Coronavirus.

Carole

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It’s
all very well people blaming the pub, (who were very much in the wrong), but some of the comments from people in there are baffling.

“No table service, we all went to the bar like a usual Saturday night”.
“Must have been 400 people in the beer garden”

It does make you wonder of the mentality of people to put themselves through it, when they could have just WALKED OUT, but no, go in, contribute to the unholy mess then when it kicks off, blame someone else.
The pub should be held to account, but anyone who was in there that night is also to blame.

Article below.
Wouldn’t be at all surprised if Stone have to lockdown soon.




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...one-Staffordshire-landlords-failed-names.html
 

Lucy

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Oh shit, and I've just realised I am in the Stone constituency even though I'm further away from it than most. If I can't go on holiday...
 

Noah

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Six other pubs and bars in Stone have now decided to close as a precaution and another five have tightened up their restrictions in various way, all are strictly enforcing track & trace. Not to mention the effects the incident is having on cafes, restaurants & shops in the town.

May not be just Stone town or Stafford Borough affected. People from Stoke are believed to have been at the pub as well.
 

Thehooperman

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I’m not sure if this has been mentioned before but looking at the pictures of the people in Stone Crown St car park, queuing up to get tested did get me thinking.
If you were queuing up with 100 other people who had been in that pub and may have Coronavirus, what would you do?
Wear a mask, keep a distance? Or just stand really close to everyone else and not wear a mask?

I’m wondering if in about 10 days time there will be another spike in Stone and this announcement will go out.

“If anyone was in the queue to get tested for Coronavirus on 29th July in Stone, or if you’ve been in contact with anyone in that queue, could you please come and join a queue tomorrow to get tested.”

If they were stupid enough to drink so close to other people in a beer garden do we really expect any different behaviour when queueing up in a car park with their buddies?
 

The Hawk

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Can any of you clarify the current regulations about socialising please?

A family, relatively new to our village, has sent out a village e mail to everyone on the list, apologising in advance for the possible noise this Saturday night due to an event they are holding.
An outdoor music festival in their garden, heightened noise levels due to the amount of friends and family attending.

The majority of us in this village have stopped our usual social get togethers, one couple might meet up with another couple but certainly no parties or large gatherings.


Because as far as I’m aware it’s still only 6 people but if it’s more than that then they have to be from two families.
Or did the rules change when I wasn’t looking?

Just asking out of curiosity.
I assume this 'event' will now be called off, after today's announcement.
 

staffordjas

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Just heard back from Beauty salon confirming Boris has cancelled my appointment for tomorrows facial waxing.
Now to have fun with the home waxing kit again...
 

EasMid

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I’m not sure if this has been mentioned before but looking at the pictures of the people in Stone Crown St car park, queuing up to get tested did get me thinking.
If you were queuing up with 100 other people who had been in that pub and may have Coronavirus, what would you do?
Wear a mask, keep a distance? Or just stand really close to everyone else and not wear a mask?

I’m wondering if in about 10 days time there will be another spike in Stone and this announcement will go out.

“If anyone was in the queue to get tested for Coronavirus on 29th July in Stone, or if you’ve been in contact with anyone in that queue, could you please come and join a queue tomorrow to get tested.”
Definitely no social distancing while they were queuing along the pavement when I passed. Even the blokes in hi-viz directing traffic & pedestrians at the carpark entrance were standing very close to people while chatting. As you say, look for another appeal in 2weeks.
 

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
Had to go into work this afternoon, afterwards I popped to Asda for their big pack of loo rolls. There was no-one on the doors controlling the masses, there were groups of people inside stood round nattering, most hadn't bothered with masks, no social distancing at all. I got what I wanted and came home.
Thank God for Sainsburys.
 

The Hawk

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Have you tried Immac, Veet or Nair hair removal cream?
Beware of Veet: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Veet-Men-Hair-Removal-Cream/product-reviews/B00KX3PF22
E.G.:
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Veet for men
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 January 2019
Size: Pack of 1
After having been told my danglies looked like an elderly Rastafarian I decided to take the plunge and buy some of this as previous shaving attempts had only been mildly successful and I nearly put my back out trying to reach the more difficult bits.
Being a bit of a romantic I thought I would do the deed on the missus's birthday as a bit if a treat.
I ordered it well in advance and working in the North Sea I considered myself a bit above some of the characters writing the previous reviews and wrote them off as soft office types...Oh my fellow sufferers how wrong I was.
I waited until the other half was tucked up in bed and after giving some vague hints about a special surprise I went down to the bathroom. Initially all went well and I applied the gel and stood waiting for something to happen. I didn' have long to wait.
At first there was a gentle warmth which in a matter of seconds was replaced by an intense burning and a feeling I can only describe as like being given a barbed wire wedgie by two people intent on hitting the ceiling with my head.
Religion hadn't featured much in my life until that night but I suddenly became willing to convert to any religion to stop the violent burning around the turd tunnel and what seemed like the the destruction of the meat and two veg.
Struggling not to bite through my bottom lip I tried to wash the gel off in the sink and only succeeded in blocking the plughole with a mat of hair. Through the haze of tears I struggled out of the bathroom across the hall into the kitchen, by this time walking was not really possible and I crawled the final yard to the fridge in the hope of some form of cold relief.
I yanked the freezer drawer out and found a tub of ice cream, toe the lid off and positioned it under me.
The relief was fantastic but only temporary as it melted fairly quickly and the fiery stabbing returned. Due to the shape of the ice cream tub I hadn'nt managed to give the starfish any treatment and I groped around in the draw for something else as I was sure my vision was going to fail fairly soon.
I grabbed a bag of what I later found out was frozen sprouts and tore it open trying to be quiet as I did so. I took a handful of them and an tried in vain to clench some between the cheeks of my arse.
This was not doing the trick as some of the gel had found its way up the chutney channel and it felt like the space shuttle was running its engines behind me.
This was probably and hopefully the only time in my life I was going to wish there was a gay snowman in the kitchen which should give you some idea of the depths I was willing to sink to in order to ease the pain.
The only solution my pain crazed mind could come up with was to gently ease one of the sprouts where no veg had gone before. Unfortunately, alerted by the strange grunts coming from the kitchen the other half chose that moment to come and investigate and was greeted by the sight of me, arse in the air, strawberry ice cream dripping from my bell end pushing a sprout up my arse while muttering arhhh ooooohhh that feels good ahhh Understandably this was a shock to her and she let out a scream and as I hadn'nt heard her come in it caused an involuntary spasm of shock in myself which resulted in the sprout being ejected at quite some speed in her direction.
I can understand that having a sprout fired against your leg at 11 at night in the kitchen probably wasent the special surprise she was expecting and having to explain to the kids the next day what the strange hollow in the ice cream was didn't improve my status so to sum it up, VEET removes hair, dignity and self-respect.
 
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