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As soon as the delay of second doses was announced, I was instantly suspicious that it was more of a political decision, a panic reaction - than a carefully considered medical strategy.

Of course, here in the UK we're high up in the race to get our population vaccinated, or that's what it looks like. Still, we're an experiment (lab rats?) with the rest of the world watching.

Will it work or won't it? Will the 'vaccinated' - half-vaccinated with a single dose, feel 'safe', believe the problem's solved and abandon social distancing, masks and hand washing? Will they mix with friends and family? Will they catch Covid? What are the outcomes for the 'first dose only' victims?

A report from Israel -where they follow Pfizer/BioNtech protocol in giving the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine three weeks after the first:

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-real-world-analysis-of-vaccine-in-israel-raises-questions-about-uk-strategy-12192751

Donald Trump is able to pardon criminal activity, as he leaves Presidential Office.

The UK Honours List can award "Gongs" to those selected for service to the community.

Do you think one system is better than the other?
Should one or other or both be abolished?

Points for the best answers will be awarded by an [allegedly] incorruptible jury.

I thought I would share something nice in the middle of this worrying time .
I am part of a group elsewhere that is about cooking on a budget. Everyone shares tasty recipes that are cheap.
Last night a young lady listed a small amount of food and said she has that and £10 to last a week as her food shop had fallen through.She simply asked everyone for some meal ideas for her kids. Within an hour she had multiple offers of help, resulting in a lady who lived 10 minutes away from her dropping a “care package “ of food on her doorstep. The lady was overwhelmed at this act of kindness, the lady who donated the food simply said “ I have enough”
Sometimes something touches your heart and brings a little hope x

For those interested in `Pages` I think this might help you to access them....

https://www.scooploop.com/pages/?tab=all

Have fun !
Suggest you try the `Anything Page !` for safe experimentation !

As seen on TV the Marsh Family

https://youtu.be/ZnbOKH9Oe9s

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSTkjDsD/

Anybody at a lose end? There may be something here to fill a spare minute or two.

https://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/virtual-village-hall/?fbclid=iwar2rbth5w-csvcysc6odgdg-4-exfcfft34_efpzpe6ndvx76kixlesbows

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Can we travel at the speed of light ?

No, we cannot travel at the speed of light.

If an object travels at the speed of light, its mass will increase exponentially ! The speed of light is 186,282 miles per second and when an object moves at or close to this speed, its mass will become infinite. Therefore, infinite energy will be required to move the object, which is an impossibility. That is the reason why no object can move at the speed or faster than the speed of light.

Excepting the Sun our nearest star is Proxima Centauri at 4.22 light years away from us. This isn't a single star, it's actually a triple-star system — three stars bound together by gravity. Alpha Centauri A and B are two bright, closely orbiting stars with a distant, dim companion named Proxima Centauri. .That is almost 78,000 years travelling at a speed of the Voyager space probe of around 37,000 mph . Other stars are tens, hundreds, thousands, millions or even billions of light years from us.

Mars is currently NASA's dream child of a manned visit. Mars is 34.8 million miles from Earth at its closest orbit. At a speed of the Voyager space probe of around 37,000 mph, it would take 128 - 330 days to get there dependent on circumstances and the same to get back. The whole prospect of serious space travel is a theoretical pipe dream.

Because of the mega-distances involved between planets, stars and galaxies, unless in the distant future an astrophysics means of bending space/time is found ( another pipe dream ), space travel is nothing more than an interesting but impossible dream.

By the same principles, it completely rules out the slightest possibility of any Alien visitors ever visiting Earth.

Our knowledge is curtailed entirely to what we can see and reach - there it stops dead at infinity.

Daily workout

Hilarious

Anyone got any snow?

We just had a delivery from Sainsbury's, and I asked what happens if the customer is not in when you arrive. He said that if they arrive at the correct time, and the customer is not in, all the food is thrown away, and they are not charged for it!

Sharpening or honing kitchen knives.
just read this about a Gordon Ramsey video.

“I’m afraid he’s wrong. And that’s not the only thing that he’s got wrong on the video. He didn’t sharpen a knife, he honed it. Sharpening removes material from the blade, honing just stands up the edge that might be bent over.”

How do you sharpen your knives?

I can remember my old Dad had a cut throat razor. He would sharpen (or hone) it on a leather strap!!

How does that work?

I found this interesting

Intriguing. I have just searched for ‘Best Rate ISA’.

The top results were

1. Moneysavingexpert

2. Comparethemarket

3. Moneysupermarket

4. Which

5. Moneyfacts

All relevant and trustworthy websites I think which can give me more information.

So why didnt I see any suspicious websites or ads?

Must be because all searches I carry out are through DUCKDUCKGO.COM and NOT GOOGLE.

Look, first and foremost Google is a TRACKING company not a search engine.

Google trackers are lurking behind the scenes on 75% of the top million websites (and yes most likely Which.co.uk too) Even Facebook only has 25%!

I found these interesting facts and a lot more on ‘spreadprivacy’.

Search for it, but not through Google as goodness knows what it would show you.

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I wrote to my MP asking if he could initiate collection boxes at immunisation centres. Money could be used for so many needy causes e.g. food banks. --- would you give? ---
Please email your MP. Many requests might make a difference.
At the same time I mentioned I do not agree with hospital parking charges going to private enterprise. If the hospitals benefits this would be more acceptable.

TV news. A spray/ inhaler to treat covid is going on trial and might be available later this year.
Good news if it works.

UK taxpayers subsidising deforestation.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/14/carbon-neutrality-is-a-fairy-tale-how-the-race-for-renewables-is-burning-europes-forests

https://populationmatters.org/news/2021/01/14/humanity-headed-towards-ghastly-future-urgent-warning-top-scientists

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-as-a-family-with-young-children?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13709399/doctors-bin-covid-vaccine-doses-appointments/?utm_campaign=danwoottonfacebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1610440046

haven't heard about this.

https://infotonews.com/archives/482?fbclid=IwAR2Vg9rS5DRFooGpQT0c0xxJ5DXppLY6qRNSfTcqg7TybKnFavt5iPOQzUI

scroll down for the video

Some good news (maybe) for balance. Words are cheap - we need action.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/11/50-countries-commit-to-protection-of-30-of-earths-land-and-oceans?CMP=share_btn_tw

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/13/top-scientists-warn-of-ghastly-future-of-mass-extinction-and-climate-disruption-aoe?CMP=share_btn_tw

Since 29 December, EU countries are subject to international postage rules. What this means in practice is that you'll need to attach customs declaration forms on all packages being sent outside of the UK. You can download these online or find them at your local branch. However, if you're sending from Northern Ireland to the EU or Great Britain, customs forms are not required.

Was early this afternoon like someone really banged hard on the front door to make internal doors rattle. But nobody was at the door.
Then 15 minutes later my phone pinged with news that people from London to Cambridge heard a sonic boom from a fighter jet. So that was it.

I posted this a few years ago but many of you may not have seen it.
It is very easy, for me and others, to find your personal details and your address and phone number could be one of the easiest. You may have already removed some of your information but if you have not or have moved home, you should check again and start with 192.com.
If you are listed, you need to fill the "Removal of Personal Data from 192.com" form. No need to join or subscribe. You will get an email to which you should reply to confirm removal and your personal details will be removed.
https://www.192.com/c01/new-request/
This is only one way scammers and fraudsters find your details and there are many others.

Or this year, as it's only 10 days old!

Austrian farewell to Trump......
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B7kCqrlwDtU&noapp=1

The council tax for my borough is due to rise 5% and I expect the rent will also increase quite a lot.
Waiting to hear how much the pension increase will be.

For various reasons, personal safety and misuse, it is not wise to use a personal, or family photo on Scooploop, or any other public website/forum. A public website is one where anyone can view the contents simply by joining it. Facebook is a private website, unless you choose to make its contents public. Even if it is private, in some people's cases, how many of those friends are real friends? You should also never post any personal information whatsoever on a public website, as it can be used by someone that means you harm, or make use of it in some other way.

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https://www.itallcounts.org/ffi-pangolins?https%3A%2F%2Fwww.itallcounts.org%2Fffi-pangolins%3Faffiliate_id=Facebook_Desktop_Feed&affiliate_sub=6242172841580&fbclid=IwAR07L0QpQ7k12Jk_z7CiehZ4v0986MZKy5SBS5l2cpP-KxcPsMfh5hiC0Vo

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/jan/01/10-good-news-stories-for-uk-travel-and-tourism-in-2021

Every comment I put on takes ages to load and the little wheel just keeps going round and round.
Is it my laptop ? - it is okay on other sites.

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Did anyone watch it on Saturday ?
Very emotional and brilliantly done - think it will get an award.

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COVID-19 vaccination scam alert

Some people are receiving fraudulent calls and text messages offering the COVID-19

vaccination. In some cases, people are asked to press a number on their keypad or to send a

text message to confirm they wish to receive the vaccine. Doing so is likely to result in a

charge being applied to their phone bill.

In other cases, callers are offering the vaccine for a fee or asking for bank details.

Like other scams, the same rules apply;

 Don’t click on links or attachments in unexpected texts, emails or instant messages.

 Challenge every request for your personal details.

 It doesn’t matter what they say or what they know about you, don’t respond to

unexpected phone calls, hang up, take five then verify their claims via a trusted

method. (such as the usual website or official phone number)

The vaccine is only available from the NHS and the NHS will contact you when it is your turn.

At present, appointments are only being offered to members of the public over 80 years old.

The NHS will:

 NEVER ask you to press a button on your keypad or send a text asking you to confirm

you want the vaccine.

 NEVER ask for payment for the vaccine or for your bank details.

If you believe you have been the victim of fraud or identity theft, you should report this

directly to Action Fraud either online; https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/ or via phone

0300 123 2040

Where the victim is vulnerable, report it to the MPS online or by calling 101.

Link to an example of the scam text message on behalf of which.co.uk

https://conversation.which.co.uk/scams/scam-nhs-covid-vaccine-text-message/

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1378858/HS2-boris-johnson-esther-mcvey-uk-broadband

Scotland has already announced a lockdown until the end of January. Boris is making a speech at 8pm. Are we going to be locked down tomorrow?

From FB

Jesus was definitely NOT born on 25 December.

An extract of one of the many web links on this controversial matter gives -

Jesus was NOT born on 25 December.

The approximate month of Jesus’s birth is estimated to be around the time of Tishri (mid to late September). To arrive at this date, start at the conception of John the Baptist, Sivan (June), count forward six months to arrive at Gabriel’s announcement of the conception of Jesus, Kislev (December), then count forward nine more months, the time it takes for human gestation, to reach Tishri (September), when Jesus was born in or around 2 BC.

The date and time of Jesus's birth is unknown and the Bible was written 50 + years after his death.
Absolutely nothing is factual, simply hearsay and circumstantial.

Comments are welcome.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/01/the-litter-was-a-shock-2020-covid-rush-on-uk-national-parks

Parakeets face massive cull as Government considers shooting 'grey squirrels of the sky' that are Britain's fastest-spreading bird species.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9104197/Parakeets-face-massive-cull-Government-considers-shooting-grey-squirrels-sky.html?ito=facebook_share_article-facebook_preferred-top&fbclid=IwAR2DKNxiDYE8c_va8-fUH31gcKwVoOdmFOImNH4mb7_AeQgxxYOj64P7w3E

One of my favourite songs which seems especially appropriate given everything that's been going on in recent months.
https://youtu.be/xCsBU3Z-6mg

You have been warned

I just signed the petition "Save our local pharmacies" and wanted to ask if you could add your name too.


https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-our-local-pharmacies-2?bucket=email-blast-22_12_2020_pharmacy-funding-nhs-seg&share=b909ce4d-47bd-4287-b823-97dd5f2d5009&source=&utm_campaign=22_12_2020_pharmacy-funding-nhs-seg&utm_source=