jimlad48

I am not surprised to hear this - the gym in Camberwell suffers from no equipment being replaced, lazy and disinterested staff never bothering to be in the gym (I've raised several times concerns that the gym is unstaffed) and at times I have real security concerns - particularly after being threatened by an individual who acted so aggressively to me that the police had to be called by a private personal trainer due to the lack of any staff. I won't miss EA in anyway.

C - I'm double jabbed and relatively relaxed about COVID so happy to just crack on with life and not worry too much about things. I'll keep a mask handy for the odd rare occasion, but otherwise intend to live life as normal.

George Orwell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No help in this case of course but . . . . In > advance of filming on location I've seen people > putting out cones and keeping one man on the site, > usually in some sort of fake official yellow > jacket, staying in his car for maybe 24 hours - > even overnight. He jumps out and moves cars along > as needed. If I observed that, I would not only park there for a day or two but would also report them to the council - totally appalling behaviour and probably illegal.

I'm not being unneighbourly, I'm being pragmatic. There has been a big growth in many areas with 'bin staking', particularly by builders, or in some cases residents reserving what they perceive to be their space for parking during the day. These arrangements are not legal, and the car owner is entirely within their rights to see a pegged out area, and move them so that they can park. I absolutely understand that its frustrating, and I also get that its causing a lot of problems, but I must stress that legally the car owner has done nothing wrong, even if morally they are on more dubious ground.

It may be annoying, but you have no legal right to block the spaces. Sorry, I get the frustrations, but ultimately the parker is in the right, not the OP.

Sorry, I'm not going to sound sympathetic here. If you want guaranteed access, then pay to suspend the parking bay for a fixed period. If not, then you have no right to ad hoc reserve a space, nor do you have the right to deny other people spaces. They were perfectly entitled to park there if it was a legal parking space. While frustrating, if its not suspended, they are entirely within their rights to park there whether its convenient or not to you.

Although a little further, I have used Kennington Chiropody for many years and found them to be absolutely excellent.

I try to wake up just in time for my morning nap.

"My comment was in direct response to your comment about people 'dont have to wear masks and visors and they shouldn't be forced to'" I think you misunderstood my entire point. My post was making the point that not all people have to wear masks and visors, and it is totally inappropriate to expect someone who shouldn't have to to call them out for doing so. I am very tired of mask shaming, and constant attacks in some quarters against people who have done nothing wrong by not wearing a mask.

Was the person in question afro-caribbean? I'm asking as there is an individual in the SE5 area who is clearly suffering from mental health issues who does wander around a lot and can be extremely verbally aggressive and very rude to people - but is also clearly suffering from significant challenging mental health issues too.

NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > jimlad48 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > They don't have to though, and they shouldn't > be > > forced to. > > > > God I hate and despise the mask facists. > > Wearing a mask protects others from catching YOUR > germs if you have the virus and are asympomatic. > I H**E and D*****E people like YOU who are > contributing to the rediculous death toll in this > country and the loss of many thousands of jobs and > businesses. > You are selfish and ignorant. > I wear a mask for 12 hours a day at work and on my > daily commute-I hate wearing a mask but I would > hate even more knowing that I may unwittingly > infect someone who goes on to lose their life or > that of a loved one because I "dont want to wear a > mask' > Friends of mine have lost their jobs, Friends of > mine have lost family members-And people like YOU > JIMLAD48 make me feel nauseous I wear my mask where I need to actually you terribly judgemental person. What I despise is the horrid nasty people who go out of their way to shame people who may have perfectly good reasons for not wearing one. Its your judgemental attitude trying to shame people, who have done nothing wrong, and in the process shame business struggling to survive for the sake of the perceived moral high ground. Given that most of the area is practically COVID free, those that are vulnerable are vaccinated, and those who aren't have little to fear, perhaps we could lose the creeping fascism of shaming those who cannot avoid being different and accept that the world isn't going to end, that actually the risk is incredibly low, and that we need to get on with our lives, and not act in terror of something that poses very little threat to most people now due to vaccines and age profiles. Instead we're seeing people shaming individuals who may have personal circumstances that mean they can't wear one, and that we should publicly shame and humiliate them for the crime of being different. Thats a really horrid thing to do - to target someone for no reason other than your own prejudice and desire to be outraged that people may not be able to conform, even if they desperately want to. 'Adhere and belong or be shamed' - that sort of attitude would fit in well in Berlin in the late 1930s. Its not nice, its a horrible way to isolate and shame people who have done nothing wrong - don't assume that because people aren't wearing, they are somehow doing something wrong. .

Pugwash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If people are exempt from wearing masks, they can > wear visors which will give some protection. They don't have to though, and they shouldn't be forced to. God I hate and despise the mask facists.

I 100% agree. Its also worth noting, for all the concern on COVID deaths (many of which involved very elderly people, who had pre-existing known health conditions), over 800,000 people have lost their jobs since this started. I'm vastly more worried about how we get can those 820,000 (and rising) people back to work, than I am about a bug that on most people will have a mild impact. vmdgg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Government guidance allows street markets such as > North Cross Road to operate, and there is no UK > guidance that says to wear a face mask outdoors. > It seems to me that the people I see at the market > are indeed "following really really simple > guidance". > > Street markets are a very safe way for people to > socialise, shop and get a bite to eat without the > worries of poor ventilation and close physical > contact indoors. If you do not think the market is > a safe place for whatever reason, my advice to you > is to not go to the market.

I'm sorry but I'm afraid I'm of the view that life needs to go on. If you're at risk then shield, if not then crack on. Sorry, its a bug that does bad things to people in way that other illnesses have done since time immemorial. The more we hide from it, the more we destroy the economy and make life more difficult in the medium term to pay and support those that need future help. I'm prepared to wait till vaccines have been offered to all those who are vulnerable, but once thats done, I want all restrictions immediately lifted and let people choose whether to get on with life.

"But my question still stands = Why Bother ?" Because we are a social species that has put up with a year of increasingly onerous restrictions, and who feel that we need to see people in order to keep going. For the overwhelming majority of people the virus is incredibly low risk, so there is nothing to worry about.