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Post by olliebean on Jun 1, 2020 16:38:37 GMT
For me the issue isn't whether the required and sensible measures are inherently easy to grasp. It's that the communication from the government seems to be making simple matters more complex and confusing than they need to be. I can't help but think the reason for this is so they can later blame us for not following their instructions to the letter. Although there is also now a clear element of trying to obfuscate the rules surrounding what Dominic Cummings did.
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Post by olliebean on Jun 1, 2020 15:21:52 GMT
I think the misreporting from the media has something to answer to. I have watched every briefing bar one I think and seen one news bulletin a day. The headline that government scientists don't agree with what has been actioned is totally unrealistic when 3 out of 50 sage members are mentioned. The other 47 then are apparently in agreement. We can't possibly know that. All we know is that other 47 haven't publicly disagreed with the government's actions. That three have decided to publicly speak out against their employer's actions is worthy of note.
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Post by olliebean on Jun 1, 2020 7:07:09 GMT
As of today, the government's made-up coronavirus alert level still stands at 4. But:
- Lockdown rules continue to be eased, which wasn't supposed to happen until it reached level 3.
- Non-essential shops will start to open, which wasn't supposed to happen until level 2.
- The most vulnerable people will be allowed out of their homes, which wasn't supposed to happen until level 1.
The government aren't just not following the science - they're not even following their own made-up science. I have absolutely no confidence in what they are doing.
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Post by olliebean on May 26, 2020 19:26:11 GMT
Hairspray Live this week! Do yourself a favour and watch the film instead.
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Post by olliebean on May 24, 2020 23:41:39 GMT
It's not 'personality type' it's physical differences in the brain, as IDd with MRI. What are you talking about here? Neurodiversity usually refers to autism spectrum conditions, which are not diagnosable by MRI.
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Post by olliebean on May 16, 2020 10:37:17 GMT
In Germany, who locked down only a week before UK, you can already travel anywhere you want and stay overnight in a hotel or guest house. So why aren't we learning from them ? If we had locked down a week earlier, we would now be in a much better position. But we missed our chance to do that, so I'm not sure what we're supposed to be learning now from a country that did.
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Post by olliebean on May 15, 2020 19:17:52 GMT
Took a little while to find this, as it was on a different YouTube channel, but here, for anyone who's interested, is ALW's live commentary on Cats:
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Post by olliebean on May 8, 2020 9:18:39 GMT
Still more common sense than Iain Duncan Smith.
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Post by olliebean on May 4, 2020 13:12:59 GMT
Well said. I stopped reading/engaging in this thread because of basfgds relentless negativity and unwillingness to see anything but the very worst aspects. I came here again because I thought there would have been some updates on the situation in the UK. The Fodor's article was well-writen about how tourism needs to CHANGE when this is over, especially adressing the linked issues of overtourism / cruises / too-cheap flights, but CHANGING has nothing to do with ENDING tourism. Malta is a ridiculous example, the island has very little economy apart from tourism (not counting a roaring trade in selling EU passports) and would never close its doors to tourism, but I can definitely see a need to cut down on thousands of cruise day trippers swamping the little island who contribute very little to the economy. To add some levity: Here on the continent, there are lots of discussions on how to get tourism going again, for example Austria is really pining to open the borders to Germany because they rely on German tourists. The Dutch are upset about the new French quarantine plans because they've been itching to get back to (Southern) France this summer. And Czechia is no longer "keeping its borders shut till the end of the year", they're already re-opening. Here in Germany the first states have introduced a plan to re-open everything in three stages throughout May INCLUDING theatres. While even I think that's rather positive thinking, there is none of that "everything is dead until 2021" doom-mongering here and I can't tell you how much it does for my mental health to get a few positive vibes of life carrying on and inching slowly towards normality. And that's me out again because I just can't deal with this perverse joy of doom-mongering and relentless negativity.Well said - and, on your last point, welcome to Britain! It's fascinating that we seem to be the only country where the public is urging a prolonged lockdown rather than wanting to carefully and thoughtfully lift restrictions and start to get things moving again. I'm convinced that for a lot of people it's just laziness... I'd say it's more likely a lack of trust in the government to handle things carefully and thoughtfully enough. They haven't exactly been inspiring confidence up to now.
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Post by olliebean on Apr 30, 2020 10:30:02 GMT
Just a small point but vital...wearing a mask stops the person wearing the mask from spreading the virus if they cough (and have the virus of course).....it does not protect you if another person coughs near you and they are not wearing a mask.....so don’t go round thinking wearing a mask makes you safe. In fact it could make you less safe if it makes you feel safer and you go closer to people because you are wearing it.... And we're now hearing that the tighter fitting type of masks that do protect the wearer, if they're the sort with a valve, don't protect anyone else from the wearer's germs - the valve lets nothing in but everything out.
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Post by olliebean on Apr 29, 2020 10:48:50 GMT
Hampstead Theatre has #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei up until Sunday:
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Post by olliebean on Apr 24, 2020 16:53:59 GMT
The videos in this twitter thread certainly cheered me up:
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Post by olliebean on Apr 18, 2020 18:22:01 GMT
FWIW, you can still rent it for £3.49 (from YouTube, Amazon, Google, and presumably iTunes as well).
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Post by olliebean on Apr 18, 2020 16:24:54 GMT
And indeed still on YouTube for the rest of the weekend (for anyone without Sky Arts). I thought it said this was only available for 24 hours in the UK, rather than the usual 48? Oops, you're right. I just assumed it was the same as the first two. Not enough time to watch it if you haven't started yet, then.
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Post by olliebean on Apr 18, 2020 13:27:32 GMT
For anyone who missed it, it's on Sky Arts on Sunday, 5.15 pm. And indeed still on YouTube for the rest of the weekend (for anyone without Sky Arts).
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Post by olliebean on Apr 13, 2020 6:37:22 GMT
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Post by olliebean on Apr 8, 2020 22:33:17 GMT
I've met a few queens, but never the Queen.
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Post by olliebean on Apr 8, 2020 22:29:16 GMT
Macavity does kidnap Old Deuteronomy in the show, doesn't he? But we don't see where he's taken him, and he doesn't kidnap any other cats.
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Post by olliebean on Apr 5, 2020 8:51:01 GMT
The (illegitimate) copy of Song & Dance on YouTube is a very low quality transfer, and I'd love to see a better one, so I really hope Sir Andrew has that up his sleeve.
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Post by olliebean on Mar 28, 2020 18:42:28 GMT
Hampstead Theatre have I and You free to watch until Sunday, then from next Monday there's Wild for a week, followed by Wonderland and then Drawing the Line. www.hampsteadtheatre.com/
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Post by olliebean on Mar 28, 2020 0:04:30 GMT
High School Musical is episode 10 of the first (and so far only) season.
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Post by olliebean on Mar 28, 2020 0:01:40 GMT
The Hugh Jackman/Maureen Lipman version of Oklahoma! is free to watch this weekend on Broadway HD, no login required.
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Post by olliebean on Mar 27, 2020 17:48:08 GMT
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Post by olliebean on Mar 24, 2020 11:21:29 GMT
My local Vue recently reduced it's ticket prices to £5.99, and I usually go with a friend on a Meerkat Movies pass so that's three quid each, so £15.99 for a rental to watch on my own at home really isn't going to do it for me, even if they release something I would've gone to the cinema for, which they haven't yet.
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