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ELLERS said:
err sorry I think you will find that the first post was from Sb referring to me as a woke I am more than happy to call you out on this now.





followed later by ‘Wokemister’. Jokingly I said come back to the politics thread and put a :emoticon-0148-yes:

Even when I said ‘I like to see people fall flat on their faces’ i 'liked' his reply. It was all quite lighthearted, then you came out with the “got him” post? WTF? You sounded like some old schoolmaster.

I have lunch, return and then Staines does a Staines followed by bob…as always. The thing that gets me is I have not really said anything to Staines… That’s probably the problem.

As for you, I have said nothing to you. I haven’t mentioned anything about politics and you… which is probably a good thing.
You have accused me of starting this when once again I have not… You are wrong yet again Stroller.

As I said, it’s the same people doing the same goading and then play the innocent.
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I should've added that those people who always have my respect are those like our very own Staines who do essential jobs that are very often under appreciated, and certainly not over paid
Frequently also emotionally and physically tough jobs that many would never want to do themselves

Big manly hug (from 2 metres) for Staines and fellow key workers
 
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Woodyhoopleson said:
Someone posted a graph of mortality rates earlier,

what do we learn from this?
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Well, I would say that the death rate across the period in question was not materially different to the average of the previous 5 years for the same period. I would also say that there were fewer deaths attributed to COVID-19 in these figures than the Govt. were reporting, but it will be interesting to see this graph extended through to the current period.

We've also learned that I can upload a graph, but that I'm too lazy to accompany it with a meaningful commentary at the time, although this was because I was having a cheeky poo.
 
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bobmid said:
Do we all think that the nurses should receive a pay increase inline with the special work they carry out when this is over? Thoughts
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Absolutely. Once the dust settles on this ****, there will be a reckoning, and those in the NHS must get their due reward, instead of being ignored year-upon-year.

When I was serving in the Army, it took two wars for us to finally start to see some change in the way soldiers were treated, both by our paymasters and the public. Now the NHS are in the front line of another war, poorly prepared and equipped, but fighting it bravely, and surely the recognition and recompense they deserve will come.
 
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StortfordQPR said:
A final plea.....

Let's get back to debating the issues not endlessly slagging each other off

It really has started to get very tedious

There will always be opposite points of view but can we cut the personal insults (or at least take a temporary break) for a while?
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Actually, in my opinion I don't think there will always be opposing points of view. :)
 
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StortfordQPR said:
A final plea.....

Let's get back to debating the issues not endlessly slagging each other off

It really has started to get very tedious

There will always be opposite points of view but can we cut the personal insults (or at least take a temporary break) for a while?
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Yeah sorry, I have kept this going longer than necessary. I just don't understand the childish attacks on me?
But if it makes them feel good then...
 
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Steelmonkey said:
Absolutely. Once the dust settles on this ****, there will be a reckoning, and those in the NHS must get their due reward, instead of being ignored year-upon-year.

When I was serving in the Army, it took two wars for us to finally start to see some change in the way soldiers were treated, both by our paymasters and the public. Now the NHS are in the front line of another war, poorly prepared and equipped, but fighting it bravely, and surely the recognition and recompense they deserve will come.
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If Bozza pulls through, as I hope he does, it would be reet grand if he has a conversion of Damascene proportions and does just that.
 
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Steelmonkey said:
Absolutely. Once the dust settles on this ****, there will be a reckoning, and those in the NHS must get their due reward, instead of being ignored year-upon-year.

When I was serving in the Army, it took two wars for us to finally start to see some change in the way soldiers were treated, both by our paymasters and the public. Now the NHS are in the front line of another war, poorly prepared and equipped, but fighting it bravely, and surely the recognition and recompense they deserve will come.
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Thanks for the response Steel. We have seen just how important these people are to the well keeping of our nation. These guys deserve so much more than cheering and clapping (I dont mean the tories announcing the pay cap). Full respect to them all and all in social care still working and all public services like our very own Staines.
 
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Steelmonkey said:
Absolutely. Once the dust settles on this ****, there will be a reckoning, and those in the NHS must get their due reward, instead of being ignored year-upon-year.

When I was serving in the Army, it took two wars for us to finally start to see some change in the way soldiers were treated, both by our paymasters and the public. Now the NHS are in the front line of another war, poorly prepared and equipped, but fighting it bravely, and surely the recognition and recompense they deserve will come.
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I like the idea of a reckoning. Can I be on your side Steels?
 
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Staines R's said:
Can I ask, has anyone on here volunteered for the NHS volunteer scheme that they put out a week or so ago ?
If so what have they been doing ? Deliveries ? Medicine collection ? Just curious to see how all this panned out ‘cos hasn’t been mentioned on the news recently.
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I'll ask because one of my team has and see what she's been told/allowed to do. However she lives in Newcastle and of course the need and the way V work is allocated my be different to the situation in London. However I suspect she may have been knocked back because both her parents are in the extremely vulnerable category. It's actually quite scary when you think about it because my wife has just told me where the contact details for support are just in case she catches it on an 'essential shopping' trip or she comes across someone who ignores the social distancing rules while walking for exercise.
 
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West WindsR said:
I think it’s fair to say if we don’t it’ll be more through luck than judgement. ****ing Cheltenham being allowed to go ahead.
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Nothing stops for Cheltenham. How long until Royal Ascot?. If that is open you could gatecrash and sing 'Pigbag' in the winners enclosure. We need a few more posh fans of the right sort next season.
 
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