[JonB]

We're just amending how we shop and making do how we can. We usually just go for the ease of online shopping with it being delivered on a Saturday morning but currently we've got parents we've told to stay out of the way as much as possible plus sister in law is massively at risk if she contracted it so her, my brother in law and their little one are holed up for 12 weeks so i'm now the designated shopper for 4 households!

Each morning i'm checking in with folk to see if anyone needs anything and just decided to go down the just picking up stuff when i can, make do with whats available and go from there rather than stockpiling everything in one go. Slight issue in Sainsburys yesterday when i was trying to get dog food for mine and the brother in laws two and they would only let me have a few as it was in short supply, i mentioned it was three dogs across two families but appreciate the issues they are having so didnt make a fuss and just took what i could get. Had to pop to the local shop the other day for milk for the little one and they had bog roll so i got some..its not great, it was £1.40 for 9 rolls but it'll do in these times when you cant be picky.

There seem to be folk who dont realise the options outside of clearing supermarket shelves for shopping. We've got three or four places near us that do eggs from their own chickens, couple of farm shops for things etc so there are other options out there to get things although it would all be easier if folk shopped responsibly. I'm hoping that in the next few days things will be better when folk who have done cant get out of their houses due to bog roll and pasta!!

[Search & Destroy]

 calvin plummers socks, on 20 March 2020 - 09:17 AM, said:

Are the 3 month mortgage ‘holiday’ widespread now?

Do they just tag onto the end of the mortgage (or add more to monthly payments after 3 months?

Either that or they’ll add the bit you’ve missed and add it and recalculate and keep the term the same

[JonB]

Not sure Britannia Hotels will be coming out the other side in good shape following the bad publicity today. Their hotels are already widely panned as crap so not sure how they manage to keep going as it is. I know two of the three they have in Scarborough and they are massively outdated and in need of a huge overhaul.

[Misnomer]

Branson is making himself look like one of the biggest ******s on the planet....

[fishini]

 Misnomer, on 20 March 2020 - 12:50 PM, said:

Branson is making himself look like one of the biggest ******s on the planet....

As is wetherspoons owner

[Mr Mercury]

 fishini, on 19 March 2020 - 08:46 PM, said:

True. The virus has always existed in bats where it wasn't a problem. The Chinese regime created the environment allowing it to jump the species barrier. Just like the British government allowed the practices which led to vCJD. Or should the entire British population be blamed? As the Chinese seem to be

After CJD the British changed practice to eradicate the disease. This isn't the first disease to eminate from that neck of the woods that can be attributed to their eating practices and it seems they really weren't too fussed about changing what they ate and the way the kept and ate it in the past. So of course an entire population can't be blamed for following centuries practice but this surely has to be a game changer for the way they keep/store/cook and eat their food in future, because it's already a game changer for the Worlds health, economy and general well being!

[calvin plummers socks]

 fishini, on 20 March 2020 - 02:09 PM, said:

As is wetherspoons owner

What’s he done this time?

He looks like the sort of person who drinks in a Wetherspoons - that’s about as damning a quality as you can get I guess!

[hilly81]

 Quaker, on 20 March 2020 - 08:43 AM, said:

This virus is definitely bringing out the best in people. I've witnessed some mind blowing community spirit locally and nationally. Some people are really trying to pull the community together in these difficult times.

Alas there is a flip side. Having been down to the shop I witnessed behavior that I could only describe as the most selfish I have ever seen. I know a young lady who is struggling to get formula to feed her baby because people are buying in bulk. I understand that people think they need to protect their children but there are no shortages, the shop orders more but there is a delay of what, 24 hours to restock?

Yesterday I drove a detour home from work, not my normal route and I passed a farmer at the side of the road selling bags of potatoes for £20.

You ask around and no one claims to be buying bulk and hoarding absolutely no one stands up and says "I am hoarding food". So my question is, where are all these people from? Who are these people stripping the shelves?

Well if you are reading this and you are one of them I have a message for you from me: You are the lowest excuse for a human being, you are selfish, arrogant, greedy and an air thief. You deserve nothing in life. To knowingly watch people suffer while you sit on you pile of food and bog rolls makes you in-human. If my words trouble you then tough, I would bask in the opportunity to say it to your face.

A friend of mine, his daughter works in one of our big stores, she selects food for delivery to vulnerable people in OUR TOWN! She is working all hours god sends but has to suffer abuse all the time because there is no food on the shelves.

I was also told some old folk are using the "Golden Hour" everyday to get first dibs on food to pass on to family.

Is there anyone out there who will admit to hoarding food?

I have just watched the video of a nurse who has completed a 48 shift looking after victims of C-19. She called in the shop on her way home to find it empty... Worth a watch

Did you see the chemist selling packs of paracetamol for £9.99? And Calpol for £19.99?? Absolute scum. They soon backtracked when it blew up on social media stating a 'pricing issue'. Lying scumbags.

We have plenty of food in but then we generally do as we try to fill up on offers and reduced stuff and freeze as much as we can. The fruit and veg soon goes though.

The kids last day at school today and they were donating food to gift to a foodbank. I hope the bag we sent in helps someone who really needs it.

[Westbars Spireite]

 calvin plummers socks, on 20 March 2020 - 09:17 AM, said:

Are the 3 month mortgage ‘holiday’ widespread now?

Do they just tag onto the end of the mortgage (or add more to monthly payments after 3 months?

The latter. The terms aren't being extended.

[calvin plummers socks]

 Westbars Spireite, on 20 March 2020 - 03:42 PM, said:

The latter. The terms aren't being extended.

That’s rubbish then- people already short of cash and then having to pay more- why not just extend?

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

I turned on my tv this morning to watch this: https://news.sky.com...spital-11960597

Only to then turn on my radio to hear this self centered egotist applying to be turd of the decade: https://www.dailymai...distancing.html

Unsurprisingly the same >ahem< 'entrepreneur' behind this: https://www.msn.com/...oms/ar-BB10vP13

No surprise that he's also a huge backer of Brexit and the Tories...

This post has been edited by The Earl of Chesterfield: 20 March 2020 - 04:43 PM

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

 JonB, on 20 March 2020 - 11:24 AM, said:

Not sure Britannia Hotels will be coming out the other side in good shape following the bad publicity today. Their hotels are already widely panned as crap so not sure how they manage to keep going as it is. I know two of the three they have in Scarborough and they are massively outdated and in need of a huge overhaul.

https://www.theguard...g-them-homeless

Disgusting.

[Search & Destroy]

You can’t knock the Tories over these measures announced

Incredible

The country will be paying back for a century, but it was that or dystopia

[calvin plummers socks]

Self employed getting shafted - f*** Boris

[fishini]

 Quaker, on 20 March 2020 - 05:33 PM, said:

Not often I agree with you but that Chancellors speech was brilliant. When all this is done, taxes will rise and we will all have to pay for this but I for one will be happy to pay my share.

I know the staunch labour supporters will bend over backwards to tear strips out of this but I'm happy in the knowledge that we will all get through this and people will still keep their jobs.

Not from me. It would have been done whoever was in power. No alternative. Some mistakes have been made but they would have been made whoever was in power. The big clamp down announced today should have been done earlier. I still believe there's something about this virus we are not being told.

[Benno Spire]

 calvin plummers socks, on 20 March 2020 - 06:00 PM, said:

Self employed getting shafted - f*** Boris

I agree, still no support offered for self employed or those paying private rent.However, well done Boris for paying 80% of affected wages.
There are a few companies benefitting from this and good to see some offering jobs as priority to those who are out of work due to the virus.
Heard a rumour that the Casa has been offered to the NHS as a back up venue for patients.

[Benno Spire]

 Quaker, on 20 March 2020 - 06:41 PM, said:

I take it you didn't hear the latest speech then.

I did, self employed can claim just under £400 a month and although he pledged money for renters it was not clear if this was for private renters and just those on benefits and then only up to 30% of the rent.Happy to be advised differently.