Delta's Twentea-Twentea Break

[Peter Mallett]

[grantp]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

Being also (it seems permanently) in a tier 3 area my understanding of the rules is that we we should limit our movements outside of our own houses completely as we are supposedly in a highly risky area. So moving to & within other (highly risky) tier 3 areas should be a big no-no. (But then, what do I know?)

But the risk is, presumably the same.

So only "no movement" would be logical. I.E. a total lockdown.

In general there seems to be a lack of evidence that a "total lockdown" actually achieves much in the medium to long term.

So, as an alternative strategy, what next?

With most of the country seemingly being shepherded into trying to operate under Tier constraints that are somewhat more constraining than the "total lockdown" constraints, other than a few tweaks that seem to be straight out of the F1 books of "rules and how to interpret them" one has to wonder what which game we are playing here.

[grantp]

Originally Posted by midgetman

I think that's what it's supposed to be. Given that Devizes was heaving today and that's when we're still fully locked down, I don't see much chance of it happening.

(Yes I know I must have been part of the problem to see it was busy. I was buying a ladder for the work Escape Committee and Mrs MM was shopping for essentials, so it was all legal. )

In fact Wiltshire's Lockdown 2 has been so successful that our infections per 100k have gone up from 80 to 130 during November. However with only 400k inhabitants that makes 520 ill people or 0.13% of the population so we're quite lucky. I think it does show that statistics can be meaningless unless given in context. Our rate of increase is quite high, but with such low numbers one chap infecting his wife and kids while all isolated at home and not spreading it outside the household can distort the percentage badly even though it doesn't particularly impact the public at large.

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Still within the error bars for the assumed possible false Positive rate.

[grantp]

Originally Posted by midgetman

Download the DPD app, it's really good and keeps you updated. DPD also give a 1 hour delivery slot and they rarely fail.

Max,

Our local DPD service is also good when I have been connected to it but I am given to understand that is not the case everywhere.

Also the old version of the App worked brilliantly for a while but when they "updated" it a couple of years ago it stopped working on my phone.

Bought a new phone today so I'll see how long this version stays working in parallel with Android updates. Or lack of them.

[GORDON STREETER]

I suggest that one of you tenthers try and find our house with the our postcode depending on whose system you use it varies by a fair bit and for years we have had problems with deliveries, so much so we have to sort each other out with other peoples stuff being left at our door and vice visa

[The Fat Clerk]

Originally Posted by delta

Any news on Dec 4 th .

Still on at the moment, if it changes i'll put it on here

[andy97]

Originally Posted by grantp

In general there seems to be a lack of evidence that a "total lockdown" actually achieves much in the medium to long term.

So, as an alternative strategy, what next?

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Let’s face it, the Leicester city area has been in lockdown and/ or Tier 3 for longer than any other area in the country and yet still the numbers are high.

Liverpool is the only area that has achieved meaningful reductions and guess what? They had high intensity testing!

[Paul D]

Originally Posted by andy97

Let’s face it, the Leicester city area has been in lockdown and/ or Tier 3 for longer than any other area in the country and yet still the numbers are high.

Liverpool is the only area that has achieved meaningful reductions and guess what? They had high intensity testing!

Yep, being in Merseyside, we're just about the only area that's been downgraded from tier 3 to tier 2. Not sure if it makes much difference though, as we're land-locked by tier 3 areas, so we still can't go anywhere!

[midgetman]

Originally Posted by grantp

Still within the error bars for the assumed possible false Positive rate.

Indeed.

In our area the Nightingales are opening, but I wonder whether that's because the NHS hasn't gone into panic mode and cancelled everything else this time. So it's just a bit of extra capacity which always helps in the run up to Christmas.

We're very lucky, I do know a couple locally who tested positive and despite being in their sixties both have so far just been "feeling quite poorly". The husband went back to work after quarantine, it will be interesting to see if the "long Covid" effect floors him again.

I still don't want to catch it and am happy with Hands, Face, Space. I've never been a touchy feely person anyway so my "mental health" isn't compromised by social distancing. I don't see it as an infringement of my civil liberties but a sensible precaution we can all take.

I blame social media. In the past conspiracy theorists were confined to audience-less soap boxes in Hyde Park. Today their views can be mainstream in your living room.




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[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by midgetman

I still don't want to catch it and am happy with Hands, Face, Space. I've never been a touchy feely person anyway so my "mental health" isn't compromised by social distancing. I don't see it as an infringement of my civil liberties but a sensible precaution we can all take.

Good words imo.

[Tim Falce]

Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

I suggest that one of you tenthers try and find our house with the our postcode depending on whose system you use it varies by a fair bit and for years we have had problems with deliveries, so much so we have to sort each other out with other peoples stuff being left at our door and vice visa

If you give us your bank acc. No. and sort code it would make it easier although I found it OK without the post code

[Tim Falce]

Originally Posted by andy97

Let’s face it, the Leicester city area has been in lockdown and/ or Tier 3 for longer than any other area in the country and yet still the numbers are high.

Liverpool is the only area that has achieved meaningful reductions and guess what? They had high intensity testing!

Could that be anything to do with the general population and their attitude (or lack of) to keeping a distance from each other?

[andy97]

Originally Posted by Tim Falce

Could that be anything to do with the general population and their attitude (or lack of) to keeping a distance from each other?

Couldn’t possibly comment.

[delta]

Just had e mail from Javalin . Good to go Friday . Very excited .Are we allowed to come up and see you Dave ? . BTW that’s Fat Clark and yes his name really is David .😀

[andy97]

Originally Posted by delta

Just had e mail from Javalin . Good to go Friday . Very excited .Are we allowed to come up and see you Dave ? . BTW that’s Fat Clark and yes his name really is David .😀

Had the same email - hoping to be there, bad back permitting!

[Peter Mallett]

I keep seeing some pretty awful pictures popping up on my fb and twitter feed from Bahrain. I'm waiting for the highlights and hoping what I'm seeing is not as catastrophic and bad as I think.

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

I keep seeing some pretty awful pictures popping up on my fb and twitter feed from Bahrain. I'm waiting for the highlights and hoping what I'm seeing is not as catastrophic and bad as I think.

It appears not to be - the outcome seems to be OK, without giving anything away!

[Peter Mallett]

Thanks.

[MGDavid]

Grosjean is fine, just minor burns to hands. Sitting up in hospital bed and speaking on social media.

[E.B]

Originally Posted by MGDavid

Grosjean is fine, just minor burns to hands. Sitting up in hospital bed and speaking on social media.

Hope he bought a lottery ticket!

[Peter Mallett]

An e mail arrived from the MG Car Club which included the below pic, I frankly didn't know what to think!

[delta]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

An e mail arrived from the MG Car Club which included the below pic, I frankly didn't know what to think!

Are they chocolate slip jaws.

[Gerard C]

Seems Grosjean spent within two minutes all the luck a man can have during an entire life, if not more.

[The Fat Clerk]

Originally Posted by delta

Just had e mail from Javalin . Good to go Friday . Very excited .Are we allowed to come up and see you Dave ? . BTW that’s Fat Clark and yes his name really is David .😀

Of course you're welcome to see me, but I wont be in the warm of Race Control this time, I shall be out on the bank in an orange coat and probably 6 or 7 layers. At lunchtime after getting food from the Canteen I shall be thawing out in my silver Range Rover

[delta]

I was not a fan of the Halo but thankful no one listened to me. We watch Grand Prix's and see the cars spinning off into the gravel with no harm. This accident brings it home how dangerous our sport can be. The sight of Roman stepping out of those flames over the barrier was met with relief and then horror.
I guess this will be his last race in F1. Shame to end this way.As they say "he went out with a bang."