Hamletter

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My post was indeed inspired by your posts - but > what was it I wrote that upset you so much? Most of us wait in eager anticipation for an "inspired" post from you. It would make a pleasant change from the usual antagonistic provocations you produce.

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just spotted the first clothes moth of the season > in the bedroom. Does this count? That reminds ne to spray against the box caterpillars. Thanks

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > It?s hilarious, as in Bojo being PM is hilarious > > And Hammy over hammed it, again. I rolled my eyes > a few lines in and try as I might didn?t get to > the end of the list. > > Hilarious too, I?m wetting myself. > > Next? > > Ps. I do think many of the EU team are ludicrous, > seriously. But that?s tempered by this sorry lot > running our country into this ideological brick > wall, so much so I find ?laughing? hard to do > lately. > > Surprise surprise, I?m not a remainder till death, > it is what it is. But to leave so badly, that?s > the fcuking problem. > > Oven ready?! if only he?d stuck his head in and > lit the gas. Blimey! You must still be tired and emotional once again.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In fairness he?s not the only sock puppeteer on > his own thread, there?s another who?s been doing > it like a shagger in a lay-by at night, for some > time. Are we tired and emotional once again or is it just another conspiracy theory of yours?

Couldn't resist this take on the Bayeux tapestry

Brussels opens yet another front in the ongoing war by implying that 29M doses "found" in Italy was a stash destined for the UK. The truth is that this vaccine was made in Holland by AZ and transported in bulk to Italy for filling into vials. AZ have also confirmed that these doses were due for delivery to the EU and countries benefitting under the Covax scheme. More significantly, these Dutch produced vaccines have yet to be approved by the EU Medicines Agency Thankfully, the UK can still claim the moral high ground whilst Brussels keeps on digging that hole. UvdL's days are definitely numbered.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think Boris's "greed" remarks might have been > aimed at Tory MPs to prepare them that we may have > to share more available vaccines with the EU once > we have done groups 1-9. > > or he might just have been talking rubbish :) Please keep this thread on "wars" path track. Boris surely merits his own thread.

Russia and China are just gagging to get vaccine orders from Brussels. May not happen that way as that would be a massive admission of failure by the EU. More likely individual nations will follow Hungary and Slovakia's lead and buy direct from Moscow and they will end up paying around $10 per jab for Sputnik ( or $29 for Sinovac) as against $3 for the AstraZeneca. Despite knowing AZ were honour bound to supply "at cost", the Commission wasted weeks haggling for a lower price. It beggars belief.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Actually the Horniman Walrus is THE mascot of > Brexit > > A bloated, roughly sketched ?we meant it to be > like this? fcuk up of a blubber mound. Me thinks your analogy is misplaced. Much more like the EU. 1. Bares its tusks to threaten others. 2. Totally bloated and overweight ( 39,000 bureaucrats) 3. Lots of inertia - cannot move quickly when required. 4. Social animal - likes being member of a large herd. 5. Multiple layers of blubber ( Commission, Parliament, Council, COJ etc) 6. Poor hearing - dissenting voices cannot be heard. 7. Poor eyesight - cannot see where it is going ( hence washes up in Ireland) 8. No legs, so has to resort to throwing its weight around to get any movement. 9. No hands or fingers - so cant get a grip on things ( vaccine procurement) 10. Migrates short distance ( like between Brussels and Strasburg) 11. Status - endangered due to internal issues and problems with its extremities (Greece, Hungary etc) :)

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So if/when a second vaccine is required due to a > mutation - who has the orders in first EU, UK or > USA. > Going forward, competition to get orders in for a second generation vaccine will be less intense because you can bet every advance nation is investing deeply in vaccine production capacity so as not to be caught short next time. https://www.vmicuk.com/vmic-facility One major consideration is the sheer number of specialist items/products/chemicals/ etc that are required to produce a vaccine. Hence the marginal cost per vaccine will increase significantly. As this new capacity comes on stream the one business that will feel the pain is Serum Institute of India currently the largest manufacturer in the world. The future area of competition will be for these new manufacturing plants to negotiate licences from the research labs that produce the most efficacious vaccines. Developing an efficacious vaccine is massively difficult and this was borne out by the failure of the Sanofi candidate.

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Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It gets better > > The EU are going to discuss stopping the plants > producing the AstraZeneca vaccine from exporting > it to countries like the UK. > > It really smacks of panic over there at the moment > and could result in a situation of > It's your ball as you paid for it, it's got a > puncture..... oh sorry we didn't pump it up so > it's okay to use now, but we don't agree with you > using it so we're taking it away from you .... Like it! Jokes aside though , UvdL needs to a dose of RealPolitik to make her realise that there would be no Pfizer-Biontek vaccines whatsoever if they are prevented from receiving a key ingredient from Croda International, a chemicals firm based in Snaith, Yorkshire. They produce the vital "fatty molecules" for Pfizer's factories in the EU. It would be the nuclear option but I don't see it being used by Boris because Pfizer is an American business and he doesnt want to upset Biden. UvdL is simply a bully and she keeps making knee-jerk decisions which inevitably backfire. She's toast!

... to come to UK. ;-)

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyone got ways which work to keep cats (a > particular cat) out of my garden? > Urine! Yes, it works because animals such as cats, foxes etc etc are territorial and mark their territory in the way they are accustomed. Mark your own territory (suggest after dark) in a manner that is akin to that used by the animals.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Over here, taking our women, then our funerals, > and now our NHS. > > Haven't got anything useful to say, but worked > with the funeral trade twenty years ago when the > American's were buying up businesses. Not sure if > that is still the case. Well they didn't get too far with that. The two biggest funeral operators, by a wide margin, are The Co-operative Group (CWS Ltd) and Dignity Caring. Both are UK based and the latter is a listed company on the London Stock Exchange.