Hopefully she will be able to teach him how not to post ambiguous messages.
Covid 19 worries !
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Hopefully she will be able to teach him how not to post ambiguous messages.
Helpful suggestion:
If you buy her a nice fur coat and make her wear it in the lounge, the combined heat of the stove and the build up of heat inside the coat will take her to well over 30 degrees, thus rendering her immune to the virus............ Simples!!!
personally i think its going to hit us (western countries ) extremely hard , the chinese are an authoritative state and people were forced to stay in like a curfew , with apparently violators getting punished or even beaten . that would never happen here , i mean they built 2 hospitals in 10 days , we couldn't do that in years , in the coming weeks the safest place in the world will probably be Wuhan , ironically !
Helpful suggestion 2:
Buy a more powerful stove; it will probably be cheaper than the fur coat.
Peaky Rider
E*POWAH Master
Under 25 and you'll probably be ok. Over 50 and you're becoming much more of a statistic, over 60 and you're in double digits and so on. Women are pretty tough, so they fair better than men. They probably nag it from their systems.
Shit! 70! Looks like my only hope is to trans.
billwarwick
E*POWAH Elite
I’ve got my eyes on that as well. ?
Hitby
Well-known member
I've been watching this since early Jan and to be honest, it's spreading as pretty much all the epidemiologists had forecasted.
We're already past the containment phase and the UK government seem to think that the best way to deal with it is to let it burn itself out as quickly as possible. They may well be right.
Unfortunately, at this point it's uncontainable and it's pretty likely 40-70% of the UK (world?) will get it. Currently 3.9% of cases with outcomes have been fatalities. Fingers crossed it's nowhere near that.
China isolated 100 million people and that seems to have slowed it down. Hopefully it won't pick back up again now everyone is going back to work.
Italy and Iran are now quarantining people and they're probably 2-3 weeks ahead of us based on infection rates/number of deaths.
Basically, wash your hands, and try and avoid large gatherings. I'd suggest picking up a couple of extra tins of beans when you do your shopping - even if there isn't a shortage of food there will be panic buying - go and see if you can pick up any hand sanitiser right now, sold out everywhere, even in the small Yorkshire market town I'm in.
I'm far from a doomer but this outbreak is a bit different from anything else we've had before.
We're already past the containment phase and the UK government seem to think that the best way to deal with it is to let it burn itself out as quickly as possible. They may well be right.
Unfortunately, at this point it's uncontainable and it's pretty likely 40-70% of the UK (world?) will get it. Currently 3.9% of cases with outcomes have been fatalities. Fingers crossed it's nowhere near that.
China isolated 100 million people and that seems to have slowed it down. Hopefully it won't pick back up again now everyone is going back to work.
Italy and Iran are now quarantining people and they're probably 2-3 weeks ahead of us based on infection rates/number of deaths.
Basically, wash your hands, and try and avoid large gatherings. I'd suggest picking up a couple of extra tins of beans when you do your shopping - even if there isn't a shortage of food there will be panic buying - go and see if you can pick up any hand sanitiser right now, sold out everywhere, even in the small Yorkshire market town I'm in.
I'm far from a doomer but this outbreak is a bit different from anything else we've had before.
I just had a meeting with a guy that had just come back from a trade show in Verona so I am probably fucked..
unfortunately for you lot, my wife knows what my bike cost so you wont find any bargains here once ive croaked
unfortunately for you lot, my wife knows what my bike cost so you wont find any bargains here once ive croaked
Peaky Rider
E*POWAH Master
A Levo with a motor that's probably only got another 20 good miles in it and a bike crawling in a killer virus, she'll be lucky to get £500 for it.
Ah, but is has "Future Value" ... in 20-30 years once "old blokes who should know better" has been re-discovered on old-tube and become a future classic..... finding "The Dobby Levo" will have collectors throwing millions around in their obsessive search !
And like all Levo's it will be a "low mileage" example ...
ive just been to wipe my nose on and gob all over the handgrips - hope it kills you unsympathetic bastards!
my lawyer is putting the finishing touches to the 'old blokes who should know better' youtube channel deal.. so at least my kids will be looked after.
my lawyer is putting the finishing touches to the 'old blokes who should know better' youtube channel deal.. so at least my kids will be looked after.
Can you avoid wearing your helmet for the next few episodes, I quite like it and would like to claim bagsies for it in an uninfected state .
Beekeeper
🍯Honey Monster🍯
Does anyone know what happens if the virus gets through the bearing seals on the drive side? Do we have any data on this?
As usual it is difficult to glean the real facts when certain political parties see this as an opportunity to disrupt governments, Governments have to consider and balance economic interests with public health, and the media yet again just see it as the next big headline hitting story. Some perspective is given when you consider for example that more than 20k people in the UK die from Flu each year but no one is talking about that as an epidemic. It is also the case the case that the majority of those that die from both Flu and Corona Virus are elderly and have pre existing medical conditions. Those on here that said the disruption is likely to be main issue rather than the virus itself are probably right. Meanwhile there is a lot of ( often well meaning) disinformation, mostly based on the media's attempts to create hysteria. I wonder if they are going to explain whether we all die first from Climate Change or Corona Virus?? Just get out and ride!!
Neither the motor nor the battery need Oxygen so they are safe!
Let’s keep the political conspiracy theory stuff out of this ok?
The facts have already been posted.
Beekeeper
🍯Honey Monster🍯
Thanks I was a bit worried about Covid ingress in the older Bosch motor.
Oh OK we will all shut up then. (as if!)
I don't use FB.....does anyone over 25??
I thought the title was some new brake set up similar to the recent Shigura craze.
I’m not joking either
I should turn on the TV every now and then.
I’m not joking either
I should turn on the TV every now and then.
Rusty
E*POWAH BOSS
Appears to be a media frenzy about sweet FA.
More people dies daily from cancer - or heart disease - or diabetes - or AIDS - or suicides - or mosquito born diseases - or car crashes. Hell, over 600 people are murdered in Chicago annually.
Take a deep breath (not of somebodys sneezes) and nmake sure you wash your hands regularly.
More people dies daily from cancer - or heart disease - or diabetes - or AIDS - or suicides - or mosquito born diseases - or car crashes. Hell, over 600 people are murdered in Chicago annually.
Take a deep breath (not of somebodys sneezes) and nmake sure you wash your hands regularly.
Rusty
E*POWAH BOSS
Beekeeper
🍯Honey Monster🍯
Without food there will be no need for toilet paper.
As a last ditch effort for survival I’m going to paint myself green, go out in the sun and try to photosynthesise ? ?
As a last ditch effort for survival I’m going to paint myself green, go out in the sun and try to photosynthesise ? ?
Everything else gets in there, I don't see why Covid-19 should be any different...
What really pisses me of:
i've been waiting 4 month for the MotoGP class to start the new season, and now it's been cancelled....grrr,,,"#¤"#¤#"¤
But we have less polution
i've been waiting 4 month for the MotoGP class to start the new season, and now it's been cancelled....grrr,,,"#¤"#¤#"¤
But we have less polution
miPbiP
E*POWAH Master
death rate 1-2%, about 20-25% need hospitalisation so a knock on effect on medical services. we don't know yet if recovery is complete in affected people. to date there is no cure or inoculation.
a reasonable person would take any necessary steps to avoid contracting it in order to not pass it on, even if not concerned about personal effect of the illness.
or of course we could rely on that bloke down the pub who's not bovvered.
steve_sordy
Wedding Crasher
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