The slow crawl out of self distancing

Lucy

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There was a picture of Brighton (I think ) in the Daily Express a few weeks ago. It was proven to be fake as there were cranes in the picture, which had been taken down last year.
 

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
Who's pinched the pier?
Google Maps would suggest that the viewer is looking east, from a point just east of the pier.

A reverse image search did turn up some "results" claiming to be pages (all in the Sun) that contained the image from some years ago, but when loaded, it didn't seem to be in any of them (now) - other than those, all the others were from the last two days.
 

Wormella

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When I see scenes like that, i'm thinking why can't they just open the pubs now, it seems a free for all anyway!

The asda queue was very good the other day, they was right next to each other what's the point?

Oh and of course, those people that have to have a chat on the paths, or in the supermarkets wherever, they might be social distancing, but then you're forced to walk through the middle of 2 people!

I use to love going down the canal, can't do that anymore for reasons i've stated, it seems everyone loves it now.

/Rantover I hate people, have a good day

I tutted very loudly (although it was muffled by my mask) at two people having a nice chit chat in an aisle in Tesco yesterday. I appreciate seeing people is nice but not the place for a chat right now.
 

BobClay

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Definitely Southend. I was looking at the pier on Google Earth. I did a months course at the Kelvin Hughes Radar school right on the end of Southend Pier in 1972 (you got a cracking picture of the Thames Estuary on the radar set.) It was the middle of winter so Southend was pretty bleak. At that time there was a train running the length of the pier which I think might still be there. (The photographs on Google Earth are crap since they dumped Panoramia.) Interesting journey to work every day.
All the pier head is changed now, I think they had a fire which took out the old building and presumably the radar school that sat on top of it. I believe at that time it was the longest pleasure pier in the world, possibly still is.
On the whole I prefer the Cornish beaches, especially at this end of the county. They are vast and empty and undeveloped.
 

Noah

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On the whole I prefer the Cornish beaches, especially at this end of the county. They are vast and empty and undeveloped.

A Farmer in Cornwall sees a bloke drinking from his stream & shouts:
"Wozzon? Ee dun wanna be drinkin dat, it's full of horse piss an cow shit".

The bloke says:
"I'm from London and popped down to self-isolate in my 2nd property in the village, can you speak bit slower please".

The Farmer replies:
"If - you - use - two - hands - you - won't - spill - any"!!!!!
 

Withnail

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Jonah

Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
You don't necessarily need the second photo to realise that those people are standing in line are 6 feet apart. If they were closer you would not be able to see so much of each person from the angle the first photo was taken.
 
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