as that is about as reliable indicator of future behaviour as speculating on when ball number 47 was last drawn out in the lottery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu
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1 pointI know it's the New Statesman, which will put off some people from the start, but I think this article gives a pretty fair account of the evolution of the policy. The govt was slow in reacting, perhaps for understandable reasons. I can, to some extent, understand the delay in moving to more extreme measures, but I do find it indefensible that we don't have the PPE and testing equipment that is necessary. I cannot think of any justifiable reason why we should be so short of pretty basic material given that we knew what was coming. The precise timing of the most extreme action might have been quite a complex decision, but to obtain basic protective equipment seems to me to be a "no-brainer." My guess, and it is only that, is that the "upflow" of information to decision-makers was defective. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/04/real-reason-uk-government-pursued-herd-immunity-and-why-it-was-abandoned
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1 pointA very informative and quite positive read. It does point to the relative worthlessness of counting deaths as any indication of anything but..........the number of deaths Too many areas to use as an example of how well things are now being done on a practical level https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/nightingale-emergency-coronavirus-hospital-london maybe when this has quitened down a bit voters might take time to wonder how they sat back and allowed those services to be underfunded for so long, and how it is that the supposed magic money tree, far from not existing, has now appeared as a forest. Yes, you...... the ones who happily trotted out that lie and who saw no wrong in doing so, or voting for the same Tory MP's who cheered when they blocked a pay rise for nurses https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-nhs-nurses-election-2017-bbc-question-time-leaders-special-a7770371.html
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1 pointI put one song on the Whatya listening to but this is one I have been playing for so long. It maybe not as gritty as Ain't No Sunshine or poppy as Lovely Day but sums up the man as a person.
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1 pointWas wondering what thread to put this fantastic piece in and this thread seems as good as any. Superb read and I’d love to know who this player is who wants to remain anonymous https://www.football365.com/news/feature-premier-league-player-wage-cut-matt-hancock
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1 pointRemember it like it was yesterday. I was only 4 but remember my dad coming in in the middle of the night waking us all up to celebrate. One of the first things he said was that someone had cut up the penalty spot.
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1 pointHello Lakey - I hope you and yours are well. Kinda missing your crazy positivity in these troubling times! As I have learned quite recently, it doesn't work to try and give a balanced opinion about political issues on here. Even a friendly discussion will lead to someone attacking you; discussion is dissent. Let people believe what they will, whichever side of the fence they are on. Stay safe. OTBC
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1 pointRule Number One.....Do not have the sheer audacity to question or criticise lovely NCFC in any way, shape or form...... Rule Number Two.....As above.......
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1 pointOther reviews from RTB. The Great Escape - A story about a man who failed to jump a fence on a motorcycle. Jungle Book - Too much Jungle not enough Book Little Women - Some of them were quite big Oceans Eleven - At times there were only 4 of them.
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1 pointThanks ricardo. I have already had a long and exciting life but I would like a bit more of it to be truthful. You and I and other big C sufferers will keep a troshing as we say in these parts.
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1 pointFascinating to see how quickly some of our police forces change into Stasi, Humberside police now producing an online report form to snitch on your neighbour, a couple and their dog walking in the Dales being monitored by police drone, .I well remember the Police during the Miners Strike and that was virtually the last straw for me. I suppose we are so lucky they are not armed.
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1 pointPrince Charles is isolating at Balmoral with Covid-19 Prince Andrew is isolating at Windsor with Jennifer-14