https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1273869/kim-jong-un-dead-north-korea-kim-jong-un-health-latest-kim-jong-un-dead-reports

https://www.facebook.com/greg.kneale/videos/10159780208054899/?t=3

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Remember this

https://vm.tiktok.com/73qu7K/

Even clothes can do it

Just had an email telling me my car tax payment failed due to insufficient funds, log in here to use a credit card.
Sent them a rude reply.

Tony Hawkes song

https://youtu.be/8eDOrlIq7TQ

Enjoy

45,627 knife crime offences recorded in the year to December 2019 (excluding Greater Manchester Police because of IT issues). An increase of 7% on 2018 and the highest since statistics were first collected in 2010-11.

Robberies up 12% to 83,930, the fourth consecutive annual increase.

670 cases of murder and manslaughter (excluding Greater Manchester).

One in 14 offences led to court proceedings, less than half the rate five years ago.
The reason for the decline is given as a lack of co-operation by victims, possibly because they don't believe anything will happen.

Overall trends in crime remain broadly stable, according to the ONS, with the Crime Survey for England and Wales - which includes offences that are not reported to police - suggesting there was a fall of 5% compared with 2018.

The figures do not include the period immediately before and during the lockdown, but statistics released by the National Police Chiefs' Council last week showed that serious assaults had fallen by 27% and robberies by 37%; it's thought knife crime will have followed a similar pattern.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52395986

Fraud rose by 9%, driven by a rise in bank and credit account fraud.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51221054

It would be interesting to know how unreported crimes are included.
It seems crime does pay.

😂

https://rochdaleherald.co.uk/2020/04/17/treasury-seek-oap/

https://inews.co.uk/news/consumer/coronavirus-shopping-uk-latest-women-abandon-lipstick-razors-cosmetics-claims-2542482?itm_source=parsely-api

https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk/status/1253243462431854595?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

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A 26 part series of The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross started on Monday. 7.00pm – to 7.30pm each evening on BBC4.

Did I miss the answer to this?
The

In case you have lost track of time

I understand a few of you got some excellent advise from some members but forgot who it was.
We had some radiators staying cold in some parts also the thermostats on some rads were not working.
I had the thermostats renewed and as a neighbour recommended to have self venting valves on radiators I asked this to be done. However heating engineer said they were no good and he would put big self venting valves in the roof. I can not climb into the roof but understand he put two in.
In the meantime we had the shutdown so work will be completed in the future namely he recommended to have a magnet in roof to clean out system.1. What do you think about the magnet?
In the meantime the radiators are worse then before. Hissing and one can hear the water gurgling very loud. The oil boiler is in the garage and the pump can be heard like a steam engine, very frightening. Have been going around to air the radiators but there is so much air in them I never get to the point were the water comes to the top as my back is starting to hurt with bending over.
Would be grateful for your advise. Will give him a ring but like to hear first what some of you think. Thank you.

A friend sent me this little video that made me smile - the music is infectious in the best possible way

https://youtu.be/d_vhDo3_cNI

As a family we have always read the Daily Mail . Dad's choice as head of the household even though he was always staunch Labour and lived in Labour council areas of Plumstead, Woolwich and Eltham. Years ago we had the Daily Sketch.

Now I'm thinking of a change of daily paper as the Mail is quite xenophobic.
I quitel like the I and the Observer on Sunday.

A woman who once worked with famous vet James Herriot, now runs an Air BnB featuring 54 Owls as company.

https://www.iol.co.za/travel/world/europe/what-a-hoot-grandmother-shares-her-home-with-54-owls-46919625

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8235891/Piers-Morgan-slams-Victoria-Beckham-furloughing-30-workers-fashion-label.html

Did anyone see this last night ?
I looked several times but didn't see it, supposed to go on for several nights so will keep watching.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lyrid+meteor+shower&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-gbGB826GB826&oq=ly&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i59j0l2j69i60l3.1967j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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I'll soon have to attempt to cut what's left of my hair. Doing the top won't be a problem as there isn't much up there and I can see it quite easily in the bathroom mirror. It's the back that's going to be tricky. I've tried a dummy run or two using my beard trimmer (turned off) and a mirror but it's so difficult to move the thing in the right direction. I think I may have to bite the bullet and just do it. A drop of Dutch courage beforehand may help. Or not. I won't be going out much anyway!

A shocking but, given what we already knew, unsurprising article from The Sunday Times.

https://archive.is/20200418182037/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/coronavirus-38-days-when-britain-sleepwalked-into-disaster-hq3b9tlgh

Primrose Day is an unofficial observance held in Great Britain on April 19. It commemorates the anniversary of death of Benjamin Disraeli who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Benjamin Disraeli served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for several months in 1868 and then again from 1874 to 1880. Disraeli is known for having played a pivotal role in the establishment of the contemporary Conservative party. He is also remembered for his passionate speeches (although his maiden speech was laughed at) and influential voice in international affairs.

Disraeli died on April 19, 1881. The funeral was private as Disraeli's executors were afraid a public procession would gather too large crowds. Queen Victoria did not attend the funeral because the protocol forbade her to do so. However, she sent a wreath of primroses to the funeral with a note stating that the primrose was his favorite flower.

Primrose Day is not an official holiday in Great Britain, but it is a good occasion to honour the renowned British statesman. On April 19, some people wear primroses to pay tribute to Disraeli. The statue of Disraeli in Parliament Square, London is sometimes decorated with primroses as well.

Clarification of the lockdown rules:
(unashamedly stolen)
1. You MUST NOT leave the house for any reason, but if you have a reason, you can leave the house.
2. Masks are useless at protecting you against the virus, but you may have to wear one because it can save lives, but they may not work, but they may be mandatory, but maybe not.
3. Shops are closed, except those shops that are open.
4. You must not go to work but you can get another job and go to work.
5. You should not go to the Doctor's or to the hospital unless you have to go there, unless you are too poorly to go there.
6. This virus can kill people, but don’t be scared of it. It can only kill those people who are vulnerable or those people who are not vulnerable. It’s possible to contain and control it, sometimes, except that sometimes it actually leads to a global disaster.
7. Gloves won't help, but they can still help so wear them sometimes, or not.
8. STAY HOME, but it's important to go out.
9. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarkets, but there are many things missing. Sometimes you won’t need loo rolls but you should buy some just in case you need some.
10. The virus has no effect on children except those children it affects.
11. Animals are not affected, but there was a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tigers here and there…
12. Stay 2 metres away from tigers (see point 11).
13. You will have many symptoms if you get the virus, but you can also get symptoms without getting the virus, get the virus without having any symptoms or be contagious without having symptoms, or be non contagious with symptoms...it's a sort of lucky/unlucky dip.
14. To help protect yourself you should eat well and exercise, but eat whatever you have on hand as it's better not to go to the shops, unless you need toilet roll or a fence panel.
15. It's important to get fresh air but don't go to parks but go for a walk. But don’t sit down, except if you are old, but not for too long or if you are pregnant or if you’re not old or pregnant but need to sit down. If you do sit down don’t eat your picnic, unless you've had a long walk, which you are/aren't allowed to do if you're old or pregnant.
16. Don’t visit old people but you have to take care of the old people and bring them food and medication.
17. If you are sick, you can go out when you are better but anyone else in your household can’t go out when you are better unless they need to go out.
18. You can get restaurant food delivered to the house. These deliveries are safe. But groceries you bring back to your house have to be decontaminated outside for 3 hours including frozen pizza.
19. You can't see your older mother or grandmother, but they can take a taxi and meet an older taxi driver.
20. You are safe if you maintain the safe social distance when out but you can’t go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance.
21. The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours ... or four hours...or six hours... I mean days, not hours. But it needs a damp environment. Or a cold environment that is warm and dry... in the air, as long as the air is not plastic.
22. Schools are closed so you need to home educate your children, unless you can send them to school because you’re not at home. If you are at home you can home educate your children using various portals and virtual class rooms, unless you have poor internet, or more than one child and only one computer, or you are working from home. Baking cakes can be considered maths, science or art. If you are home educating you can include household chores within their education. If you are home educating you can start drinking at 10am.
23. If you are not home educating children you can also start drinking at 10am.
24. The number of corona related deaths will be announced daily but we don't know how many people are infected as they are only testing those who are almost dead to find out if that's what they will die of. The people who die of corona who aren’t counted, won’t or will be counted but maybe not.
25. We should stay in locked down until the virus stops infecting people but it will only stop infecting people if we all get infected so it’s important we get infected and some don’t get infected.
26. You can join your neighbours for a street party and turn your music up for an outside disco and your neighbours won’t call the police. People in another street are allowed to call the police about your music whilst also having a party which you are allowed to call the police about.
27. No business will go down due to Coronavirus except those businesses that will go down due to Coronavirus.
Hope that makes things clearer for you?

This article makes interesting reading. What are your thoughts on how government should work the exit strategy to get life back to normal in a way that wouldn’t cause a second wave of the virus in the uk and more deaths?

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/alexwickham/coronavirus-uk-lockdown-three-stage-exit-plan

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/03/coronavirus-how-to-store-food-safely/?utm_campaign=whichukf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=cleaningfood&utm_term=fbnews&fbclid=IwAR1YcAL3IrOLpXiX-1OYCDeAG0NmExemLL0DQWKDCAVMjfq9K3v8qufYD1c

Who does wash their shopping when they get home and who doesn’t bother?

Please note: I closed the discussion as it was pointed out on the post that the topic had been discussed before so I’m presuming that obviously meant it didn’t need to be discussed again.
So I apologise for putting a post up about the same topic as another earlier post.

Went to my local Co-op today, first time in weeks, it's like I've landed on an alien planet - it's so different out there and I don't like it.
Feel like I don'r ever want to go out again,

Seems a strange thing to say right now but what if......., after all the whole world is going through this.
We all started helping each other, talking to each other and forgiving each other. Working together instead of against (yes I am being melancholy) but listen to the words of this beautiful song by Jordan Smith

https://youtu.be/l6DPyiE5e3M

Saw this ad for a show on Thursday

For sale on scooploop
A travel size bottle for the price of large one - guess who grabbed it all- should be ashamed of themselves

Please report this and ask for it to be removed

This could be useful;-)

Does anybody know how to do this, please. Have been trying friend's phone for past 24 hours and permanently engaged. Once managed to get a 'ring back' notice which I did. I've tried 151 but unable to access unless I contact my 'service provider'. Also tried the 0800 number I found on google, rang it and it gave every option but to report a fault.
She's with BT Broadband, I know, but laptop wasn't working a week ago. She's had BT round when the line wasn't working about 10 days ago, who said the person who had installed her care-line phone hadn't done it correctly but said they had fixed it. Phone started playing up again and when she rang them (originally she was a priority), BT said they would get back to her and never did. I'm particularly worried as she was taken to hospital last weekend, I rang the hospital then, who said she would be going home the next day, left it a day and haven't been able to contact her since due to the phone. She was having carers.
In Norfolk so a distance away

If this is progress, then count me out. All I want to know is how to report a fault on a landline, please.

Buy this "Miracle Mineral Solution" and kill yourself. Surely no one will buy that product.



https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-church-ordered-to-stop-selling-bleach-based-covid-19-cure-11975002

Did you know Coronavirus is an anagram of Carnivorous

Picture of a carnivorous bat

http://www.foeeurope.org/peasants-day-feeding-in-pandemic-170420?fbclid=IwAR19iUVhxL3s3pv-VaMkBKCyHKKVh_ZKlmgg2xqYur3hnZ1ReVhBoZMHZuk

https://youtu.be/c32wI4bDazc

The first of six aircraft full of Romanian farm workers have arrived in the UK to pick our fruit and vegetable harvest.
Proving that leaving the EU because it would stop the foreigners taking our jobs was a load of tosh. They were taking the jobs because nobody in this country will do them.
OK, there were about 100 British that applied for work but that's nowhere near enough.
I won't be surprised now if we don't have just as many overseas workers as when we were in the EU. Maybe more from outside Europe.

I see now they are not saying 'essential' shopping, just shopping; does that mean different types of shops will be open now. ?

There is quite a big debate at the moment on the wearing of masks so I just wondered who On here wears Masks and who doesn’t at the moment & would you be happy if it was compulsory to wear one when the lockdown is finished?
Do you believe masks help or not?

This research study is looking for more people to sign up. They are particularly interested in older people (especially 80+). It is coming up with all kinds of useful, predictive data. Please think about downloading the App. It is free. After registering, which involves answering a few questions about your age, general health etc, you log in daily and say whether you have any Covid-19 symptoms. They need to know even if you have no symptoms. It takes only seconds. I have been impressed by the study. Please think about contributing.

https://www.ft.com/content/c0b7a2a1-e91e-44ef-9a96-55250cbbbaff

What a lovely Video

https://vm.tiktok.com/W5pxYc/

Moved me to tears

Saw this

Just a little reminder clap or bash a pan or two... show your appreciation.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

https://vm.tiktok.com/Wfm2XD/

It's time for you to all be agony aunts or uncles. This is an actual letter written to the I paper. Lets see how you would advise her.

I am 45, married with a 10 year old son. I know everyone is going through this but I am absolutely sick of my husband. We both work long hours full time so usually the childminder takes our son to school and picks him up at hometime. and we have a full time cleaner to keep on top of chores.

Now all the childcare, cleaning and washing has to be done by someone. And it seems to be me. It is driving me mad and I am constantly having to nag him.

Last week I caught him in the garden with a beer when he was supposed to be doing what the gardener would usually be doing. I hit the roof.

We are both worried about our jobs. I am emotionally exhaused and if I lose my job we won't be able to manage on one salary. How can I get him to help me?

That figure was on the big screen behind Jane Hill at the top of the hour on the BBC News channel. As she was reading the headlines she had to look at it twice and stuttered as she said it.

The BBC made a major boob as the ticker running at the bottom of the screens says 13,800 dead. Does make you think that 35000 could be the true figure with care home and community deaths added on.