Just heard that people are panicking to get fuel
Again due to extinction rebellions latest game!

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1590453/Fuel-shortage-petrol-England-Just-Stop-Oil-protest-block-supply-latest/amp

We had our boosters yesterday. We were encouraged to accept Moderna - but I chose to continue with Pfizer. It is just as well I did, as in my husband's Moderna information leaflet it stated that it contained macrogol, which I am allergic to.
The on line proformas you are asked to fill in ask about any allergic reactions to your last Covid 19 vacvinations, but don't ask about other allergies.
Also, although the leaflet says read before having the vaccination, everyone was given it after receiving the vaccination!
Needs to be organised differently - most people were waiting a bit - they could be given the information and directed to the section on contents of the medicine. Or people could be given the on line link to the information leaflets when they receive confirmation of the booking.
If I had accepted the Moderna I could have ended up in A and E.
So if anyone knows they have allergies it would be a good idea to look up the leaflet on line beforehand or ask to read it before the procedure.

Never heard of it.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/drivers-urged-check-car-potentially-092125122.html

Click on for complete picture

https://medical.awm.com/woman-wants-to-rename-certain-body-parts-because-they-are-offensive-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/?utm_content=buffer3854d&utm_medium=fb&utm_source=uk&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR3t11zAiw3EJYjfL6r2J7h6ocDd3iKKDUMokpz9xzstFdKtRzJtWeKXrVA

Super Sunday in the Premier League. Get your predictions in by 4pm.
Good luck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ETkhywzSU

I joined the Space loop but could not post a thread. This is very topical but tends to need some knowledge of Space and UFO's. With 534 members surely a significant number will find it interesting enough to comment. So here we go -

A monumental controversy has existed for more than 50 years on this topic. We get compelling evidence presented on hundreds of TV documentaries and other media that Alien UFO's do exist, countered by numerous Government cover-ups to the contrary.

The answer is simple -

If Bob Lazar is telling the truth, then Alien spacecraft have definitely either landed or crashed on Earth over the past 50 years or so. If he is lying, then the entire issue is one of natural phenomena, is man made, or is just fictional Startrek material.

I have seen countless TV programs on the subject including those about Bob Lazar and read many links on the web about it.

Bob Lazar is ultra-convincing with an astounding degree of intimate scientific knowledge and details of his work at Area 51 on anti-gravity reverse engineering. Nobody else has ever come so convincingly close to the subject in such scientific and 'authentic' detail as he has.

My opinion ?
I believe that Bob Lazar is telling the truth.
What is your opinion ?

Mum had a paper delivered every day when I was child. When I got married I carried on and had my paper delivered. Today is the last day I will get a delivery, as the local shop cant get any boys who want to deliver anymore. Such a shame as my son and his son both were paperboys for the same shop. Looked forward to getting a paper every morning. And of Course treating the boys at Christmas. 😭

Will Smith has resigned from the Academy. No more Oscars.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/shocking-painful-and-inexcusable-will-smith-resigns-from-academy-over-chris-rock-slap-at-oscars/ar-AAVLV79?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=bc01286f1481494a99cd272f741fe9bf

Saturday Night Football. Get your predictions in by 5pm.
Good luck

Its not nice to wish people bad luck, but I really hope that Putin's Thyroid cancer is rapid and fatal.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/putin-has-been-visited-by-cancer-doctor-35-times-in-four-years/ar-AAVMmvX?ocid=msedgntphdr&cvid=4e0753d4aa60426486ee896d2002804d

"Vodafone to offer free mobile connectivity to 200,000 Ukrainian refugees | The Independent" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/vodafone-british-red-cross-b2031005.html?amp
They are also offering donated tech items.

The real one starts in less than an hour, but this website predicts how it could turn out.
https://stattosoftware.com/wc2022/

I was surprised to find that my replacement energy supplier's new rates are so complicated.
They haven't just raised the rates at which they charge per kilowatt hour for electricity and for gas but have also changed the standing charge for each of them - in very different ways.
That makes their charges very hard to compare with the capped rate, which isn't (as I recall) expressed in that way. Meanwhile, the MoneySavingExpert website has (unsurprisingly) crashed as people try to understand how their bills are changing and if they can do anything to minimise the effect.
Does anyone here have a supplier other than Shell Energy which has notified them of changes to standing charges as well as to rates per kWh, so that we can compare what different suppliers are doing?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10674019/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Cost-contactless-payments-Call-2billion-cash.html?ito=email_share_article-top

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-10673141/RAC-warns-avalanche-wrongly-issued-fines-drivers-1-June.html

https://www.gardensillustrated.com/news/ban-on-slug-killer-metaldehyde/

Saw this on TV last night. What a great project, making used crisp packets into blankets for the homeless.

https://crisppacketproject.com/

Now that’s what you call recycling

I'm not expecting any parcels but had a text this morning from an unfamiliar number, saying:
"Your package is on it's way , c lick the fol lowing link to track: naveenvishwakarma.tech/ [and then a long list of letters and numbers etc]".
The illiteracies and the unfamiliar number made me think that this might be a scam but I've never had anything like this sent to my mobile number before. (Lots of scam calls etc to the landline, obviously.)

What do you think, people? Has anyone else received a message of this kind?

Message is on local Facebook that a police dispersal zone is being set up in local shopping centre with schools sending letters to parents advising their children not to go into Bromley tomorrow (Friday) night after school as water fights are planned. Apparently this has happened in many places recently (Bexley Heath/Birmingham, etc) but some pistols are being filled with bleach or acid so probably isn't just Bromley (and start of half term).
Needless to say I am incapable of copying the article and letters but it seems it is becoming a very popular sport.

https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/birdwatcher-takes-panicked-shots-after-23552017?fbclid=IwAR36GxZAw_Sq5i51FBC1-0uGSiYf8F8NEJM8ejP7jmwmhuJnr0jhZ31A1xU

If you want to put your meter readings in today and are with several companies, you may not be able to.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/british-gas-eon-scottish-power-26600026

I am sure we have covered this before but just wondered why anyone would want to watch videos on their stamps
Any ideas?

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/royal-mail-to-enter-new-era-of-stamps-with-customers-able-to-swap-old-ones-for-barcoded-versions-12578258

I've no wish to start another argument here but have just sent a fleecy throw and man's thermal beanie from Amazon's wish list via Save the Children to Ukraine. Hopefully will get to right destination. Have only just noticed it in case others are interested.

It is snowing and freezing cold.

Was ok earlier, switched it off, when I switched on later no sound. Tried the mute button in case I had touched by mistake but nothing. Same with recorder. Under 8 months old. Is this a repair man job - even this tablet is playing up, woe is me.

I am surprised to see on FB in my memories for a screenshot of Scooploop comments.
I didn't know they could do that

The facial hair style known as "sideburns" is named after U.S. Civil War general Ambrose Burnside.

The facial hair style known as "sideburns" is named after U.S. Civil War general Ambrose Burnside.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10664095/French-family-obsessed-conspiracy-theories-jumped-death-Swiss-apartment.html

What a strange story

I STILL MATTER!
I'M STILL HERE
My looks are nothing special,
My face reveals my age,
My body shows some wear and tear,
And my energy's not the same.
Too often my memory fails me,
And I lose things all the time.
One minute I know what I plan to do,
And the next it may just slip my mind.
I try hard to avoid my mirror.
There are things I would rather not see,
And even those times when I just catch a glimpse,
I can no longer recognize me.
The things I used to do with ease
Can now cause aches and pains,
And the quality of the things I do
Will never be quite the same.
I always compare my older self
To those younger versions of me,
And I know I'm wasting too much time
Missing who I used to be.
But the thing that really makes me sad
Is despite what people see,
Underneath my tattered, worn out shell,
I'm still the same old me.
My heart can still feel endless love,
And at times it still can ache.
My heart can fill with so much joy,
And then it can suddenly break.
My soul can still feel sympathy
And longs for forgiveness and peace,
And there are times its light shines boldly through,
And times when it longs for release.
It's true, maybe now that I'm older,
Feeling lonely may be status quo,
But it also has made me more willing
To forgive and let past conflicts go.
So maybe to some I look ugly and old,
A person who barely exists.
I'm still quite aware of the beauty inside,
And my value should not be dismissed.
So although not as strong and no beauty, it's true,
I'm still here and want so much to live,
And I know that there's no one in this world quite like me,
And no one who has more to give.

Even though there has been a huge jump
In positive cases the government have gone ahead with the withdrawal of free test packs

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-60911771.amp

It appears that they stopped sending out packs to some areas much earlier

Stay safe

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/police-spotted-outside-southend-hospital-6876873

Man was arrested

My heart hurt after reading the story of a 12 year old girl who killed her 14 year old cousin by accident whilst messing around with a gun on an Instagram live stream in a bathroom at a relatives party,then seemingly shot herself. Two young lives lost forever.Cops called it murder/suicide whilst relative insist it was an accident. The video is widely circulating.
Should videos like these be allowed to be kept online? Should gun laws be changed or would it have made no difference?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2022/03/28/missouri-girl-fatally-shoots-cousin-and-herself-on-instagram-live-16359773/amp/

Lasers used on player

https://news.sky.com/story/mohamed-salah-subject-to-racist-abuse-during-world-cup-play-off-with-lasers-shone-in-his-eyes-12577963

Yes another thread about Chris Rock and Will Smith (as I cannot comment on other)!

https://decider.com/2022/03/28/chris-rock-fans-confused-by-oscars-joke-given-his-2009-good-hair-documentary/

Proof that he knew how sensitive an issue alopecia is and how likely it was that Jada or Will would be pushed to their emotional
limit.

Wonder how he will explain that to the daughter who asked the question now!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60920588

Diplomats expelled

https://inews.co.uk/news/plogging-litter-bristol-rubbish-1497219

Just seen on tv , now spreading across the UK

Let’s hope everyone joins in

https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/russian-superyacht-costs-38-million-23533890?utm_source=mylondon_newsletter&utm_campaign=myeastlondon_newsletter2&utm_medium=email

I'm not a big fan of the Royals but my heart ached today for the Queen at Prince Philips memorial. She looked so frail ,I cannot begin to imagine how much she must miss her husband

No luck with finding cat fosterers via Scooploop!
So many abandoned cats in need of help.
There would be fewer if irresponsible owners had fostered instead and of course got their cats neutered.
A big challenge to pick up the pieces or the cats rather from irresponsible owners!
A life changing one in my case.

Almost everyone condemned Will Smith for slapping the loutish "comedian" for his unfunny crack about Smith's wife's alopecia, but that remark obviously upset her and she had no means of answering back. No-one should be required to put up with abuse but all the criticism has concentrated on Smith's reaction, not on the abusive remark that prompted it. He's now apologised for that reaction, even to the person who victimised his wife - but I've not heard that the "comedian" has expressed any regret at all for his comment.
So how should one respond to an abusive remark, especially one made by someone who's abusing their platform to do so publicly?

I still think that cake was ambushing me.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60911798

Another friendly match for the England team. Get your predictions in by 7pm.
Good luck

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60886147

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/27/false-hope-refugee-charity-attacks-uks-homes-for-ukraine-scheme

Defending his wife’s honour

https://youtu.be/myjEoDypUD8

Totally uncalled for remark by Chris Rock in my opinion