Author Topic: What lock down?  (Read 1562 times)

Offline NIK

I have just crossed a local main road which is a good gauge of traffic levels and the traffic, which has been increasing daily, is now finally easily back to normal levels. In the time it has taken me to type this  at least 50 vehicles must have passed. I wish the fucking media would stop blabbering about lock downs.

Offline winkywanky

The other way to look at it is, when all the 'clever' people said: "don't treat us like idiots, treat us like grown-ups and tell us how we'll start to come out of Lockdown", loads of people start ignoring Lockdown  :unknown: :rolleyes:.

Seems like all the 'clever' people weren't clever enough to realise that all the thick people would draw their own conclusions and start ignoring Lockdown  :dash:.

Offline NIK

Just coming back and it’s considerably less busy. Weird.
Perhaps they’ve all been rounded up and had their tyres burst!  :D

Offline Beamer

Just coming back and it’s considerably less busy. Weird.
Perhaps they’ve all been rounded up and had their tyres burst!  :D

Just seen this on BBC news......
"Two bikers who went on a 200-mile round trip to buy fish and chips have been fined for breaching coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
The pair had travelled from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, to Whitby, North Yorkshire before being stopped, fined and sent home by police".

I imagine they are not alone. 

Offline Moby Dick

Just seen this on BBC news......
"Two bikers who went on a 200-mile round trip to buy fish and chips have been fined for breaching coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
The pair had travelled from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, to Whitby, North Yorkshire before being stopped, fined and sent home by police".

I imagine they are not alone.
How many can you a get on a bike?

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Offline cotton

How many can you a get on a bike?
Thats a common sight in india , dad, mum , 2 or 3 kids and a baby and a dupatta licking the back wheel just to keep it interesting.

Offline timsussex

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Just been out for my daily dog walk, I live in a beautiful small village by the sea and today I saw more cars out for a drive than I have seen before during the lockdown.  Mum, dad and 2 kids driving around looking at the pretty flowers now I dont think they represent much of a danger as most didn't get out of their cars but there are definitely more cars

Offline Chorley

I live near to and commute on the A1M. About a 7-10 days ago it was like something out of 28 Days Later.
Now it's really busy even during the day?  :unknown: I've also heard traffic reports   
  recently stating that there was congestion on the M1.
Where the fuck are all these people going?  :unknown: :dash: :dash: :dash:


Offline winkywanky

I live near to and commute on the A1M. About a 7-10 days ago it was like something out of 28 Days Later.
Now it's really busy even during the day?  :unknown: I've also heard traffic reports   
  recently stating that there was congestion on the M1.
Where the fuck are all these people going? :unknown: :dash: :dash: :dash:


As far from Lockdown as they can be.

Offline houseboot

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Just been out for my daily dog walk, I live in a beautiful small village by the sea and today I saw more cars out for a drive than I have seen before during the lockdown.  Mum, dad and 2 kids driving around looking at the pretty flowers now I dont think they represent much of a danger as most didn't get out of their cars but there are definitely more cars


Because they thought it was a Bank Holiday .... they'll have to go to work on Friday instead  :lol:

Online Doc Holliday

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Just seen this on BBC news......
"Two bikers who went on a 200-mile round trip to buy fish and chips have been fined for breaching coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
The pair had travelled from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, to Whitby, North Yorkshire before being stopped, fined and sent home by police".

I imagine they are not alone.

There was a recent reported case in the NW where the Blackpool Fire Service responded to a call of a fire on the promenade. Turned out to be a couple from Manchester who had driven to Blackpool and lit a barbeque on the seafront. Now that is crazy enough in itself, until you read the punch line ..... it was raining!    WTF?

Offline Beamer

There was a recent reported case in the NW where the Blackpool Fire Service responded to a call of a fire on the promenade. Turned out to be a couple from Manchester who had driven to Blackpool and lit a barbeque on the seafront. Now that is crazy enough in itself, until you read the punch line ..... it was raining!    WTF?

Nice one Doc.

Offline southcoastpunter

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I live near to and commute on the A1M. .
Where the fuck are all these people going? 

Maybe the same place you are!!

Offline Chorley

Maybe the same place you are!!
Yes, but I've been driving the same route to work  since this begun and its got increasingly busy.  :unknown: The only other place I go is to the supermarket once a week, and quite often I'll walk there if I only need  a few bits.

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Found out today that some business were told to close for the first 5 weeks, now can operate again.

Offline Blackpool Rock

There was a recent reported case in the NW where the Blackpool Fire Service responded to a call of a fire on the promenade. Turned out to be a couple from Manchester who had driven to Blackpool and lit a barbeque on the seafront. Now that is crazy enough in itself, until you read the punch line ..... it was raining!    WTF?
It's actually quite common place to see people having barbecues on Blackpool prom, almost all of them at the south end of the prom and half of them lit right in the middle of the walk way for some unknown reason with people walking and cycling around them  :dash:
 

Offline GingerNuts

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Found out today that some business were told to close for the first 5 weeks, now can operate again.

Which type of businesses are those?

Offline Thephoenix


On one of the phone ins recently, a woman asked the question:-

'I live in a flat with my mother who is 85.  She's stuck in the flat, there's no garden, and she can't walk very far.
When I drive to the supermarket for my weekly shop, can she come in the car with me, just for a change of scenery, and sit in the car while I'm shopping?'
Answer:- (sharp intake of breath) 'Oh no madame.... That's against the rules!

'Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men' ....Douglas Bader.

There's probably more cars on the road because people are so fed up inside four walls, so they want to go for a short drive without getting out of their cars, just for a change of scenery.

Some councils have reopened waste tips, and they've been busy. Queues of cars.
Other councils say no.....unnecessary travel!.....for goodness sake! They're sitting in their cars, then getting out to chuck some stuff in the skips (safe distance).
Surely its just CDF. :unknown:
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Offline hornyguylondon

There was a recent reported case in the NW where the Blackpool Fire Service responded to a call of a fire on the promenade. Turned out to be a couple from Manchester who had driven to Blackpool and lit a barbeque on the seafront. Now that is crazy enough in itself, until you read the punch line ..... it was raining!    WTF?

Doesn't help given the North West is now the new coronavirus hotbed  :rolleyes: