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NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Has anyone else noticed an increased number of > cars on the road? > Even though there are considerably less cars on > the road than normal I have noticed the number of > vehicles creeping up over the past week. > I especially noticed this yesterday walking along > lordship lane. with Supermarkets closed on Easter > Sunday I couldn't help but wonder where these > people were going, many of the cars housed a lone > occupant which made me question if people were out > visiting friends especially as a lot of the > drivers from what I could see looked younger. > or were they driving to open spaces in the fine > weather? Which raises the question how much of > this was essential travel? > I dont want to be a grumpy old woman but I keep > seeing little examples of people not taking this > seriously enough, > ignoring social distancing, someone on my street > had a car containing visitors turn up...I said > nothing because i was afraid to do so and didn't > want to appear a 'nosy neighbour' but happened to > see the car pull up whilst cleaning my windows. > I'm pretty damn sure they hosted a BBQ. > I dont want a total lockdown where we are not > allowed to leave our homes as I for one would lose > my mind not being able to leave my home. > And what's more with the lack of policing due to > cuts even if we did go into total lockdown people > would still ignore knowing they wouldn't get > caught. > But I'm going off topic Has anyone else noticed an > increased amount of cars on our roads? As well as > more speeding. I've noticed this increase in cars, and people on my street have had visitors and someone I know has had visitors several times from the other side of London....and the speeding is bad- especially on Lordship Lane going up the hill towards the library.

Look at the timer at the top- it takes 6 minutes for the particles to settle.... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-coughing-spread-covid-19-grocery-store-researchers/

Do you have to go in alone?

To clarify- there were people on racing bikes with speed helmets and Lycra...they dumped their bikes and sunbathed. There were people on mountain bikes and children on various sized kiddie bikes who dumped their bikes and sat around or played footie...anyway today it was very quiet as that North wind fair blows across that field. There were 2 blokes playing tennis and their ball went out of the court. A runner picked the ball up and threw it back. As we walked past the tennis court the tennis player actually had the tennis ball in his mouth....I hope the runner didn't catch anything!

Peter Bonetti R.I.P

A helicopter flew over twice at about 1300 and the same family that set up a full size goal posts did the same today. There was another pile of dog poo which someone had thoughtfully put a marker on. There were also a lot of cyclists on the grass....(for crying out loud)

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apparently BJ made a poor judgement quip a few > weeks ago with manufacturers about the need to > make more ventilators coining this as operation > last gasp. It may be total bollox but it is just > as daft as raising the stories about three silly > people in a country of 60 odd million who made > disparaging remarks about the PM. > There's gallows humour- which is what the PM displayed, and there is downright nastiness which is what the others displayed- AND it was directed at Boris- AND by 3 Labourites.....get real! > https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/17/boris-johnson-speak > s-operation-last-gasp-joke-lack-ventilators-fight- > coronavirus-12413785/

This man, Connor Reed appears to have been infected in Wuhan in November 2019. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11102545/first-brit-coronavirus-wuhan-agony-sweating-struggling-breathe/ The worst aspect of this whole thing is that the first SARS back in 2002-3 was less infectious but it was found to share 99.8% of its DNA in humans with that in Himalayan civet cats and raccoon dogs which were found in the meat markets. 40% of the animal handlers in the markets had antibodies to this virus, 20% of the slaughterers had antibodies and just 1% of the vegetable traders had the antibodies- (go figure as Trump would say!) NOTHING was done about these markets by the WHO or the Chinese Government (you cannot expect the Chinese scientific community to stick their heads above the parapet given the regime at work) That SARS virus then mutated 5 times (the DNA has been accurately mapped on both strains of the virus) to give us this SARS of 2019 which is much more infectious, efficient and lethal....thanks China, thanks WHO....

first mate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I had to move out into the road to avoid a > youngster heading straight towards me on the > pavement yesterday, as I did he smirked and > started giggling to himself. OK- so some of them are behaving badly deliberately. I got a smirking look from a young 'man' who was walking along hand in hand with his live-in, I assume, girlfriend as I swerved into the road to avoid them as they were obviously NOT going to move and I am OBVIOUSLY not a young person

Cycling is very damaging to tree roots on slopes. This whole sorry situation is really flagging up the ignorance and selfishness of some people

People are starting to abuse the privilege. Yesterday 2 sets of 'families' had set up football games with real goal posts that had been left out. This is taking up too much space and as we walked across the field the balls were kicked and pursued by children who had obviously not been told to keep their distance. There were people sunbathing over near the woodland area of the perimeter and sitting in groups on the perimeter which is where we like to walk around (but then had to go on the field and dodge the footballers) As we were leaving a group turned up and one of them had a hockey stick! At least there were no dogs this time.

If Kohler and Milstein had patented monoclonal antibodies back in Cambridge in the 1970s - it would have paid for research thereafter

Domestic abuse is on the rise too https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/09/uk-domestic-abuse-helplines-report-surge-in-calls-during-lockdown

Or as Mr Spock says in the Wrath of Khan.... ?Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.? Captain Kirk answers, ?Or the one.?

Traditionally this weekend is busy for A and E because of DIY incidents

What is really annoying are the people out shopping touching everything as if there is NO virus....for goodness sake just get your produce and get out!

ebeneezergoode Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Joggers (I'm one) need to take it easy. Stick to > early morning or evening and run in the road. > Remember we are breathing out hard - pushing > droplets far beyond 2 metres. Last week I was > visually reminded of this on a frosty morning in > Dulwich park - and I've not run in the park > since. > As for the spitters - I've seen a few... that's a > war crime! None of this stuff is getting through. I think the people who think they are invincible will carry on regardless, making life very difficult for us borderline vulnerable people and those that care for the vulnerable.

Glemham Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alleyn's have now put a notice on the gate into > the field giving the opening hours of 7 am to 5 pm > and asking that people keep to the social > distancing rules of 2 metres apart and not > allowing dogs as small children use this field. It > has been really shocking to see in recent days > that some people think it'd OK to let their dogs > run free on a playing field! I was there yesterday...a large deposit of fresh dog poo near the tennis courts, people playing in the tennis courts, and a group of teens with a ghetto blaster hiding in the Memorial Garden....the days are numbered I fear

I wonder what all the nail bars have done with their masks....

BBC Bitesize starting online lessons for all ages 20th April https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/learn

Please read https://uk.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-cats-spreading-084504395.html

randombloke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This may sound facetious but actually it isn't. > Just act deranged so they keep away. I'd suggest > shouting in a Liverpudlian accent (I'm from the > Wirral and doing so terrifies southerners) but > shouting is really not terribly socially aware at > the moment. Too many people aren't taking this > virus seriously. If it is transferable via > aerosolised droplets then merely talking can > infect people 30 feet away, that's 9 metres. I > queued on Friday outside M and S on LL and was > aghast at the stupidity of people walking aka > brushing past me. If you feel a need to shove > someone or be rude, then do so. If you said "I may > be infected, but maybe I don't know it yet" you > are telling the truth, it's Schroedinger's virus. > We MUST assume that we are infected and so are > they. Just watching BBC news in theatre recovery > units turned into ICUs tonight was terrifying and > I spent 6 years as a hospital equipment sales rep > selling recovery room monitoring so I'm not > generally concerned. I sure as hell am now. Be > rude, be obnoxious, be safe. I've been rude and obnoxious probably every day- but then I'm a Cockney and people expect it

Yes there was a load of rubbish and discarded blue paper towels and gloves on the pavement opposite the Townley Road Clinic yesterday....in Townley Road itself.

A bucket of water?