Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: CLKD on March 09, 2020, 01:12:36 PM
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We have had to adjust our Pensions due to the drop on the Stock Market ::)
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Every cloud... a worldwide recession will be great for the environment.
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;D - that's what DH said weeks ago. It's done for the environment better than Greta could ever have done :D.
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Didn't work in Greece a few years back. They reversed many of the environmental controls in order to boost the economy.
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No noticeable environmental controls in China or the US anyway.
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Hence the collapse of the Hotel? No H&S, Planning Control :'(
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Art & Antiques for Everyone Spring Edition has been cancelled
(2nd -5th April, NEC, HALL 12, Birmingham, UK)
MaD Events Limited, Organisers of Art & Antiques for Everyone, announced today that they are cancelling the Show planned for 2nd ? 5th April in the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.
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MotoGP of the Americas - postponed. Texas. Due to most of the racing teams coming from areas like Bolgona ::)
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Man City and Arsenal match off tonight ::)
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Still being spread at Cheltenham though. Odds on no one infectious in 65000 people?
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I took one of my pensions literally the week before, just a few days more and it would have really affected it - feel like I had a lucky escape x
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Chelternham folk are tuff ;). Life has to go on ......... there's enough booze flowing there.
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Oooh, does booze prevent corona virus? Perhaps I should trial it :)
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Well so far no one has said that it doesn't ;D. You go first :lol:
After all, alcohol is the basis for many hand wash preparations ;)
Grand National cancelled
West End closed
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Two members of the Haas Formula 1 team and one from McLaren are in self-isolation after being tested for coronavirus at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
The personnel were tested in a medical centre at the Albert Park circuit after showing symptoms of the virus.
They are staying in their hotel rooms as a precaution.
"We expect to receive the results overnight. The team is operating as per our normal schedule," said McLaren.
A Hass spokesperson said: "Two members of the team have been quarantined and remain in their hotel room. They displayed symptoms of a cold."
First F1 race this weekend from Australia
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The G P is off :(
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Looks like it. However where are all those people going to travel to: back to the UK most of them because the F1 corridor runs up the M40 ::) and they can't go into the US and Italy won't want those with factories there. Looks like they will get an extended holiday down under?
Gold prices are going up daily so the UK is in a good position for borrowing against that ;-).
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The FTSE 100 has had it's worst day since 1987.
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OK if one doesn't have to sell Shares ;-). We survived then ......... we may have to pull up the drawer bridge and not throw as much food away ......... back to War Time Recipe books anyone? maybe a way to becoming healthier too.
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One of the Procycling racers left Paris-Nice this morning to beat Trump's closure of American flights from Europe ::). Don't know why, but he scedaddeled home ............ whether the race will reach Nice remains to be seen but I can't see why not - they don't come into contact with the public, are still hi-5ing each other ..........
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POSTPONED : As a part of the UCI Women's WorldTour, the Women's Tour attracts a significant international presence from teams, riders, officials, staff, media and spectators, and it is felt that the risk of increased restrictions on international travel would be detrimental to the future of the race should an early, and conclusive, decision not be made.
POSTPONED: 2020 Tour Series Postponed [men]
Following consultation with stakeholders, sponsors and partners, we have decided to postpone the upcoming twelfth edition of the domestic cycle race series (throughout May 2020) due to the current uncertainty surrounding the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
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Coronavirus: London Marathon postponed until October
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Why can't family muck in? We were the first couple to have a catered wedding in our families. B4 we had self catered with everyone bringing something to put on the table.
Paris-Nice finishes tomorrow instead of Sunday.
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Yesterday I glanced over the Telegraph's Vet suggestions: 1 was to not allow your dog out into the public area if you are infected as the virus might live in it's coat. The next suggestion was to ask someone un-affected to walk your dog if you are self isolating or affected :-\. I really need to read it again :-X
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;D.
How's the West End doing, any Shows taken off?
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That had crossed my mind.
We are supposed to be cashless .......... according to the Banks. Yeah. Right!
I can see antique shops going out of business, most of those dealers are in their late 70s. Hopefully if they have to remain at home and close business, at last the Government will cover the rental costs.
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For a while. As long as people don't have to sell it will come up again, probably take a couple of years though. As long as 1 doesn't have all eggs in 1 basket. We have been in contact with our Financial Advisor who has agreed with DH's suggestions so we are able to leave stocks alone and use cash draw down. [That sounds like I know what I am talking about ;D]
Less than 500 in a group has been suggested :-\ - now will that be in lots of 5 shouting at each other ?
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Apparently Lewis Hamilton has stood closely to someone since diagnosed with the virus ::) thanks goodness the F1 has been cancelled for a few months !
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East Enders has stopped filming :-X
Eurovision Song Contest cancelled
AgeUK shutting charity shops due to them staffed mainly in the 70+ age groups >:(
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Several small animal collections/petting farms are asking for funding because of the lock down. They have to feed the animals and staff so need income despite lack of visitors. Not an aspect that I had thought about :-\
Exercise! :o ..... what's is classed as 'elderly', apparently there is no legal age ;-) so that lets me out ;D. I like educational programmes, about my level ;-)
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:'(
Animals are being put at risk because panic buying and supermarket purchase limits is making it difficult to feed them, a zoo owner has warned.
Chris Moiser, who runs Tropiquaria Zoo in Somerset, said his staff had been "scouring the shops for food".
He said if food becomes "unaffordable" many zoos will have to close and he will have to "consider euthanasia of some, if not all" of his zoo's animals.
Mr Moiser urged people to donate spare fruit and vegetables to local zoos.
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Yep. The sooner we get used to not doing things as usual the quicker this virus will be overwhelmed.
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It's not going to be quick unfortunately. Some form of measures will probably need to be in place until a vaccine is developed so the restriction periods will come and go in waves so the peak will undulate (multiple peaks?) - the aim being below the level at which NHS is overwhelmed. This was mentioned somewhere on the radio this eve. I doubt that events as we know them will be back and happening for many months, and the stock market will stay low too I expect. Not that that is a bad thing. It's about time the whole notion of continuous growth as being desirable, is challenged and will do wonders for the environment. Would be great if world economies looked towards sustainable growth as the new maxim as we crawl our way out of this.....
Hurdity x
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Apparently fish can be seen in Venice and the smog has gone from China ...........
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A nurse proposed to his girlfriend in a branch of Iceland after a romantic trip to the country of the same name was cancelled due to the coronavirus.
Robert Ormsby popped the question in an empty aisle after their holiday to Reykjavik was called off on Monday.
Patsy Murdoch said "yes", but admitted she was "laughing hysterically" as he got on one knee in the Tonbridge store.
A photo of the proposal has gone viral and the couple said they were happy to spread some joy at this tough time.
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Many Zoos have closed across the UK :'(
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Camping and Caravan Company sites closed. The antique shop has closed where I sell my jewellery through ........ not unexpected.
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The 2020 Olympic Games will be postponed by one year because of coronavirus, says International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound.
It comes after the chairman of the British Olympic Association said Great Britain would be unlikely to send a team to Tokyo this summer.
Australia and Canada have already said they will not compete in Japan.
"On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided," Pound told USA today.
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British F1 Grand Prix at risk
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Now chocolate is at risk >:(
Convenience stores selling Easter eggs are facing interference from heavy-handed officials trying to restrict the range of goods they can sell under coronavirus curbs, a trade body says.
Some shops have been told by police and local councils that the chocolate eggs are considered non-essential goods.
[They haven't asked a premenstrual or menopausal woman then >:( ]
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) blamed ?overzealous enforcement and a misreading of the rules?.
It has told shopkeepers to carry on selling a full range of goods.
The government have defined which stores can remain open, and that includes convenience stores, including newsagents and off-licences, said ACS chief executive James Lowman.
There is no government definition of which products can be sold within those stores.
In the cases where officers have challenged retailers and shoppers in this way, it's brought confusion, distracted retailers in the busiest weeks of their lives and increased the interactions between people at a time when the government is trying to minimise them.?
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Police again >:( - it doesn't take long for some to get power crazy :-X
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Christmas events are already being cancelled due to coronavirus.
West Suffolk Council has said it is calling off this year's Bury St Edmunds Christmas Fayre to "help public services concentrate on tackling" their response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Fayre was due to be held between 26 and 29 November 2020
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A RIVAL supermarket has come to the rescue after Tesco banned care home staff from shopping during the dedicated slots for NHS workers.
Asda contacted the Pendine Park care organisation in Wrexham to say their employees were more than welcome to come to their store in the town at the allotted times.
My sister told me last night that she, as a carer/Nurse for 25 mentally ill people, doesn't qualify for the 'dedicated slots'.
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Not just the kids stellajane - I love my Easter Eggs ;D
Taz x
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;D. Power Crazy. Thinking that chocolate isn't essential, obviously male then >:( like they haven't enough to do?
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Wimbledon off .........
F1 Silverstone Prix - probably but decision won't be made until end of April, however, if The Wing is commandeered for beds :-\