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Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:35 pm
by Thor
I agree Tom, maybe give that food to the pigeons or even the sparrows.
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:40 pm
by Stowaway
Tom Chance wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:31 pm
Thor wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:25 pm
Who go round and round and round.
Plenty of our fans need to cut down on their porklife, squeezing into their XL replica shirts.
Was at Torquay a few years back and one of our lads had a massive replica shirt with ORIENT TIL I DIE on the back. I said “mate, the last T has fallen off”, and he looked blankly at me. I gave up after that.
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:24 am
by The Mindsweep
When we need stuff we go out foraging (outskirts of Colchester). This involves driving around and kicking one of my teenagers out of the car to get stuff at garages and little shops. Very eerie driving around, not many cars but always one bombing it and thinking they are in some F1/Mad Max film. The few people about are all observing the social distancing. Even the big supermarkets don't appear to have long queues anymore, although we don't venture in. It's just the pharmacies that have the long queues outside.
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:03 am
by RealLoughtonO
Loughton is eerily quiet. Run every evening around 9 for an hour, possibly a bit more depending how I feel and some nights I've seen a dozen cars and nobody else out on the streets at all.
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:18 am
by JimbO
Fairly quite in Chingford i go for a three mile walk and see a few people exercising but no-one is hanging about talking as per government instructions. So seems the advice is kicking in here as well seems a few people take the small bloody minded englander approach unless they're forced to do it by law.
So it screws it over for us all.
Not sure how good people's mental health is going to be if they have to suffer more than a few weeks of this. in theory I've done two and it's doing my nut in.
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:27 am
by one o in huntingdon
Not much happening here in St Ives, no change there then.
Chemists and banks letting one in and one out, max of five inside
Waitrose doing the same with about twenty inside, people queuing roughly 3m apart round the car park
Quite a law abiding place so not that surprised
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:38 am
by Lovejoy
one o in huntingdon wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:27 am
Not much happening here in St Ives, no change there then.
Chemists and banks letting one in and one out, max of five inside
Waitrose doing the same with about twenty inside, people queuing roughly 3m apart round the car park
Quite a law abiding place so not that surprised
I used to go to St Ives on business in the 1980s, it is a lovely place and I used to enjoy going there.
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:47 am
by Top of the JES
My wife around our village in mid Essex yesterday apart from a couple of dog walkers the streets were empty. People are taking notice for now will be harder as it goes on, If the news starts to improve regarding less cases some will take that as a cue to go out and about.
Two bits of good news this morning - A goverment scientific advisor has said this the number of infections appear to be slowing along with hospital admissions. Also Mercedes have developed a machine to help patients breathing which will avoid putting them into intensive care on ventolators.
It's my first day as a NHS Volunteer today (Call and Check), been "on duty" since 08:00 (well the phones been on) no calls as yet.
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:46 am
by Thor
Can you catch this virus running around the streets? Viruses are airborne aren't they?
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:51 am
by Admin
Took the dogs out at 9 last night. Eerily quiet in Buckhurst Hill.
Bar one pink taxi driving round slowly, barely saw any people or vehicles out.
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:54 am
by Thor
Admin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:51 am
Took the dogs out at 9 last night. Eerily quiet in Buckhurst Hill.
Bar one pink taxi driving round slowly, barely saw any people or vehicles out.
What julian is still out working!!
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:00 am
by Ronnie Hotdogs
Top of the JES wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:47 am
My wife around our village in mid Essex yesterday apart from a couple of dog walkers the streets were empty. People are taking notice for now will be harder as it goes on, If the news starts to improve regarding less cases some will take that as a cue to go out and about.
Two bits of good news this morning - A goverment scientific advisor has said this the number of infections appear to be slowing along with hospital admissions. Also Mercedes have developed a machine to help patients breathing which will avoid putting them into intensive care on ventolators.
It's my first day as a NHS Volunteer today (Call and Check), been "on duty" since 08:00 (well the phones been on) no calls as yet.
Is this the Good Sam thing?
How long did it take for you to get approved and on the list?
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:05 pm
by BIGRON
About a hundred people queuing to get into Whitechapel Sainsburys my brother tells me , took him 40 mins to get into the store , shelfs were quite full apart from bog roll pasta and tins of veg .
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:32 pm
by Top of the JES
RedO wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:00 am
Top of the JES wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:47 am
My wife around our village in mid Essex yesterday apart from a couple of dog walkers the streets were empty. People are taking notice for now will be harder as it goes on, If the news starts to improve regarding less cases some will take that as a cue to go out and about.
Two bits of good news this morning - A goverment scientific advisor has said this the number of infections appear to be slowing along with hospital admissions. Also Mercedes have developed a machine to help patients breathing which will avoid putting them into intensive care on ventolators.
It's my first day as a NHS Volunteer today (Call and Check), been "on duty" since 08:00 (well the phones been on) no calls as yet.
Is this the Good Sam thing?
How long did it take for you to get approved and on the list?
Yes it is, I registered with them last Friday Morning - They do an identity check and I was then approved on Sunday Morning. Over 750,000 volunteers now.
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:04 pm
by Ronnie Hotdogs
So applied on Fri 27 and approved on Sun 29?
I applied middle of last week and haven’t heard back yet...
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:42 pm
by Howling Mad Murdock
Disoriented wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 9:36 pm
Thought that myself. Does exercise make you immune?
No,I was cycling home from work.
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:46 pm
by ComeOnYouOs
Thor wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:46 am
Can you catch this virus running around the streets? Viruses are airborne aren't they?
Ive been thinking this too. I cant find any information whatsoever one way or the other, which is scary
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:18 pm
by slacker
Our rural area was eerily quiet this weekend, after last week’s mass rambling madness. Guess the bloody freezing winds would have been a factor, as well as the commands to stay indoors and not go out for jolly family outings in the car.
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:59 pm
by The Mindsweep
ComeOnYouOs wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:46 pm
Thor wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:46 am
Can you catch this virus running around the streets? Viruses are airborne aren't they?
Ive been thinking this too. I cant find any information whatsoever one way or the other, which is scary
Its not airborne, its transfered by body fluids when coughing etc. It also transfers from touch and stays on surfaces for a while, hence hand washing. That is why the guidance is to stay 2 metres apart.
If it was airbone we would all be f*****
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:04 pm
by RealLoughtonO
So pretty safe running with nobody around....
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:21 pm
by Top of the JES
RedO wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:04 pm
So applied on Fri 27 and approved on Sun 29?
I applied middle of last week and haven’t heard back yet...
Did you send your proof of identity online?
Re: Your Local Streets
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:30 pm
by Stamford O
My local woods now shut.perhaps people were picnicking over weekend.there is another entrance up a long track where access can be gained tho for pedestrians
