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Basil Jet wrote:
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...urces-11959814 The Tube shutdowns could be much greater next week if the rumoured London shutdown happens. |
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:02:40 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...nd-transport-r estricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814 The Tube shutdowns could be much greater next week if the rumoured London shutdown happens. I'd love to know how they'd intend to inforce it. They haven't got enough police to do deal with normal crime, never mind this. And putting the army onto the streets of mainland UK would be the kiss of death for any government. Not they have enough soldiers either frankly. |
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On 19/03/2020 13:53, Graeme Wall wrote:
I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, As I stared at the empty shelves I thought "Thank God McDonnell didn't become chancellor or we would have five years of this". -- Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to The Passions - 1982 - Africa Mine |
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:07:58 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote: On 19/03/2020 13:53, Graeme Wall wrote: I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, As I stared at the empty shelves I thought "Thank God McDonnell didn't become chancellor or we would have five years of this". more like forever -- www.abelard.org |
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Graeme Wall wrote: On 19/03/2020 13:32, wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:02:40 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...nd-transport-r estricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814 The Tube shutdowns could be much greater next week if the rumoured London shutdown happens. I'd love to know how they'd intend to inforce it. They haven't got enough police to do deal with normal crime, never mind this. And putting the army onto the streets of mainland UK would be the kiss of death for any government. Not they have enough soldiers either frankly. I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, they are in a no-win situation whatever they do. The True, but the hysterical over reaction - though at least not as bad as the ever excitable latins across the channel - is probably going to dump the world into a global depression which could end up costing many more deaths in the long run than this virus. one thing they have got going for them is the continuing stupidity of the labour party which still doesn't have a leader or a coherent policy on anything. Until normal people start joining again and voting for sensible leaders Labour will remain a protest party for middle class Marxists and agitators. |
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:21:43 +0000 (UTC), wrote:
On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:53:20 +0000 Graeme Wall wrote: On 19/03/2020 13:32, wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:02:40 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...nd-transport-r estricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814 The Tube shutdowns could be much greater next week if the rumoured London shutdown happens. I'd love to know how they'd intend to inforce it. They haven't got enough police to do deal with normal crime, never mind this. And putting the army onto the streets of mainland UK would be the kiss of death for any government. Not they have enough soldiers either frankly. I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, they are in a no-win situation whatever they do. The True, but the hysterical over reaction - though at least not as bad as the ever excitable latins across the channel - is probably going to dump the world into a global depression which could end up costing many more deaths in the long run than this virus. but will it how that they really really care? one thing they have got going for them is the continuing stupidity of the labour party which still doesn't have a leader or a coherent policy on anything. Until normal people start joining again comedian! and voting for sensible leaders Labour will remain a protest party for middle class Marxists and agitators. -- www.abelard.org |
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"Basil Jet" wrote in message ... On 19/03/2020 13:53, Graeme Wall wrote: I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, As I stared at the empty shelves I thought "Thank God McDonnell didn't become chancellor or we would have five years of this". -- Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to The Passions - 1982 - Africa Mine Oh YES !!!!! |
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On 19/03/2020 13:53, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 19/03/2020 13:32, wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:02:40 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...nd-transport-r estricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814 The Tube shutdowns could be much greater next week if the rumoured London shutdown happens. I'd love to know how they'd intend to inforce it. They haven't got enough police to do deal with normal crime, never mind this. And putting the army onto the streets of mainland UK would be the kiss of death for any government. Not they have enough soldiers either frankly. I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, they are in a no-win situation whatever they do. The one thing they have got going for them is the continuing stupidity of the labour party which still doesn't have a leader or a coherent policy on anything. I agree with that. My other point is we should be calling it by it's proper name. |
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On 19/03/2020 13:53, Graeme Wall wrote:
snip I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, they are in a no-win situation whatever they do. The one thing they have got going for them is the continuing stupidity of the labour party which still doesn't have a leader or a coherent policy on anything. I think they might just about survive if France and Germany suffer in terms of deaths and economic damage very much more than the UK, and that seems an extremely remote possibility (I am of course glad to say). -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
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Basil Jet wrote:
On 19/03/2020 13:53, Graeme Wall wrote: I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, As I stared at the empty shelves I thought "Thank God McDonnell didn't become chancellor or we would have five years of this". I wish I'd thought of that when I was queuing to get into Tesco this morning, and when I was confronted by the empty shelves and closed counters, and then in the long queue to check out, made even slower by the cashier having to explain to many customers that they were limited to ≤3 of all items. There would then be time-wasting arguments when people said they were shopping for both themselves and others, so they should be entitled to double the ration. |
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Graeme Wall wrote:
On 19/03/2020 13:32, wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:02:40 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...nd-transport-r estricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814 The Tube shutdowns could be much greater next week if the rumoured London shutdown happens. I'd love to know how they'd intend to inforce it. They haven't got enough police to do deal with normal crime, never mind this. And putting the army onto the streets of mainland UK would be the kiss of death for any government. Not they have enough soldiers either frankly. I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, they are in a no-win situation whatever they do. The one thing they have got going for them is the continuing stupidity of the labour party which still doesn't have a leader or a coherent policy on anything. Actually, I think the UK government is handling it fairly well, no worse than other European countries, and much better than the US. The government's decisions are being made with the best available scientific advice, and they're not afraid to change course when the advice changes. |
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On 19/03/2020 16:29, Recliner wrote:
Graeme Wall wrote: On 19/03/2020 13:32, wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:02:40 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...nd-transport-r estricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814 The Tube shutdowns could be much greater next week if the rumoured London shutdown happens. I'd love to know how they'd intend to inforce it. They haven't got enough police to do deal with normal crime, never mind this. And putting the army onto the streets of mainland UK would be the kiss of death for any government. Not they have enough soldiers either frankly. I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, they are in a no-win situation whatever they do. The one thing they have got going for them is the continuing stupidity of the labour party which still doesn't have a leader or a coherent policy on anything. Actually, I think the UK government is handling it fairly well, no worse than other European countries, and much better than the US. The government's decisions are being made with the best available scientific advice, and they're not afraid to change course when the advice changes. While possibly true that isn't going to help them when things get really bad. -- Graeme Wall This account not read. |
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Graeme Wall wrote:
On 19/03/2020 16:29, Recliner wrote: Graeme Wall wrote: On 19/03/2020 13:32, wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:02:40 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...nd-transport-r estricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814 The Tube shutdowns could be much greater next week if the rumoured London shutdown happens. I'd love to know how they'd intend to inforce it. They haven't got enough police to do deal with normal crime, never mind this. And putting the army onto the streets of mainland UK would be the kiss of death for any government. Not they have enough soldiers either frankly. I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, they are in a no-win situation whatever they do. The one thing they have got going for them is the continuing stupidity of the labour party which still doesn't have a leader or a coherent policy on anything. Actually, I think the UK government is handling it fairly well, no worse than other European countries, and much better than the US. The government's decisions are being made with the best available scientific advice, and they're not afraid to change course when the advice changes. While possibly true that isn't going to help them when things get really bad. Remember, other European countries like Italy are a week or two ahead of us on the curve, so any bad news here will have been preceded by similar bad news elsewhere a week or two earlier. And the US will have much bigger numbers of seriously ill and dead than us. Italy and Spain also have unstable governments, unlike the UK. So we'll probably seem better off than others. |
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On 19 Mar 2020, Recliner wrote
(in article ): Graeme wrote: On 19/03/2020 16:29, Recliner wrote: Graeme wrote: On 19/03/2020 13:32, wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:02:40 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...close-and-tran sport-r estricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814 The Tube shutdowns could be much greater next week if the rumoured London shutdown happens. I'd love to know how they'd intend to inforce it. They haven't got enough police to do deal with normal crime, never mind this. And putting the army onto the streets of mainland UK would be the kiss of death for any government. Not they have enough soldiers either frankly. I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, they are in a no-win situation whatever they do. The one thing they have got going for them is the continuing stupidity of the labour party which still doesn't have a leader or a coherent policy on anything. Actually, I think the UK government is handling it fairly well, no worse than other European countries, and much better than the US. The government's decisions are being made with the best available scientific advice, and they're not afraid to change course when the advice changes. While possibly true that isn't going to help them when things get really bad. Remember, other European countries like Italy are a week or two ahead of us on the curve, so any bad news here will have been preceded by similar bad news elsewhere a week or two earlier. And the US will have much bigger numbers of seriously ill and dead Yes but most of the population there are brain dead already, so how would you know if they had been affected by a virus? than us. Italy and Spain also have unstable governments, unlike the UK. So we'll probably seem better off than others. |
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:12:16 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote: Graeme Wall wrote: On 19/03/2020 16:29, Recliner wrote: Graeme Wall wrote: On 19/03/2020 13:32, wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:02:40 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...nd-transport-r estricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814 The Tube shutdowns could be much greater next week if the rumoured London shutdown happens. I'd love to know how they'd intend to inforce it. They haven't got enough police to do deal with normal crime, never mind this. And putting the army onto the streets of mainland UK would be the kiss of death for any government. Not they have enough soldiers either frankly. I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, they are in a no-win situation whatever they do. The one thing they have got going for them is the continuing stupidity of the labour party which still doesn't have a leader or a coherent policy on anything. Actually, I think the UK government is handling it fairly well, no worse than other European countries, and much better than the US. The government's decisions are being made with the best available scientific advice, and they're not afraid to change course when the advice changes. While possibly true that isn't going to help them when things get really bad. Remember, other European countries like Italy are a week or two ahead of us on the curve, so any bad news here will have been preceded by similar bad news elsewhere a week or two earlier. And the US will have much bigger numbers of seriously ill and dead than us. Italy and Spain also have unstable governments, unlike the UK. So we'll probably seem better off than others. how seriously dead will they be? -- www.abelard.org |
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abelard wrote:
how seriously dead will they be? There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do. |
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Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
abelard wrote: how seriously dead will they be? There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do. https://youtu.be/Jdf5EXo6I68 Anna Noyd-Dryver |
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:17:44 -0500, Arthur Conan Doyle
wrote: abelard wrote: how seriously dead will they be? There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do. Any cannibals or necrophiliacs here? |
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:17:44 -0500, Arthur Conan Doyle
wrote: abelard wrote: how seriously dead will they be? There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do. bury your mistakes -- www.abelard.org |
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:28:51 -0500, Christopher A. Lee
wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:17:44 -0500, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote: abelard wrote: how seriously dead will they be? There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do. Any cannibals or necrophiliacs here? How soon before we hear the cries of "Bring out your dead"? I haven't heard that since the Black Death! |
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 23:03:47 +0100, abelard
wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:17:44 -0500, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote: abelard wrote: how seriously dead will they be? There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do. bury your mistakes The medical industry's slogan. |
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:29:33 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote: Graeme Wall wrote: I think this situation is going to be the kiss of death for this government anyway, they are in a no-win situation whatever they do. The one thing they have got going for them is the continuing stupidity of the labour party which still doesn't have a leader or a coherent policy on anything. Actually, I think the UK government is handling it fairly well, no worse than other European countries, and much better than the US. The government's decisions are being made with the best available scientific advice, and they're not afraid to change course when the advice changes. The scientific advice is merely a detached objective view of how to best contain the spread of a disease. It is not taking the short or long term economic or social consequencies into account. |
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:29:33 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: Actually, I think the UK government is handling it fairly well, no worse than other European countries, and much better than the US. The government's decisions are being made with the best available scientific advice, and they're not afraid to change course when the advice changes. The scientific advice is merely a detached objective view of how to best contain the spread of a disease. It is not taking the short or long term economic or social consequencies into account. https://youtu.be/hiKuxfcSrEU Sam -- The entity formerly known as Spit the dummy to reply |
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Sam Wilson wrote: wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:29:33 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: Actually, I think the UK government is handling it fairly well, no worse than other European countries, and much better than the US. The government's decisions are being made with the best available scientific advice, and they're not afraid to change course when the advice changes. The scientific advice is merely a detached objective view of how to best contain the spread of a disease. It is not taking the short or long term economic or social consequencies into account. https://youtu.be/hiKuxfcSrEU Hilarious. Want to see what happens when the economy collapses? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XsxD1Y7knI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GovzMEgESKA But yeah, thats far better than dealing with some ill elderly people who may die a year or 2 earlier that they would have done otherwise. And if you think I'm scaremongering look how fast the riots in london took off a few years ago. |
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On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:46:56 -0000 (UTC) Sam Wilson wrote: wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:29:33 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: Actually, I think the UK government is handling it fairly well, no worse than other European countries, and much better than the US. The government's decisions are being made with the best available scientific advice, and they're not afraid to change course when the advice changes. The scientific advice is merely a detached objective view of how to best contain the spread of a disease. It is not taking the short or long term economic or social consequencies into account. https://youtu.be/hiKuxfcSrEU Hilarious. Want to see what happens when the economy collapses? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XsxD1Y7knI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GovzMEgESKA But yeah, thats far better than dealing with some ill elderly people who may die a year or 2 earlier that they would have done otherwise. And if you think I'm scaremongering look how fast the riots in london took off a few years ago. I don’t think you’re scaremongering, I think you’re missing the point - it’s not going to be “what if old people die, I’m alright, Jack”; if we get the science wrong then the economy tanks just the same as if getting the science right but ignoring the economy does. Signs are that the government hasn’t really got it, or doesn’t care. Sam -- The entity formerly known as Spit the dummy to reply |
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Rolf Mantel wrote: Am 20.03.2020 um 12:05 schrieb : On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:46:56 -0000 (UTC) Sam Wilson wrote: wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:29:33 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: Actually, I think the UK government is handling it fairly well, no worse than other European countries, and much better than the US. The government's decisions are being made with the best available scientific advice, and they're not afraid to change course when the advice changes. The scientific advice is merely a detached objective view of how to best contain the spread of a disease. It is not taking the short or long term economic or social consequencies into account. https://youtu.be/hiKuxfcSrEU Hilarious. Want to see what happens when the economy collapses? [Venezuela Food Riots] A massive turn-down of the economy is significantly less than a collapse of the economy. Bexiteers accepted a massive turn-down of the economy, They did? Thats news to me. claiming that there will be sufficient food to prevent riots. Now, European countries accept a massive turn-down of the economy claiming there will be sufficient food. What's the difference? Food doesn't magically appear out of nowhere even if not imported. Someone has to farm it, someone has to deliver it, there has to be supermarket staff to unload it and stock the shelves, do the tills, there has to be a factory making fertilizer for the farmers etc etc etc. If even 1 of those parts goes tits up the lot goes tits up. But yeah, thats far better than dealing with some ill elderly people who may die a year or 2 earlier that they would have done otherwise. Loom at Milan, it's not "elderly people dying one or two years earlier", i's middle-aged people dying partly due to a complete break-down of the medical infrastrcture. ********. Now whose scaremongering? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-died-from-vir us-had-other-illness-italy-says Additionally, if 30% of the workforce go on sick leave at the same time They won't , 80% have very mild or no symptoms which means they can stay at work or at least work from home. for two weeks, the economy will turn down quite a bit as well (and this might casue food shortages and riots), if people important for the infrastructure go on sick leave in a staggered way, the chance of keeping basic services running is a lot higher. Except everyone who can't work from home (which is probably most people) is effectively on sick leave anyway now. |
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MissRiaElaine wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:31, wrote: They won't , 80% have very mild or no symptoms which means they can stay at work or at least work from home. I used to be a bus driver. Not exactly the easiest job to do from home. Yes, I did point out that most people can't work from home but given most people won't get particularly ill if at all then its not a problem. I've gone into work feeling half dead plenty of times because frankly its nicer being with office colleagues than spending a few days staring at 4 walls watching cash in the attic. |
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On 20/03/2020 16:39, MissRiaElaine wrote:
On 20/03/2020 16:31, wrote: They won't , 80% have very mild or no symptoms which means they can stay at work or at least work from home. I used to be a bus driver. Not exactly the easiest job to do from home. If you can fly drones from land you can drive buses from home. |
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On 20/03/2020 17:05, wrote:
On 20/03/2020 16:39, MissRiaElaine wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:31, wrote: They won't , 80% have very mild or no symptoms which means they can stay at work or at least work from home. I used to be a bus driver. Not exactly the easiest job to do from home. If you can fly drones from land you can drive buses from home. That fills my mind with absolute dread at the mere thought of it, I do hope you weren't serious, or my recently eaten tea will be all over the floor, and I really don't feel in the mood for cleaning right now..! -- Ria in Aberdeen [Send address is invalid, use sipsoup at gmail dot com to reply direct] |
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On 20/03/2020 17:09, MissRiaElaine wrote:
On 20/03/2020 17:05, wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:39, MissRiaElaine wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:31, wrote: They won't , 80% have very mild or no symptoms which means they can stay at work or at least work from home. I used to be a bus driver. Not exactly the easiest job to do from home. If you can fly drones from land you can drive buses from home. That fills my mind with absolute dread at the mere thought of it, I do hope you weren't serious, or my recently eaten tea will be all over the floor, and I really don't feel in the mood for cleaning right now..! My point is that it is technically possible. However the sheer cost of the equipment and providing the data bandwidth necessary will be prohibitive. |
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On 20 Mar 2020, MissRiaElaine wrote
(in article ): On 20/03/2020 17:05, wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:39, MissRiaElaine wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:31, wrote: They won't , 80% have very mild or no symptoms which means they can stay at work or at least work from home. I used to be a bus driver. Not exactly the easiest job to do from home. If you can fly drones from land you can drive buses from home. That fills my mind with absolute dread at the mere thought of it, I do hope you weren't serious, or my recently eaten tea will be all over the floor, and I really don't feel in the mood for cleaning right now..! The look on the passengers’ faces would be a picture, as the remote driven vehicle pulled up at the bus stop with no apparent driver. |
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On 20/03/2020 17:29, Keema's Nan wrote:
On 20 Mar 2020, MissRiaElaine wrote (in article ): On 20/03/2020 17:05, wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:39, MissRiaElaine wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:31, wrote: They won't , 80% have very mild or no symptoms which means they can stay at work or at least work from home. I used to be a bus driver. Not exactly the easiest job to do from home. If you can fly drones from land you can drive buses from home. That fills my mind with absolute dread at the mere thought of it, I do hope you weren't serious, or my recently eaten tea will be all over the floor, and I really don't feel in the mood for cleaning right now..! The look on the passengers’ faces would be a picture, as the remote driven vehicle pulled up at the bus stop with no apparent driver. I never thought of that. Sounds fun! ROFL |
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On 20/03/2020 17:18, wrote:
On 20/03/2020 17:09, MissRiaElaine wrote: On 20/03/2020 17:05, wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:39, MissRiaElaine wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:31, wrote: They won't , 80% have very mild or no symptoms which means they can stay at work or at least work from home. I used to be a bus driver. Not exactly the easiest job to do from home. If you can fly drones from land you can drive buses from home. That fills my mind with absolute dread at the mere thought of it, I do hope you weren't serious, or my recently eaten tea will be all over the floor, and I really don't feel in the mood for cleaning right now..! My point is that it is technically possible.* However the sheer cost of the equipment and providing the data bandwidth necessary will be prohibitive. Cheaper to employ drivers and pay 'em peanuts... -- Ria in Aberdeen [Send address is invalid, use sipsoup at gmail dot com to reply direct] |
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On 20/03/2020 17:33, wrote:
On 20/03/2020 17:29, Keema's Nan wrote: On 20 Mar 2020, MissRiaElaine wrote (in article ): On 20/03/2020 17:05, wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:39, MissRiaElaine wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:31, wrote: They won't , 80% have very mild or no symptoms which means they can stay at work or at least work from home. I used to be a bus driver. Not exactly the easiest job to do from home. If you can fly drones from land you can drive buses from home. That fills my mind with absolute dread at the mere thought of it, I do hope you weren't serious, or my recently eaten tea will be all over the floor, and I really don't feel in the mood for cleaning right now..! The look on the passengers’ faces would be a picture, as the remote driven vehicle pulled up at the bus stop with no apparent driver. I never thought of that.* Sounds fun! ROFL Getting them to pay their fare would be even more of a challenge, given the attitude that most of the scrotes we carried had. Although seriously, I seem to recall that this has actually been tried somewhere, I remember seeing a news report on it, but I can't for the life of me remember where it was. -- Ria in Aberdeen [Send address is invalid, use sipsoup at gmail dot com to reply direct] |
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On 20 Mar 2020, MissRiaElaine wrote
(in article ): On 20/03/2020 17:33, wrote: On 20/03/2020 17:29, Keema's Nan wrote: On 20 Mar 2020, MissRiaElaine wrote (in article ): On 20/03/2020 17:05, wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:39, MissRiaElaine wrote: On 20/03/2020 16:31, wrote: They won't , 80% have very mild or no symptoms which means they can stay at work or at least work from home. I used to be a bus driver. Not exactly the easiest job to do from home. If you can fly drones from land you can drive buses from home. That fills my mind with absolute dread at the mere thought of it, I do hope you weren't serious, or my recently eaten tea will be all over the floor, and I really don't feel in the mood for cleaning right now..! The look on the passengers’ faces would be a picture, as the remote driven vehicle pulled up at the bus stop with no apparent driver. I never thought of that. Sounds fun! ROFL Getting them to pay their fare would be even more of a challenge, given the attitude that most of the scrotes we carried had. They would have to fit the bus with a rail station style entrance which is activated by a card of some description, although it might slow down boarding somewhat. Although seriously, I seem to recall that this has actually been tried somewhere, I remember seeing a news report on it, but I can't for the life of me remember where it was. |
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On 20/03/2020 17:49, Keema's Nan wrote:
On 20 Mar 2020, MissRiaElaine wrote Getting them to pay their fare would be even more of a challenge, given the attitude that most of the scrotes we carried had. They would have to fit the bus with a rail station style entrance which is activated by a card of some description, although it might slow down boarding somewhat. With no actual staff present to stop them, they'd just leap over the gate, or get on by the exit door if there is one. Also how would disabled passengers board with no staff to assist..? -- Ria in Aberdeen [Send address is invalid, use sipsoup at gmail dot com to reply direct] |
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