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MisterDDDD
Curious about the thoughts from the Londoners who post here on the current state of things there and on the protest in Hyde Park today.
Hard to keep up with what's going on in all the different countries, and UK's stats aren't generally broken down and analyzed by city, but it seems the city was hard hit and is now doing much better than the rest of the UK in terms of new cases.
In looking at the video footage of the protest and arrests it seems the police there are taking things more seriously than here and shutting the protests down.
Another thing that jumped out at me watching the footage was how few masks were being worn, not by the protesters which would be expected, but by onlookers and police etc.
Are they not widely used in London?
Coronavirus: Inside the UK’s biggest anti-lockdown protest
This is the largest anti-lockdown protest yet seen in the UK, seeing around 100 people gather in London’s Hyde Park.
[www.independent.co.uk]
LONDON has been the hardest coronavirus hit area in the UK, with the capital suffering 26,113 cases to date.
However new research is showing that the lockdown is working in the city and that R is down to as little as 0.4 with only 24 new cases being reported each day.
[www.thesun.co.uk]
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Stoneage
The American discourse here is unintelligible to me. I guess it's esoteric. It's like trying to understand American politics. I guess you have to live there to understand it.
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Stoneage
What would be interesting to discuss on a forum like this one would be how society will look post Corona. I mean the implications of this pandemic on the (Western) society.
From cultural as well as economical aspects. How travel will change and so on. And of course how the sports- and entertainment industry will adapt to it.
But I guess that is not doable?
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shadooby
For those of you in New York City...I purchased a record from an Ebay seller in Brooklyn almost a month ago. A day or so after, they notified me they cannot complete the order because they cannot access their warehouse. I noticed they still had many items for sale and none stated anything about not being available due to Covid. When I asked about this they said that one record I bought was in said "warehouse" and all currently listed were in their possession. After about two weeks I finally left negative feedback which triggered an immediate reaction and request from seller to remove due to pandemic, which I did. I feel like they might have either sold this out from under me or didn't have the item to begin with. I also think if they are giving me the run around they deserve the negative feedback. What do you think?
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shadooby
For those of you in New York City...I purchased a record from an Ebay seller in Brooklyn almost a month ago. A day or so after, they notified me they cannot complete the order because they cannot access their warehouse. I noticed they still had many items for sale and none stated anything about not being available due to Covid. When I asked about this they said that one record I bought was in said "warehouse" and all currently listed were in their possession. After about two weeks I finally left negative feedback which triggered an immediate reaction and request from seller to remove due to pandemic, which I did. I feel like they might have either sold this out from under me or didn't have the item to begin with. I also think if they are giving me the run around they deserve the negative feedback. If they legitimately have an issue with travel restrictions I can be sympathetic to that. What do you think?
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curt
The ‘Swedish Model’ Is a Failure, Not a Panacea
When economies around the world started grinding to a halt in an effort to stop the carnage inflicted by the coronavirus, Sweden stood out with an approach that appeared to defy the prescription of most experts. Instead of shutting down, the Swedish government opted for much milder measures. The idea looked appealing. It suggested the possibility of containing the pandemic at a much lower economic cost.
The final judgment on Sweden’s unorthodox approach cannot be rendered until the crisis moves into the history books. So far, however, the statistics suggest that the Swedish model is more disaster than panacea. If the pandemic ended today, the actions of Swedish authorities, which have so far earned the support of the population, may ultimately be viewed by future generations of Swedes as a shameful chapter in the country’s history, one that resulted in large-scale suffering and thousands of unnecessary deaths. ...
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shadooby
For those of you in New York City...I purchased a record from an Ebay seller in Brooklyn almost a month ago. A day or so after, they notified me they cannot complete the order because they cannot access their warehouse. I noticed they still had many items for sale and none stated anything about not being available due to Covid. When I asked about this they said that one record I bought was in said "warehouse" and all currently listed were in their possession. After about two weeks I finally left negative feedback which triggered an immediate reaction and request from seller to remove due to pandemic, which I did. I feel like they might have either sold this out from under me or didn't have the item to begin with. I also think if they are giving me the run around they deserve the negative feedback. If they legitimately have an issue with travel restrictions I can be sympathetic to that. What do you think?
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shadooby
So Gas are you from NYC? If so would you be able to access your "warehouse" in NYC if you had one? I guess this was my main question. I am looking for input from as many as possible from NYC before I leave the negative feedback for the seller.
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shadooby
So Gas are you from NYC? If so would you be able to access your "warehouse" in NYC if you had one? I guess this was my main question. I am looking for input from as many as possible from NYC before I leave the negative feedback for the seller.
see my post above....my wife's family is there...they have offices/businesses and are 100% allowed to go to them for personal use.
they can't OPEN them to the public and/or have employees working there
same goes for the warehouse IF they have been deemed "non-essential"....
however the owner certainly has every right to go to his/her own property whenever they want.
if they own the warehouse, they can get your stuff for you.
probably the warehouse is closed, which means they have no employees working there and they can't call/email/text somebody to pick it up and mail it for them.....and, given that, they simply don't want to go pick it up themselves.....
that's my take.
ps...if their warehouse is truly closed and they cannot access it, they should've posted that there would be delays (for an undetermined time-length) due to COVID-closures....seems lame to take your money first w/o this disclaimer..
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shadooby
So Gas are you from NYC? If so would you be able to access your "warehouse" in NYC if you had one? I guess this was my main question. I am looking for input from as many as possible from NYC before I leave the negative feedback for the seller.
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artedm
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Why Stadiums Are Incubators for Coronavirus Spread
Sports fans are longing to return to the stands, but health experts say stadiums are one of the highest-risk areas for coronavirus transmission. Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist, walks us through how easily the virus could spread among the crowd
[www.wsj.com]
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shadooby
So Gas are you from NYC? If so would you be able to access your "warehouse" in NYC if you had one? I guess this was my main question. I am looking for input from as many as possible from NYC before I leave the negative feedback for the seller.
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shadooby
So Gas are you from NYC? If so would you be able to access your "warehouse" in NYC if you had one? I guess this was my main question. I am looking for input from as many as possible from NYC before I leave the negative feedback for the seller.
When dealing with Ebay, if they don't delivered they get bad feedback from me. In the event there is an issue it is on the seller to alert you to the issue. It is no different from any other online business that doesn't deliver. As posted, if it is a manufacturing issue there is a bit more leeway but it is on the seller to alert you.
I had an issue with an overseas shipper who was making Desert Trip knockoff shirts last year. Someone else I knew had ordered and there were spelling errors Rolling Stomes for example. I asked for money back he said he would fix, found another error on the picture, he said he would fix then sent another picture that was blurry, so I said I wanted a refund. Crickets so I initiated a refund and gave bad feedback. He complained I should have known better. Ebay refunded. Get them involved.
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daspyknows
A few weeks ago I predicted the top 3 would be U.S., Russia and Brazil.
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Green Lady
The lockdown in the big cities, particularly in London, has been difficult for people in densely populated areas, and there has been some tension over people "abusing" the things they were allowed to do. With very little open space available, parks in some areas were closed because they were "overcrowded" with people who had no gardens or other outside space. The guidance to the police and the public has never been very clear, so some police forces were stricter than others, and (this being Britain) many people were eager to report their neighbours for things they thought they should not be doing. But on the whole the lockdown has held and seems to be working, though not as well as the stricter lockdowns elsewhere.
The police in theory have huge powers to fine people and to force them into quarantine, but policing has actually been pretty relaxed. They will break up parties and large groups, and people travelling unnecessarily, like the group of men heading for the Welsh coast with camping equipment for the weekend, but they are not dishing out lots of fines. In theory we can travel further now, but holiday areas do not want city dwellers descending on them in crowds while everything is still closed.
Masks: for quite a while we were told not to rush out and panic-buy medical-grade masks: partly because they were not (at that time) thought to help that much when people were social-distancing anyway, and mostly because there was a shortage and our health workers and carers needed them. Now the lockdown is easing and more people are about, and masks are a bit easier to get, more people are using them, particularly for things like shops and public transport. But it isn't really a political issue as it seems to be in the US, and out in the open air most people still don't bother.
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MisterDDDD
Sad news out of Kamloops, BC today when a Snowbird crashed into a house.
Not a huge fan of these flyover salutes to healthcare workers/first responders.
Seems money spent on them could be better used, they tend to draw large crowds, and in places like NYC flying planes around the city still frighten many,
along with the noise which freaks animals and some humans out alike.
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With video: Snowbird jet crashes into Kamloops house
A Canadian Forces Snowbird jet has crashed into a house in Kamloops.
Two jets took off from Kamloops Airport at about 11:30 a.m., bound for Comox, when one rose, then veered to the left and barrel rolled toward the ground, crashing into a house on Glenview Drive, setting the residence on fire.
The two residents of the home escaped without injury.
Witnesses saw at least one pilot eject before the plane crashed. He landed on the roof of a house on nearby Schreiner Street and was rescued by Kamloops Fire Rescue.
A witness told KTW a second person, a female, appeared to have succumbed to her injuries.
[www.kamloopsthisweek.com]
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MisterDDDD
Sad news out of Kamloops, BC today when a Snowbird crashed into a house.
Not a huge fan of these flyover salutes to healthcare workers/first responders.
Seems money spent on them could be better used, they tend to draw large crowds, and in places like NYC flying planes around the city still frighten many,
along with the noise which freaks animals and some humans out alike.
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With video: Snowbird jet crashes into Kamloops house
A Canadian Forces Snowbird jet has crashed into a house in Kamloops.
Two jets took off from Kamloops Airport at about 11:30 a.m., bound for Comox, when one rose, then veered to the left and barrel rolled toward the ground, crashing into a house on Glenview Drive, setting the residence on fire.
The two residents of the home escaped without injury.
Witnesses saw at least one pilot eject before the plane crashed. He landed on the roof of a house on nearby Schreiner Street and was rescued by Kamloops Fire Rescue.
A witness told KTW a second person, a female, appeared to have succumbed to her injuries.
[www.kamloopsthisweek.com]
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artedm
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Why Stadiums Are Incubators for Coronavirus Spread
Sports fans are longing to return to the stands, but health experts say stadiums are one of the highest-risk areas for coronavirus transmission. Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist, walks us through how easily the virus could spread among the crowd
[www.wsj.com]